Startups Based on Harvard Innovations Devise Solutions for a Warming World
Five companies started with discoveries in Harvard labs and, with various forms of support, developed impactful solutions that are enhancing our quality of life.
Startup Formation
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, serving on our accelerator advisory committees, speaking at OTD events, and making valuable connections throughout Cambridge and Boston.
Startup news
Soft, Safer Brain Implants for Improved Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries
Axoft, a startup launched with technology developed in Harvard labs, is transforming care for traumatic brain injuries with its soft, biocompatible neural probe that can quickly measure recovery and consciousness within a few minutes.
Harvard Bioengineers Develop Soft, Flexible Neural Implants to Understand Brain Development and Behavior
Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a tadpole embryo’s brain and record electrical activity with no impact on normal tadpole embryo development or behavior. This novel device could help researchers better understand and treat diseases that manifest in early brain development.
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