About Lab2Market

Make impact your business

Canada’s next success story is waiting to unfold. Right now, it’s tucked away at a lab bench in Halifax. Or being tested at a desk in Winnipeg. It might even be documented on a laptop in Toronto. A wealth of possibility and promise that’s yet to be uncovered. Until now.

Lab2Market is a nationwide program that helps brilliant minds in graduate programs and postdoctoral programs reimagine their futures. Throughout the program, they’ll discover their passion for entrepreneurship, build an entrepreneurial skillset, and connect with the network they need to turn their ideas into successful businesses.

Through some of Canada’s leading academic institutions, Lab2Market is a head-start for Canadian research-based ventures.

Gain access to the tools that are necessary to keep yourself and team members accountable, learn best practices on market research and application and connect with a growing cross-Canada network of researchers who have been there and done that - all the while benefiting from what they’ve learned.

Our Promise

To foster innovation and commercial success in Canada by helping participants realize and actualize the market potential in their ideas.

We’ve built Lab2Market with the researcher in mind

Our team has built companies that relied on commercializing research and knows what it takes to convert research ideas into business offerings.

We’ve designed our programming to help you succeed, and build the next great business.

Here’s how:

A program developed with the unique capabilities and mindset of researchers at its heart.
Tangible skills and knowledge you need to make the leap from the bench to the boardroom with confidence.
Designed to keep you and your team focused and accountable.
Gather info from target audiences to get feedback and refine your work.
Connect to a cross-Canada network of researchers who have been there and done that—and benefit from what they’ve learned.

The National Lab2Market Network

National Team

Spencer Giffin

National Executive Director

Wesley Kosiba

National Programming Lead

Funders

For the Government of Canada, this project is funded by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, FedDev Ontario, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Pacific Economic Development Canada, and Prairies Economic Development Canada. In Québec, it is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec.

Hub Leads