A shared laboratory for medtech and biotech startups — the first of its kind near the Stanford campus and Stanford Medical Center. Move in, plug into fully equipped core facilities, and get straight to the science.
StartX Med Labs Cooperative, Inc. is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurial scientists to build successful companies. Given the right environment, entrepreneurs like you can change the world. Our job is to give you that environment — reducing the time and money you need to prove out your technology, build your team, find experts, and attract capital.
Shared core equipment means you spend capital on experiments, not on outfitting a lab from scratch.
Recruit from the Stanford ecosystem, with campus and the Medical Center just minutes away.
Sit alongside other founding scientists solving adjacent problems — advice is a bench away.
Join a cohort whose alumni have raised from top-tier investors and been acquired by industry leaders.
Startups share 2,000 square feet of wet lab space, with benches available from five to thirteen linear feet. Core equipment is included and maintained; fume hoods are available to rent separately.
A working community of medtech and biotech founders sharing space, equipment, and hard-won know-how.
Stem cell-derived hepatocyte therapies to treat liver disease.
Smart hydrogels for localized drug delivery to treat gastrointestinal disease.
Infrastructure that lets hospitals and clinics safely prepare and administer cell and gene therapies.
Automated, point-of-care manufacturing for personalized cell and gene cancer therapies.
Patented sunscreen ingredients offering better UVA protection than current FDA-approved options.
Nanophotonic chips for direct, large-scale protein analysis powering drug discovery and AI biology.
Making clean energy transportable to solve curtailment and transmission congestion.
Liquid biopsy for early cancer detection. Raised a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.
Non-invasive prenatal and cancer screening built on single-molecule DNA counting technology.
AI-driven live-cell testing that predicts cancer drug response for veterinary and human oncology.
Precision-engineered cell therapies for blood cancers and autoimmune disease.
CRISPR-based approaches to persistent viral infections.
Plant-inspired biomanufacturing of essential medicines.
ctDNA cancer screening and monitoring. Acquired by Roche.
Send us a note about your company and how much bench space you need.
We review and approve. Priority goes to StartX community companies.
Our office manager emails move-in paperwork. Processing takes roughly 3 weeks.
Get your bench, badge, and core equipment access. Start running experiments.
Space is available to ANY company requiring wet lab space. In the event demand outpaces supply, we will prioritize companies in the StartX community.
Benches are available from five to thirteen linear feet within our shared 2,000 square foot wet lab. Tell us your team size and workflow and we'll recommend a configuration.
Pricing depends on bench footprint and term length. Email startxlabs@startx.com for current rates and application next steps.
Yes. All listed core facilities — freezers, tissue culture, PCR, imaging, plate reading, autoclave, and more — are shared and maintained as part of your membership.
Roughly 3 weeks to process paperwork once your application is approved, and about a month end to end. Submit paperwork at least 3 weeks before your target move-in date.
2627 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304 — the first shared lab of its kind to launch near the Stanford campus and Stanford Medical Center. View on map →
Tell us about your company and we'll follow up with pricing and application next steps.
Prefer email? Reach us directly at startxlabs@startx.com