The Garage Jumpstart

Run by The Garage at Northwestern.

A ten-week summer programme in Chicago for Northwestern students working on their startups full time, run in person and generalist in scope. There is no per-team investment; a $10,000 prize pool is awarded at demo day, so the money is competitive rather than granted to everyone. No equity term is published.

Investment
Not disclosed
Equity taken
Not disclosed
Duration
10 weeks (Shorter than North America median 13 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)
Format
in person
Cadence
annual
Location
Chicago, United States

Sectors

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

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Last verified 2026-09-05.