2025
President’s Innovation Challenge
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All
81
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Harvard Business School
29
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Harvard College
22
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Harvard Divinity School
1
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Harvard Extension School
2
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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
1
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Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
7
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Harvard Graduate School of Design
4
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
3
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
9
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Harvard Kennedy School
16
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Harvard Law School
8
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Harvard Medical School
20
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Harvard School of Dental Medicine
3
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
8
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Harvard University
1
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Non-Harvard Affiliate
18
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All
81
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Agriculture
3
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Aid and Relief
1
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Aviation and Aerospace
1
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Biotech and Life Sciences
11
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Consumer Products and Packaged Goods
4
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Digital Health
7
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Diversity,
Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
1
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
1
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Ecommerce
1
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Education and Learning
2
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Electronics and Hardware
1
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Energy, Oil, Renewables, and Environment
2
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Finance
4
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Fitness and Sports
1
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Governance & Civic Engagement
1
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Government and Civic Engagement
2
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Healthcare
5
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International Development
1
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Legal
1
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Medical Devices and Hardware
10
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Mentorship and youth development
3
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Personal Health and Wellness
1
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Services
2
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Software/App
4
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Transportation and Logistics
1
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All
81
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2012 PIC Grand Prize
1
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2012 PIC Runner Up
1
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2013 PIC Grand Prize
1
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2013 PIC Runner Up
2
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2014 PIC Grand Prize
3
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2014 PIC Runner Up
4
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2015 PIC Grand Prize
2
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2015 PIC Runner Up
2
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2016 PIC Grand Prize
1
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2016 PIC Runner Up
2
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2017 PIC $25K Winner
2
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2017 PIC $75K Winner
3
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2018 PIC $25K Winner
1
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2018 PIC $75K Winner
1
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2018 PIC Crowd Favorite
1
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2019 AVF
3
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2019 PIC $25K Winner
3
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2019 PIC $75K Winner
3
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2019 SIFF
1
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2020 AVF
5
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2020 PIC $25K Winner
5
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2020 PIC $75K Winner
4
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2020 SIFF
4
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2021 PIC $25K Winner
4
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2021 PIC $75K Winner
4
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2021 SIFF
1
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2022 AVF
1
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2022 PIC $25K Winner
4
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2022 PIC $75K Winner
5
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2022 SIFF
2
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2023 AVF
1
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2023 PIC $25K Winner
5
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2023 PIC $75K Winner
3
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2023 SIFF
1
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2024 Ingenuity Award Winner
5
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2024 PIC $25K Winner
5
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2024 PIC $75K Winner
5
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Adaptilens
Developing the first and only intraocular lens that responds to the eye's natural signal to focus, thus eliminating the need for eyeglasses or contact lenses.
![Adaptilens founder]()
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Adolescent Health Champions
Using peer-to-peer education to train adolescents in India in critical health topics.
![founder headshot]()
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Alba
Empowering visually-impaired individuals to detect the onset of their period with a tactile menstrual wipe.
![Alba cofounders]()
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Aldatu Biosciences
Advancing infectious disease diagnostics that facilitate society's collective response to global health emergencies.
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Aperture Bio
Realizing orders-of-magnitude improvements in speed and sensitivity, Aperture rapidly analyzes proteins in whole cells to map immune interactions.
![Aperture Bio team]()
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Aurie
Building a reusable, intermittent catheter system to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people living with urinary retention.
![Aurie founder]()
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Base Operations
Aggregating, visualizing, and interpreting threat data to help organizations anticipate disruptions around the world — keeping their people, assets, and operations safe.
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Beacon Bio
Improving hearing and healing by restoring eardrums with regenerative grafts.
![Beacon team]()
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Beaver Health, Inc.
Engaging older loved ones in stimulating, culturally responsive activities to boost cognition and quality of life.
![Emily Wang]()
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BonePixel
Building a fully-automated, AI-powered platform to assess hip pathology in 3D, using routinely collected clinical data.
![Bone Pixel founder]()
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Broadleaf HEA
Providing evidence-based health and education interventions for children in rural India that produce tangible improvements to participant’s wellbeing.
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Bullseye Biosciences
By leveraging competition and evolution, Bullseye aims to transform therapeutics discovery and expedite the development of life-saving medicines.
![Bullseye Biosciences team]()
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C16
Making environmentally-conscious palm oil using synthetic biology.
![C16 founders]()
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CashEx
Bringing global financial services closer to Africans.
