LabCentral

“One of the great things about LabCentral is that they take care of the facilities, which meant we could focus on hiring the right technical and scientific talent instead of worrying about managing the space. It really helped us move faster.”

“There's a lot of camaraderie. Everybody helps each other. For me personally, being at LabCentral has been helpful because it has allowed me to connect with a lot of other first time founders and first time CEOs. And experienced CEOs, because this ecosystem has a combination of all of them.”

“I don’t think we quite realized the value of the LabCentral ecosystem. But now that we’re building a team here, LabCentral gives us access to alot of early seed startups. So, reaching out to other people in the ecosystem are walking that path with you and learning from their experiences, that's been incredibly helpful for us.”

“I think what's really amazing about LabCentral is the innovation ecosystem. When we chose LabCentral as the incubator to build our company, we were attracted by the fact that it is a premier biotech incubator. It has amazing infrastructure. It has a lot of good instruments.”

“The vibrant community helped us attract, motivate, and retain employees. When you only have 4-5 people on your team, being in the heart of Cambridge with 30 other people is huge. It’s not just one element that makes LabCentral special; it’s the perfect blend of resources, community, and Johannes' visionary leadership that sets it apart.”

“LabCentral’s community is truly special for building a young company. Biotechnology startups need to be in Cambridge—specifically Kendall Square—and LabCentral provides an adaptive, established model designed to set companies up for success from day one.”

“The ready-made infrastructure—the shared laboratory format, along with all necessary permits, hazardous waste management, centralized front office and procurement, security, and IT—were essential, letting us prioritize the hiring of scientists. We also had the flexibility to grow at our own pace.”

“The first, second and third thing I would say about the LabCentral community, is that it’s incredibly available to help. We have all been there and frankly, we all root for each other’s success.”

“Every time I pitch to investors, I have a confidence in what we're saying because we had the time and space to focus on repeating our findings. And there’s just no substitute for that.”

“LabCentral provided us with the tools we needed to get to work quickly. We knew we needed to start our research early because there was a real time to it that you couldn’t shortcut. That’s a lot of what we do here, we’re always in that tissue culture room.”

““Our time at LabCentral facilitated positive collisions with Big Pharma companies. We were literally bumping into them in the halls! This proximity led to a research collaboration with a top 5 pharma company in the immunology space."”

““LabCentral’s network opened doors to invaluable opportunities for us, including a research collaboration with a leading pharma company in immunology. Their leadership also provided investor references that played a key role in helping us secure funding.””