Larta Institute Company Profile
Larta is a professional services firm that helps turn government-funded innovations into enterprises. Our clients range from federal agencies in the U.S. to governments and regional authorities across the globe. We increase the market and investor readiness of emerging entrepreneurs supported by these institutions. Larta has over 17 years of experience designing and managing customized mentoring programs to help innovators reach commercial markets. We credit our proven track record of success to our unrivaled expertise and extensive global network of subject-matter experts, seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and Fortune 1000 companies. Since 1993, we have assisted hundreds of entrepreneurs to raise over $1.5 billion in capital.
News from Larta Institute:
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Appoints Larta CEO Rohit Shukla to Serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Rohit Shukla, Founder & CEO of Larta Institute, has been selected to serve on the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that Shukla will join 26 other individuals who will advise the Secretary of Commerce on issues related to accelerating innovation, expanding […]
Larta Institute Energizes Technology Ideas: Applying a Network-Centric Model to Generate Societal Impact in 2013, Annual Report Released
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — For 20 years, Larta Institute has worked closely with entrepreneurs across the globe. Its work, in brief "energizes" innovations that have the potential to positively impact mankind's concerns: technologies that feed the world, fuel the world and heal the world. Larta's programs focus on enabling entrepreneurs to build commercially […]
Los Angeles Based Global Innovation Hub Larta Institute Celebrates 20 Years Transforming Technology Ideas that Make Lives Better
LOS ANGELES, March 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Larta Institute marks a milestone as a global hub of innovation: it's 20 years young! Larta (www.larta.org) was founded in 1993 amidst California's economic turmoil with the mission of growing technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Los Angeles. They assisted 30 entrepreneurs after opening their doors that year. Fast-forward 20 […]
Emerging Technologies in Ag-Bio, Food, Biofuels, and Sustainability to be Presented at Fifth Annual Ag Innovation Showcase
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — What: Established in 2009, the Ag Innovation Showcase is the leading annual global event for agriculture's industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and capital providers. Over the course of each year, Larta Institute, on behalf of the Showcase partners, identifies, selects and promotes emerging technologies in ag-bio, food and nutrition, […]
"Outside-the-Box" Entrepreneurs to Address Resource Constraints, Crop Shortages at Fifth Ag Innovation Showcase
Premier International Innovation event will bring together Ag's industry leaders, capital providers and emerging entrepreneurs ST. LOUIS, July 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The fifth annual Ag Innovation Showcase will be held Sept. 9-11, 2013 at the Danforth Plant Science Center (www.AgShowcase.com). With food at the center of global attention, the event hosted by the Bio-Research […]
Larta Institute Generates Impact through Innovation: The Work of a Global Innovation Hub in 2012
LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — In developed and emerging economies alike, policy makers and practitioners recognize the undeniable significance of technology-based entrepreneurship as a major driver of innovation and its ability to impact humanity worldwide – on both economic and social fronts. Larta Institute, an innovation hub based in the U.S., reports on the […]
Larta Institute Fosters Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development with New Partnerships in Romania, South Africa
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Larta Institute (www.larta.org), a global leader in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, today announced two global partnerships, aimed at unlocking the commercialization potential of world-class research and promising technology-based businesses in Romania and South Africa. As these countries look to capitalize on their human and technical assets, support mechanisms for […]
Cluster-based Programs Not Aligned With Times and Needs: Larta Institute
Leading entrepreneur hub offers "Network-Centric" model as worthwhile alternative LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2012 — Larta Institute, the Los Angeles-based commercialization assistance hub, says that the current, localized and cluster-based models of assistance offered to high-growth entrepreneurs do not meet their needs in a time of increased global competition and opportunity. It describes instead an […]
Larta Institute Receives Award for National Institutes of Health Commercialization Assistance Program at 2011 Acquisition, Grants, and Small Business Symposium
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2011 — Last week in Alexandria, VA, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Grants and Acquisition Policy and Accountability (OGAPA) recognized the National Institutes of Health's Commercialization Assistance Program (and its Niche Assessment Program) for a special "team" recognition award for superior efforts to assist over 600 […]
Larta Institute NIH Success Stories Featured in 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14, 2011 — A report on the California biomedical industry published last week by the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) highlights success stories from Larta Institute, a consulting firm that helps government-funded emerging entrepreneurs bring their technologies from lab to market. According to CHI's 2011 California Biomedical Industry Report, the industry has become […]
Betting on Change – The Venture Forum in 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 14, 2008 — Shining a spotlight on the ever-growing field of life sciences, Larta Institute's 14th Annual Venture Forum will provide a ray of hope in the midst of the dark backdrop of the current economy. This year the Forum has the unparalleled opportunity to focus on brilliant entrepreneurs in the […]
Loma Linda University Partners With Larta Institute forTechnology Marketing Program
LOS ANGELES, April 10, 2008 — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Loma Linda University a three-year Partnership for Innovation (PFI) grant of $593,978 to lead a consortium in developing an innovative model for marketing research discoveries from Southern California universities. Barry L. Taylor, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and former Vice […]
Larta Institute Partners With Burrill & Company to Presentthe 14th Annual Life Sciences Venture Forum
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 10, 2008 — Dedicating this year's Venture Forum to the life sciences industry, Larta Institute and Burrill & Company have announced a partnership in developing and producing the 2008 Life Sciences Venture Forum, which will showcase the most promising and innovative seed and early-stage life sciences companies from the U.S. and […]
