Third Coast Foundry expands access and options for Midwestern startups.
Third Coast Foundry
Advancing Midwest Innovation.
Third Coast Foundry is a new physical space in San Francisco for partner university-founded startups and teams traveling to the Bay Area.
Designed to improve access to venture capital and networks on the West Coast without requiring startups to relocate, it provides opportunities for investors, alumni, and other partners to engage through meetings, events, and programming.
At its core, Third Coast Foundry is a bridge between Midwest innovation and coastal capital.
Third Coast Foundry Overview
About
Third Coast Foundry is being driven by the entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialization centers across the partner institutions, including the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University; Northwestern Innovation + New Ventures (INVO); Center for Software Innovation at The Ohio State University; Purdue Innovates; UChicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; U of I’s Technology Entrepreneur Center and Origin Ventures Office of Entrepreneurship; Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF); along with WashU.
Together, these centers bring deep experience in startup formation, technology commercialization, and venture engagement to support founders and strengthen cross-institutional collaboration through Third Coast Foundry.
Founding Partners:
