Engage with a Harvard Affiliated Startup
Discover Emerging Startups and Venture Opportunities
Startups emerging from Harvard labs are often supported by strong intellectual property, experienced entrepreneurs, and a robust ecosystem of mentors and advisors. OTD facilitates engagement between founding research teams and experienced industry leaders to help build fundable, scalable companies.
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Why Engage with Harvard Startups?
OTD helps ensure that promising ventures are built on solid IP foundations and are supported by networks that increase their chances of successful translation and scale.
Key benefits:
- Access to science driven ventures grounded in high quality, peer reviewed research.
- Clear collaboration and licensing pathways, with OTD facilitating a transparent and predictable process.
- Visibility into a broad pipeline of emerging companies across various fields.
- Opportunities for mentorship and advisory roles through our entrepreneurial initiatives, accelerator advisory committees, and event participation.
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How You Can Engage with Harvard Startups
We aim to make it easy for you to discover relevant startups and build productive, long term relationships.
- Help bridge the development gap by working with one our accelerator programs – the Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, Harvard Grid Accelerator, and Climate & Sustainability Translational Fund – as a steering committee member or advisor.
- Work with the research team to provide expertise as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and join founding teams of new startups.
- Invest in a startup to support the advancement of promising technologies that improve lives.
- Provide valuable insight and make connections as a speaker at OTD events.
We’re ready to move quickly
Whether you're interested in joining a new venture, investing in a Harvard startup, or participating in OTD events, we're here to help.