Unlocking Breakthrough Climate Solutions with Diverse Entrepreneurs

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Accelerating Development of Innovative & Sustainable Tech

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We discover marginalized entrepreneurs

Recruiting women, BIPOC, and first-time founders driven to create innovative climate solutions

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We provide financial support and mentorship

Equipping fellows with resources to go full-time on their start-up journey

We match frontier climate technologies

Connecting fellows with ground-breaking research, expertise, and tech review

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We collaborate with partners and networks

Forging strategic alliances with labs, universities, industry leaders, and key ecosystem

We streamline commercialization pathways

Accelerating pathways to success through labs, licensing, and funding

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Bridging the Lab-to-Market Gap

Hurdles for Opportunity

Significant investments drive climate innovation within research labs

Yet most researchers still lack the entrepreneurial expertise to turn their groundbreaking discoveries into marketable solutions

Untapped Innovation

25,000 energy-related patents from National Labs are ripe for commercialization

However, the complex lab to market pathway leaves the vast potential of these groundbreaking technologies untapped

Marginal Representation

In 2022, only 1.9% of venture capital went to women founders, 1.5% to Latinx founders, and 1% to Black founders.

These numbers are no different in the climate sector. Failing to promote women and BIPOC in this industry today will be a missed transformative opportunity

Lack of DEI-Friendly Resources

Underrepresented entrepreneurs need guidance to access labs, licensing, markets, and partnerships.

They lack resources and connections to navigate from tech discovery to commercial product.

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Bridging the Lab-to-Market Gap

Hurdles for Opportunity

Untapped Innovation

Marginal Representation

Lack of DEI Friendly Resources

Significant investments drive climate innovation within research labs

Yet most researchers still lack the entrepreneurial expertise to turn their groundbreaking discoveries into marketable solutions

25,000 energy-related patents from National Labs are ripe for commercialization

However, the complex lab to market pathway leaves the vast potential of these groundbreaking technologies untapped

In 2022, only 1.9% of venture capital went to women founders, 1.5% to Latinx founders, and 1% to Black founders.

These numbers are no different in the climate sector. Failing to promote women and BIPOC in this industry today will be a missed transformative opportunity

Underrepresented entrepreneurs need guidance to access labs, licensing, markets, and partnerships

They lack resources and connections to navigate from tech discovery to commercial product

Scaling Solutions with Expert Programming

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"LabStart unlocked doors to
NREL I wouldn't have been
able to open otherwise."

Aaron Fitzgerald

Co-founder and CEO

Mars Materials

Received license and support from National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to manufacture carbon fiber precursors from CO2

Accepted into

Raised a follow-on oversubscribed pre-seed funding round

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Achieving Collective Climate Goals

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LabStart helps us achieve our shared vision of 'made (and invented) in America' by commercializing breakthrough inventions from our national labs and creating pathways to climate entrepreneurship for people hidden from the spotlight”

Jigar Shah

Director, US Department of Energy Loans Program Office

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Start with Us

We're actively seeking partners who share our vision. Connect with us to drive climate innovation forward!