Labs Start

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A 100-day Founder × Funder experience. Tell us who you are and what you’re building or backing—the questions adapt to your path.

Which best describes you?

Labs Start backs two sides of the same frontier—the people building companies, and the people building the firms that fund them.

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What kind of funder are you?

Funders funding founders, and funders funding funders—both power the flywheel. Labs Start is positioned to develop new managers and new LPs alike.

Which program fits your stage?

Every program runs 100 days. Choose the stage that matches where you are today—we’ll tailor the rest of the application to it.

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Your application

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About you

Your team

What have you built, shipped, or led that makes you the right person for this?

Your startup

Roughly 20 words — what you do, for whom.

Where you are — Hatch

What have you validated? Is there a prototype, waitlist, or first users?

Where you are — Launch

Where you are — Lift

Materials & funding (optional)

You & your team

Your firm & fund

Angel, SPV, or fund investments; any exits, markups, or DPI/TVPI you can share.

Where you are — Hatch

Where you are — Launch

Where you are — Lift

Materials (optional)

You & your organization

Your interest in Labs Start

Funds you’ve backed, or note if this would be your first LP commitment.

A little more

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Review & submit

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Labs Start Studios (L2s) is a studio of Labs Studio Group. Founder investments are made through the Labs EDGE Note; funder investments are made in partnership with Labs Investor Group. Selection is discretionary. See the Investment Terms.

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Thank you—we’ve received your application to Labs Start. Our selection team reviews every submission. If there’s a fit, we’ll be in touch by email.

Questions in the meantime? Write to general@labsstart.com.

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