Northeastern University’s entrepreneurship education has won several accolades including recognition by Entrepreneur magazine (#3 in Top Colleges for Entrepreneurship with unique hands-on experience), Princeton Review (#4 in Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education) and Forbes magazine (#13 among Most Entrepreneurial Universities).
However, NU-IDEA’s real success lies in the nearly 400 ventures that are under development as well as the 46 that were launched by entrepreneurs it helped develop over the past seven years. Here is a sampling of those success stories.
CloudLock is a Cyber Security software platform started by NU graduate students. CloudLock is the cloud-native CASB and Cloud Cyber Security Platform that helps accelerate use of the cloud, including the apps you buy and build. Cloudlock secures your cloud users, data, and apps across Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and orchestrates security across your existing security investments. CloudLock was recently acquired by Cisco for $293M
www.cloudlock.comSilverRail is a transportation software solution that was started by NU graduate students. The booking and managing of rail travel is fragmented across multiple, outdated systems. It’s an unnecessary burden on the carriers, travel distributors, travel managers and travellers themselves. SilverRail connects more than 35 rail carriers from 7 countries to power rail bookings and journey planning. SilverSilverRail has recently been acquired by Expedia/Travel Giant for approximately $300M.
http://silverrailtech.com/Amino Apps is a consumer software platform started by NU students. Amino's network of communities lets you explore, discover, and obsess over the things youre into.Amino has authentic mobile communities for whatever you're into.Its members can express themselves, discover new friends and discuss their passion with like-minded people.Each community has great content, the friendliest of people, and exciting events. They have a large user base and very deep engagement from their community. Amino Apps have recently raised $27M in venture capital.
http://www.aminoapps.com/Mavrck is an enterprise software solution that was started by NU students.Brands use Mavrck to harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing at scale. Our patented influencer marketing platform powers brands to discover and activate thousands of their most influential customers to distribute content and drive conversions across social networks. Maverck has built an integrated enterprise influencer marketing platform powered by a patented performance algorithm that discovers and activates micro-influencers at scale. Mavrck has recently raised $8M in venture capital.
http://www.mavrck.co/Elsen is a NU-IDEA venture, which provides financial institutions with a platform that combines premium data, high-performance computing, and intuitive design for investment analytics.The company recently signed a deal with Thomson Reuters' to power its new investment tool.
https://elsen.co/Started by NU students, Eat Your Coffee is the home of nutritious, caffeinated snacks to keep you energized.Their feature product, The Coffee Bar is now available at hundreds of locations across the United States.
https://newgroundsfood.com/Another NU-IDEA venture, Moniker manufactures custom guitars as unique as the music you make. Designed online and built in Austin Texas, to date, Moniker has built guitars for bands such as The Devil Wears Prada, Lord Huron, Blue October, The Mowglis, The Sword, and many many more.
https://shop.monikerguitars.com/A Northeastern student venture, Bureo makes skateboards and sunglasses from recycled fishing nets using their own recycling program in Chile called 'Net Positiva'. The company has received investment for Patagonia's "20 Million and Change" fund and has also partnered with Patagonia as a retail distribution channel.
https://bureo.co/