We help founders go from -1 to 0.
For founders obsessed enough with a problem to bet everything on solving it. We turn that obsession into a company.
Team & capital. The Lab. Launch.
Team & Capital.
We pair you with a co-founder and write the first check.
The Odyssey.
Build and distribution sprints until traction is real.
Launch.
Warm introductions to the angels, funds, and programs that fit what you built.
Every founder has a story. Every company has an origin.
Not the moment it took off. The one before that. When the plan was fragile, the doubt was loud, and the only thing louder was the voice inside you that wouldn't quit.
That's where Origin House meets you.
We are a community and venture lab in Minneapolis built for early-stage entrepreneurs. The right mentor, the right investor, the first check, the first customer, the introduction that actually opens a door. Every collision builds on the last and somewhere in all of it, the vision that once lived only in your head starts to take shape.
This is where it all starts. This is Origin House.
A working floor in Minneapolis.
Community & Venture Lab.
A working house and a pre-seed lab for founders going from -1 to 0.
Community.
The right people in the same room. Working sessions, dinners, and open houses that keep Minneapolis builders connected.
Venture Lab.
Where the work gets sharper and the capital follows. Programs and operator embeds for traction.
The Lab
The -1 to 0 workspace. Pressure-test the market, assemble the team, incorporate, and run the first experiments that prove traction. Paced to the founder, gated by evidence.
120 builders.
24 hours.
Three tracks.
- Track 01
- Health tech
- Track 02
- Retail tech
- Track 03
- Fintech
"We built Manifest, an AI interface for ALS patients to regain autonomy."
- $10K
- Awards
- 11
- Judges
- 4
- Winners
The members' side of Origin House. Profiles, companies, ideas, launches, and events, in one quiet place built for people who are actually building.
Member profiles
A real page for you and for what you are building.
The idea board
Post a rough idea. The house votes and argues it better.
Launches
Ship in front of the room. Monthly board, real feedback.
Start at -1.
A co-founder, a first check up to $30K, and the Odyssey. It runs until you graduate.
Apply
Mark the dates.
Pitch nights, awards, workshops, and house sessions. Every date we open to founders and operators lands here first.
