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Kevin O'Leary — the investor known for starring in the television show “Shark Tank” — judged six teams of Harvard students on their startup pitches at a Harvard Business School event on Monday, awarding the winning team $200,000 in total funding.
The event was hosted by the HBS Entrepreneurship Club in Klarman Auditorium. Harvard affiliates filled the 1,000-seat space to watch O'Leary, known by his nickname “Mr. Wonderful” on television, judge the event for the third time .
O'Leary was joined by HBS alums Janelle Teng, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, and C.L. Oliver Haarman, a founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners. HBS senior lecturer Reza R. Satchu moderated the event.
The competition consisted of three rounds, during which students presented different aspects of their pitches and were grilled on their ideas by the judges. Each round, teams were eliminated until they selected one winner.
But Bajaj added that winning the competition — and the $200,000 in total grants — would help accelerate the launch of their startup.
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