What we do

Horizon Lab

Horizon Lab is a program that provides researchers, doctoral students and early-stage science- and technology-based startups (EBCTs) with maturation and acceleration capabilities, methodologies and standards.

What it involves

Through tools such as Customer Discovery, we build capabilities so that teams themselves reduce technological and commercial uncertainty, independently validating their value propositions, protecting their inventions and connecting scientific research with real market and societal opportunities. Horizon Lab is a program that supports applied research and technology development teams to improve the odds of successfully transferring their technology. To that end, Horizon Lab provides core capabilities for understanding the needs of society and industry, through training and support from specialized mentors. During the program, teams build a business model, which is reviewed using the Customer Discovery methodology to improve the fit between their proposal and market demand.

Who it's for

Early-stage researchers, doctoral students, startups and emerging science- and technology-based companies.
What it offers

Support based on the Customer Discovery methodology to validate value propositions, protect innovations and connect them with the market.
Goal

Reducing technological and commercial uncertainty by bringing scientific solutions closer to market needs and opportunities.

By the numbers

edition: 1
participating teams: 4

Track record

Horizon Lab 2026

The first edition of Horizon Lab brings together four teams from Universidad de Chile and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, backed by Fundación Copec UC, with innovations applied to challenges in health, food safety and agro-industrial sustainability.

The teams work with Customer Discovery and mentoring from the Know Hub Chile Mentor Network, covering customers, intellectual property, market and funding to move forward in validating their technologies.

participating teams

4