Northeastern University's Roux Institute Announces Its Seventh Founder Residency Cohort
From biodegradable fishing lures to trading card identification technology, ten startups tackling diverse industry challenges have joined the Founder Residency program at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute. The Founder Residency is a 3-month-long accelerator program designed for early-stage tech startups with a focus on making the startup ecosystem accessible to all. Key elements include educational programming, mentorship, business services, and legal counsel, all delivered to participating startups free of charge or equity commitments.
“Every year, I am impressed with the quality of applications we receive for this program. It’s exciting to see the variety of solutions being built out there for problems that affect people around the globe. We’re excited to welcome the next batch of companies moving to Maine for the next 3 months and to become a helpful part of their journey.” said Santiago Zindel Mundet Cruz, Founder Residency director.
From Presque Isle, Maine to Barcelona, Spain and points in-between, the members of this year’s cohort hail from three countries and 3 states, all developing technology enabled solutions that tackle business challenges:
Ari Health expands access to cervical cancer prevention through user-centered screening solutions.
Augmap is building a map personalization engine that is architected to be faster and structurally more private than any other on the market.
Ayryx fuses live ATC communications, aircraft positions, flight data, and weather into a real-time world model of the airspace, creating live air traffic intelligence for planning and coordination.
CardSight AI powers the next generation of card apps with the infrastructure to instantly identify and price any trading card.
cQuenced turns approved video into reusable content systems.
Eco-Logical Lures creates biodegradable fishing lures that perform like plastic without polluting our waters.
Metly turns pharma’s data chaos into one AI brain so the industry’s biggest decisions get made in seconds, not months.
Stage Zero Health catches cancer before symptoms strike; using employer claims data and validated risk models to get high-risk employees screened earlier.
TangiblEmpact is the land-use decision platform for cities and developers to evaluate what can be built and what delivers the best outcomes.
Visual Integrity extracts the source data from digital documents and drawings, presenting it as structured ground truth that organizations can query, reason over, and build on.
This group joins 45 other startups who have completed the Founder Residency program since 2021. Over 87% of these alumni are still operating or have been acquired and they have collectively raised more than $136 million and have created more than 300 jobs.
Don’t miss your chance to connect with the founders and get involved. RSVP for the Founder Residency Kickoff, happening from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17 at Orange Bike Brewing Company in Portland, Maine.