A solution engine providing experience alongside the degree

7.2% of students globally study entrepreneurship. xFoundry reaches the other 92.8%.

Reverse the entrepreneurship funnel

xFoundry is a nonprofit alliance of universities channeling students from every discipline into multidisciplinary teams that build investment-ready ventures around grand challenges and compete to secure up to $2M in investment.

Industry-informed

Topics set by industry

Industry partners validate every competition topic. Students ship to MVP criteria, not academic rubrics.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

The TEAMS framework

Multidisciplinary collaboration across Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts & Athletics, Marketing, Science.

INVESTMENT-GRADE

MVPs judged by active investors

Winning teams can secure up to $2M in investment. Students own the IP.

PROOF OF WORK

1,500+ credentialed hours

LinkedIn and resumé-ready credentials that track and translate into demonstrable skills.

The Affiliate model

Ready on day one

Turnkey infrastructure

The full platform is already running, with  no new hire operational build required. Students can begin within days of onboarding.

BENEFACTOR ENGAGEMENT

funded as a named gift

Raise designated gifts to fund a named xFoundry program at the institution, i.e. The Jane Doe xFoundry@University.

Founder's pledge

Returns back to campus

Every founder's liquidity event sends a documented charitable gift back to their university.

University Affiliate benefits

The Alliance Affiliate gift sits cleanly in the major-gift, multi-year-pledge, or endowed-gift portfolio your advancement office already manages. One annual fee covers any number of teams across any number of concurrent programs. No new staff hire required.

  • University–industry pathways: Stronger, more direct collaboration channels with industry partners.

  • Funding pipelines: Access to capital through the independent Xponential fund and the partner network.

  • Career outcomes: Expanded development and placement opportunities for your students.

  • Real-world problem framing: Students tackle challenges define and validated by industry.

  • Innovation credited to you: Commercialization, ventures, and solutions that accrue to the university's record.

  • NEXPLORE access: A seat at the exclusive annual summit uniting 400+ industry, academic, and public-sector leaders. Learn more about NEXPLORE.

  • Recruitment talking point: Attract new classes with innovative and timely skill-building programs.

Alliance affiliate member case study

University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park is the founding affiliate, showing a multimillion-dollar institutional commitment shaped by UMD’s “Fearlessly Forward” mission to tackle grand challenges.

702

student competitors

65

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degree programs represented

$

575

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investment raised

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Schools & colleges engaged

"This is a watershed moment for the University of Maryland. This is the most innovative ecosystem that we could have ever created."
Darryll Pines, Ph.D.
President, University of Maryland
"It is critical that you interact with broad disciplines in order to solve problems. You bring multiple disciplines to the table in order to find the best solution, fastest."
Samuel Graham, Ph.D.
Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland
"By collectively bringing these different entities together, I think our students will have a profound impact on these really important problems. So I am super excited about the prospect of our students being involved in this."
Sarah L.J. Michel, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
"Participating in multidisciplinary efforts like xFoundry will enhance our ability to truly embody and pursue the goals of our community."
Kimberly Griffin, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education, University of Maryland
"When different teams with diverse skills come together for a real-world project, the collaboration results in a great idea."
Prabhudev Konana, Ph.D.
Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
"The xFoundry experience is about bringing people together across campus to develop transformational solutions to society's biggest problems."
Jennifer Rice, Ph.D.
Provost, University of Maryland, College Park
"This is a watershed moment for the University of Maryland. This is the most innovative ecosystem that we could have ever created."
Darryll Pines, Ph.D.
President, University of Maryland
"It is critical that you interact with broad disciplines in order to solve problems. You bring multiple disciplines to the table in order to find the best solution, fastest."
Samuel Graham, Ph.D.
Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland
"By collectively bringing these different entities together, I think our students will have a profound impact on these really important problems. So I am super excited about the prospect of our students being involved in this."
Sarah L.J. Michel, Ph.D.
Dean, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
"Participating in multidisciplinary efforts like xFoundry will enhance our ability to truly embody and pursue the goals of our community."
Kimberly Griffin, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education, University of Maryland
"When different teams with diverse skills come together for a real-world project, the collaboration results in a great idea."
Prabhudev Konana, Ph.D.
Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
"The xFoundry experience is about bringing people together across campus to develop transformational solutions to society's biggest problems."
Jennifer Rice, Ph.D.
Provost, University of Maryland, College Park