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The Foundry
The Foundry is a builder-led community in Philadelphia that connects founders with capital, knowledge, and ecosystem partners to foster the growth of startups.
Overview
What The Foundry does
What The Foundry is
The Foundry is a builder-led community in Philadelphia that connects founders with capital, knowledge, and ecosystem partners to foster the growth of startups.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 10, 2026
Official channels
Find The Foundry elsewhere
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Capability profile
The Foundry as a community
Community overview
The Foundry (The FoundryPHL) is a founder-first community based in Philadelphia that assists young entrepreneurs in transforming ideas into investable startups. The organization focuses on bridging gaps within the startup ecosystem by providing resources, guidance, mentorship, and capital to help startups succeed.
Community focus
The Foundry invests in early-stage startups and provides services that include mentorship, workshops, hackathons, and networking events. Their approach emphasizes accessibility and community engagement, aiming to support entrepreneurs across various sectors and stages.
Member value
Members benefit from mentorship, workshops, networking events, and access to resources that help transform their ideas into successful startups.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
The Foundry hosts various events, including the Drexel WiCS X The Foundry Case Competition, Velric x The Foundry Hackathon, Applied AI Workshop, Demo Day with Code & Coffee, UEV Venture Building Day, Antler Poker Tournament, Developer Day w/ Code and Coffee, Quackhacks @ University of Oregon Hackathon, and The Foundry Startup Spotlight Pitch Competition.
Notable members
Notable portfolio companies include ETOW, Deal Nest, Alterius, and Velric AI.
Common questions
What to know about The Foundry
Upseed classifies The Foundry under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 10, 2026
Known limits
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