Why we exist
Labs don't need
another platform.
They need the everyday things to just work. LevelSixLabs exists to take the operational weight off lab teams — the booking, the inventory, the compliance, the chasing — so the science isn't buried under admin.
Most labs don't need another electronic notebook.
They don't need another procurement marketplace.
They don't need another enterprise LIMS.
Those tools are excellent at what they do. But they're not the thing most research and teaching labs are actually struggling with day to day. The real friction is quieter, and it's everywhere: the booking that clashed, the chemical nobody could find, the SDS that was out of date, the training record that lived in someone's head, the spreadsheet that only one person could edit.
What they actually need
Not more software to learn. Fewer things to worry about. Six of them, mostly:
Bookings they can trust
A shared calendar that's actually right — no double-bookings, no untrained hands on dangerous kit, no chasing people over email.
Inventories people actually use
A chemical and equipment list that's quick to search, easy to update, and current — not a spreadsheet that's three months stale.
Compliance that's simpler
COSHH, SDS, training records and audit trails that build themselves from everyday work, instead of a scramble before an inspection.
Visibility across the lab
One place to see what's expiring, what's broken, who's trained and what needs attention — before it becomes a problem.
Fewer spreadsheets
One source of truth instead of a dozen tabs on one person's laptop that nobody else can find or trust.
Less operational friction
The admin around the science — booking, logging, reordering, reporting — done in seconds, so people can get back to the bench.
What we believe
Lab software has spent years getting more powerful and, somehow, harder to use. The people who keep labs running — technicians, lab managers, safety officers — were left stitching together spreadsheets and email because the "proper" systems were built for someone else.
We think the opposite. The everyday operations of a lab deserve a tool that's broad enough to replace the spreadsheets, simple enough that nobody needs training to use it, and honest enough to tell you what it can't yet do. One platform, doing the unglamorous work reliably, so the lab can get on with the science.
That's the whole reason LevelSixLabs exists.
Ready to get your lab out of spreadsheets?
Apply for a founding lab pilot.
A 60-day, founder-led pilot with hands-on implementation. Founding members get 25% off their first year.