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The Innovation Space
Accelerator · Wilmington, DE, United States · North America
The Innovation Space is a nonprofit innovation ecosystem that provides lab space, equipment, funding and business-building programs to science-driven startups. It operates a 130,000 square foot multi-use lab facility on DuPont's Experimental Station campus in Delaware.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordslife sciencesclean techadvanced materialsscience startupslab spaceaccelerator
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Or find every investor that fitsThe Innovation Space lists 92 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (49%), Industrial & Manufacturing (17%) and AI & Machine Learning (14%). 88% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside RA Capital, Springboard and Techstars.
No funding round on record names The Innovation Space yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not The Innovation Space's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 92. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 49% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 17% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 14% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Education | 3% | 7% |
| Consumer | 2% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 2% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 2% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| RA Capital | 2 |
| Springboard | 2 |
| Techstars | 2 |
| AgLaunch | 1 |
| Altamont Pharmaceutical Holdings | 1 |
| Apple Tree Partners | 1 |
| Arch Grants | 1 |
| Astanor | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 95th | 92 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 82th | 49% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers92100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare The Innovation Space head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
92 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company specializes in the filtration of various chemicals using carbon nanotube sheets. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Adesis partners with pharmaceutical, medical device, and specialty materials companies to develop, scale, and commercialize complex chemistry. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AirJoule Technologies develops and commercializes water and cooling technology platforms for various applications, including data centers and industrial facilities. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Ajaya Bio develops novel therapeutics, including next-generation biologics, for autoimmune diseases and oncology. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Akero Therapeutics is pioneering novel therapies to transform the lives of people living with serious metabolic diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ally Power produces hydrogen and builds hydrogen and electric refueling stations | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aloetherapeutics develops a therapy called AIM-001 to treat solid tumors by activating the immune system to target and attack them. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Amalgent is developing a fixed-dose combination designed to preserve analgesia while enabling lower opioid exposure and addressing the neurobiology of opioid reward. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Antelope Surgical develops cutting-edge products for the medical biotechnology industry, including small molecules for diagnostic, radiotherapeutic, and fluorescence-guided surgical applications. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engineers and produces biodegradable microcapsules that can be filled with various additives, including chemicals, microorganisms, and fertilizers. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Apasomics develops advanced biomedical solutions, combining nanotechnology and biotechnology to revolutionize drug delivery and the treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ardan Pharma is a biotech company developing novel therapeutic strategies to address unmet medical needs in cancer immunotherapy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Baleena provides a device used in consumers' homes to reduce microplastic emissions at the point source—laundry | ConsumerSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ballydel Technologies is a research, development, and manufacturing firm focused on developing novel materials and manufacturing processes for a variety of product applications | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Cell BioEngines is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing allogeneic 'off-the-shelf' cell therapies as ‘drugs’ | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops life-changing immunotherapies for patients living with severe allergic disease, and cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops innovative therapies for women's health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides office brokerage services for venture and startup companies | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| CocoaFiber converts cocoa pod husks into regenerated cellulose textile fibers. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- innovationspace.org
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 92
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