From new founders to early-stage startups, Larta can help to transform your innovation into a sustainable enterprise.
Join a program.
Each year, we select over 500 founders and ventures to join our startup accelerators. We provide innovators with access to our programs, ecosystem, and funding, which all play a vital role in supporting the development and implementation of their solutions.
6,500+
Larta startups
$23.7+ billion
non-dilutive funding raised by our alumni companies
200
acquisitions of Larta alumni companies
26
IPOs by Larta alumni companies
Publicly-Funded Government Programs.
Each year, America’s Seed Fund awards over $4 billion of equity-free funding to American small businesses through federal agencies.
Through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, America’s Seed Fund provides non-dilutive funding to develop your technology and chart a path toward commercialization.
Currently, Larta offers formal programs for the U.S. Department of Energy (SBIR Phase I) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (SBIR Phase I and Phase II). We have also served as formal partner to NIH, NIST, NSF and more recently, NOAA on these agencies’ Phase I or II programs. We provide assistance to companies who have received Technical & Business Assistance (TABA) funding from all agencies, including NASA.
Community Labs Programs
With three decades of experience in delivering commercialization assistance to government-backed ventures, Larta is now expanding our impact to empower community-focused entrepreneurs and solutions.
Do you have an innovation to improve the health & wellness of communities in LA County?
The Heal.LA Bioscience & Healthcare Accelerator provides a nine-month experience, which identifies, nurtures, and scales innovative approaches to improve the health and wellness of Los Angeles-area communities. The program is designed to foster community resilience in response to the impact of healthcare crises, serving communities impacted by lack of access to promising innovations.
Do you have an innovative solution to enhance community resilience and adaptability to weather challenges in Los Angeles County?
The Venture Fellows program is a nine-month, immersive experience that supports innovators to pilot and scale solutions that enhance community resilience and adaptability to weather disasters and related environmental conditions at no-cost.
Our Alumni — you’re in good company.
Since 1993, we’ve helped over 6,500 startups turn bold ideas into successful businesses—driving innovation, creating jobs, and strengthening industries through our programs, partnerships, and funding.
Impact & Sustainability.
We select founders and startups into our programs based on alignment to our Thesis – our impact, investment, and portfolio strategy.
We have identified three strategic impact areas for our efforts, which are built upon the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. These impact areas are strongly interconnected, requiring coordinated efforts to effect change in communities, in the systems we use to manage our resources, and across the natural planet as a whole. This structured approach offers a clear framework with measurable outcomes to assess our impact.
Our understanding of sustainability is influenced by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, which are a set of 17 interconnected global objectives designed to serve as a blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all.
We provide innovators with access to our programs, ecosystem and funding which all play a vital role in supporting the development and implementation of their solutions.
Together, these three pillars create a strong platform that helps innovators and startups develop real-world solutions to today’s biggest challenges—driving progress in energy, health, and economic growth.
Our programs provide essential support to vetted early-stage ideas, nurturing them with specialized expertise, tools, and guidance, ensuring these concepts evolve from ideas into practical solutions.
Our ecosystem provides innovators with a supportive network that includes government bodies, industry leaders and academic institutions. This network not only offers resources but also valuable connections and partnerships, fostering an environment where innovative solutions can thrive and gain traction.
Funding is the engine of American innovation. Through a strong mix of financial support—including non-dilutive funds, grants, and loans—Larta and its partners help groundbreaking solutions get the backing they need to grow, scale, and drive real progress in energy, technology, and industry.
Larta's involvement was crucial in our early days to validate our value proposition into a cohesive roadmap and business plan.
