Where students become founders.

Foundry is a startup studio embedded on college campuses, giving students the mentorship, capital, and shared support to build real companies. Students work on real opportunities, solve real problems, and graduate with more than experience—they leave with a stake in what they helped create.

Become a Founder Partner With Us

We believe talent is universal.
We know opportunity is not.

That’s why Foundry gives students the opportunity they may never have gotten otherwise: the chance to build a real company and discover just how much they’re capable of.

WHY FOUNDRY EXISTS

College towns are full of untapped potential.

Behind that potential are ambitious students, curious minds,
and problems worth solving.

What’s often missing is the infrastructure
to turn that potential into real companies.

So we built it.

Not a course. Not a one-week workshop. A Startup Studio embedded inside partner colleges, with real mentorship, real capital, and shared operations.

A place where students can spend less time learning about entrepreneurship and more time actually building.

Students in classroom gathered around computer

STUDENTS
Entrepreneurial Academy
Students build real companies through the Foundry Sparks program.
OPERATORS
Entrepreneur in Residence
Experienced operators build new companies with support from the Foundry ecosystem.
UNIVERSITIES
Research to
Practice
Universities turn promising research and ideas into commercially viable companies with Foundry.

Real companies built through Foundry.

These companies started when students were given the chance to do more than study entrepreneurship. With real ideas, real mentorship, and the support to build, they became founders creating companies for the real world.

A fintech company helping colleges streamline financial aid and connect students with the resources they need to succeed.

Formed in Cohort 1 of Foundry Sparks Program

Survey software that helps organizations turn traditional surveys into adaptive conversations to uncover better insights.

Formed in Cohort 2 of Foundry Sparks Program

A wellness technology company helping healthcare providers bring red light therapy into patient care.

Built through Foundry’s EIR program

An AI risk intelligence company helping organizations understand the cost and risk of powerful AI agents before they’re deployed.

Built through Foundry’s EIR program

See what's next.
More companies are taking shape across Foundry. Here’s a look at what’s coming next.
COMING SOON · STEALTH MODE
Cascade
Changing the way we think about assets.
CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AT SPSCC
COMING SOON · STEALTH MODE
SignalIQ
Changing the way way we manage personal health.
CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AT ST. MARTINS
COMING SOON · STEALTH MODE
ShopPulse
Changing the way retailer and consumers interact.
CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AT ST. MARTINS
COMING SOON · STEALTH MODE
Vantage
CRM will never be the same again.
CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AT GRAYS HARBOR