Lab to Startup

Lab to Startup

Hundreds of thousands of researchers around the world are working to improve life and address imminent threats to humanity. Often, the research ends up in the “Scientific valley of death” in the form of publications and patents that never see the light of the day.

Welcome to “Lab to Startup” a podcast aimed at showcasing the effort needed to translate lab research to startups. The show has two main goals: 1. Sharing the stories of those scientists and engineers who have successfully founded startups based on the research at university and national labs. 2. Highlighting the resources and tools needed to help those aspiring to launch startups in the deeptech space.

We also want this show to be a way to communicate those technology development stories to the general public (taxpayers funding the research) in the hope that they will continue to support such research and startups.

Recent Episodes

Sept. 10, 2024

From Pitches to Stories: Transforming Complex Ideas into Engaging Narratives

Zack Schildhorn is a venture Partner at venture firm Lux Capital. He played multiple key roles that helped the firm scale from less than $100M to more than $4B in assets under management. After witnessing thousands of pitche…
July 16, 2024

Turning great science into impactful medicine: Lessons from Corey Goodman, Pioneer in Science and Venture Capital

Corey Goodman, Ph.D., is the managing partner of VenBio, a venture capital firm he cofounded in 2011. VenBio already has 7 FDA approved drugs on the market, saving and improving lives. Corey spent 25 years as Professor of Bi…
June 25, 2024

Pushing Boundaries: Abhishek Tripathi’s Experience with NASA, SpaceX, UC Berkeley and Startups

Abhishek Tripathi, is the Director of Mission operations of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. Abhi is also the Chair of the Air and Space track startups at Skydeck, which is UC Berkeley…
April 30, 2024

Lessons from Evolution of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at UC Berkeley

Richard Lyons, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, at the University of California, Berkeley. Rich is an economist and the former dean of the business school. Rich will be…
April 9, 2024

Civilization Ventures: Lessons learned from operating, founding, exiting, investing in startups and applying them to support founders

Shahram Seyedin-Noor is the founder and managing partner at Civilization Ventures. Shahram received a JD from Harvard and worked at Wilson Solsinis and Cooley before going into investment banking at firms like Goldman Sachs …
Feb. 27, 2024

Humba Ventures: Investing in Deep Tech Startups with Engineering Focus

Leo Polovets is the Co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures. Leo focuses on enterprise software and technical products at Susa. About two years ago, He also started Humba Ventures, a fund that invests in deep tech an…