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Charles Darling - Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Board Director in Houston, TX

Charles Darling

Executive Founder and Venture Builder specializing in Healthcare, MedTech, and AI-driven commercialization

Verifi Data Corp.Columbia UniversityHouston, TX22 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Medtech-focused venture builder with experience as a VC venture partner, family office investor, venture studio COO, and repeat founder (Techstars Boulder alum). Currently incubating two medtech deals with a VC fund, applying a rigorous diligence process spanning KOL interviews, regulatory/reimbursement strategy, manufacturing sourcing, GTM/competition analysis, and exit/acquirer milestone mapping before company formation or fundraising.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end medtech venture diligence (market, technical, regulatory, reimbursement, manufacturing, GTM, exit)
  • Structured pre-funding validation using experiments and kill criteria to manage risk
  • Breadth across VC investor, family office investor, venture studio COO, and repeat founder roles
  • Strong network-driven approach leveraging KOLs, industry experts, and acquirer perspectives
  • Rapid learning across new industries/sectors/roles and applying cross-domain insights

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Experience

Board DirectorFuturra · Jan 2025 – Presentpart-time
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Board DirectorVerifi Data Corp. · Aug 2023 – Sep 2025
Chief Financial Officer (Founding Team) & Strategic AdvisorMotif Neurotech · Jul 2022 – Present
Strategic AdvisorMotif Neurotech · Jan 2024 – Presentpart-time
Venture PartnerElite Capital Advisors · Jan 2017 – Presentpart-time
Chief Operating Officer (Founding Team)The Data Economics Company · Sep 2021 – Mar 2023
Vice President through President & COODQ Holdings · Jan 2012 – Sep 2021
President & Co-Founder, Board DirectorABD3 · Sep 2008 – Dec 2011
Vice President, Operations & Chief Financial Officer (Founding Team)Entertainment Media Works · Sep 2004 – Aug 2008
Advisory BoardTMCx · Jan 2018 – Jan 2022part-time
Advisory BoardFundRx · Jan 2018 – Jan 2022part-time
Startup PartnerAfrica Start-Up Lab · Jan 2021 – Jan 2024part-time
AdvisorBest Home Services · Jan 2006 – Jan 2010part-time

Education

Columbia Universitybachelor, History (2012)

Awards

  • Fortune Magazine’s 50 Companies Changing The World (via VF Corp pilot / Vans shoe line)
  • R&D-100 Award (DermaClip)

Skills

Product developmentGo-to-market strategyFinancial modelingBusiness developmentVenture formationOpportunity identificationFounding team assemblyVenture fundraisingCompany buildingTechnical commercializationAI tools developmentCross-sector pattern recognitionBoard governancePilot program developmentSustainable agriculture data platforms

Languages

English

Publications

3 publications

Skin closure medical devicesAI product recognitionViewer engagement technology

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Charles DarlingExecutive Founder and Venture Builder specializing in Healthcare, MedTech, and AI-driven commercialization