![Cashex]()
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CassVita Inc.
Using proprietary technology to foster prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa.
![Cassvita founder]()
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Chaku Foods
Creating wealth for smallholder farmers in Africa while minimizing climate risk.
![Chaku Foods founder]()
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Change The Tune
Closing the opportunity gap for youth in underserved communities by creating holistic, radical, and transformational extended learning experiences in partnership with communal organizations.
![Change the tune founders]()
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Chirps Chips
Creating packaged foods made of edible insects as a healthier, more environmentally sustainable alternative to other sources of protein on the market.
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Coding it Forward
Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists by creating new pathways into public interest technology.
![Coding it forward founders]()
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Concerto Biosciences
Discovering microbial ensembles for health via a patented screening platform.
![Concerto Biosciences team]()
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Crop Diagnostix
Building the future of predictive agriculture with patented, AI-powered gene expression technology.
![Brandon Chi]()
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Day Zero Diagnostics
Developing technologies to help control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), where antibiotic resistant organisms can be especially dangerous.
![Day Zero team]()
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Disease Diagnostic Group
Making a handheld device that provides an accurate malaria diagnosis in less than 60 seconds from a finger prick.
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EndoShunt Medical Inc.
Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
![EndoShunt]()
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EuMotus
Developing an AI-empowered movement analysis system that helps physical therapists and athletic trainers better treat physical health.
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GC Therapeutics
Using synthetic biology to program stem cells into any cell type with best-in-class efficiency, speed, and scalability.
![GC Therapeutics co-founders]()
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Hue
Developing technology to help beauty brands embed user-generated videos on their marketing channels.
![Hue team]()
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Imago Rehab
Making high-quality rehabilitation available to anyone recovering from a neurological or cardiovascular condition.
![Imago founder]()
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InConfidence
A smart patch technology that delivers at-home posterior tibial nerve stimulation to treat urinary incontinence and overactive bladder.
![Cofounders of InConfidence]()
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InGel Therapeutics
Regenerative cell-therapy biotech aiming to treat people affected by blindness.
![InGel team]()
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JustFix
Building free tools for tenants to exercise their rights to a livable home.
![Justfix team]()
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Kinnos
Adding color to disinfectants, visualizing surface coverage for more effective and efficient cleaning in healthcare settings.
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Lightmatter
Developing photonic computing products that simultaneously reduce the power consumption and increase the performance of silicon running the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.
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Limax Biosciences
Treating internal and external injuries with a stretchable adhesive hydrogel.
![Limax co-founder]()
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MabLab
Building five-in-one test strips to detect the five deadliest lacing agents in recreational drugs.
![Mab Lab in their white coats at the Life Lab]()
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Manifold Bio
Designing tissue-specific medicines in living systems from the start by combining high-throughput in-vivo studies with AI-guided protein design.
![Manifold team]()
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Mark43
Empowering communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all.
![Mark43 founder]()
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MDaaS Global
Building and operating modern, tech-enabled diagnostic centers to provide healthcare for Africa's next billion.
![Mdaas founder]()
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Melanin Doc
Supporting minority students interested in medicine with scholarships and mentorship opportunities.
![Melanin Doc founder]()
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MesaQuantum
Developing chip-scale quantum sensors for next-generation GPS capabilities in position, navigation, and timing.
![Wale Lawal]()
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Metalmark Innovations, Inc.
Building a self-renewing air cleaner that performs better and delivers with 10x the filter life of a typical HEPA system.
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Mozambique School Lunch Initiative
Providing nutritious school meals to children attending rural primary schools in Mozambique.
![Mozambique School Lunch Initiative founder]()
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My Dental Key
An online platform that helps students learn clinical and preclinical dentistry.
![My Dental Key team]()
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Myspeech
Enabling access to high-quality speech therapy through a technology platform.
![Nathan mallipeddi]()
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Nix
A revolutionary hydration biosensor platform that quantifies fluid and electrolyte losses moment-by-moment and sends notifications to your phone, watch, or bike computer.
![Nix team]()
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Oze
Supercharging business across Africa with simple tools, smooth payments, affordable capital, and digital shops.
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Patient First AI
Designing an AI-powered app to help students submit their health forms effortlessly, providing real-time feedback on compliance status and addressing any issues that may arise.
![Patient First AI team]()
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PerioSense
Making early diagnosis of gum disease more accessible and efficient while saving time and money for patients and providers.
