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Harvard Innovation Labs 2019 Year in Review

Jodi Goldstein

Every December, we look back on what some of our current and former ventures have accomplished in the past year. This piece offers an overview of the collective achievements from the Harvard Innovation Labs community in 2019.

Harvard Innovation Labs Opens Applications for 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge

Bringing together students and alumni from every Harvard school, the President’s Innovation Challenge will award record total of $510,000 to winners across six categories

Harvard Innovation Labs Introduces 12 Alumni-Led Ventures for Launch Lab X Startup Accelerator

The Harvard Innovation Labs today announced the 12 ventures selected to participate in the second annual Launch Lab X program, a nine-month startup accelerator for Harvard alumni-led companies. “When designing the Launch Lab X program, we had many conversations with Harvard alumni who were founding companies about the need for a startup accelerator that offered […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Introduces the Allston Venture Fund and Social Impact Fellowship Fund

Collectively, the Allston Venture Fund and Social Impact Fellowship Fund will distribute $7 million in investments and grants to ventures led by Harvard students over the next five years.

Introducing the 176 Teams in the Harvard Innovation Labs Fall Venture Incubation Program

Now that the 2019–2020 academic year is in full swing across all 13 Harvard schools, we’re thrilled to announce the student-founded ventures that will participate in the Harvard Innovation Labs 2019 Fall Venture Incubation Program. Before introducing the teams, we wanted to note a change in how we will support innovators and entrepreneurs this fall. […]

Celebrating Plastic-Free July with the AquaPlastic team

Earth-friendly AquaPlastic does what regular plastic can, but better - and we're proud to say the venture is being incubated right here at the i-lab. In celebration and support of Plastic-Free July (and a healthier planet year-round) we connected with the duo developing a robust, eco-friendly, scalable (and, frankly, brilliant) material that biodegrades not in 500-1,000 years, but a mere two months.

Announcing the Harvard Student Ventures Selected for the Summer Venture Incubation Program

Staff

Read about the Harvard students that will spend this summer moving their innovative ideas and ventures forward as part of the Harvard Innovation Labs Summer Venture Incubation Program (VIP).

Harvard Innovation Labs to Host Inaugural Launch Lab X Startup Showcase

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Event to highlight accomplishments of ventures that graduated from Harvard’s nine-month accelerator for alumni-led startups.

Harvard Innovators Awarded $410,000 in President’s Innovation Challenge

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A mobile app that stops cyberbullying, a solution for supporting tenants’ rights and housing advocacy, a technology that is raising the standard of infection protection, and a science-driven approach for reinventing everyday consumer products received the four top prizes in the annual President’s Innovation Challenge Showcase and Awards Ceremony.

Finalists Named in Annual President’s Innovation Challenge

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The Harvard Innovation Labs recently announced the 20 finalists for this year’s President’s Innovation Challenge.