Surgeons Perform Second Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital
The team that performed first-of-its-kind surgery in 2024 has successfully transplanted another genetically edited pig kidney into a living person.
Startup Formation
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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
Harvard Physics Startup Launches with a Focus on Untouched Layer of the Atmosphere
The mesosphere holds untapped data helpful for understanding climate change, and the possibility of new communication networks.
Four Harvard research teams receive translational funding to advance climate change tech
With funding and support from the Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund, researchers will pursue green jet fuel, cleaner chemicals, sustainable packaging, and carbon storage.
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