Drizzl combines weather data, soil sensors, and predictive technology to automatically control sprinklers and irrigation systems so that water is only used when it’s needed.
Northeastern student Anjali Laddha won an Innovator Award for helping Indian students boost careers with AI-driven tools.
Sarah Martins, a Northeastern University graduate, is building a speech therapy curriculum startup to help schools provide equal, effective support.
Northeastern graduate Ammy Lowney, who did not speak English when she came to the U.S. at 15, opens her eighth Juicygreens location on the Boston campus.
Stephanie Golik, a member of the Class of 2015, found success and felt energized after pivoting her career from architecture to product design and serial entrepreneurship.
Thirty-one Northeastern students, graduates and affiliated entrepreneurs have been selected as recipients of the university’s 2025 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards. Now in its fifth year, the initiative has invested more than $1.8 million in funding to members of Northeastern’s entrepreneurial community as they build and advance their endeavors.
Muskaan “Mukki” Gill, E'26, knows how difficult it can be living with seizures. Her younger brother, Zor, has Dravet syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes random, frequent and prolonged seizures. Seeing how this affected her brother's life, the 2024 Innovator Awards recipient created ZOR!, an app that will help patients and caretakers track their seizures, along with the help of 16 of her Northeastern classmates. A beta version of the app is expected to launch on September 1, 2025.
Northeastern graduate Melissa Montelione Clayton combined business smarts, an entrepreneurial spirit and devotion to her children to create Tiny Tags, a fine jewelry company that celebrates motherhood with customizable name tags, lockets and bracelets.
The founder of RevUp Capital and 2023 Women Who Empower Innovator Awards recipient recently spoke at Northeastern, where she advised young entrepreneurs to get educated about all the kinds of capital that founders can use to build businesses and to understand how different kinds of capital work in different circumstances.