About

Solving the world’s most pressing problems through open innovation and partnership.

Mission

MIT Solve is a marketplace for social impact. We find tech entrepreneurs from around the world and broker partnerships across our community to scale their innovative work—driving lasting, transformational change.

Solve issues four Challenges each year to find the most promising Solver teams with solutions to the world's most pressing problems. Solve then deploys its global community of private, public, and nonprofit leaders to form the partnerships these Solver teams need to scale their impact.

Solve's cross-sector community has committed more than $7 million in funding to Solver teams, in addition to in-kind support such as mentorship, technical expertise, media and conference exposure, and business and entrepreneurship training.

Meet the solve team

Core Values

OPTIMISM
While big challenges exist in the world, they are solvable.
PARTNERSHIP
No one organization, sector or industry can solve these challenges alone.
OPEN INNOVATION
Talent and ingenuity are everywhere, and we must tap into them.
HUMAN-CENTERED
Solutions must start, end, and involve the people they’re designed for.
TECHNOLOGY
Solutions will include a technological component, but must also address political, economic, and cultural barriers and ensure that technology is adopted by most underserved communities.