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Create the future

Our team excels at convening extraordinary leaders who have the vision to bring transformative technologies to market. In just the past 5 years, 100+ startups have launched to commercialize Harvard innovations, collectively raising more than $4.4 billion in equity financing.

New companies are taking shape all the time. Take an early look at our emerging Startup Opportunities and join us in building ventures that could change the world.

Added value

Harvard faculty are preeminent scholars and prolific inventors. In OTD, we also understand that some academic innovations need a boost to succeed commercially.

OTD’s pioneering technology accelerator programs—the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator and the Harvard Grid Accelerator—help bridge the development gap, providing focused funding and resources to validate and de-risk promising technologies for successful partnering.


Deep connections

What ultimately makes it all work? Passionate people.

Our wide network of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs—many of whom are Harvard alumni—give generously of their time and expertise, leading and investing in new startup companies, engaging with labs as Entrepreneurs in Residence or Experts in Residence, serving on our accelerator advisory committees, speaking at OTD events, and making valuable connections throughout Cambridge and Boston.


Startup news

Connecting, Innovating, Impacting: Highlights 2023

A look back at moments in 2023 where researchers and industry leaders came together to connect and learn; strategic collaborations, research agreements and accelerator funding were announced; and translational research made it out of the labs for societal impact.

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