Students backing students.
The first place a builder finds their people.
Capital and programs scale. Communities don’t — not automatically. Most ambitious students drift toward whatever path is paved for them: banking, consulting, big tech. Few of them ever find each other long enough to build something.
Builders is the layer underneath. We’re the room where the first co-founder conversation happens. The hacker house where a prototype goes from broken to almost-working. The community that makes staying a builder feel like the obvious choice.
Building Ohio's student-led unicorns by giving founders mentorship, capital, and a community of builders.
What we do.
01
Recruit
Scout and select the most ambitious student founders across Ohio.
02
Educate
Hands-on mentorship and proven frameworks to turn ideas into ventures.
03
Fund
Early-stage capital and a network of investors who back students early.
04
Scale
Ongoing support to grow from promising startup to category leader.