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 Physical Sciences & Engineering Accelerator—help bridge the development gap, providing focused funding and resources to validate and de-risk promising technologies for successful partnering.
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.
A new startup, Quino Energy, aims to bring to market a grid-scale energy storage solution developed by Harvard researchers to facilitate more widespread adoption of renewable energy sources.
Startup Adden Energy granted technology license from Harvard to scale innovative lithium-metal battery technology for commercial deployment
The technology fills a present gap in diagnostic testing and could contribute to extending the four walls of the health system for COVID-19 and beyond
Keep in touch with news and partnering opportunities from Harvard’s Office of Technology Development.
