i3 INNOVATION CHALLENGE
Welcome to i3 The Harvard College Innovation Challenge brought to you by the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and Harvard Ventures.
We are Harvard’s premier student startup competition. This is where Harvard student startups get their start.
2021 Applications are now closed. see the winning teams here
2021 i3 TIMELINE
Applications Open
Coffee Coachings
Female Founders Luncheon
Applications Due
Semifinalists Announced
Pitching Workshop
Pitching Open Mic
Semifinalist Pitch Event
i3 Awards & Finalist Party
i3 STUDENT DIRECTOR
GEORGIA MESSINGER
Georgia Messinger, a Lowell House junior at the college, was the 2020 and now 2021 Director for the i3 Innovation Challenge. Georgia co-founded Trill Project, an anonymous, safe, and supportive mobile social networking application to serve people who identify as LGBTQ+ youth, are struggling with mental health, or are recovering from trauma. Georgia is also former co-president and now senior advisor of Harvard Ventures and is passionate about expanding resources for student founders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds, at Harvard and beyond.
i3 DESIGN LEAD
CRYSTAL WANG
Crystal is a sophomore at Harvard College studying Economics with a secondary in Psychology. Crystal is also doing a dual degree program with the Berklee College of Music in Global Entertainment and Music Business. At Harvard, Crystal is most involved in HUWIB, Harvard GRC, and the Harvard Callbacks. Outside of school Crystal is the founder and CEO of a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, SOAR, dedicated to bringing joy and aid to cancer patients across the world. She is passionate about bridging music and social entrepreneurship to make a difference in her surrounding communities.