Ventures
Browse a selection of current and former i-lab ventures.
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All
437
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Harvard Business School
123
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Harvard College
66
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Harvard Divinity School
4
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Harvard Extension School
24
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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
2
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Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
23
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Harvard Graduate School of Design
10
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
48
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
23
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Harvard Kennedy School
67
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Harvard Law School
19
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Harvard Medical School
55
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Harvard School of Dental Medicine
7
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
31
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Harvard University
4
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Non-Harvard Affiliate
78
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All
437
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Agriculture
11
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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
2
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Biotech and Life Sciences
38
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Childhood Development
4
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Climate and Sustainability
19
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Consumer Products and Packaged Goods
12
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Defense, Military, and Space
2
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Digital Health
26
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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
2
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Education and Learning
46
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Education Technology
22
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Electronics and Hardware
6
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Employment, Recruiting, and Workforce Development
4
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Energy, Oil, Renewables, and Environment
17
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Entertainment
1
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Fashion, Beauty, Apparel, and Retail
5
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Finance
11
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Fitness and Sports
4
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Food and Beverages
8
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Gaming
2
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Government and Civic Engagement
14
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Healthcare
30
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Insurance
1
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International Development
3
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Legal
5
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Marketing
2
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Media and Publishing
3
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Medical Devices and Hardware
21
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Mental Health
7
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Mentorship and youth development
6
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Personal Health and Wellness
7
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Public Health and Global Health
4
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Real Estate and Housing
5
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Services
5
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Software/App
29
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Therapeutics
1
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Transportation and Logistics
3
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Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality
2
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Web3, Crypto, and NFTs
2
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1Climate
For clean energy developers who struggle with the time and costs of managing the regulatory sides of their projects, 1Climate offers an AI-powered, end-to-end platform that automates clean energy permitting and incentive processes.
![1Climate team]()
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1Room
For schools in Kenya with one room and one generalist teacher, 1Room is digitizing and delivering school curriculum via tablets.
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AbscoTx
AbscoTx injects image-guided therapy into tumors to educate the immune system to fight cancer locally and at metastatic sites.
![Absco team]()
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AccessEquity
Enhancing the employability of Bangladeshi youth through scalable, quality online training in AI and cybsersecurity.
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Aclaria Partners
Financing decarbonization of real estate at scale with a team that has best-in-class subject matter expertise; demonstrated leadership across multiple economic cycles; and proven track records in global finance, business, and policy.
![Gautam Barua]()
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ADAPT
An automated sustainability reporting platform for fleet operators with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation industry.
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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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Adaptive Reader
Transforming literature for grades 7–12 into multiple languages and reading levels.
![Adaptive Reader team lead]()
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Adeuk
Solving challenges around implementing new AI agent technologies.
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Adolescent Health Champions
Using peer-to-peer education to train adolescents in India in critical health topics.
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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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AgDev
Offering long-term debt capital for expansion-focused farmers in Brazil to purchase and restore degraded pastures to productivity, which reduces the need and financial incentive to clear native vegetation.
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Agents of Discovery Inc.
Using the latest innovations in Augmented Reality and interactive education to fully engage kids in real-world contextualized education.
![Agents Of Discovery team lead]()
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AgX
Building hardware-enabled software for sustainable livestock farming.
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Air Right America
Simplifying zoning so Americans with air rights can transfer them to builders who will use them.
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Akademi.al
Providing equal access to an excellent education to Albanian-speaking students around the globe.
![Akademi founder]()
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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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Alfred
Delivering a next generation living experience to renters through its resident-centric, technology-powered operating platform that also directly manages rental properties.
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Algoma
Designing and building net-zero multifamily homes by combining mass timber with an offsite manufacturing approach.
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Almond Fintech
Providing financial institutions with near-instant FX settlement across borders, consistently beating mid-market rates.
