The University of Wisconsin-Madison and seven other leading Midwestern universities today announced the launch of Third Coast Foundry, a new San Francisco-based hub designed to strengthen the collective presence of Midwest research institutions in one of the world’s most active venture ecosystems. The initiative brings together a select consortium of partner universities to support venture engagement and cross-institutional collaboration for university startups, researchers and more.
Third Coast Foundry is being launched as a two-year pilot supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and UW-Madison with the following universities:
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Northwestern University
- The Ohio State University
- Purdue University
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Washington University in St. Louis
Located at 625 Second Street in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood — steps from one of the largest venture capital communities in the world and the emerging AI corridor — the 3,500-square-foot ground-floor workspace will serve as a short-term base for university-founded startups and teams traveling to the Bay Area, creating opportunities for investors, alumni and other partners to engage through meetings, events and programming. It stands as one of the first collaborative, multi-university Midwest bases in the Bay Area focused on venture engagement and innovation support.
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