In a state that builds a significant part of its identity around snow and the outdoors, plenty of University of Utah students living on campus face a surprisingly simple challenge: finding space to store their skis or snowboards. Emmett Davidson, a first-year business student and lifelong rider, was one of them. With limited dorm space […]
Category: Startups
Learn about some of the amazing student startup companies at the University of Utah. Students from all departments are inventing new products and starting businesses.
Get Seeded Awards $8,310 in Grants for October
Seven student startup teams received $8,310 in Get Seeded milestone grants in the round ending in October 2026. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. The final pitch event for regular grants was held at Lassonde Studios. It included live startup pitches, free food, and public voting to determine who received […]
Ingage Support: Improving Access to Mental Health Care in Africa
Proper care too often comes late for those facing challenges with their mental health. After more than a decade of watching so many people reach out only after hitting a breaking point, Cayley Wood found herself asking, “What if support could reach people before they reached crisis?” “That question became the foundation for Ingage Support,” […]
From a Dorm-Room Idea to 1 Million Pounds of Laundry
The first time I saw someone pay another student to do her laundry, I did not see a company. I saw a chore she wanted off her plate. That small exchange stayed with me because nearly everyone I knew felt the same way: Laundry was not difficult, but it always returned and always took more […]
Shifties: A New Way to be You on the Slopes
The goggles had barely reached the ski hill before students at the Deer Valley Ski School started passing them around. A ski instructor had received one of the earliest pairs of Shifties, and the students all wanted to know the same thing: “How do I get one?” At the time, Canyon Sargent didn’t have a […]
Get Seeded Awards $5,990 in Grants for September
Six student startup teams received $5,990 in Get Seeded milestone grants in the round ending in September 2026. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. The final pitch event for regular grants was held at Lassonde Studios. It included live startup pitches, free food, and public voting to determine who received […]
Sonder Calendar: A Calendar You Talk To
Owen Lombardi and his girlfriend kept a shared calendar and updated it religiously. Every entry meant typing out what the event was, setting the time, and color-coding it by hand. “Every time I added an event, whether it was for work, a family event or a dinner, it took forever,” Lombardi said. Lombardi, a freshman […]
Weyerwolf Productions: Shaping Salt Lake City’s Music Scene
Have you ever thought about who plans concerts, manages bands, and captures the energy of live events? For Amelia Weyerstall, a sophomore at the University of Utah, those roles all come together through her company, Weyerwolf Productions. What began as a passion for concert photography quickly grew into something much larger. Through her experiences in […]
Dani King: Making Luxury Footwear That Fits
After years of searching the back of shoe stores for anything above a size 10, Danielle King knew something had to change. As a 5’11” woman wearing a size 11.5, King often found it discouraging to shop for stylish, high-quality shoes. Now part of the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of […]
Autona: A Hub for Biomedical Research Automation
Dante Suzuki spent the summer before his senior year of high school in a Georgetown University Medical Center lab, watching zebrafish twitch under a seizure-inducing drug and trying to teach a computer to spot the stages of epilepsy. That summer set the trajectory for the University of Utah computer science student, who is now the […]
