ADL Ventures Wins 2025 SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Award
ADL Ventures Wins 2025 SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Award, Launches The Industrialized to Accelerate Innovation in Infrastructure and Construction
Boston based venture consultancy selected among national Lab-to-Market awardees; prize funds new platform bridging research and commercialization in the built environment focused on the West Virginia and the Appalachia region.
Boston, MA — January 21, 2026 — ADL Ventures LLC has been named a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC), receiving a $75,000 award in the Lab-to-Market category. The honor recognizes ADL Ventures' work to close the gap between scientific research and real-world commercialization — a national priority with direct implications for economic security, domestic production, and America's technological leadership.
ADL Ventures will use the award to launch The Industrialized, a new digital portal dedicated to sharing stories, insights, and resources that connect research breakthroughs with market-ready solutions in infrastructure, construction, and industrialized construction.
"Lab-to-Market initiatives are about making sure America's best ideas don't stay on a shelf," said Ryan Legg, Entrepreneur in Residence at ADL Ventures. "The Industrialized will give the built environment its own home for the kind of knowledge-sharing and commercialization storytelling that this sector has long needed."
Building on a Proven Track Record
ADL Ventures brings a well-established playbook to this new initiative. The firm previously won the U.S. Department of Energy's American Inventions Made Onshore (AIM Onshore) Prize Competition, developing Manufacturing Hub — a digital platform connecting hardware innovators with educational content and domestic manufacturing partners. That platform was built on DOE's Build4Scale curriculum and designed to accelerate hardware entrepreneurs' path to market.
The Industrialized brings that same model directly to the infrastructure and construction sectors — industries that Frank Yang, Partner at ADL Ventures, believes are at a critical turning point. "Manufacturing learned decades ago that scaling innovation requires more than good technology - it requires shared knowledge, actionable playbooks, and partnerships across the ecosystem. Construction and infrastructure are at that same inflection point. With AI accelerating what's possible, we're building The Industrialized so those lessons don't have to be relearned from scratch."
About the SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
The SBA's 2025 GAFC awarded $5.7 million to entrepreneur support organizations across the country. Lab-to-Market awardees were selected for proposals addressing gaps in local innovation networks related to national and economic security, domestic manufacturing, biotechnology, and other critical and emerging technologies. Each winner received a $75,000 prize.
ADL Ventures was among more than 40 organizations recognized nationally in the Lab-to-Market category. Learn more at https://www.americasseedfund.us/accelerators
About ADL Ventures
ADL Ventures is a venture consultancy specializing in developing and launching clean infrastructure innovations. With offices in San Francisco and Boston, the firm has a track record of building digital platforms and open innovation programs that connect innovators with the resources, partners, and pathways they need to reach the market. Learn more at www.adlventures.com.
About The Industrialized
The Industrialized is a forthcoming portal dedicated to bridging the gap between research and commercialization in infrastructure, construction, and industrialized construction. Funded by the SBA's 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund, the platform will feature stories, tools, and resources for innovators working to modernize the built environment. http://www.the-industrialized.com