Find licensable federally-funded technology before your competitors do.
Horizon Labs aggregates grant data from NIH, NSF, SBIR, and USASpending — scores each technology on commercial readiness — and gives corporate licensing and BD teams the tools to source, evaluate, and track federally-funded innovations.
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Everything you need to source deep tech
From federal funding discovery to due diligence — one platform built for technology scouting.
Surface licensable federally-funded deep tech across NIH, NSF, SBIR, and USASpending — filtered by agency, TRL, funding size, and commercial readiness.
A composite shortlisting signal for tech scouts: TRL maturity (40%), funding velocity (35%), and linked patent impact (25%).
Move candidate technologies through your licensing pipeline with due diligence checklists, status tracking, and private scout notes.
Browse principal investigators across all four agencies with organization and ORCID profiles.
Jump straight to the original federal record on NIH RePORTER, NSF, SBIR.gov, or USASpending.
Live sync status from all four federal data sources so you know your pipeline reflects the latest awards.
How it works
Three steps from data to decision.
Surface Licensable Technology
We aggregate award data from NIH, NSF, SBIR, and USASpending — scored by commercial readiness so you spot licensing opportunities first.
Shortlist by Commercial Signal
Each technology is ranked by TRL maturity, funding velocity, and linked patent impact — so your shortlist runs on substance, not noise.
Run Due Diligence
Move candidates through your licensing pipeline, attach scout notes, and share findings with your BD team before the competition does.
Plans for every stage of scouting
Start free, upgrade as your pipeline grows.