LavaLab

LavaLab LavaLab is the University of Southern California's premier, student-run, product incubator. USC's premier, student-run, startup incubator.

Every semester we invite the university’s visionaries to build tomorrow’s technology startups, today.

🌋 The wait is over. Introducing our S’26 cohort and their products! 🔥 Catch these awesome products and see for yourself ...
04/29/2026

🌋 The wait is over. Introducing our S’26 cohort and their products!

🔥 Catch these awesome products and see for yourself at our S’26 Demo Night happening TOMORROW NIGHT.

📆 Thursday, April 30th
⏰ 4-5PM product demos, 5-6PM fireside chat w/ Jamie Siminoff, 6-8PM live pitches
📍Tommy’s Place

See you there.

👋 Meet our judges for our S’26 Demo Night, happening THIS THURSDAY, 4PM @ Tommy’s Place. You won’t want to miss this. 📆 ...
04/28/2026

👋 Meet our judges for our S’26 Demo Night, happening THIS THURSDAY, 4PM @ Tommy’s Place. You won’t want to miss this.

📆 Thursday, April 30th
⏰ 4-5PM product demos, 5-6PM fireside chat w/ Jamie Siminoff, 6-8PM live pitches
📍Tommy’s Place

Get hyped.

🌋 Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is joining us as a judge and special guest at our S’26 Demo Night! 💡 Siminoff is an entrep...
04/27/2026

🌋 Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is joining us as a judge and special guest at our S’26 Demo Night!

💡 Siminoff is an entrepreneur and the inventor of Ring, the smart home security company acquired for $1B+ by Amazon. Siminoff also appeared on Shark Tank as a former judge and guest investor.

Catch Siminoff at our S’26 Demo Night,

📆 Thursday, April 30th
⏰ 4-5PM product demos, 5-6PM fireside chat w/ Jamie Siminoff, 6-8PM live pitches
📍Tommy’s Place

You won’t want to miss this.

04/20/2026

🌋 S’26 DEMO NIGHT is around the corner!

🔥 The wait is finally over. Demo Night is NEXT THURSDAY, and we’re joined by special guest Jamie Siminoff (founder of Ring & former Shark Tank judge). Come check out the amazing products our S’26 cohort have been building!

📆 Thursday, April 30th
⏰ 4-5PM product demos, 5-6PM fireside chat w/ Jamie Siminoff, 6-8PM live pitches
📍Tommy’s Place

Get hyped.

04/13/2026

🚪Something big is at the door. April 30th.

🔥 Join us for a fireside chat TOMORROW NIGHT with Mark Suster, the head of Upfront Ventures, the largest VC firm in Los ...
04/08/2026

🔥 Join us for a fireside chat TOMORROW NIGHT with Mark Suster, the head of Upfront Ventures, the largest VC firm in Los Angeles.

🌟 Mark has decades of success investing and advising, and hosts the largest conference for venture funding in the world every year.

⏰ Wednesday, April 8 @ 6-7:30PM
📍 SLH 200
+ 🧃 Drinks provided by Celsius!

🔗 RSVP link in bio.

See you there.

03/30/2026

🌅 LavaLab’s spring retreat at Vista with our S’26 cohort.

03/23/2026

🌟 A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of sitting with Cathy Anderson, an Investor @ Altos Ventures (the $10B firm behind Roblox and Quizlet).

🔥 Cathy shared her insights on long-term building and exploring niche, rarely-explored problem spaces.

02/26/2026

🏝️ LavaLab’s beach bonfire day with our S’26 cohort.

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‼️ Come to our INFO SESSION happening tomorrow night at WPH B27 to learn about our application process and how you can b...
01/20/2026

‼️ Come to our INFO SESSION happening tomorrow night at WPH B27 to learn about our application process and how you can build at LavaLab.

⏰ Wednesday, January 21st @ 7:30-9 PM
📍 WPH B27

✍️ Applications due January 24th, 11:59 PM PST. Link in bio.

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