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NSF Regenerative Medicine Engine

Innovation Accelerator

Land your company steps from the Test Bed

Offices and shared lab space on the first floor of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine building in Winston-Salem’s Innovation Quarter, on flexible month-to-month terms.

The Accelerator provides not only valuable real estate but also the tools to validate market potential, create business strategies and bring new therapies to patients.

Month to month

No lease term to outgrow

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Free Sparq coworking memberships per tenant

What’s included

Everything a young company needs to start working on day one

Office and shared lab

A private office with access to a break room and conference room. Some offices include a shared lab suite used by up to two other tenants.

Test Bed and research cores

Easy access to the Engine’s Test Bed, with more than $12 million in equipment, and to the institute’s shared research cores.

Collaborators down the hall

Work alongside industry and academic partners and take part in ReMDO programming and opportunities.

Flexible terms

Month-to-month agreements, so when you’re ready to grow, a lease doesn’t hold you back.

Sparq coworking

Two free memberships to Sparq, the Innovation Quarter’s coworking space, with entrepreneur programming, conference rooms and networking.

Winston Starts mentorship

Eligible tenants get free mentorship and services from Winston Starts, a local accelerator with more than 100 mentors, covering investor readiness, pitch preparation, access to capital and founder-to-founder support.

Sparq and Winston Starts benefits are provided through Innovation Quarter. Winston Starts eligibility is set by Winston Starts.

Success stories

Feb. 13, 2026

CorestemChemon makes Winston-Salem its U.S. base

The South Korean stem cell therapy company, whose ALS therapy Neuronata-R is approved in Korea, set up its U.S. operations in the Innovation Accelerator, supported by a BioNest grant from Greater Winston-Salem Inc. Read the release.

Sept. 19, 2025

BMI OrganBank earns FDA Breakthrough Device designation

The Accelerator’s first tenant, in 2021, developed a room-temperature kidney preservation system using the ReMDO test bed’s small-scale manufacturing facility and wet lab. The FDA designation speeds its path to clinical studies. Read the story.

Current tenants

Ask about space

Step 1

Tell us about your company

Let us know whether you need an office only or an office with shared lab.

Step 2

Tour the space

See the offices and the Test Bed with our team.

Step 3

Sign a month-to-month agreement

Once it’s signed, you can move in.

Need more room? Ask about lab space at Sparq Labs elsewhere in the Innovation Quarter.

To ask about space, email info@regenmedengine.com.