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RapidSOS
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA
Affiliated with President's Innovation Challenge · Pitch Competition
Grand prize at the 2015 President's Innovation Challenge ($70,000). The day before, the team also won the $50,000 grand prize in the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition. RapidSOS securely links life-saving data from connected devices to 911 and first responders.
Sources & articles
News and official sources documenting RapidSOS's outcome through President's Innovation Challenge.
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Harvard Gazette
RapidSOS wins the 2015 President's Challenge
Harvard Gazette report that RapidSOS won the $70,000 grand prize in the 2015 President's Challenge at the Harvard Innovation Lab, one day after winning the $50,000 grand prize in the HBS New Venture Competition.
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Harvard Innovation Labs
RapidSOS at Harvard Innovation Labs
Harvard Innovation Labs venture page for RapidSOS. It describes the company as linking life-saving data from connected devices to 911 and first responders, and records a 2015 President's Innovation Challenge grand prize. The page links the company website.
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