AVF Recipients
Use the filter below to browse recipients of the Allston Venture Fund.
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All
39
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Harvard Business School
110
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Harvard College
57
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Harvard Divinity School
3
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Harvard Extension School
18
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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
2
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Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
22
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Harvard Graduate School of Design
13
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
37
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
21
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Harvard Kennedy School
61
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Harvard Law School
16
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Harvard Medical School
47
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Harvard School of Dental Medicine
5
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
25
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Harvard University
13
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I'm a post-doc
1
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Non-Harvard Affiliate
105
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All
39
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Agriculture
8
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Aid and Relief
4
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Architecture, Construction, and Engineering
5
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Arts and Culture
6
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Aviation and Aerospace
2
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Bioinformatics
1
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Biotech and Life Sciences
31
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Childhood Development
2
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Climate and Sustainability
13
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Consumer Products and Packaged Goods
10
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Defense, Military, and Space
2
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Digital Health
22
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
3
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Ecommerce
2
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Education and Learning
32
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Education Technology
15
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Electronics and Hardware
5
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Employment, Recruiting, and Workforce Development
1
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Energy, Oil, Renewables, and Environment
15
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Entertainment
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Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, and Retail
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Finance
8
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Fitness and Sports
3
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Food and Beverages
6
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Governance & Civic Engagement
2
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Government and Civic Engagement
7
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Healthcare
17
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International Development
3
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Legal
4
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Marketing
1
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Media and Publishing
2
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Medical Devices and Hardware
14
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Mental Health
4
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Mentorship and youth development
5
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Music
1
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Personal Health and Wellness
6
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Public Health and Global Health
2
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Real Estate and Housing
2
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Services
3
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Software/App
19
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Therapeutics
1
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Transportation and Logistics
3
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Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality
1
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Web3, Crypto, and NFTs
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All
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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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2017 PIC Crowd Favorite
1
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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
4
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2019 PIC $25K Winner
3
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2019 PIC $75K Winner
3
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2019 SIFF
2
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2020 AVF
9
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2020 PIC $25K Winner
5
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2020 PIC $75K Winner
4
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2020 SIFF
12
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2021 AVF
8
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2021 PIC $25K Winner
4
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2021 PIC $75K Winner
4
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2021 SIFF
8
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2022 AVF
9
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2022 PIC $25K Winner
4
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2022 PIC $75K Winner
5
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2022 SIFF
12
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2023 AVF
5
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2023 PIC $25K Winner
5
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2023 PIC $75K Winner
3
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2023 SIFF
17
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2024 AVF
4
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2024 Ingenuity Award Winner
5
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2024 PIC $25K Winner
3
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2024 PIC $75K Winner
4
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2024 SIFF
9
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Adventus Robotics
Building autonomous wheelchairs to improve the lives of the severely disabled, and to minimize passenger-porter interaction for safer airports and hospitals.
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Amira
Making a cooling mattress pad that keeps women experiencing disruptive hot flashes due to menopause asleep all night long.
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Anise Health
Reimagining mental health for the Asian community by providing personalized online interventions that acknowledge cultural context and addresses intersectional needs.
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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.
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Cherish
Offering education, support, fun, and community for families impacted by dementia.
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Concerto Biosciences
Discovering microbial ensembles for health via a patented screening platform.
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Current Electric
Developing fast charger infrastructure focused on rapidly enabling the mass adoption of electric transportation.
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Delfina
Building an integrated pregnancy platform delivering personalized care based on deep insights into each member's needs.
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EndoShunt Medical Inc.
Controlling abdominal bleeding in trauma surgery with an innovative medical device.
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Ilios Therapeutics
Combating neurodegenerative diseases through rationally-designed multi-functional small molecules.
![Ilios team]()
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Immigrants Help
Preparing immigration documents for free for people who can't afford a lawyer.
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InGel Therapeutics
Regenerative cell-therapy biotech aiming to treat people affected by blindness.
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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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KiraGen Bio
Harnessing the power of AI-driven combinatorial gene editing to unlock the full potential of solid tumor CAR-T therapies.
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Lime Therapeutics
Creating a new class of therapies targeting lipid metabolism in cancers and neurodegenerative disorders.
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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.
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Mitti Labs
Enabling sustainable rice farming by developing the most transparent and high-quality projects.
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Neru Health
Developing AI sleep therapy to help businesses manage chronic sleep disorders and reduce $100B in absenteeism, accidents, and healthcare costs.
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Neumind Ltd
Digitizing neurorehabilitation for enhanced patient access, seamless caregiver involvement, and improved clinician overview.
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NovaXS Biotech
Designing a smart needle-free drug delivery platform that simplifies the medication self-administration process and improves remote healthcare adherence.
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Odessa Health
Pioneering a transformative approach to promote youth's social-emotional health and wellness, focusing on underserved communities.
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Pathways
Developing an AI-powered platform ingests and transforms unstructured, operational data into automated, real-time reporting on emissions, delivering rapid deployments of LCAs and EPDs.
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Peripeach
Designing a medical device that protects the pelvic floor during childbirth.
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Poka Labs
Building a cloud-based data platform to modernize chemical operations.
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Practice IP
Streamlining patent diligence and transactions with an intuitive marketplace.
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Promakhos Therapeutics
Developing oral, non-immunosuppressive, small molecules to cure chronic inflammatory disorders.
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Reel Seafood
Making thick, flaky, 100% cell-based fish fillets, grown in a lab, that will be indistinguishable from wild and farmed fish.
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Rehydrate
Creating a decentralized, low-energy water recycler for the disaster relief, Department of Defense forces, and developing communities.
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smoodi
Making people happier and healthier with a self-cleaning machine for fresh, customized smoothies.
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Stellar Sleep
Helping people learn how to sleep again with the award-winning mobile app for insomnia.
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Stitch3D
Helping teams manage and deliver LIDAR and photogrammetry point clouds on a secure and fully collaborative web platform.
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Stochastic
An enterprise platform for businesses to build, customize, and control their own AI.
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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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TerraFlow
Mapping the immune system and showing scientists which levers to pull in order to re-engage the immune system in fighting cancer.
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TransCrypts
Bringing emerging technologies to financial institutions.
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Umbulizer
Developing a reliable, low-cost, and portable device that can provide continuous ventilation to patients.
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Veri Nano
A bionanotechnology company developing antimicrobial materials and nanoparticle delivery systems for human and animal health.
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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.
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Vitally Health
Using several layers of clinical and molecular data to map early diagnosis of heart disease and digital therapies.
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