At Altitude Lab,
We Rise Together

Together we address the rapidly changing
needs of patients and sustainably accelerate
Utah's growing health care economy.

We are a health care accelerator activating a
community of diverse entrepreneurs in Utah.

What We Offer

Space and
Equipment
24/7 Access, $1M of the latest biology tools, 10,000 sq ft. of office space at the foot of the Wasatch Front.

Industry
Guidance
Industry experts will help you navigate everything, from partnerships to managing clinical pathways

Meaningful Investor Network
We’ll help you establish relationships with national investors to fund, mentor, and connect your startup.

Scientific Founder Community
A community of scientific founders together grappling with our industry's unique challenges.

An ecosystem of innovation depends on diverse founders.

That’s why we make mentors, expert feedback, and methods to build inclusive companies accessible to our health care leaders. 

By empowering our innovators, we are solving systemic gaps for diverse patients. This captures the attention of our growing network of investors, scientific thought leaders, and public officials to accelerate your business.

We connect your startup to reach patients faster and level the path to market.

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Resident Story

Building a Startup with My Dad: Lessons in Family, Boundaries, and Trust

Kevin Yang reflects on co-founding NephroNovus with his dad, sharing how their father-son relationship evolved as they built a startup together. He talks about the challenges of giving feedback, maintaining trust, and learning to separate family dynamics from business decisions. The piece offers a grounded look at the balance between personal connection and professional growth.

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Altitude Lab Launches Pre-seed Venture Fund, Anchored by Recursion CEO Chris Gibson, Enabling SBIR-awarded Biotechs Hit by Funding Gap to Build in Salt Lake City

Altitude Lab has launched the Altitude Lab Fund to support early-stage biotech startups impacted by federal funding cuts. In partnership with Recursion, the fund offers $100,000–$250,000, lab space, and accelerator access to high-potential SBIR-reviewed companies. Led by industry leaders, it aims to bridge funding gaps, support underrepresented founders, and strengthen Salt Lake City’s biotech hub.

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Creating a Beacon During a Time of Uncertainty for the Biotech Community

Altitude Lab, in collaboration with Chris Gibson and David Bearss, has launched the Altitude Lab Fund, a pre-seed fund aimed at supporting SBIR-awarded startups facing federal funding uncertainty. The fund underscores the crucial role of SBIR grants in translating academic discoveries into commercial success, as seen with companies like Fluidigm and Recursion. With recent cuts threatening U.S. leadership in biotech innovation, the fund will provide $100,000–$250,000 in pre-seed capital, lab space, and accelerator support to ensure promising health startups continue to thrive.

See What Founder's
Are Saying

Provided lab space for our employees as we progress and grow this start-up biotech company

Jim Levison

Altitude is an enriching environment that provides countless opportunities for our company to grow, network, fundraise, and further develop our products.

Robert Williams

Lauryn and Chandana have been excellent. They consistently go above and beyond their duties to help my company and me be successful. They have been instrumental in getting us connected with vendors, equipment set up, lab issues resolved, and so much more. They are always more than willing to help with whatever questions I may have. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with them.

Liz Enrico

The lab space has been extremely helpful, having access to all the equipment has been crucial for company progression.

Luke Bennink

Residence allowed our company to begin running experiments and moving forward while we raised capital for our own equipment and space.

Andrea Mazzocchi

Being able to access the lab facilities has been amazing! As well as having access to a community of other scientists for help and to learn from.

Eva Serio

Altitude Lab has served us as a great launch pad. Before we started the company, we did not fully appreciate the logistical intensity of starting a biotech. Altitude lab has allowed us focus on our science while the rest of the lab needs and so much more were taken care of for us.

Trent Fowler

Lab space, and being able to move/work away from the university has been huge for us. From a technology standpoint as well as allowing us to work faster and more efficiently. Having a working environment (desks) where we can grow and collaborate has been useful too. The space allows us to be dynamic as we grow and our needs change

Susan Wojralewicz

The key thing is infrastructure for us. We've been able to navigate legal stuff and fundraising without a ton of outside help but having a physical space to receive shipments on our behalf and instrumentation for us to use has really helped. I expect that benefit to jump when we finally move our lab operations there!

Ian Quigley

Having an affordable place to set up our lab and do our initial work is beyond measurable value. Also, the ability to connect with others in the same space for advice and shared experience is also incredibly helpful.

Joshua Schiffman

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