Ventures
Browse a selection of current and former i-lab ventures.
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All
37
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Harvard Business School
15
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Harvard College
6
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Harvard Extension School
2
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
1
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
1
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Harvard Kennedy School
7
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Harvard Law School
2
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3
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Non-Harvard Affiliate
7
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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.
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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.
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Adaptive Reader
Transforming literature for grades 7–12 into multiple languages and reading levels.
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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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AgX
Building hardware-enabled software for sustainable livestock farming.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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Coding it Forward
Empowering the next generation of mission-driven technologists by creating new pathways into public interest technology.
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Coolant
Carbon MRV for forests.
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Crop Diagnostix
Building the future of predictive agriculture with patented, AI-powered gene expression technology.
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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.
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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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Earth Warriors Global
Providing a comprehensive climate education school curriculum for 3-11-year-olds using a positive and empowering approach.
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Earthacre
Deploying cutting-edge technologies that enable Indigenous landowners to quantify, measure, and get paid for protecting nature and fostering healthy ecosystems.
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EarthBond
Affordable energy for African small businesses. Reliable solar energy that saves business owners money on fuel for their generators.
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Eki Agrivoltaics
Enabling the coexistence of agriculture and solar energy by scaling an innovative photovoltaic technology and sharing the revenue generated from the solar energy with farmers.
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Elio
A climate research data platform to optimize our climate response and drive innovation.
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ETCHED
Creating next-generation art paper that does not buckle or bleed. Making ETCHED’s stone paper uses 85% less energy, 60% less C02, zero water, zero trees, and is infinitely recyclable.
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Finpublica
Empowering finance leaders to foster a more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable society. The organization works with existing and emerging leaders, from across the finance industry and around the world, to help them develop and achieve their own environ
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Firn
Investments in clean assets have traditionally been too big or off-limits for mainstreet investors. Firn’s technology fractionalizes investments into clean energy in an easily manageable way.
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FlatPeak
Building an energy data platform that provides a complete energy optimization solution for any product or service.
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Focal
Using smart sensing and directional heat to warm people, rather than entire spaces.
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GoPowerEV
Building an affordable, hassle-free EV charging solution for multifamily communities.
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GramHeet
For Indian smallholder farmers facing post-harvest challenges, GramHeet provides integrated solutions that increase earnings, foster self-reliance, and mitigate environmental effects.
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Grassroots Energy Inc
Providing reliable and rugged proprietary biogas digesters to process agro and animal waste.
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Green AI
Providing AI-driven software that optimizes energy use in data centers and reduces carbon emissions.
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Henua Technologies
Combining environmental management technology, innovation, and business intelligence, Henua Technologies’ tools help corporations implement sustainability, ESG, regulatory compliance, process transformations to meet their goals.
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IAMBIC
AI-tailored, made-to-fit footwear—making shoes size-inclusive.
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Immigrants Help
Preparing immigration documents for free for people who can't afford a lawyer.
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Institute for Earth Observations
An institute dedicated to developing and innovating STEM education.
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Institute for Multipartisan Education, Inc
The Institute for Multipartisan Education is dedicated to sustainably increasing and improving capacity for curious approaches to difference and disagreement in educational settings.
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INVERSA
Regenerating native biodiversity by creating a market for leathers from invasive animals.
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Julius
Solving the talent needs of the cleantech transition by providing innovative programs to help energy employers attract new talent and upskill current talent for the future of work.
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Kaüna
Building the ultimate population health management platform for chronic kidney disease.
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Kiwi Biosciences
Creating the first enzyme solution addressing FODMAPs, a family of hard-to-digest carbohydrates and notorious symptom triggers for those with sensitive guts.
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Lotus
Fostering connection and conversation among adolescent women+ with reproductive health conditions and/or concerns.
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Lumos
The world's smartest bike helmets and lights.
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Mark43
Empowering communities and their governments with new technologies that improve the safety and quality of life for all.
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MDandMe
Leveraging generative AI to help patients decide where and when to seek care and help doctors pre-populate their medical notes.
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Metafin
For Indian retail customers who want to install cleantech solutions but lack the upfront capital, Metafin provides rapid financing decisions and works with partners to systematically minimize installation and operational risk.
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Metric
Data analytics software to help private market investors measure their portfolio’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance.
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Mitti Labs
Enabling sustainable rice farming by developing the most transparent and high-quality projects.
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New Voters Org
Inspiring civic action through mobilizing 80,000+ high school students to vote across the United States.
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Pacto Medical
For public health and healthcare workers who use pre-filled syringes, Pacto Medical makes a collapsible syringe that reduces transportation volume by 40%, allowing them to ship and deliver more syringes for less money and with a lower environmental impact
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PathCision Medicine, Inc.
Transforming tissue pathology insights into targeted therapies for complex diseases.
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Philo
Working to reinvent the television experience for the modern age and create a service you'll love as much as the shows you watch.
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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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RapidSOS
Securely linking life-saving data from connected devices, apps and sensors to safety agents, 911 and first responders globally.
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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.
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RescaleMed - Tibb Mental Health chatbot
Creating an AI-driven mental health chatbot for cognitive behavioral health therapy.
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RESILIFT
For homeowners with flood risk, RESILIFT provides end-to-end residential flood-proofing solutions focusing on project financing and physical mitigation using innovative technology to optimize the process.
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Rumi Spice
Bringing flavorful, ethically-sourced, and socially-responsible spices from Afghanistan to customers.
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Scientific Financial Systems, Inc.
Developing AI-enabled tools to help investment management teams identify opportunities faster.
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Shamiri Institute
Enabling thriving youths by making mental healthcare accessible in underserved regions of the world, starting with Kenya and Africa.
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Shamsina
Designing, manufacturing, and delivering affordable, locally-made solar water heaters for all Egyptians, from energy poor communities to energy-conscious consumers.
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smoodi
Making people happier and healthier with a self-cleaning machine for fresh, customized smoothies.
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SoWork
Creating a smart virtual office that gives remote teams efficiency, presence, spontaneity, and connection.
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SPOUTS OF WATER
Providing clean drinking water, clean air and clean energy to African households.
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Stochastic
An enterprise platform for businesses to build, customize, and control their own AI.
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SXD
Turning fabrics — including leftover and wasted ones — into beautifully-designed apparel products with ~55% lower costs and zero waste.
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Talaria
Providing free scientific research opportunities for high school students of marginalized genders.
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TANGapp
An international, peer-to-peer transaction app with a social mission of financial inclusion for emerging markets.
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TetraScience
Developing the world's only data and AI cloud built for science.
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The Surpluss
Helping governments and small-to-medium enterprises bridge the gap between climate science and circular economy with a digital solution to share their underutilized resources and profit from them.
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Tolemi
Integrating city data from multiple departments and systems into a single, easy-to-use platform.
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Tree-Plenish
Empowering students to create a more sustainable and equitable future through community tree planting.
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Tuverl
An app that makes public transport cheaper and more accessible to millions of commuters across Africa.
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Unlock Education
Empowering public schools to leverage the data they already have to drive their decisions.
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Upsolve
Creating free tools to help people dispute debt, negotiate debt, or file Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
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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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Wave Learning Festival
Enriching learning for students in grades 6-12 with free, accessible programs taught by a community of talented volunteers.
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WHOOP
Unlocking peak fitness through a wearable system designed to help athletes track and optimize physical performance.
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XCharge
At the forefront of EV charging technology and a leader in battery-integrated fast charging solutions, we are committed to powering the future energy demands of the world.
