Connecting classrooms
to the real-world.
How do we do it?
By empowering teachers and students to see problems as opportunities.
Our Innovation Educator Fellowship, equips teachers with a national network, peer-to-peer connectivity, curriculum, tools and resources to inspire their students to address real-world problems.
Through our workshops, mentorship, and ongoing support, we help educators guide students in creating impactful, real world solutions.
We also host Innovate WithIN, The nation’s largest high school pitch competition, giving students a platform to bring their concepts to life. By fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, we’re turning schools into innovation hubs, one classroom at a time.
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We bring teachers together
We provide year-round support, exclusive networking, and a nationally recognized curriculum to help educators transform their classrooms into innovation hubs.
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With invite leaders into classrooms
You can help ambitious students by sharing your expertise through classroom call-ins or mentoring student groups.
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We showcase student work
We host the nation’s largest high school pitch competition, empowering students to launch ideas with mentorship, scholarships, funding, and immersive experiences—all free for Indiana high schoolers.
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We stay connected
Former Innovate WithIN regional finalists can access community support, internships, mentorship, networking, seed funding, global travel, and real-world programming while expanding their innovative mindsets.
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STARTedUP, teachers, students, and alumni in the news.
“We are thrilled to embark on this exciting partnership with the STARTedUP Foundation,” said Jason Whitney, Chief Venture Officer at IU Ventures and Executive Director of the IU Angel Network. “By joining forces, we can amplify our impact, providing aspiring student entrepreneurs with the resources and mentorship needed to turn their dreams into reality.”
Mota spoke with Inside INdiana Business about his work at Signature School, his former students’ successes, and his involvement in the STARTedUP Innovation Educator Fellowship.
A New Tool To Fight Drug Addiction—Using Virtual Reality—Emerges From A University-Based Startup
After a March award of $100k from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the team demonstrated significant progress and was awarded an additional $100k prize for their efforts.
The trio beat nine Indiana high school teams and received thousands of dollars in scholarships and funding. Hilton and Schreid spoke with Inside INdiana Business about winning the state competition and what’s next for their business.
Ethan Hilton, an incoming first-year student at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, along with his teammates Tolen Schreid, an incoming aerospace engineering student at Purdue University, and Emily Rudolph, an incoming engineering student at Notre Dame, has won the 2024 Innovate WithIN competition, the largest high school pitch contest in the nation, with over 3,000 teams competing in 2024.
The year's biggest competition for the next generation of Hoosier entrepreneurs brought new ideas for stopping school shootings, making roads safer and AI legal assistants.
Teams from Northwest Indiana earned several honors during the 2024 Innovate WithIN State Finals on June 21 in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis-based STARTedUP Foundation has revealed the 10 finalists for this year’s Innovate WithIN statewide pitch competition.