Summers can be quiet in Boston's student-heavy neighborhoods as students head home to visit family or move away from campus for internships. But at the Harvard Innovation Labs, the summer is far from quiet.
Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs announced that 900 students will take part in the university innovation center’s summer membership. The student ventures include teams making electrolyte popsicles, increasing the number of women in venture capital and developing a compact syringe that lowers shipping and storage costs.
The Innovation Labs introduced its membership model last October. The program now groups students based on their entrepreneurial stage to provide tailored support. Students can take part in programming in the explore stage, test stage and propel stage.
“We’ve been thrilled to see an incredibly positive response from the student community, with well over 2,000 students signing up to be members since the fall of 2022,” Matt Segneri, executive director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, said in a statement.
The support offered by the Harvard Innovation Labs to its student entrepreneurs includes expert advisors, workshops, social events and resources for ideating and building products and services.
Here’s a sample of ventures that the Harvard Innovation Labs members will work on this summer, with descriptions provided by Harvard:
Aivocate: Developing an AI-powered legal assistant that serves as a "pocket lawyer" for immigration topics.
AfricaFirm: Using profits to fund social programs through impact-driven alternative investment management.
Anemone: Creating an alternative to LinkedIn dedicated to cultural and creative industries.
BallotBox: Providing organizations a unique digital voting solution in which ballot secrecy is unhackable and voters gain trust by self-verifying their counted ballot.
Buildoly: Helping homeowners plan, design, and build their renovation projects through an all-in-one platform.
CarbonSense Technologies: Providing an energy and carbon management system to empower organizations on a path to carbon neutrality.
DetoXyFi: Building next-generation household drinking water filters that are sustainable, affordable, and highly effective.
Freya’s Gift: Developing microbiome therapeutics that leverage microbial bioactivation of dietary factors to treat infection and disease.
GarboCarbo: Capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converting it into valuable byproducts.
Girls Who VC: Increasing the number of women in venture capital.
HyrdaPops: Making electrolyte popsicles that provide a healthy and enjoyable way to hydrate, without added sugars, dyes, and harmful ingredients.
Lotus: Bringing together young women+ with reproductive health conditions and concerns to help reduce the stigma surrounding the discussion of women+'s reproductive health.
Nimble Health: Reinventing how patients with musculoskeletal conditions navigate the healthcare system.
Northwood Space: Designing hardware products that significantly expand the orbits and frequency ranges available simultaneously from the ground for satellite communications.
Pacto Medical: Developing a compact syringe that lowers shipping and storage costs, while reducing the environmental impact of pre-filled syringes.
Privacy House: Helping individuals and businesses protect their online reputation and privacy.
SustainaCode: Increasing consumption of sustainable products by using insights, incentives, and behavioral nudges based on predictive analytics drawn from consumer buying preferences.
UNCubical: Providing science-backed meditation and wellness programs to employees.
VirtualStagingAI: Digitally furnishing empty rooms through generative AI.
Willow Health: Building an AI data platform for holistic brain health monitoring and intervention.
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