![Almond team]()
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Alokito Hridoy Foundation
Building a teacher development platform that aims to support, nurture and empower teachers in Bangladesh as compassionate leaders and lifelong learners
![Alokito founder]()
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Alvus Health INC
Alvus Health is developing a data-centric and automatic platform for target identification and drug discovery.
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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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Analog Social
Curated tech-free experiences for professionals to find community, make authentic in-person connections, and explore ideas.
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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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Archslate Inc.
A marketplace transforming the architecture and construction workforce through AI-driven hiring and upskilling.
![Vaishnavi More]()
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Argus Systems
Offering faster data labeling services at cheaper prices for enterprises training AI models with human-labeled or poor programmatically labeled data.
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ArtEats
Using food-focused multi-sensory art education to foster emotional growth and unique talents among individuals with developmental disabilities.
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ArtLifting
ArtLifting advances access to the art market by connecting artists impacted by disabilities and housing insecurity with socially conscious customers to create meaningful spaces and products.
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Assignment Inc
Organizing the world’s climate change plans into solvable assignments on a mobile application — the Pokémon GO of climate change.
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Asude Foundation
Aiming to provide a holistic education for every child in India.
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AugMend Health
Helping mental health professionals save time and increase coverage with self-guided VR intake and AI-tailored patient onboarding.
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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.
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Axle Technologies
Bringing together data from automakers, telematics providers, and other sources to optimize fuel usage, track vehicles, and reduce insurance premiums.
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B2B Renew
Supporting global e-business brands to reduce, reuse, and recycle customer returns with Amazon recommended and certified refurbishment service.
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BallotBox
Building an e-voting platform designed to support both remote and onsite voting.
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Barefoot Edu Foundation
Creating a movement of empowered educators in India who make education meaningful for children.
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Bartega
Promoting the integration of art practice in both schools and workplaces as a catalyst for collaboration, communication, and creativity.
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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.
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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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BioDevek
Improving clinical outcomes following internal surgeries using degradable biomaterials.
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Bitmal
A social fintech solution that rewards community solutions and contributions and a trusted fund distribution channel optimizing transparency and accountability.
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blip energy
An affordable, portable smart battery that offers backup power and bill savings, reduces emissions, and stabilizes the grid. Now regular consumers can charge when energy is cheap and discharge when energy is expensive.
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Blossom Academy
Creating pathways for underserved communities to develop digital skills, empowering them to access the evolving job market and boost their incomes.
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Body Empowerment Project
An evidence-based eating disorders intervention platform for adolescents.
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BonePixel
Building a fully-automated, AI-powered platform to assess hip pathology in 3D, using routinely collected clinical data.
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Bounce Imaging
Bounce Imaging makes products that keep first-responders, warfighters, and civilians safer with best-in-class, low-cost, easy-to-use imaging and robotics systems.
![Francisco Aguilar of Bounce Imaging in the i-lab's Maker Studio]()
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Brain Exercise Initiative
A nonprofit focused on preventing memory loss through cognitively-stimulating exercises.
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Breaking
Breaking Inc. is using synthetic biology to get rid of plastic waste.
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Breaktime
Breaking the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security.
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Bright Feeds
Helping companies meet their sustainability goals and increase profit margins by turning their food waste into high-quality nutritious animal feed.
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Bring4you
Enabling companies and individuals to seamlessly send bulky items anywhere at low cost while reducing carbon emissions.
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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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BXPORTS
Creating an efficient and sustainable supply chain for exporting textile related commodities from Peru into international markets.
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C16
Making environmentally-conscious palm oil using synthetic biology.
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Canopy Nepal
Providing equitable education access to underprivileged children of Nepal and promoting interactive learning used to make informed decisions.
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Carb Counting App
Building an Arabic AI-powered app for simplifying carb tracking for traditional and complex dishes.
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Carbon Counts
For people who see climate change as a problem but don’t feel like they can help, Carbon Counts has built a mobile game, EverForest, and an impact platform to plant billions of trees and motivate meaningful climate action.
