It is ensuring that innovation reaches the communities it is designed to serve. In Los Angeles and beyond, we’re seeing the reality of climate change and shifting priorities hit home. Whether it’s the wildfires affecting our neighbors in California or the growing difficulty for founders to find early funding, the systems we rely on are being tested. The wildfires that impacted communities across California are just one example of how these intersecting challenges are testing infrastructure, health systems, and economic resilience.

These moments call for more than short-term responses. They require coordinated, long-term solutions that connect science, capital, and community. At Larta Institute, this is where we operate.

For over three decades, we have worked to ensure that science and technology serve the public good. Today, that work has evolved. Larta is building the infrastructure that enables innovation to move from research to deployment, supporting entrepreneurs, strengthening ecosystems, and mobilizing capital to bring solutions into real-world use.

In 2025, Larta supported 300 enterprises, through 10 specialized commercialization assistance programs, helping mobilize more than $2.2 billion in follow-on funding across climate resilience, health, food systems, and sustainable infrastructure.

This report reflects that work in action—from national commercialization programs toplace-based initiatives like Venture Fellows and Heal.LA, and global partnerships through Global Bridge. Together, these efforts form a connected system designed to translate innovation into impact.