OUR MISSION
Light Innovation Center is a dynamic community hub providing strategic mentorship, networking, and comprehensive support for creating and accelerating groundbreaking, proprietary light technologies. By fostering, encouraging, and inspiring a community and culture of invention and innovation and utilizing the electromagnetic spectrum’s infinite potential, the mission is to inspire the acceleration and exponential multiplication of ideas, which is fondly called an innovation explosion.
Our Mission is a calling to illuminate the world, bringing hope, healing, and love through innovation.
Light is the form of energy that makes it possible to see things.
Through partnerships, collaborations, research and development organizations, universities, as well as independent inventors and innovators, Light Innovation Center’s vision is to develop new light technology applications that address the world’s most perplexing problems with the ultimate goal of saving, preserving, and enhancing human lives. Inspired that God is light and love, the mission extends well beyond the electromagnetic spectrum; it is a calling to illuminate the world, bringing hope, healing, and love through innovation.
Light is the form of energy that makes it possible to see things. Source: Britannica Dictionary
- God is Love. We have come to know and believe in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16
- God is Light. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaims to you that God is light, and in him there is no darkness. 1 John 1:5
- God is Life. I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Strategy and Framework
Our Innovation Framework fosters a growth cycle from ideation to global market presence, ensuring our initiatives lead to groundbreaking innovations and commercial successes. Key elements include:
- Collaborative Ideation: Platforms for brainstorming, idea exchange, and innovation challenges.
- R&D and Incubation: A dedicated Light Technology Incubator to nurture promising projects.
- Acceleration and Capital Attraction: An Accelerator Program and Tech Transfer Office to scale viable products and secure funding.
- Mentorship: We help nurture ideas from inception to market readiness to exit, providing a holistic ecosystem that fosters personal and professional growth.
- Strategic Growth and Community Engagement: Advisory services, global partnerships, and engagement with educational institutions.
Market Opportunity
Global light-based technology markets and products are projected to grow from $950 billion in 2022 to over $1.8 trillion by 2028 across applications like energy, communications, healthcare, agriculture, and more. Fortune 1000 companies prioritize incremental upgrades, creating both a significant funding gap and a significant market opportunity for early-stage light innovations. The Fund’s management is confident that its proprietary deal flow through the Light Innovation Center will result in extraordinary returns to its limited partners.
Light Innovation Center envisions a future where light technology illuminates every and all facets of human life, unlocking unprecedented opportunities for growth, healing, and advancement.
Our strategic objectives are:
- Reflect Divine Creativity: Foster an environment where spiritual inspiration fuels innovations that address global challenges.
- Strategic Collaborations: We build partnerships with academic institutions, industry leaders, government agencies, and community organizations to amplify our impact and leverage synergies.
- Intellectual Property Excellence: We are developing a comprehensive IP strategy that prioritizes the protection of novel innovations, fostering a patent engine that secures and nurtures our technological advancements.
- Mentorship and Connections: The Innovation Center’s passion and mission is to empower innovators and entrepreneurs by providing unparalleled mentorship and comprehensive support. The Center’s relationship network comprises highly accomplished mentors with a proven track record of success, offering invaluable guidance and insights. By nurturing and inspiring ideas from inception to exit and by providing a holistic ecosystem that fosters personal and professional growth, the potential for saving lives is unlimited.
Clean and sustainable energy
Clean and Sustainable Energy Renewable energy sources are more critical than ever to combat climate change and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Light technology, particularly advanced solar power systems (like perovskite solar cells or solar concentrators), can significantly enhance the efficiency and accessibility of clean energy, making sustainable power more widely available.
Healthcare & medial Diagnostics
While significant strides have been made in healthcare, there remain many areas where improvements are desperately needed, particularly in non-invasive diagnostics and treatments. Light technology can revolutionize this space through innovations such as photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment, optical coherence tomography for detailed imaging below the skin, and ultraviolet light for sterilization and reducing infection rates in clinical environments.
Food Security & Agriculture
With the global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, increasing agricultural productivity and sustainability is a pressing challenge. Precision agriculture using light technology, such as LED-based grow lights tailored to plants’ specific needs, can enhance crop yields and nutritional quality, reduce resource use, and minimize environmental impacts.
Water Purification & Desalination
- Access to clean water is a critical issue for billions of people worldwide. Light technology, including UV purification systems, can provide efficient, chemical-free water disinfection. Additionally, solar distillation and photothermal desalination technologies offer promising solutions for converting seawater to freshwater using sunlight, potentially addressing water scarcity in many regions.
Safety & Disaster Response
Enhancing response capabilities to natural disasters and improving safety in hazardous environments are crucial global challenges. Light technology can improve navigation and rescue operations through advanced LiDAR and infrared imaging for search and rescue in obscured conditions, such as smoke or fog. Additionally, UV-C lighting can be employed for rapid decontamination of spaces after biological contaminations.
Education & Access To Information
Light poverty, or the lack of reliable lighting, hinders education and access to information worldwide. Solar-powered LED lighting can provide affordable, sustainable lighting solutions to remote and underserved areas, extending educational opportunities and improving quality of life.
Environmental Monitoring & Protection
Monitoring the health of our planet’s ecosystems is vital for conservation efforts and mitigating climate change impacts. Through remote sensing and satellite imagery, light technology can track deforestation, ocean health, and pollution levels, providing critical data for environmental protection and policymaking.
Differentiated Approach
The Light Innovation Center is designed to revolutionize light innovation by creating a next-generation platform of proprietary data analytics to develop an invention engine and patent factory for saving lives using light. The Light Innovation Center will house millions of light experts, physicists, and innovator profiles. The Center will use artificial intelligence and proprietary algorithms to help identify, evaluate, and fund the most lucrative light innovation opportunities. This highly differentiated approach can significantly increase the probability of success in improving lives. A key component to the Fund’s success will be the innovator’s and entrepreneurs’ access to highly successful track record mentors. Light Innovation Ventures is developing strategic collaborations with several mentors and mentor groups. This unique and highly differentiated model provides investors unprecedented access to a rich pipeline of breakthrough innovations. The Light Innovation Center’s incubation capabilities and technical support ensure investments are comprehensively de-risked and nurtured to market readiness. This synergistic combination of investment expertise and innovation support is a key differentiator.
