TwinFlame Ventures

Ventures built for community-centered impact.

TwinFlame Ventures co-founds and operates initiatives across education, design, artificial intelligence, clean energy, workforce development, and international collaboration.

Our ventures

Ideas become durable pathways when communities help shape them.

Each venture brings practical resources, creative thinking, and community partnership together to expand access to opportunity.

Education · Makerspace · Applied Technology

iMake Innovation Center

Moreno Valley College · Moreno Valley, California

An award-winning 5,000-square-foot makerspace and 39-foot Mobile Innovation Center expanding access to hands-on technology, creative problem-solving, and future-ready learning.

  • 3D printing, CNC milling, laser cutting, mixed-reality learning, simulators, a podcast studio, and a humanoid robot.
  • Recognized by the City of Moreno Valley and California state legislators.
  • Officially named the “iMAKE Innovation Center by Donnell Layne.”

AI for Community Impact

Kinetic AI Hub

San Bernardino, California

Kinetic AI Hub develops practical AI-powered tools that help people navigate opportunities, services, career transitions, and community resources.

  • 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, including a chemistry mode for molecular design.
  • Visitor Management System: Proprietary software developed for iMAKE operations.

Design · Visualization · Built Environment

Catalyst Design Studios

Founded by TwinFlame Ventures with Aaron Green (MIT/CalBaptist) and Joseph Murray (Make Lab), Catalyst Design Studios brings conceptual design, visualization, and strategic planning to community and client projects.

  • 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.

AI · Web · Multimedia Education

Made in South LA Foundation — MISLA

South Los Angeles, California

In partnership with founder Cassie Betts, TwinFlame Ventures supports community-rooted technology, multimedia, and digital-skills education in South Los Angeles.

  • Foundational grant strategy supporting the expansion of MISLA’s technology and multimedia education programs.
  • Community-centered learning opportunities serving underrepresented communities since 2014.
  • Applied AI and web-development pathways connecting creative expression, digital skills, and career opportunity.

Community Economic Development · Clean Energy · Workforce Pathways

Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce

Chicago, Illinois

A chamber co-founded by Donnell Layne to advance opportunity, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and neighborhood-based economic growth in Chicago’s Greater Englewood community.

  • 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.

Inclusive Technology Education

Conscious Coding

Conscious Coding centers human values, creativity, and accessible learning within technology education. The work supports students and communities in developing practical digital skills while considering how technology can serve people, place, and long-term opportunity.

  • Human-centered, accessible pathways into coding, AI literacy, and digital problem-solving.
  • Learning experiences connecting technical skills with creativity, collaboration, and community relevance.
  • Tools and curriculum designed to help emerging learners participate meaningfully in the digital economy.

Community Innovation · Applied Research

Freedom West Innovation Center

San Francisco, California

Freedom West Innovation Center supports community-centered innovation and development through applied research, strategic planning, and collaboration rooted in local priorities.

  • Applied research that helps translate community insight into practical direction.
  • Strategic planning and development support for initiatives already underway.
  • A platform connecting innovation, place-based knowledge, and durable community benefit.

The TwinFlame approach

What these ventures make possible.

We connect education, technology, workforce development, design, and international collaboration to create practical opportunities that communities can build on.

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Community-centered innovation shaped by real needs and local leadership.

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Applied technology and AI access connected to useful, tangible outcomes.

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Pathways to learning, creative expression, economic opportunity, and long-term impact.

Build with us

Interested in advancing community-rooted innovation?

TwinFlame Ventures collaborates with educators, institutions, community partners, funders, designers, and builders working toward practical, lasting impact.

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