For the truly committed entrepreneurs looking to grow their ideas as a part of The Garage community.
The Residency program is an opportunity for student teams, both undergraduate and graduate, to be core members of The Garage’s entrepreneurial community. Resident teams use The Garage as their office and receive special privileges like 24/7 access, a weekly Family Dinner and priority for Office Hours with mentors and staff.
Ideas can be for profit or nonprofit, hardware or software, commercial products or artistic endeavors—anything that requires bringing a new idea to fruition. Resident teams are selected on a quarterly basis. To qualify for Residency, the team lead must have spent at least one quarter working on the current venture in the Tinker or Residency program, and have at least two team members. Also, any team with new leaders must spend at least a quarter in the Tinker program.
Selected Residents get 24/7 access to The Garage, a dedicated desk, and access to reservable meeting rooms.
Residents get an exclusive invite to our weekly Family Dinner, where we hear from a startup superstar.
Resident teams are assigned a dedicated mentor in their industry, to help them on their entrepreneurial journey.
Alpime Health offers reliable, secure, and efficient state-of-the-art digital health solutions with hospital-centered analysis.
Co-founded by Tahira Grewal, McCormick '26; Isaac Meite, McCormick '26; and Sophia Pi, McCormick '26.
ApplyRight uses AI to make high-quality essay feedback affordable for college applicants.
Founded by Valentin de la Pena, McCormick '25.
Circa Sleep is fixing sleep habits for college students.
Founded by Andrew Hou, Weinberg '26.
Cogno helps agencies and brands gain actionable insights from billions of TikTok videos.
Founded by Terry Chen, Weinberg '26.
Consigliere shows video creators how to get the best chance at channel growth before they post their videos.
Founded by Richard Wu, Weinberg '25.
Convident is an app designed to help Chinese language learners improve their conversational fluency by mastering tonal accuracy.
Co-founded by Vincent Yang, Weinberg '26; Jessica Sun, SESP '26; Hailee Kim, Weinberg '26.
Course Planner is the premier, one-stop shop for all things course planning, degree progress tracking, and career dreaming for Northwestern students!
Founded by Jonathan Bell, McCormick '26.
Embrace offers an immersive multi-sensory Anchor-and Calm experience in moments of stress, through a personalized meditative device that combines soothing tactile sensations with AI-tailored coping audio.
Founded by Zheng Wu, TGS/Weinberg '25.
Fable Mason Studios is a production group that optimizes and streamlines our various departments, talent, and resources to develop multimedia creative projects and ads for student organizations and local businesses.
Founded by Zach Braffman, SoC/McCormick '26.
Glucolyzer is a biotech start-up reimagining health by creating noninvasive-glucose monitoring systems.
Founded by Edward Seo, Weinberg '25.
HaptE is building low-cost sensing gloves for data collection.
Co-founded by Victoria Israel, McCormick '26 & Trevor Abbott, McCormick '26.
hostU matches students who are looking to sublet their place or find a place to stay, verifying university-affiliation and sending users direct matches.
Founded by Bella Le Sage, Weinberg '25.
InstaEnglish is a personal English-speaking coach in your pocket, which offers a clear, quantified path to conversational fluency with a tailored proprietary curriculum.
Founded by Yutaro Nishiyama, Kellogg & McCormick '25; Evan Lai, Kellogg & McCormick '25; Yutaka Kawabata, Kellogg & McCormick '25.
JusticeArch simplies the attorney search, generating revenue for partner firms.
Founded by Nima Ostowari, Pritzker '25.
KiT is the app for keeping in touch with long-distance friend groups through nudges to share updates.
Founded by Karen Kodera, TGS/McCormick '25.
Litterbox LLC: WHERE WILDCATS STORE THEIR SH*T, Summer storage made for Northwestern students — by Northwestern students.
Led by Matthew Lee, McCormick '25; Irene Cheon, SoC '25; Kelvin Wong, Medill '26; Joseph Shim, McCormick '26.
