Larta Institute Announces 2025 Venture Fellows Cohort
May 28, 2025 – 12:00 PM Pacific Time Los Angeles, CA.—Larta Institute, a leading nonprofit advancing sustainable innovation, proudly announces the 2025 cohort of its Venture Fellows program. Now in its third year, the program supports entrepreneurial ventures developing localized, environment-focused solutions to enhance community resilience in Los Angeles and beyond. This year’s Fellows includes […]
Larta Institute Announces 2025 Heal.LA Accelerator Cohort
May 28, 2025 – 12:00 PM Pacific Time Los Angeles, CA.—Larta Institute, a nonprofit accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship, proudly welcomes the 2025 cohort of its Heal.LA Accelerator. The program focuses its work on entrepreneurial small companies working to address long-standing health concerns specifically across Los Angeles, and beyond. This year’s cohort features 15 transformative companies, […]
Federal Laboratory Consortium Partners With Larta Institute to Strengthen Federal Lab Relations with Small Businesses
March 25, 2025 – 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) has agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Larta Institute. The MOU strategically aligns the respective goals of FLC and Larta to both facilitate the transfer of federal laboratory technology for economic development and […]
Larta Institute Opens Call for Applicants to 2025 Heal.LA Accelerator
The program will focus on addressing health disparities in Los Angeles, with new challenge areas tailored to community needs February 12, 2025 – 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Los Angeles, CA.—Larta Institute, a nonprofit organization accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship, has opened a call for applicants to its 2025 Heal.LA Accelerator. This year, the program will […]
Larta Institute Opens Call for Applicants to 2025 Venture Fellows Cohort
In its third year, the program will focus on accelerating localized, environment-related adaptation solutions to enhance community resilience and readiness February 12, 2025 – 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time Los Angeles, CA.—Larta Institute, a nonprofit organization accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship, has opened a call for applicants to its 2025 Venture Fellows program. This year, the […]
Supporting Los Angeles
Learn more about resources to support those affected by the LA fires. January 14, 2025 | Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA — Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the devastating fires across Los Angeles. This region is no stranger to both the generosity and force of nature. While it offers us great […]
NOAA Demo Day 2022
October 26–27, 2022 Each year the NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration awards approximately $10M in grant funding to U.S. small businesses through the SBIR Program (America’s Seed Fund) — this early-stage non-dilutive funding empowers innovators to develop new technologies that can foster a more sustainable planet. Alongside the funding, the grant awardees are eligible to take […]
Commercialization using TABA funding: can you assemble the pieces?
First, congratulations! You have been awarded an SBIR grant for your innovation. It is truly an achievement, as the demand for SBIR grants has never been higher for funding early-stage concepts and innovations. Have you considered what elements most contributed toward your award success, and what elements are most crucial for future SBIR funding success? […]
Larta Institute CEO Rohit Shukla to Serve on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Mission Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2021 (Los Angeles) — Los Angeles-based non-profit Larta Institute is pleased and honored to announce that CEO Rohit Shukla has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Mission Foundation. Mr. Shukla joins other community leaders across the region, including representatives from Five Keys, Goldwin Foundation, The […]
5 Steps to Building a Blockchain Startup that Sells
Blockchain investment is booming because data is the modern oil. Thanks to the increasing awareness of blockchain’s profitability potential, the number of blockchain investors is increasing exponentially. So what does it mean to start a blockchain business? A blockchain business is one that incorporates blockchain technology into its operations. Blockchain businesses leverage blockchain technology’s transparency […]