HUCEG CONNECT
HUCEG CONNECT
HUCEG Connect is a new HUCEG initiative with a goal of unlocking urban knowledge and finance for small to medium sized clean energy businesses and startups across America. Join this BRAND NEW initiative to build a network connecting top clean energy startups to each other and funding. In other words, build the future of cleantech.
This project involves setting up a virtual network with in-person components for startups to achieve 3 main outcomes that can help fuel their success:
FUNCTIONAL PILLARS
Partner
(COMPANY > COMPANY)
Party companies can find and reach out to other companies involved in the network, either as a partner to increase business knowledge and efficiency, or as a customer looking to use another party company’s product or service.
Fund
(Company > VC FUND)
Party companies will be registered in a central database with published statistics that partner VC companies will have access to. VCs can thus streamline their sourcing process, and partner companies will increase their visibility to potential investors.
LeARN
(COMPANY > ACADEMIA)
Party companies will be able to reach out to partner academics (such as Harvard ESE professors, etc) who have volunteered to be available to give technical and practical advice to companies.
Throughout the semester, members of the Connect project will have the opportunity to build the Connect ecosystem, for which two types of roles are needed:
Engineer: Engineers are web design and internal network experts who will be the architects for the Connect’s web design and network elements
Networker: Networkers are masters of the craft of networking, and serve as ambassadors between the Connect initiative and the outside world, working with professors, cleantech CEOs, and investors to bring the human element of Connect to life
Questions? Contact Oliver (olontay@college.harvard.edu)!
HUCEG VENTURES
HUCEG VENTURES
Likewise a new initiative, HUCEG Ventures is seeking a group of FIVE super excited and dedicated people to help us plan, develop and execute a vision for a social/sustainable ventures undergraduate community.
We believe that entrepreneurship is a powerful tool for solving problems, and that by empowering Harvard students with the knowledge, support and resources to create innovative eco-focused companies, social enterprises and non-profits, we can address some of the biggest sustainability challenges of our time.
Our dream is to build a space to help students discover sustainable entrepreneurship, give them access to the best of the best to learn about how to build financially viable organisations that benefit people and the planet, and support them as they attempt their first projects.
No experience is required to help out with this and anyone with energy and passion is welcome to get involved! Please reach out to matteomarkel@college.harvard.edu to express interest or share thoughts, we’re looking forward to hearing from you!