How We Work With Your Lab
A practical outside perspective, with support shaped around your startup team’s priorities.
We help biotech and research startups strengthen daily operations through remote support and visits to your laboratory.
Start With Your Priorities
We begin with a conversation about your laboratory, the systems you want to strengthen, and any upcoming changes. We agree on the scope before work begins.
Review, Prioritize, Implement
We look at how your operation works, identify areas worth addressing, and develop practical priorities. Support can focus on one project or a broader operational review, with implementation alongside your team.
Support For Your Laboratory
Starting in an incubator
Set up equipment, purchasing, inventory, and repeatable processes around your first research team.
Growing your startup lab
Strengthen workflows, vendor coordination, maintenance, and team practices as your operation expands.
Moving into your own space
Plan layout, equipment, vendors, and relocation so your next lab supports your next stage.
FAQs
What types of organizations does High Par work with?
Our focus is startup biotech and research labs, from early teams working in incubators to growing companies operating their own laboratory space. We help with daily operations, growth, new lab setup, and relocation.
Can you help if we already have a lab manager or operations team?
Absolutely. High Par doesn't need to replace your existing team to provide value. We can provide additional experience, capacity, an independent perspective, or support for specific projects while working alongside the people who already know your operation best.
How can High Par reduce our laboratory costs?
We look beyond obvious expenses. Unnecessary spending often hides in purchasing habits, excess inventory, underutilized equipment, service agreements, vendor contracts, software licenses, inefficient workflows, facilities, utilities, and scientist time. We identify where money is being lost and develop practical ways to address it.
What kinds of problems can High Par help solve?
If it affects how your laboratory operates, there is a good chance we can help. That includes equipment, inventory, procurement, vendors, service contracts, facilities, utilities, workflows, laboratory organization, relocations, buildouts, maintenance programs, operational costs, and the systems supporting your scientists.
Do we need a major operational problem before contacting you?
No. In fact, some of the best opportunities are found before they become major problems. A fresh operational review can uncover unnecessary costs, reliability risks, inefficient processes, or scaling issues that may be difficult to see when you're working inside the operation every day.
Can High Par help with a specific project instead of our entire operation?
Yes. Support can be as focused or as broad as needed. We can help with a specific challenge such as freezer organization, inventory, equipment, vendor management, a laboratory move, buildout, procurement project, maintenance program, or cost-reduction initiative without requiring a larger engagement.
We're planning to grow or expand our lab. When should we involve High Par?
Ideally, before the growth happens. Operational decisions involving space, equipment, utilities, vendors, inventory, workflows, maintenance, and infrastructure become more expensive to correct after they have already been implemented. We can help build the operational foundation around where your organization is going, not just where it is today.
What if we're not sure where the problems are?
That's exactly where a fresh set of eyes can be valuable. We can look across the operation, ask the right questions, and identify areas worth investigating further. Sometimes the largest opportunities aren't where the organization initially expected them to be.
How do we get started?
Start with a conversation. Tell us what's happening in your laboratory, where you're experiencing challenges, or simply where you'd like a fresh perspective. If there's an opportunity for High Par to help, we'll identify it together. If there isn't, we'll tell you that too.