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Lighthouse Labs

https://www.lighthouselabsrva.com

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Lighthouse Labs is a non-profit accelerator, based in Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to building and supporting innovation for startups throughout the state. The organization connects passionate founders with great technology-driven ideas to expert mentors who jointly bring viable ideas to the market. To learn more, visit www.lighthouselabsrva.com

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Location: United States, Virginia, Richmond

Employees: 1-10

Founded date: 2012

Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator

Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Grant

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05.08.2022	DiaM Life	diamlife.com	$20K	United Sta...
25.02.2022	Nessle	nessle.com	$20K	United Sta...

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31.10.2024	The Role of Tech Incubators and Accelerators in Virginia	Share Tweet Share Share Email The tech world is booming, and Virginia is becoming a top spot for startups and tech companies. But what’s driving this growth? A huge factor is the support of tech incubators and accelerators, which give young...
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16.03.2023	The real estate challenges, opportunities Houston faces as hub for biotech, according to expert	In the decade prior to COVID, when it came to early stage biotech companies establishing a foothold in Houston, space-wise, there were only a handful of options to choose from. Because of specialized equipment needs, including in many cases...
16.03.2023	UH researcher lights up at-home COVID-19 testing with glow-in-the-dark materials	A Houston-based research team is tapping glow-in-the-dark materials to upgrade at-home rapid COVID-19 testing. Researchers at the University of Houston have been rethinking the lateral flow assay (LFA) test used for at-home COVID-19 diagnos...
15.03.2023	How Houston stacks up when it comes to its gender pay gap	Pi wasn't the only thing celebrated yesterday on March 14. Equal Pay Day is also celebrated on the same day — a day to examine the decades of advocacy to extinguish the pay gap between men and women. Unfortunately, nationwide the gap is sti...
08.03.2023	Tapping into CERAWeek, SXSW to showcase and convene Houston tech	Every year, one of the biggest tech conferences in the world convenes right down the road from Houston in downtown Austin. That's a huge opportunity for the Greater Houston Partnership to showcase and congregate Housto's tech innovators. Su...
08.03.2023	Houston climate tech startup closes $3M seed led by Shell	A material science startup with technology originating at Rice University has announced it has closed its seed round of funding. DexMat raised $3 million in funding in a round led by Shell Ventures with participation from Overture Ventures,...
02.03.2023	3 Houston startups join accelerators, PE-backed biz names new execs, and more innovation news	It's been a busy month so far with plenty of Houston startup news, major ecosystem events, and more — and there might be some headlines you may have missed. In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, three startups j...
27.02.2023	Houston fashionista fuels fresh brands with pitch series	After growing her audience to over a million followers on Instagram, Houston fashion blogger Dede Raad felt the pressure to expand her business — but she didn't feel inspired by any particular line of business to grow into. "In the blo...
24.02.2023	5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week	Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, big moves for Houston startups, and more....
23.02.2023	UK personalized surgery startup rebrands, expands to US by way of Houston	An innovative health tech company headquartered in the United Kingdom has made its entrance into the United States — and Houston's Texas Medical Center is where it's setting up shop. The company, newly renamed to Insight Surgery — neé 3D Li...
22.02.2023	How this Houston innovator is tapping into tech to make homeownership more accessible	Real estate and homeownership has been historically exclusionary. Bobby Bryant — the first Black man to create and franchise a real estate brokerage brand — wanted to do something about that. Considering the history of the real estate indus...
20.02.2023	UH enters into agreement to bring energy-focused data center to campus	The University of Houston has signed an agreement with India to bring a data center focused on energy to campus, the school announced last week. The memorandum of understanding, or MoU, is between UH and the Directorate General Hydrocarbon,...
17.02.2023	5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week	Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included updates from Houston startups, a new program at the Ion, and ...
17.02.2023	SXSW announces even more featured speakers joining the 2023 program	Whether the return of South by Southwest (SXSW) in three weeks is putting butterflies in your tummy or sweat on your brow, we're in the home stretch. The newest announcement — another wave of featured speakers — does not say it's the final ...
16.02.2023	Houston-based femtech company announces first locations outside of Texas	Houston-based Work & Mother, which outfits commercial buildings with lactation accommodations for working parents, announced this month that it has entered into an agreement to open two new lactation suites outside the state of Texas. T...
05.12.2019	Richmond Startup Accelerator Lighthouse Labs Gets $1M Boost From Activation Capital	The Richmond tech startup ecosystem just got a new wave of support to help local companies scale for years to come. Nonprofit entrepreneurial support organization Activation Capital announced this week it will award up to $1 million to Ligh...
09.10.2018	New Money: The Top Q3 Funding and Acquisition Deals in Central Virginia	With 33 venture capital deals worth a combined $150 million, according to PitchBook data, Virginia had a relatively slow third quarter this year. In Q3 last year, startups in the commonwealth raked in $214 million, one of its biggest quarte...
08.11.2017	Why Richmond Virginia Is Attracting Startups to Local Accelerators	A lot of people characterize Richmond as a big city with a small town feel. That statement could not be more true of the startup community in Richmond. Richmond is home to a lot of disruptive, innovative, and successful high growth startups...
18.06.2017	Lighthouse Labs Gets Another $100K from Capital One Financial	Lighthouse Labs, a business accelerator that provides mentoring and grants to startup companies in the Richmond region, has received another large corporate grant to support its work. Financial services giant Capital One Financial Corp. ann...
18.06.2017	Lighthouse Labs Gets Another $100K from Capital One Financial	Lighthouse Labs, a business accelerator that provides mentoring and grants to startup companies in the Richmond region, has received another large corporate grant to support its work. Financial services giant Capital One Financial Corp. ann...
06.06.2017	30 Best Startup Accelerators in the US Ranked	There's no shame in getting a little bit of help, particularly when it comes to running a business. Sure, you can bootstrap a one-man company with no advice from seasoned entrepreneurs and a notable lack of experience yourself, but you know...
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