EarthAcre joins Harvard innovation Labs cohort

Harvard Innovation Labs Announces Largest-Ever Venture Program Cohort 

This spring, the Harvard Innovation Labs is welcoming 628 ventures into the Spring Venture Program cohort. 

“This semester marks the beginning of the Harvard Innovation Labs’ second decade, and it is extraordinary to see more ventures join the 2022 Spring Venture Program than we saw in the first four years of the Harvard Innovation Labs combined,” said Matt Segneri, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs. “The Venture Program’s exponential growth in recent years reflects the passion and dedication that Harvard students bring to solving some of the world’s most challenging problems.”   

The Venture Program combines a supportive community with key resources for Harvard students from all 13 Harvard schools who are actively building an idea into a venture. This spring, the Venture Program will feature a wide range of virtual and in-person offerings, including one-on-one meetings with Harvard Innovation Labs advisors and industry experts from around the world, more than 50 workshops on topics such as building an MVP and understanding your customers, and panels that are both industry- and stage-specific. The Venture Program also features events and spaces for building community, such as social mixers, peer “pitch swaps” where teams share feedback on their pitches, and a dedicated Slack channel where teams can engage with each other and advisors on a range of topics. 

Of the more than 600 ventures accepted into the Harvard Innovation Labs Spring Venture Program, 148 were chosen as Semi-Finalists for the President’s Innovation Challenge, a call to action for students and select alumni pursuing ventures that push the boundaries of their fields. In May, 25 Finalists will compete for $510,000 in prizes, funded entirely by a generous gift from the Bertarelli Foundation. 

The full article is available on the Harvard iLab website here.