Portal Innovations Incubator at HELIX NJ

The Portal Innovations Incubator at HELIX NJ is a partnership between Portal, the New Brunswick Development Corporation (DEVCO), Rutgers University, Princeton University, and New Jersey Economic Development Authority, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to help grow innovative startups. This location will be approximately 30,000-square feet in space, will feature a mix of private and open lab spaces along with co-working areas that will be equipped with cutting-edge technology to support up to 30 startup companies in New Jersey. The broader HELIX NJ space is a mammoth 1.6M SF development, dedicated to growing innovation in the area.

See the space

The incubator space at HELIX NJ is set to open in early 2026, and will be located at 120 Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901. Below are mock-ups and renderings of the space!

The Portal Innovations Incubator at HELIX NJ space serves as a destination for startups emerging from Rhode Island and surrounding states. As these companies scale they will also serve as a resource for local talent retention.

The Portal offices and world-class lab space is 30,000 SF and will open in early 2026. The space will have state-of-the-art lab space and shared equipment, benches, desks, offices, large co-working spaces, and multiple conference rooms. The Portal lab will have over $2 million of modern equipment and includes both wet and dry labs, tissue culture hoods, BSL2 labs, chemical fume hoods, among others.

Why pick the Portal Innovations Incubator at HELIX NJ?

The incubator space at Ocean State Labs will serve a critical need in New Jersey and beyond, providing more than 30,000 square feet of physical space for entrepreneurial businesses to be brought to scale to improve health outcomes. Portal has strategically chosen New Jersey because of its proximity to nearby research universities (Rutgers University, Princeton University, and NJIT) focused on innovation. The greater New Jersey area is located within a larger cooridor of innovation featuring large metropolitan areas, home to amazing researchers.

Interested in learning more?

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