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Northern Arizona University's Venture Studio, launched by the W.A. Franke College of Business and housed at Cline Library, is the campus student venture program. Official pages describe a studio for student teams and a Builder Nights and Weekends series that ends in a pitch.
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Include. Regional public university with a dedicated on-campus student venture studio.
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-10-08); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
At a glance
Indexed programs
2
All currently active
Top direct funding
No direct cash prizes indexed
Equity
Mixed equity terms
Program mix
2
Accelerator · Incubator
Programs to explore
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2 programs indexed
Accelerator
Builder Nights and Weekends
Accelerator—
funding range
- Last activity
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- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
- Verification
- Partially Verified
Incubator
NAU Venture Studio
Incubator—
funding range
- Last activity
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- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students +more
- Verification
- Partially Verified
From students
Be the first student from Northern Arizona University to post a startup.
Post a startupFunding and Equity
The captured studio and builder pages do not state a grant amount. A builder FAQ heading asks whether funding is available, but the answer was not in the captured text, so no amount is recorded.
Recent Activity
Both the library page and nauventurestudio.com present the studio as a current 2026 program. The site footer is marked 2026.
Known Startups and Winners
The captured pages do not name student ventures.
Research gaps & things to verify
Missing Information
Cash awards, demo-day results, and the Sandbox or hacker-house ideas mentioned in a college news story are plans, not operating programs, and are not given notes.
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Northern Arizona University
News & articles
2 news articles and official sources documenting entrepreneurship programs, winners, and activity at Northern Arizona University.
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Official sources(2)
Builder Nights and Weekends
Northern Arizona University Venture Studio
Northern Arizona University Venture Studio
Builder Nights and Weekends
Builder Nights and Weekends is the studio's Lean Startup semester series. The page says weekly sessions and monthly weekend sprints cover idea validation, customer discovery, an MVP, business modeling, go-to-market, pitch prep, and team fundamentals. Students pitch progress to mentors and judges.
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Northern Arizona University
NAU Venture Studio
NAU Venture Studio is an on-campus studio at Cline Library where students, faculty, alumni, and community partners develop ideas. The library page says the W.A. Franke College of Business launched it in fall 2023. The mission on the page is to turn ideas into projects that solve user needs.
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