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Supporting Diverse Startup Founders.
Our Values
America's Seed Fund
SBIR & TABA Funding
Venture Fellows program
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Heal.LA Initiative
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Our mission is to foster science & technology innovation for a sustainable planet.
Larta Institute is a non-profit organization accelerating entrepreneurship & innovation. Since 1993, we have helped over 6,000 startups translate their ideas into sustainable enterprises – our alumni have raised over $5 billions in funds.
Let’s feed, fuel, and heal the world.
Planet. People. Profit. Impact.
Our programs are designed to help create triple-bottom-line ventures, aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
STARTUPS ASSISTED
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGIES COMMERCIALIZED
NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING RAISED BY OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
PRIVATE INVESTMENT RAISED BY OUR PORTFOLIO
AQUISTIONS OF LARTA PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
IPOs BY LARTA PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
Alumni Profiles
We support aspiring & underserved entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to translate their ideas into sustainable enterprises.
Programs for Startups
Browse & apply to join our open programs, including commercialization accelerator & assistance programs for SBIR/STTR government grant awardees, and private startup accelerators supported by our ecosystem of partners.
We help inventors & startups utilize SBIR/STTR government grant funding to move their idea from early-stage R&D to a sustainable enterprise for global impact.
Since 2004, we have partnered with government agencies to offer leading cohort-based Commercialization Assistance Programs (CAP) and a robust menu of Technical & Business Assistance (TABA).
Heal.LA’s Bioscience & Healthcare Accelerator Program is committed to nurturing and scaling innovations that positively impact the health and wellness of communities in the Los Angeles region.
The 6-month program offers entrepreneurs a unique combination of guidance and education backed by world-class experts in the life sciences industry.
Do you have an idea to make your community more resilient, equitable & sustainable?
The Ventures Fellows program is a 9-month hands-on experience – we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.
We invest in promising founders and startups who are working to feed, fuel, & heal the world.
Our co-creation studio model invests resources and expertise in sustainability-focused ventures to prepare them for seed or Series A funding.
We invest capital into impact-driven startups alongside our active funding network.
Access our global innovation platform & ecosystem.
Larta’s network includes some of the most forward-thinking startups, investors, businesses, philanthropists, community organizations, and government agencies.
Our innovation platform & ecosystem power our startup programs to accelerate new science & technology – by providing a unique combination of connections, resources, and funding.
Latest Content & Events
New Venture Fellows program to support women- and minority-led ideas, creating more resilient, equitable, and sustainable communities in U.S. cities.
We are thrilled to announce that Larta Institute will broaden the event’s scope to ensure we continue to address the most urgent sustainability challenges of our time. Our new flagship event – Eco LA – will be a festival & ecosystem gathering centered on ‘sustainable innovation’.
Led by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) within and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), the Inclusive Innovation Hub (iHub²) program’s investment will help accelerate regionally focused strategies to spur innovation and diversification across industry sectors and geographies while attracting entrepreneurs from underserved business communities.
