Lifeblood Biological Services

What Lifeblood Biological Services does

Lifeblood Biological Services is a for-profit, privately held blood center operator headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1999, the company operates as a blood bank and provides human cells, biological materials, and related blood-banking services, per its firmographic profile. With a reported 51-100 employees and a website at lifeblood.org, the company operates at the size band typical of an independent regional community blood center — a scale class that serves a defined metropolitan/regional catchment via fixed collection sites, mobile blood drives, and downstream distribution to in-area hospitals and health systems under regulated FDA/state licensing.

The company has no disclosed parent, no known subsidiaries, no public ticker, and no reported M&A activity. The only documented capital-markets signal is a recurring relationship with Red Cedar Ventures across 2013-2016, reported with zero-stated deal values — an irregularity that warrants verification (likely nominal/warrant or K-1 maintenance entries rather than primary capital raises).

Critical data integrity note: the granular source content aggregated to this company — including legal name "Life and Freedom," website templeoflife.com, a 1988 founding date, a Buddhist/Spiritual teaching taxonomy, free distribution of copyrighted teaching material, a Temple Foundation, and an explicit description as a religious and charitable institution — does not match the firmographically-defined entity (a blood bank in Memphis founded 1999). These descriptions refer to a materially different organization. The investment thesis, revenue model, technology stack, customer base, and growth signals cannot be reliably extracted until this discrepancy is resolved by primary-source verification (e.g., direct contact with the company, filings review, or web domain/LLC registry check). All analytical fields below therefore lean on firmographic indicators and standard industry comparables rather than the inconsistent content layer.

Name

Lifeblood Biological Services

Legal name

Life and Freedom

Website

https://lifeblood.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lifeblood Biological Services is a Memphis, Tennessee-based for-profit blood center operator founded in 1999, providing blood products, human cells, and biological materials to regional healthcare customers with a staff of approximately 51-100 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious and Spiritual Education

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sermon, Homiletics & Ministry Resource Publishing (Preaching Aids, Pastoral Resources) (MPAJAHAD), Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Buddhist education
• Spiritual teaching
• Religious organization
• Temple foundation
• Sanskrit scriptures

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Life and Freedom is a religious and charitable institution that provides Buddhist, spiritual, moral, psychological, scientific, and religious educational materials and teachings through its website at templeoflife.com. The organization disseminates these teachings freely at no charge to seekers and operates a formal membership community with a forum and community services, while the Temple Foundation provides financial and practical support to aligned organizations, groups, and individuals. The organization has been serving since 1988 and maintains branches, members, and students worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Buddhist and Spiritual Teaching Materials
• Sadhana (PDF Book)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Tricycle: The Buddhist Review: Established Buddhist magazine and online teaching platform covering Buddhist philosophy, practice, and meditation. Comparable as a long-running distributor of Buddhist educational content to lay seekers.
• Lion's Roar: Major Buddhist publication and media platform offering Buddhist teachings, news, and educational content. Directly comparable to Life and Freedom as a publisher of Buddhist/spiritual teaching content to a global English-speaking audience.
• SGI-USA (Soka Gakkai International): Large international Buddhist lay organization with branches, members, and students worldwide and a publishing arm. Comparable as a globally distributed Buddhist teaching organization with formal membership and educational content publishing.

Emerging players

• Insight Timer: Largest free meditation app offering guided Buddhist and secular meditations plus a community/timeline. Comparable as a digital-first, free distribution channel for Buddhist/spiritual teaching with global reach, though more meditation-focused than text-focused.
• Buddhistdoor Global: Online Buddhist news, features, and educational content portal. Comparable as a digital content distributor covering Buddhist teachings, philosophy, and practice for a global audience.
• Wildmind Buddhist Meditation: Online Buddhist teaching site offering free articles, guided meditations, and courses on meditation practice. Comparable as a free web-native Buddhist educational resource aimed at Western lay practitioners.

Others

• Basil of Baker Street / Buddhist Studies (various academic portals): Academic and institutional portals providing curated Buddhist texts and study resources. Comparable as infrastructure-layer providers of Buddhist scripture content that Life and Freedom's planned Sutra library would sit alongside.

Direct peers

• Tergar International: Nonprofit Buddhist meditation organization offering free online teachings, practice programs, and global community. Comparable as a globally delivered Buddhist teaching organization providing free educational content to serious seekers.
• Dharma Seed: Nonprofit library of Buddhist meditation talks and dharma teachings available free online. Directly comparable as a free, web-distributed repository of Buddhist/spiritual teaching materials aimed at serious practitioners.
• Access to Insight: Long-running free online collection of Theravada Buddhist suttas and study materials. Directly comparable as a curated, free public archive of ancient Buddhist scriptures (Sutras) — the precise content category Life and Freedom plans to build.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mid-south-regional-blood-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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