Rare opportunity for subsidized lab and office space at the Venture Development Center, UMass Boston

BOSTON - Nov. 7, 2023 - PRLog -- Two dry lab spaces and 4 offices in our state of the art co-working facility and incubator have become available and will not last long!
Located in the UMass Boston Harbor Campus since 2009, the VDC is a dream destination for startups because of its low rent, prime location, top tier infrastructure and rich bouquet of support services for Massachusetts entrepreneurs. The VDC is pleased to share a wonderful opportunity for the right companies seeking to be selected for incubation and commercial acceleration.

Key features of the two adjacent available dry lab spaces are as follows:

• The labs and office are fully connected, carpeted and furnished with secured 24-hour access to office space.  
• VDC Companies are also eligible for Innovation Vouchers from the state of MA for subsidized use of the core facilities.
• Companies may access all campus core facilities, advanced equipment and research consultation/support from faculty and core facility professional staff. [https://www.umb.edu/core-facilities/]
• VDC membership provides use of co-working spaces: conference rooms, board rooms, mailboxes, modern kitchen / patio, and eating space.
• Access to Campus facilities: Parking, Public Transportation / UMass Boston T Shuttle buses, Campus Food Court, Gym and Health Center.
• Each lab space is 380 sq. Ft [A combination into one larger lab/office is also possible].

"Membership of the VDC has been a boost for our entire team! We love the location, high quality premises and support services as well as access to the core facilities. Following our success in fund-raising, it has been very helpful in accelerating our journey to commercialization"

Hung V Nguyen, Co-Founder and Director of Therapeutics Development, Window Therapeutics, VDC Member since 2021.

Recent companies selected to the VDC:

Atlantic Quantum: Prof. Jonas Bylander, Co-founder and GM, Europe
Developing High quality, Scalable, quantum Hardware

Block Carbon, Alvin Tian, CEO
Using remote sensing and AI to pioneer rapid carbon credit development

Giwo Tech: Ashwin Lokapally, Co-Founder/CEO.
Using Molecular dynamics simulations to create 'Digital Twins'and revolutionize anti-viral drug discovery.

Atacama Biomaterials: Paloma Gonzales-Rojas & Jose Dominguez, Co-Founders
Merging AI and Robotics to revolutionize sustainable biomaterial production.

PEEK: Krispian Lawrence and Yi Ling Tian, co-founders.
Revolutionizing colorectal Cancer Screening.

Membership of the VDC brings a bouquet of unrivalled benefits to those that are accepted are provided with access to all core facilities and advanced equipment on-campus, along with access to many types of advanced university engineering and life science instruments including an animal facility.

Contact us at: vdc@umb.edu, 617.287.6070 for more information about our start-up tech spaces.