Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs and Pegasus Tech Ventures are proud to announce the inaugural cohort of early-stage startups to participate in the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator powered by Pegasus Tech Venture. The Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator is a partnership between Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs and Pegasus Tech Ventures.
The 2022 cohort reflects the diversity and brilliance of Harvard alumni entrepreneurs around the world. The first cohort of 10 startups are from 5 schools and 7 countries and were selected from a pool of 139 applicants from 22 countries.
The 2022 Cohort represents a wide range of sectors, including Logistics & Transportation. FinTech, HealthTech, HealthCare, Manufacturing AI, Retail Apparel and Fashion, Sustainable Furniture, and Medical Wearables.
The Accelerator is committed to seeking diverse founders: 40% of our founders are women or identify as being from underserved communities.
We’re thrilled to welcome these 10 promising teams to participate in our accelerator.
We are excited to witness this group of incredible founders take their ventures to the next level.
About Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs
Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, Inc. (HarvardAE) is a volunteer-managed non-profit organization with 20 Chapters worldwide, connecting over 16,000 Harvard alumni, faculty, students, and friends from across the University and throughout the world.
HarvardAE is dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship, promotion of innovation, and furthering the ideals of leadership and learning. Since our beginnings, HarvardAE has served as a meeting place for entrepreneurial alumni, students, faculty and staff from all of Harvard's schools. For more information, please check out www.harvardae.org
About Pegasus Tech Ventures
Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1.7 Billion in assets under management. Pegasus offers intellectual and financial capital to emerging technology companies around the world. In addition to offering institutional investors a top-tier venture capital investment approach, Pegasus also offers a unique Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) model for large, global corporations that wish to partner with cutting-edge technology startups. Some of the 35+ corporate partners that have partnered with Pegasus include ASUS, Aisin, SEGA, Sojitz, and NGK Spark Plugs. These corporations are able to have access to over 200 Pegasus portfolio companies such as SpaceX, Airbnb, SoFi, Doordash, 23andMe, Bird, Color, Carbon, and many more. For more information about Pegasus, please check outwww.pegasutechventures.com
Pegasus also founded and sponsors Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest startup competitions in the world. Startup World Cup extends to over 70 countries across six continents, with a Grand Finale in Silicon Valley featuring a $1 million investment prize. The goal of Startup World Cup is to support regional innovation ecosystems and connect them to Silicon Valley. For more information, please check out www.startupworldcup.io
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