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Carbon Re
Using artificial intelligence to decarbonize energy-intensive industries, such as cement and steel.
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Careerspan
A career toolkit to help you maximize your job leads.
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CarePort Health
An intelligent online platform for hospitals, patients, and skilled nursing facilities to coordinate efficient and high-quality discharges.
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CartaBio Inc
A single-cell precision medicine techbio that uses proprietary spatial biology and AI to decode novel disease biology.
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CashEx
Bringing global financial services closer to Africans.
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CassVita Inc.
Using proprietary technology to foster prosperity for smallholder farmers in Africa.
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Catching Joy, Inc.
Organizing hands-on service projects to share the responsibility and joy of giving and create a kinder, braver, and more equitable world.
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CBase AI
Building data infrastructure to solve for data silos in the construction industry.
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Cellforma
Developing life-saving, first-of-its-kind regenerative cell therapies to overcome the unmet need for donor lungs.
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Celsius Bio
A rapid diagnostic device providing antimicrobial susceptibility test results in hours, instead of days, to guide effective antibiotic treatments.
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Central Tendency
Leveraging AI to help political groups support solution-focused candidates, using multimodal data to target voters and optimize campaign spending.
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Chaku Foods
Creating wealth for smallholder farmers in Africa while minimizing climate risk.
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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.
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Charli Charging, Inc.
Providing premium, turnkey EV charging solutions for the largest commercial and multifamily properties as well as single-family residences.
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Cherish
Offering education, support, fun, and community for families impacted by dementia.
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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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Circlez
Creating a social goal-setting app designed for young adults.
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Civic Roundtable
Building a dedicated ecosystem for public servants to ask questions, find experts, and access resources within government and across the civic sphere.
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CLBB NeuroLaw Library
Building an open source neurolaw library used to level the playing field in the criminal justice system.
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Clean Slate Clinic
Building a clinical protocol for at-home clinician-led care for intensive medicated treatments for addiction.
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Coastal Protection Solutions, Inc
Specializing in easily deployable systems to help at-risk coastal communities protect themselves from the effects of climate change, storm surge, and sea-level rise.
![Coastal Protection Solutions founder]()
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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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Coolant
Carbon MRV for forests.
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Critical Healthcare Information Integration Network, Inc.
A free-for-use SMS messaging system providing validated medical reference information to community health workers in rural settings.
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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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Culture Code
Helping brands build cultural relevance through dynamic, adaptive storytelling.
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Cunning Folk Theatre
Telling stories about religion, myth and folklore, particularly related to the experience of women and gender minorities.
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Current Electric
Developing fast charger infrastructure focused on rapidly enabling the mass adoption of electric transportation.
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Customer Acquisition Consulting (CAC)
Providing zero-cost upfront cost customer acquisition service for small and medium enterprises.
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Day Zero Diagnostics
Developing technologies to help control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), where antibiotic resistant organisms can be especially dangerous.
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Debate Spaces
Connecting and empowering middle schoolers worldwide, teaching debate to foster critical thinking, cultural empathy, and civic engagement.
![Debate spaces team]()
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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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DentiScope
Leveraging computer vision AI and smartphone-enabled periscopes to deliver real-time, AI-driven, dental assessments.
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Dermocratize
A one-stop-shop to buy clean beauty that actually works for your unique skin type, using personalized medicine algorithms, dermatologist product screening, and carcinogen lab-testing.
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DetoXyFi
Developing science-backed, all-natural water filters inspired by nature — removing disease-causing agents from drinking water to provide World Health Organization-quality water.
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Dia Penerus Bangsa (Successors of the Nation) Foundation
Revolutionizing Indonesia’s silent oral health crisis with dental screenings, oral health education, and accessible treatment referrals for children.
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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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Dombelfarms Ltd
Providing access to high-quality agro products and technology-enhanced services to empower smallholder farmers feeding Africa.
