Ohio State's founder pipeline starts here.

Judge a demo, coach a team, hire a builder, or fund the next program. Here is what you would be backing.

Builders members on a San Francisco street, looking up at Salesforce Tower

Live this week

Builders is in San Francisco.

Members are out west this week meeting founders and investors. On Thursday we're hosting Ohio State students, alumni, founders and investors in the Bay Area for an evening at the new Third Coast Foundry, with Tim Grace of Techstars Columbus. Food is on us.

Ohio State SF Startup Mixer: Thursday, October 15, 6–8 PM PT
Third Coast Foundry: 625 2nd St, Suite 103, San Francisco

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Since 2001

Founded in 2001, Builders is Ohio State's oldest student entrepreneurship organization. Today it runs as a selective, student-led accelerator where members ship real products every week and the strongest teams get funded.

By the numbers

Builders, so far.

Raised: $550K+
Applicants: 450+
Investable startups: 6+
Monthly social views: 100K+

Our programs

Where the building happens.

Partners help run three of them, and each one is better with people who have built before.

01 / 03
Hackathons
A weekend sprint from idea to working demo, judged by founders and operators.
02 / 03
Founders Trips
A fully paid trip for members to meet founders and investors in San Francisco.
03 / 03
Hacker Houses
Student founders living and building under one roof for a weekend.

Ways to partner

Six ways in.

Pick one to start. You can tick more than one on the form.

01Judge the HackathonScore the demos teams build in one weekend, from idea to working product.
02Coach at Hacker HouseSpend an evening with student founders while they build under one roof.
03Lead a guest sessionRun a session on what you know best, for members who are building now.
04Hire members who shipMeet students who put a real product out every week.
05Co-host a flagship eventHost one of the big nights of the year with Builders, in front of every member.
06Sponsor a programFund a Hackathon, a Hacker House or the fully paid Founders Trip.

Why partner

What you get back.

Meet top student talent
Members are picked from more than 450 applicants, and they ship every week.
Shape what gets built
Your feedback lands while the product is still changing, not after it launches.
Back startups early
At least six investable startups so far, and the strongest teams get funded.
Reach thousands
Builders gets more than 100,000 views on social every month.