Harvard Business School Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition 2024

The Competition offers early-stage climate-focused startups an incredible opportunity to accelerate their growth. Selected startups receive exclusive coaching from Harvard Business School students, networking with climate-focused investors, and the chance to pitch in the final competition. Best of all, winners can earn non-dilutive cash prizes of up to $22,500 to help scale their impact without giving up equity.

• Table of Content
• About Harvard Business School (HBS)
• Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition
• Aim and Benefits of Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition
• Requirements for Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition

Application Deadline	15 Oct 2024
Country to study	United States
School to study	Harvard Business School
Type	Contest
Sponsor	Harvard Business School (HBS)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition

Applicants will benefit the following: 

• Opportunity for early-stage climate-focused startups to accelerate growth through the competition.
• Exclusive coaching from Harvard Business School students.
• Networking opportunities with climate-focused investors.
• Live pitch in front of over 500 attendees at Harvard Business School on November 2nd, 2024.
• Non-dilutive cash prizes totalling up to $22,500 are available for winners.
• Judges include experienced representatives from leading cleantech organizations.
• Prizes: $20,000 for the winner, $5,000 for the runner-up, and $2,500 for the crowd favourite.

Requirements for Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition Qualification

The startup pitch competition is open to all entrepreneurs working to develop innovative solutions that help solve the climate crisis. Competing startups should

• be developing a climate-related venture
• have raised less than $1M in funding (excluding grants)

Interview date, Process and Venue for Climate Symposium Startup Pitch Competition

Pitch

Finalists will pitch live in front of over 500 attendees at Harvard Business School on November 2nd, 2024, Judges will include experienced representatives from leading names in the cleantech space. Last year this included:

• Azolla Ventures
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures
• Clean Energy Ventures
• Planeteer Capital
• The Engine

Application Deadline

October 15, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Harvard Business School (HBS) on docs.google.com to apply

For more details, visit the website.