Locago is a marketplace for shopping local, independently owned stores and boutiques.
Founded by Rachel Vadhan, Kellogg/McCormick '25.
Local is a centralized platform created by students, for students, to discover and connect with unique local experiences and businesses in their community.
Co-founded by Dev Ambani, McCormick '25 & Saloni Patel, TGS '24.
NewVox is a startup that aims to use an artificial intelligence model (specifically through NLP) to convert the broken speech of those with Broca's Aphasia to proper speech to enhance their day-to-day communications.
Co-founded by Adithya Sathyamurthy, Weinberg '27 & Nicholas Bruha, Weinberg '27.
POMwear is a wearable device that provides pain relief for debilitating menstrual cramps, PCOS, and Endometriosis through heat and TENS therapy, while also tracking health metrics like heart rate variability and body temperature, and syncing with an app for personalized health insights and data sharing with healthcare providers.
Founded by Brittany Ransom, TGS/McCormick '25.
Project MED promotes health equity by focusing on educating and preparing high school students for careers in healthcare, particularly in underserved communities.
Led by Lily Walters, Weinberg/Bienen '26.
Promptem is a prompt library employing employing leading prompt engineering techniques to maximize AIs capabilities.
Founded by James Carlin, Weinberg '25.
ReCat is an app (and game!) that helps couples build stronger relationships by encouraging expressions of gratitude and healthy communication.
Founded by Ashley Guo, SESP '26.
Roombee is a mobile app with tools to help first-time dorm roommates adjust to cohabitation.
Founded by Alison Bai, Weinberg '26.
Rora is a mist for external vaginal dryness due to menopause.
Co-founded by Neha Mehta, Kellogg '25 & Catherine Malloy, Kellogg '25.
Safe Security's Cyber Clinic is training the next generation of digital security leaders through certification, implementation, and application–for students, and by students.
Co-founder by Kris Yun, SESP/Weinberg '27 & Theo Maurino, Weinberg '26.
Sanooke builds toys that you won't be embarrassed to play with at work.
Founded by Tyler Hummer, TGS '27.
ScaleUp is a digital platform and matchmaking service that increases the utilization of fish byproducts in global commercial and Tribal fishing sectors from 40% to 100% by connecting commercial processors with suitable byproduct users.
Founded by Sam Rappin, Weinberg '25.
Sensify helps businesses to achieve their recycling and sustainability goals.
Founded by Shane Deng, McCormick '27.
Simpli-Sci is a research publication that works to break down barriers that prevent some from understanding scientific discovery and ongoing studies in STEM fields, by using a non-traditional approach to present research.
Co-founded by Zoey Hall, Weinberg '25 & Shreya Ruia, Weinberg '27.
SPLIT Rideshare matches students traveling to the airport and call rides.
Co-founded by Grayson Donnelly, McCormick '25 & John Hileman, McCormick/Weinberg '26.
Square One is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission to promote children’s health and wellness through an equitable and accessible health curriculum based on principles of problem-based learning.
Led by Shae Murphy, Weinberg '25.
Stella's Imagination: Producer of handmade stuffed plushie business that ships worldwide since 2015 on Etsy.
Founded by Anastasia Jimenez, Weinberg '26.
Tego is revolutionizing safety and accessibility with its game-changing magnetic wall outlet technology.
Led by Natalie Gurganus, McCormick '25.
WeAreNesian is a digital marketing agency for Nesian (Pacific Islander) businesses.
Founded by Dean Uata, Weinberg '26.
WristBuddy is a fun, reliable band that alerts both parents and children when they get too far apart, in order to give parents peace of mind while exploring public spaces with their kids.
Founded by Sindhu Sreedhar, Kellogg '25.
Youcademy provides a personalized learning platform for students, complete with detailed insights for teachers on key student metrics.
Founded by Pedro Nieto Rocha, Weinberg '27.
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