Larta Institute is a commercialization "hub" whose tag line, "connecting people to drive innovation" has become the centerpiece of its practice. Companies assisted by Larta have raised over $1.5 billion in outside capital, and have notched up over 1,000 deals, and 3,500 strategic and other partnerships. Larta manages national programs on a multi-year basis for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and has developed similar programs for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Larta's customers include government and state agencies, universities, large companies, and regional partners around the world. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Larta's practice areas and capabilities are described further at http://www.larta.org.