Traction and Success
Top 5 Startup @ TechCrunch
MabLab has been recognized as a Top 5 Startup for the prestigious Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Our achievement at the world’s preeminent startup competition places MabLab among the few companies whose transformative potential has captivated the attention of world-class investors and respected industry leaders.
2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Winner
We were named a $25K Winner in the 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge. All competitors are rigorously evaluated by panels of top-tier judges who assess each company for impact, scalability, and market traction. Our recognition places us among the top one percent of all ventures in the entire startup ecosystem at Harvard University.
BostInno's 25 Under 25 List
The founding team at MabLab were selected by editors of the Boston Business Journal for BostInno's 25 Under 25 List, an award recognizing the best entrepreneurs and technologists in Boston who have distinguished themselves in their companies, their communities and their industries. Our work serves as a model for young founders aiming to make a real, measurable difference in the world.
Nucleate Activator Program
We graduated from the Boston Chapter of the Nucleate Activator, a lab-to-market program that facilitates the formation of new life science ventures tackling the biggest challenges in human health. At the Demo Day, we won the UMass M2D2 Award — a recognition for the most rewarding and disruptive company in biotechnology.
NYCEDC Founder Fellowship
We were accepted into the 2024 NYCEDC Founder Fellowship with Chloe Capital, a program dedicated to supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs building Seed and Series A ventures in New York City. The program goes beyond the ordinary, offering a transformative tech immersion into the world of business creation in the greatest city in the world.
NSF I-Corps Program
We successfully completed the NSF I-Corps Program at MIT, an initiative that prepares scientists and engineers to transfer cutting-edge research into commercial success. All teams selected to participate are working on ground-breaking discoveries that will result in increased economic prosperity and societal well-being in the United States.
MabLab has achieved many milestones in short order. In less than two years, the company has developed a prototype, worked towards commercialization, established manufacturing partnerships, participated in a range of prestigious accelerators, and won many grant awards and pitch competitions.
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1st Place @ Tulane Business Model Competition
We won 1st Place at the 2025 Tulane Business Model Competition. In partnership with the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane’s Freeman School of Business, the selection committee highlighted our strong customer validation, the depth of our team’s expertise, and the clarity of our approach to addressing a growing public health challenge.
1st Place @ e-Fest
We won 1st Place at e-Fest, the largest undergraduate entrepreneurship conference in the world. Out of more than one hundred and fifty teams competing head-to-head in the final round of the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge, we were showcased on the national stage and took home both the Grand Prize and Global Impact Award. Winning e-Fest gave us the platform to demonstrate visionary ideas, connect with entrepreneurial leaders, and inspire the next wave of changemakers.
1st Place @ SXSW Pitch Competition
We won 1st Place at the SXSW Pitch Competition. The event showcases innovative new technology to a panel of industry experts, high-profile media professionals, venture capital investors, and angel investors. Since the program kicked off in 2009, SXSW Pitch finalists have raised more than $23.2 billion in funding, with over 93% of startups securing funding or acquisitions totaling $23.2B+.
1st Place @ Columbia Engineering Fast-Pitch Competition
We won 1st Place in the Columbia Engineering Fast-Pitch Competition, where we presented our innovation at the university's longest-running startup contest to a distinguished panel of prominent figures from the New York City venture community. In fact, the year we competed had the largest applicant pool since its inception!
1st Place @ Penn HealthX Pitch Competition
We won 1st Place at the Penn HealthX Pitch Competition hosted at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Innovation in healthcare took the center stage for all of the extraordinary startups presenting and representatives from both Penn Medicine and the Wharton School selected us as the winner — a testament to the impact of our life-saving work.
1st Place @ Pitch-A-Thon
We won 1st Place at Pitch-A-Thon: The Beanpot of Ventures, hosted at Northeastern University. The contest is an intercollegiate pitch competition highlighting innovation, entrepreneurship, and real-world problem-solving from incredible undergraduate founders representing Harvard University, Boston University, Boston College, and Northeastern University.
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1st Place @ TiE Global University Pitch Competition
We won 1st Place at the TiE Global University Pitch Competition. Out of more than six hundred remarkable teams who competed worldwide, we clinched victory in the heart of Silicon Valley at TiECON — the largest professional and networking conference for entrepreneurs.
1st Place @ 1871 WMNtech Pitch Competition
We won 1st Place at the 1871 WMNtech Pitch Competition, connecting our team with a vibrant community of female entrepreneurs and investors from across the nation from the World #1 Top Business Incubator and the Most Promising Women Founders Incubator.
1st Place @ launchU
We won 1st Place at launchU, an annual startup "Shark Tank" challenge hosted by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Harrisburg University. We were selected as the winning team by a judging panel from venture capitalists, executive leaders, and the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development.
1st Place @ Business Today’s 50th International Conference
We won 1st Place at Business Today’s 50th International Conference — an annual event held by Princeton University connecting students with top business executives like the CEO of Forbes, Coca-Cola, Citigroup, and Y-Combinator.
1st Place @ Boston Shark Night
We won 1st Place and the Best Women-Led Startup Award at Boston Shark Night, powered by Babson College, Babson Acceleration Club and Silicon Valley Bank. The dynamic competition featured bold ideas from esteemed investors and local startup ecosystem leaders in the City of Boston.
1st Place @ WEBOS Annual Summit
We won 1st Place at the WEBOS Annual Summit hosted by the City of Boston! In celebration of International Women's Month, the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement highlighted the power of women's leadership across all sectors of technology.
1st Place @ Demo Day for Life Changing Labs
We won 1st Place at the Demo Day for Life Changing Labs — a leading cross-university accelerator program based out of Cornell University for the most committed student founders. The program works closely with Entrepreneurship at Cornell and is expertly-led by former investors and entrepreneurs for purpose-driven entrepreneurs.
1st Place @ Demo Day for Evolve Healthcare Accelerator
We won 1st Place during the Demo Day for the Evolve Healthcare Accelerator. We were one of five teams to be selected for the programming at Northeastern University, which provided us access to early-stage life sciences ventures and investors in Boston's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
1st Place @ Demo Day for BizWorld Young Entrepreneur Success Program
We won 1st Place at the Demo Day for BizWorld Young Entrepreneur Success Program, an initiative founded by Tim Draper that provides the necessary tools and resources to accelerate high-potential ventures in the United States.
2nd Place @ Rice Business Plan Competition
We won 2nd Place at the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition, the world’s largest and richest student start-up competition hosted at the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Judged by four hundred angel, venture capital, and corporate investors, we took home more than $300,000 in prizes.
2nd Place @ Heartland Challenge Startup Competition
We won 2nd Place at the 2025 Heartland Challenge Startup Competition, a multi-round, multi-event graduate student startup competition hosted by the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. With an applicant pool of more than one hundred companies, the event showcased the most promising startups emerging across North America.
2nd Place @ TigerLaunch Finals
We won 2nd Place at the 2025 TigerLaunch Finals. Hosted by Princeton University, TigerLaunch is the world's largest student-run entrepreneurship competition, bringing together the nation's best and most promising student-founded companies to pitch, network, and grow their startup.
What sets MabLab apart is not just their innovative technology, but their commitment to addressing a critical yet often overlooked public health crisis. The founders are passionate about decreasing the stigma surrounding recreational drug usage, particularly in marginalized communities that are frequently overlooked by startups and investors.
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