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Builders Lab

Status: Inaugural cohort launched June 2024; application deadline for initial cohort was August 2, 2024 (now closed)

Organization: Terner Labs, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit and sister organization of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley

Founded: 2024

Program Focus:

  • Support for emerging leaders in architecture, engineering, construction and hardware manufacturing

  • Focus on scaling effective and sustainable methods of housing delivery

  • Goal to build homes more quickly, affordably, and sustainably

  • Transform the cost and feasibility of construction in regional and national markets

  • Address systemic barriers challenging innovators in housing construction and delivery

    • Geographic Scope: United States

    Target Companies:

  • Early- to middle-stage companies

  • Ventures with business models that can navigate and diminish systemic barriers in housing construction

    • Program Components:

  • Nine-month program duration

  • Expert business, policy and technical coaching

  • Networking with Terner Labs' extensive network of regulators, policymakers, strategic partners, and advisors

  • International study tour of industrialized construction ecosystems

  • Support for rapid business scaling

  • Leadership development within regional and national industrialized construction sector

    • Funding Partners:

  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

  • JPMorgan Chase & Co

  • Growing group of senior-level strategic advisors and government supporters

    • Contact Information:

  • Communications: Geraldine Slevin, Communications Manager at geraldine.slevin@ternerlabs.org

    • Website: www.ternerlabs.org/builders-lab

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Applications were open from June 25, 2024 through August 2, 2024 for the inaugural cohort.

    To Apply:

  • Visit www.ternerlabs.org/builders-lab

    • Note: The deadline for the initial cohort (August 2, 2024) has passed. Check the website for information about future cohort application periods.

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