1812 Ashland Accelerator

FROM FEASIBILITY TO FLOURISHING STARTUPS WITH END-TO-END SERVICE

The challenge: Johns Hopkins University’s Technology Ventures and the University’s FastForward team sought to maximize the impact of University research by facilitating the transfer of research discovery. A feasibility study conducted by VaLogic identified demand for early-stage lab space in the Baltimore area. VaLogic’s comprehensive study addressed lab areas, size, and functions to be performed within the space, as well as finishes and infrastructure requirements. The next step: Create an accelerator/innovation hub for lab-based companies with VaLogic engaged to assist in the construction.

Launching innovation with high-performing equipment, facility, and lab space.

The 1812 Ashland Accelerator was built to offer fully turn-key services with 8,000 square feet of office and meeting space and over $1 million in shared lab instruments in 15,000 square feet of well-equipped and -provisioned BSL2 wet lab space.

The accelerator offers purpose-built space for different kinds of startups, and to date the completed facility has helped launch multiple tenant startups seeking to bring innovation to fields ranging from telemedicine to cell therapies for cancer treatment. The accelerator has been also been a boon for the Technology Ventures team in co-locating internal and external groups.