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- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
and resources to raise funds and organize vaccination efforts in 12 villages, reaching nearly 7,000 people with more vaccinations planned. —Akshay Navaladi (MBA 2013), founder of Healthskool Pharmacy, New... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Together
a fellowship fund to support HBS students with a military service background—and so did 11 of his classmates. Haley, a former US Navy SEAL and currently a managing director at Ziff Brothers Investments, led an effort that View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Business Plan Contestants Pin Their Hopes on the Internet
on hand at this year's event to offer some words of wisdom to those following in their footsteps. Jon Burgstone and Asif Satchu (both MBA '99) have raised $48 million in venture capital to fund their online... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
entrepreneurs who had built $10 million to $50 million companies, and I realized, “Oh, they’re not superhuman. I can actually do this.” So I started thinking, what business can I bring to e-commerce? Luxury beauty. We raised a million... View Details
- 21 Jun 2016
- News
Rescuing Families from ISIS-Led Genocide
remote mountain hideouts where many died before relief efforts reached them. “They are genocide victims,” states Aziza, who now works full time with Operation Ezra, an initiative led by the city’s active Jewish community that has raised... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A Commitment to Education
HBS’s capital campaign from 2002 to 2005, raising nearly $600 million; established a professorship at HBS; and, with his family, provided the funds that created the Spangler Center. “This place means... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
If you are one of the 17 million people who participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the money you raised may be helping to fund a first-of-its kind clinical collaboration between a nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Apr 2024
- News
Generosity Multiplied
match fund for Save the Children, then that charity also has to get another supporter to match the £10,000. So when the campaign goes live, there’s £20,000 in the pot to match public donations. Hopefully they’ll View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Scaling Peaks for Cancer Research
1990. The seven mountains in order of ascent are Mount Aconcagua (South America), Mount Vinson (Antarctica), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Kosciuszko (Australia), Mount Everest (Asia), Mount Elbrus (Europe), and Mount McKinley (North America). View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
items to hospital and response personnel, while another seeks to raise funds from HBS alumni to support the families of victims of the virus. The Wuhan Task Force, aims to quickly source and distribute... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19, and the firm announced it was... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- News
DreamBox Learning Breaks New Ground
popular adaptive learning companies, specializing in math .Across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, DreamBox serves nearly 3 million students and 120,000 teachers. Today, the company is announcing $130 million in growth equity funding from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Campaign News
annual HBS Fund volunteer appreciation dinner in New York City on February 25. As Fund chairman, each year Johnstone led almost one thousand volunteers and helped the Fund set... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
Giving Together
SEAL and currently a managing director at Ziff Brothers Investments, led an effort that raised $335,000 toward the fund that carries the name he believes says it all, the MBA Class of 2001 National Defense... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
crisis is the most urgent problem facing our planet. It is critical that we accelerate the flow of investment into green technology.” As one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John Doerr thinks big. Working side by side with entrepreneurs, he has... View Details
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
Education (PiE), a foundation that provides nearly three-quarters of the flexible funding available to the city’s cash-strapped schools. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of PiE, which raises... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Finding a cure so that others may benefit
In 1986, Joe O’Donnell (AB 1967, MBA 1971) and his wife, Kathy, founded the Joey Fund in memory of their son, who died as a result of cystic fibrosis. O’Donnell has raised millions to battle the disease, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
than 60,000 financings dating back to 1987, representing some 98 percent of the pool of deals in that period. Coats calls it “the most complete and accurate database of US-based venture capital financings in the world.” In 2010, Correlation completed a first closing of... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Hollywood Story
capabilities. Together, they wrote a business plan to do four independent features and set up a venture capital fund — Front Street Films — to raise the money to finance those productions. “It was the... View Details