Validate your idea as a business.
Find out if entrepreneurship is for you, and if your business idea has commercial value.
Deadline to apply is October 24, 2024.
Missed the deadline? No problem. Join the waitlist by filling out the form below, or email maryoyeneyin@venturelabs.ca.
What is Lab2Market Validate?
Are you a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher looking to validate your idea with the purpose of finding business or commercial value in what you are pursuing?
Lab2Market Validate is a 4-month program to test and evaluate your idea in an entrepreneurial landscape. Lab2Market Validate is now being offered across British Columbia in partnership with SFU VentureLabs and entrepreneurship@UBC.
Throughout the program, you will discover your passion for entrepreneurship, build an entrepreneurial skill set, and connect with the network you need to turn your ideas into successful businesses.
What types of industries do we support?
The Pacific Hub cohort is open to all teams based in British Columbia. Join the waitlist.
Program Highlights
- Build your entrepreneurial skills: Learn and practice key entrepreneurial skills focused on market research, customer discovery, and IP/patent landscape.
- Grow your skills: Gain access to a network of experienced researchers and entrepreneurs who provide valuable insights and mentorship.
- $15,000 in funding available per accepted applicant team.
- Expand your network: Access to mentors, industry experts, and potential funders to support your commercialization journey.
Key Dates
- Join the waitlist or email maryoyeneyin@venturelabs.ca
- Pre-program: February 18-20, 2025 (in-person, Vancouver)
- Core program: March 5, 2025
- Post program: April 29-30, 2025
- All L2M Validate sessions are on Wednesdays
Eligibility
- A full-time graduate student in a Masters, Ph.D., or Postdoc program who has developed or is currently developing tech-based university research.
- The technical lead must be the applicant’s academic supervisor, and able to receive tri-council funding.
- Applicants must be eligible for Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) program.
- This program also welcomes student researchers who are currently enrolled in or have graduated from a diploma or certification program at TRU, Emily Carr, UVIC, UNBC, VIU, BCIT, or Kwantlen.