What is InnoVenture Labs?
A startup incubator is more than a desk or a lab bench. We’re about the journey and the discovery, turning the imagined into reality.
We understand the needs of our members, connect them across industries, and launch them into the markets ready to engage.
Our startup incubator provides our members with the time and tools to bring their ideas to market.
Our Mission as a Startup Incubator
InnoVenture Labs ® is committed to:
Accelerating the growth of innovative startups in the cleantech and biotech sectors (two of the strongest technology clusters in Massachusetts).
Supporting the economic development on the North Shore by successfully launching new companies and creating high-quality, sustainable jobs.
North Star Business Guidance Program
Discovery is innovation only if you can sell it, people will buy lots of it, and someone makes money
The startup journey isn’t a straight line. Our startup incubator program, the North Star, helps you navigate as you progress. It tracks your progress across all facets of company formation and growth, from market to technology to funding and all points in-between. Our goal is to have you graduate ready to be on your own, in your own space, with all necessary resources in place for growth.
The North Star helps you innovate faster and climb higher.
Our Impact
Bringing exciting new companies, high-quality jobs, and investment opportunities to the region.
See more about our impact on our graduates on our YouTube Channel!
CommercializE leading-edge technologY. Our companies are producing advanced technologies to solve pressing problems like cancer diagnosis and treatment, growing replacement organs, or storing energy from renewable sources. Many even pivoted towards COVID-19 research, testing, and more.
Create Jobs and Growth. Startups are here because it’s affordable, accessible and talent-rich.
Encourage creative, entrepreneurial culture. Our startup incubator enables ideas to flourish, business is done, and clusters are built when companies, researchers, students, and advisors interact in multiple ways.
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Chris Ilsley
President and CEO
Christine Kressirer
COO
Trish Fleming
Director of Mentoring
Jeff DeFrank
Lab Manager
Board of Directors
Chairman, Harry G. McCoy Co-Founder, North Shore InnoVentures; President & CEO of Thorne Diagnostics, Inc.
President, Chris Ilsley President & CEO, North Shore InnoVentures
Treasurer, Chad Robinson Partner, CohnReznick
Clerk, Jack M. Swig In-House Counsel; Co-Chair NSTC Biosciences Group
Bob Barton President, Corn Bay Associates
Thomas Forest Farb CEO & President, Thrive Bioscience, Inc.
Martha C. Farmer Co-Founder, North Shore InnoVentures
Mary Grant Co-President of Beverly Mainstreets; Former State Representative, Beverly
Tom Kinneman Executive in Residence, North Shore InnoVentures
David E. Reibel VP & General Counsel, Rocket Software; Past President of North Shore Technology Council (NSTC)
Alex A. Van Adzin Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Corporation Secretary at Photo Diagnostic Systems, Inc.
Jean-Jacques Yarmoff International Strategy, BioLabs
Corporate Counsel – Ex Officio
Nicola M. Lemay Partner, Foley Hoag LLP