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PIVOTtheWorld
A mobile app revealing what places looked like in the past — showing authenticated histories of locations (from everyday places to popular tourist attractions), through images, videos, and text-audio.
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PlenOptika
Enabling eye care for all with the QuickSee — a simple, affordable device that prescribes eyeglasses at the push of a button.
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RapidSOS
Securely linking life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors to safety agents, 911 and first responders globally.
![Rapid SOS co-founder]()
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Rarefied
Developing a propulsion mechanism that can fly in near-space, a region that is inaccessible to aircraft and satellites, to deliver climate insights and offset satellite emissions.
![Rarefied founder]()
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reer
Creating 3D-printed designer furniture that can be tailored to personalized needs and traded-in for renewal.
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ReThink
An app that detects online hate and gives users a second chance to reconsider the decision to post or send offensive messages.
![Rethink founder]()
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Rumi Spice
Bringing flavorful, ethically-sourced, and socially-responsible spices from Afghanistan to customers.
![Rumi Spice team]()
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Saturday Art Class
Unleashing the creative potential of one of the world's largest marginalized child populations by developing social-emotional skills through visual arts education.
![Manasi Mehan and Chhavi Khandelwal]()
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SchoolYourself
Reinventing online math education in the style of 1-on-1 learning.
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Solara
Providing on-demand solar irrigation to Indian farmers, increasing their access to affordable, reliable, and clean irrigation.
![Solara Cofounders]()
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SoWork
Creating a smart virtual office that gives remote teams efficiency, presence, spontaneity, and connection.
![SoWork team]()
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SPOUTS OF WATER
Providing clean drinking water, clean air and clean energy to African households.
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Sprxng
Developing holistic period care solutions through data-driven menstrual research and innovation.
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Stochastic
An enterprise platform for businesses to build, customize, and control their own AI.
![Stochastic team]()
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Stratagen Bio
Transforming MRI scans into a tool for objective clinical decision-making and quantitative biomarker assessment.
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SurgiBox
Making surgery safer for both patients and healthcare providers around the world through innovative technology, co-developed with users and centered around patient needs.
![Surgibox co-founder]()
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TANGapp
An international, peer-to-peer transaction app with a social mission of financial inclusion for emerging markets.
![TANGapp co-founder]()
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TecHustle, Inc.
Building Africa's largest small business network for global trade by providing financial services and market access.
![Evita Grant]()
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Tectonic Therapeutic, Inc.
Transforming the discovery of novel drugs addressing targets in the GPCR family.
![Tectonic team]()
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The Apprentice Project
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to provide personalized learning experiences and support to students across India.
![Apprentice Project team]()
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Thermaband, Inc.
Creating the only smart bracelet that provides immediate preemptive hot flash relief with personalized digital insights.
![Thermaband team]()
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THRIVE!
Building a software platform that helps state and local government agencies—including school systems—create budgets that mitigate disparities experienced by low-income residents and people of color.
![Thrive founder]()
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Tolemi
Integrating city data from multiple departments and systems into a single, easy-to-use platform.
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Transcera
Transforming chronic disease treatment through improved biologic drug delivery.
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Tuverl
An app that makes public transport cheaper and more accessible to millions of commuters across Africa.
![Tuverl team]()
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Umbulizer
Developing a reliable, low-cost, and portable device that can provide continuous ventilation to patients.
![Umbulizer team]()
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Upsolve
Creating free tools to help people dispute debt, negotiate debt, or file Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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UrSure
UrSure was acquired by OraSure Technologies. The company developed urine and blood tests that measure and improve adherence to medications.
![UrSure team]()
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Vacuum-Assisted Wound Therapy Affordable For All (VATARA)
Providing low-cost, negative pressure wound therapy for everyone.
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Vaxess Technologies
Developing a novel transdermal patch technology to transform home delivery of therapies and vaccines
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Vincere Health
Vincere Health was acquired by RVO Health. The company developed a healthcare technology platform to motivate people to smoke less, walk more, and live healthier lives.
![Vincere team]()
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Virtudent
A telehealth solution for dentistry, expanding access to oral-health experts and improving the quality of dental care.
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X-COR Therapeutics
Creating the first commercially-available extracorporeal CO2 removal device that uses ultra-low-blood flow to treat patients with hypercarbic respiratory failure.
![Xcor team]()
Save the Date
On May 7, 25 finalists will pitch live for a share of $517,000 in Bertarelli Foundation funding.
