TwinFlame Ventures is the parent company that has cofounded and operates multiple ventures across education, design, AI, clean energy and international development

iMake Innovation Center

  • Award-winning 5,000-square-foot makerspace and 39-foot Mobile Innovation Center at Moreno Valley College

    Recognized by the City of Moreno Valley and California state legislators

    Features 3D printing, CNC milling, laser cutting, a mixed-reality classroom, simulators, a podcast studio, and a humanoid robot

    Officially named the “iMAKE Innovation Center by Donnell Layne”

Kinetic AI Hub

• Co-founded in San Bernardino, California

• Building AI-powered tools for community impact

• Grant Writing Assistance App — AI matching for funding opportunities and application support

• Career Navigation Platform — Career-transition support for community members

• Support Resource Navigator — ZIP-code-based matching for housing, food, and other services

• QLearn — Quantum-computing visualization for students, with a chemistry mode for molecular design

• Visitor Management System — Proprietary software saving approximately $5,000 annually at iMAKE

Catalyst Design Studios

Founded by TFV with Aaron Green (MIT/CalBaptist) & Joseph Murray (Make Lab)

A full-service architecture and design firm bringing together MIT-trained architectural expertise, innovation lab experience, and TFV's conscious design philosophy.

KEY PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

• Black Museum Riverside — Conceptual design, virtual renderings, and walkthrough video

• Campus Buildout — Conceptual design for a client campus

• Sports Complex & Stadium — Comprehensive design services for a sports facility

• Riverside Museum Experience — Developing a second museum-experience design opportunity

• UCR Black Student Union — Seven active interns, Spring 2026

Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce

A chamber co-founded by Donnell Layne to advance opportunity in Chicago’s Greater Englewood community.

KEY PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

• Englewood Shared Renewables Initiative — Training returning Cook County Jail residents in solar-panel and EV-charging installation

• Community context — Approximately 50% of Cook County Jail releases return to seven Englewood-area ZIP codes

• Intended outcome — Viable career pathways in the growing clean-energy sector

Made in South LA Foundation - MISLA

Donnell Layne in partnership with founder Cassie Betts - Los Angeles, CA

Year 2 of 3 - Grant LA County (2024)

KEY PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

  • Secured and developed foundational grant strategy that helped expand MISLA’s technology and multimedia education programs serving underrepresented communities since 2014.

  • Contributed to curriculum evolution, including integration of emerging technologies and most recently “vibe coding” classes to expand creative tech skill-building.

  • Strengthened experiential learning models through mentorship, collaborative projects, and hands-on bootcamp environments.

  • Advanced a scalable ecosystem connecting nonprofit training (MISLA Foundation) with paid creative agency opportunities (Made In South LA LLC), driving career placement and economic mobility.

Freedom West Innovation Center

TwinFlame Ventures is supporting the planning and development of a proposed 5,000-square-foot STEM, entrepreneurship, and AI innovation center serving San Francisco’s historic Fillmore District.

Conscious Coding

The Conscious Coding Summer Camp was one of TFV's first major initiatives, evolving from earlier work through a nonprofit called Bridging the Gap.

The signature innovation was integrating mindfulness practices — students meditated before engaging in programming activities.

This was TFV's first deliberate expression of combining conscious living with technology education, establishing Conscious Coding as a core TFV methodology.

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

NAACP of DuPage County

Northwestern University — Evanston Campus

Hughes Hue Technologies

Illinois Math and Science Institute

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE

Evanston and DuPage County, Illinois

CURRENT STATUS

The camp operated for ten consecutive years, from 2015 through 2025. In 2026, TFV began evaluating opportunities for the program’s next phase.