Funding
Akshat Thirani, Founder of Amper, McCormick ’16, recipient of NUSeeds funding, with his team.
Amper, co-founded by three Northwestern students as undergraduates, helps factory managers improve their operations by providing real-time data on critical manufacturing metrics, which helps reduce lead times and waste. Amper is one of the most recent recipients of NUSeeds funding, and is currently operating out of mHUB in Chicago.
NUseeds is Northwestern’s $4M pre-seed/seed investment fund. The funding comes from philanthropic donations to Northwestern, and is intended to accelerate the successful launch of innovations from NU students and finance the most promising early-stage student ventures. We look for teams who have an outsized vision and would benefit materially from incremental financial support. NUseeds writes checks in the $10,000 - $100,000 range in exchange for equity.
Applicants are required to have:
- Participated in The Garage Residency Program.
- Established product-market fit.
- Entered a growth phase of the company.
To Apply:
Interested student founders should email Melissa Kaufman, Executive Director of The Garage, with the following:
- Pitch deck
- Financial details including a cap table and other investors participating in the round
- Timing of when the round is closing
Teams are vetted by the NUseeds External Investment Committee:
Peter Boyce
General Catalyst, Rough Draft Ventures
New York
Ezra Galston
Starting Line
Chicago
Danielle Lay
Weinberg ’16 - NEA
New York
Tom Loverro
KSM ‘11 - IVP Partners
San Francisco
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