|
|
Happy 'Swartz' giving!
From all of us at the Swartz Center
| |
Calling ALL Current CMU Student Entrepreneurs!
Register your team by Tuesday, December 3 to receive a coach
Registration opens today for the 2025 McGinnis Venture Competition, a platform exclusively for Carnegie Mellon University's community of student entrepreneurs. This competition brings together Carnegie Mellon's best and brightest student entrepreneurs to compete for $60K in investments. All participants receive crucial interaction with alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, an opportunity to raise capital and valuable feedback about ventures.
New this year: Social Enterprise Prize Track!
Ready to create a company that makes an impact on the world's biggest challenges? The Swartz Center Social Enterprise Prize is a new competition at Carnegie Mellon University designed to empower students to develop entrepreneurial solutions for social and environmental challenges.
Learn more about the competition and hear from previous participants at an info session:
Info Session - January 8
Register
Register your team by Tuesday, December 3, 2024 to receive a coach!
The round 1 deadline is January 14, 2025.
| |
Gather AI Expands Into Cold Storage and
Freezer Locations
Gather AI, co-founded by Carnegie Mellon University alumni Sankalp Arora, Daniel Maturana and Geetesh Dubey, has developed a drone solution that now encompasses the cold chain. The company says it has the first inventory management automation setup using drones for inventory monitoring automation.
| |
|  | Honeycomb Credit co-founders: Ken Martin (left), George Cook, CEO (center),
Christian Bilger, COO (right)
| |
| | |
| Honeycomb Credit Announces New Strategic Partnership with PCG Impact Fund
Honeycomb Credit recently announced a new strategic partnership with PCG Impact Fund, a leading investment firm dedicated to driving social and economic growth in the Pittsburgh region. As part of this collaboration, PCG Impact Fund has committed $250K as an institutional impact investor on the Honeycomb Credit platform, strengthening a shared mission of empowering small businesses and fostering community growth.
Honeycomb credit is co-founded by George Cook, CEO, Christian Bilger, Tepper School of Business alumnus and COO, and Ken Martin.
| |
| Glen Wise, Co-Founder and CEO at Cinder, Shares His Journey with the Current Swartz Fellows and Innovation Scholars
Last Friday, Glen Wise, co-founder and CEO at Cinder, spoke about his journey after graduating Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with the current cohort of James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows and Innovation Scholars during their weekly Proseminar in Entrepreneurial Leadership class. Cinder centralizes a company's data to better protect users.
Glen, also an Innovation Scholars alumnus, shared valuable advice for choosing the right team, the importance of working on something you're passionate about, the value of equity conversations and more during the one hour virtual session.
Cinder was included in Will Reed’s Top 100 this year—the second time for the recognition—and recently received $14M in funding from Accel, Y Combinator, and J2 Ventures.
| |
| CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
| |
The CONNECTS Seminars have ended for the Fall semester and will resume
in January, 2025.
| |
| Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
Find out more and see the full schedule.
| |
|
The mission of 99 Tartans is to partner with the highest potential, early-stage CMU alumni companies and accelerate their success through access to capital and networks. Find out more.
| |
CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
| |
| Click the images to see upcoming Club events!
| |
|
The CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship group aims to build a bridge between CMU students and alumni across the startup and tech continuum. With main chapters in NYC, Pittsburgh, and SF, we offer a range of in-person and online events and programming in the form of panels, workshops, founder/investor engagements, startup support, and socials to foster collaboration, innovation, and networking opportunities.
Join 7,000+ Tartans on our Slack workspace and mailing list for resources and updates on how you can engage in the community and CMU entrepreneurial ecosystem. Find out more and
get involved!
| |
The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
| |
| Pillsbury and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding office hours for the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
| |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
| |
|
Legal Services Weekly Virtual Office Hours with Matt Kirmayer
Mondays 1:00-3:00 PM ET (10-12 PT)
Matt Kirmayer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is offering office hours for newly established startup and emerging companies. Matt specializes in representing technology startups and emerging growth companies, assisting with entity formation, fundraising and overall growth needs. Startup companies with a founder who is a CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni is eligible to register for
an appointment. Complete the Signup Form for a 30 minute session by the Thursday prior to your
desired appointment.
Contact Daria Stokes for office hours outside of these regular hours.
| |
| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Goodwin
Goodwin is a full service law firm with practice areas and expertise specifically tailored to represent startup companies in all of their legal needs including IP, corporate, employment, contracts, transactions, litigation, and much more. The Firm has put in place special startup-friendly pricing packages uniquely designed for Carnegie Mellon University companies.
| |
HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
| |
| |
Swartz Center Education and Resources
No matter what phase of the entrepreneurship cycle you're in, there are programs and resources at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship that will take your idea to the next level. Find out more.
| | |
| |
Project Olympus Incubator Program
Want more help with finding product/market fit, developing your business model, making connections and attracting funding? Project Olympus will team you up with a business coach to develop a personalized ‘roadmap. Find out more.
| | |
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
| |
FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
| |
|
Have startup news or opportunities to share? Have questions about the Swartz Center Weekly Bulletin? Send news, opportunities or questions to Sonya Ford, Program Manager.
| |
|
|
|
Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
5000 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 |
|
|
|
