Government programs, US: Federal & State

Our mentors are leading experts and practitioners in the fields of management, business development, technology investment, competitive analysis, market strategy, human resources, and other related areas. Through the use of expert mentoring, business consulting, and smart capital acquisition, we help companies chart the course for their technologies to move from the laboratory to the marketplace.  

We have helped guide hundreds of technology companies to develop fundamental research into successful, market-savvy products and create solid metrics of success and transition for our government clients.

National Institutes of Health-Commercialization Assistance Program (NIH-CAP)

The National Institute of Health Commercialization Program (NIH-CAP) is a nation wide program funded by NIH and managed and executed by Larta. The program is designed to assist some of the most promising SBIR Phase II-funded life science companies bring their technologies to market. Go to NIH-CAP page

US National Science Foundation Commercialization Assistance Training Program (NSF-CAP1)

In support of its SBIR/STTR program, NSF has contracted with Larta Institute, to design and deliver a program which will assist the Agency's SBIR/STTR Phase I grantees in their commercialization efforts. Go to NSF-CAP1 page

US Department of Agriculture – Commercialization Assistance Training Program (USDA-CATP)

USDA has teamed with Larta Institute to develop and deliver a pilot program designed to assist USDA's SBIR Phase II awardees in the commercialization of their technologies, processes and/or services. The program aims to facilitate the transition of developed technologies, processes, and/or services into the commercial marketplace. Go to USDA-CATP page

The Department of Energy (DOE)

Larta Institute has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) division to review Phase II SBIR applications from grantees supported through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding.  The Larta team will assess companies proposing solutions in a wide range of technology areas including utility and distributed generation, advanced water power technology, advanced gas turbines  & materials for nuclear and high temperature applications, smart grid, sensors/controls, and commercial and industrial/manufacturing energy efficiency.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Technology Program (ATP)

This ATP-funded program, managed by Larta Institute assisted early stage companies, startups, and emerging university technologies in various high-tech industries to learn about the business issues related to technology innovation and commercialization. The program comprised of training workshops, individual mentoring and coaching sessions, and showcase events in which companies presented their technologies to the investment community, potential strategic partners and licensees. Go to NIST-ATP page

The Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Larta deployed two separate programs for DARPA; one was designed to assist DARPA SBIR companies transition their funded technologies into acquisition channels at the DoD (services)/programs), prime and subcontractor levels.  The second program (available to current DARPA DSO SBIR Phase II Awardees) facilitated the transition of DARPA-funded companies into the commercial marketplace. The program comprised individual mentoring, coaching sessions, and a showcase event where SBIR awardees presented their technologies to the investment community, potential strategic partners and licensees. A total of 13 companies participated in the program and 9 of them presented at Larta’s Venture Forum conference. 

State of California (CalTIP)

The goal of the California Technology Investment Partnership (CalTIP) program was to accelerate the commercialization of emerging technologies.  For close to 10 years, Larta managed this State of California matching grant program at a regional level.  Larta directly managed outreach, conducted workshops on commercialization strategies and the program itself each year for between 100-150 companies, representing the entire population of regional applicants to the CalTIP program, and conducted site visits and one-on-one meetings with grantees to ensure that the Commercialization Plans developed were being implemented or refined.  Services delivered: program management, including workshops, outreach, peer review and selection of nominated CalTIP winners, entrepreneurship training, and commercialization assistance.

Results: CalTIP established strong leverage, with $45.6 million in state grants matching over $250.6 million of federal funding; $249.6 million raised in private investment; and the generation of high-wage jobs (1,292 permanent, 10,914 project/short-term jobs).  The regional share overseen by Larta was $13 million, with a leverage of 7:1 of State funds.

Montana Bioscience Alliance

Larta developed and presented a workshop at the annual Montana Bioscience Alliance meeting. The Montana Bioscience Alliance serves as a hub for Montana's biotechnology community to commercialize, grow and sustain globally competitive bioscience companies.