LabStart

Website

www.labstart.co

Services

In app support

LabStart is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the critical lab-to-market gap for groundbreaking climate technologies. The organization builds accessible pathways for underinvested entrepreneurs to transform dormant, valuable, and scalable climate innovations, often hidden within research institutions and national labs, into viable market solutions. By identifying market-ready technologies and matching them with talented entrepreneurs from across the country, LabStart fosters equitable market opportunities for underserved communities.

Comprised of a diverse team of entrepreneurs, national lab researchers, commercialization consultants, investors, and programmatic experts, LabStart provides comprehensive support. This includes funding full-time entrepreneur-minded fellows to discover, build, and launch startups based on frontier climate technologies developed in premier research laboratories. The organization offers essential financial backing, mentorship, and critical connections, streamlining the complex processes of technology transfer, licensing, and market entry.

LabStart's approach involves actively recruiting undercapitalized founders driven to create innovative climate solutions, equipping them with the resources to pursue their startup journeys full-time. The organization collaborates strategically with network partners, including labs, universities, and key deep tech industry leaders, to generate more opportunities for licensing and funding cutting-edge technologies. Through its expert programming, LabStart addresses significant hurdles such as the lack of entrepreneurial expertise among researchers, the untapped potential of thousands of energy-related patents from national labs, and the marginal representation of women and BIPOC founders in venture capital within the climate sector.

Locations

• Denver, Colorado