In 2021, the Harvard Innovation Labs kicked off its tenth anniversary celebration with its “10 for 10” campaign—a yearlong series of monthly features highlighting 10 extraordinary innovations that have come out of the Harvard Innovation Labs since 2011.
Every fall, we’re reminded about what makes the Harvard Innovation Labs truly special—the cross-disciplinary nature of our university innovation center. That's why for the final 10 for 10 installment, we’re highlighting innovations across a wide range of industries. And in recognition of the 13 Harvard schools, we’ve selected 13 ventures:
- Cobu for powering genuine community in apartment buildings across the U.S. and Canada.
- DreamXAmerica for bringing together filmmaking and impact investing to highlight and support immigrant entrepreneurs in towns across America. You can watch the DreamXAmerica short film documentary on PBS.
- Handy for building the leading platform for connecting individuals looking for household services with top-quality, pre-screened independent service professionals. The company was founded in 2012 and acquired by ANGI Homeservices in 2018.
- Hikma Health for creating free and open-source digital health solutions for clinics caring for refugees, migrants, and low-income patients.
- Manifold Bio for transforming drug discovery into measurement-driven drug design. The company has created a platform called M-Design™ for massively parallel in vivo testing of protein therapeutic designs, and recently announced $40 million in funding.
- MDaaS Global for building and operating modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities, starting in Nigeria.
- Nabla Bio for making new medicines and improving nutrition by engineering novel proteins. The company has raised more than $11 million in funding.
- Philo for designing a TV streaming service that offers top-rated channels at affordable prices.
- Plastiq for developing the easiest way for businesses to access working capital, pay vendor bills, and get paid by customers. The company has raised more than $140 million in funding, has more than 1.5 million clients, and has processed billions in payments.
- SoWork for creating a metaverse for work and designing virtual spaces that empower teams to work from anywhere in the world.
- Syrup Tech for building an AI-powered platform that accurately determines what inventory needs retailers have for thousands of color-style-size combinations. The company recently raised $6.3 million in funding.
- Zubale for providing the infrastructure to enable brands and retailers to win in e-commerce. In the last year, Zubale completed more than three million jobs in 90 cities and 16,800 shops.
- Zumper for being used by millions of people to find houses, rooms, condos, or apartments for rent. This year, the company announced $30 million in funding.
