Bridge SBIR Valley of Death via Commercialization Consulting to Phase II Awardees
- Organization
- NSF SBIR program's structural gap between research funding and commercial execution
- Sector
- SBIR Phase II awardees stuck in commercialization valley of death
- Location
- United States (SBIR awardee locations)
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Executive summary
Current state
NSF awarded $1.25M SBIR Phase II funding to LABFORINVENTION CORP for developing scalable manufacturing technology for signal-penetrating low-E glass, creating a capital influx for a pre-commercial technology that lacks industrial execution capacity and market validation pathways.
Market catalyst
SBIR Phase II awardees like LABFORINVENTION have technical validation and R&D funding but lack commercial execution capability. They're trapped in 'valley of death' between research and market, creating demand for commercialization bridge services.
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