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Harvard Innovation Labs Launches Virtual Venture Program for Summer Cohort

The Harvard Innovation Labs is thrilled to welcome more than 250 teams to the Harvard Innovation Labs Summer Venture Program. “This summer, our team is more committed than ever to engaging with student innovators from across the University who share a passion for making the world a better place,” said Matt Segneri, Bruce and Bridgitt […]

Introducing the Winners of the 2020 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge

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$510,000 in Bertarelli Foundation prizes awarded to ventures across industries during virtual awards ceremony presented by the Harvard Innovation Labs

Women Founders Lead the Way at Harvard

From social impact to healthcare to fintech and consumer goods, women leaders notice different needs in their communities and come up with different solutions. While women entrepreneurs, particularly women of color, face unique challenges with regard to financing, they are nevertheless transforming industries by pursuing bold ideas and solving real customer problems. Harvard Innovation Labs […]

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge Finalists and Unique Virtual Awards Ceremony

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Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs announced the 25 finalists for the 2020 President’s Innovation Challenge, an annual competition that calls on the Harvard community to work on compelling solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.    “In a given year, the teams competing in the President’s Innovation Challenge represent the extraordinary talent that exists […]

Resilient Teams: How Harvard Innovation Labs Ventures Are Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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During a time when the world faces unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to share the stories of the innovators and entrepreneurs who are working tirelessly to keep people healthy and connected to each other.   Many startups in the Harvard Innovation Labs Spring Venture Program are creating products and services that have the potential to reduce the spread of the virus, improve patient care, and create community when in person gatherings are not possible. We’ve also recently seen numerous examples […]

More Than 350 Student-Founded Teams Are Participating in the Harvard Innovation Labs Spring Venture Program

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Last week, hundreds of students from across the Harvard community gathered at the Harvard Innovation Labs for our Spring Venture Program orientation. We couldn’t think of a more fitting way to start the decade than by welcoming our largest spring cohort ever. More than 350 teams are participating in the Spring Venture Program. Students come […]

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.