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Pearl Raises $58M to Help Dentists Make Better
Diagnoses Using AI
Pearl, one of only three startups that has an FDA clearance to use AI to assist dentists make accurate diagnoses and provide patients with a “second opinion,” announced last week that it raised a $58M Series B round led by Left Lane Capital with participation from Smash Capital, Alpha Partners, and existing investors, Craft Ventures and Neotribe Ventures.
Pearl is founded by Carnegie Mellon University alumnus and CEO Ophir Tanz, who incubated Pearl inside GumGum, a computer vision startup serving sports and advertising franchises, which he co-founded in 2007.
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| Carnegie Mellon Startups Among Semi-Finalists
for UpPrize
Five Carnegie Mellon University startups have been named semi-finalists in the 2024 UpPrize Social Innovation Challenge, aimed at creating cross-sector partnerships to solve some of our community’s most pressing problems. The startups, who have been participants in several Swartz Center programs such as the James R. Swartz Fellows, VentureBridge and the Customer Discovery Kickstart program are: Velo AI, Galen Health, Kloopify, Fine Art Miracles and Peoples Energy Analytics.
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VentureBridge Startup Fluid Reality Honored with Fast Company's Innovation by Design Award
Fluid Reality, a spinout from technology developed at the Future Interfaces Group at Carnegie Mellon University co-founded by Carnegie Mellon alumnus Craig Shultz and Joe Mullenbach, is an honoree of Fast Company's Innovation by Design Award. The 2023 VentureBridge company makes compact actuator components for consumer and enterprise electronic devices.
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|  | Damola and Wole (center) with students following a workshop at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship (Courtesy of Toyz Electronics, Inc.)
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Multi-hyphenate Creator and Technologist Damola Idowu Is Using Hip-Hop To Introduce Pittsburgh Students To Technology, Science, Math and Entrepreneurship
Damola Idowu began his relationship with hip-hop in the late 1980's. Along the way, he also envisioned an academic path after listening to various famous rappers at the time. His son Wole Idowu, also revealing engineering talent at an early age, earned meetings in Silicon Valley and recruitment by top colleges, eventually landing at Carnegie Mellon University.
The two developed a curriculum called ToyzSTEAM, working with a Carnegie Mellon start-up program to co-found Toyz Electronics, Inc., which is working out of the CMU Swartz Center.
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| The CMU Swartz Center Announces 2024-25 Innovation Commercialization Fellows
The Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship recently awarded five Innovation Commercialization Fellowships for 2024-2025. Find out more about the new cohort here (pdf).
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CMU Capstone Team Prepares to Launch Home Selling App
The dwellery team is looking to spread the word about how easy it is to a sell a home independently. Sign up to get a comprehensive, easy to follow checklist sent right to your inbox. Please feel free to get in touch with the team directly at dwelleryai@gmail.com to share feedback, with questions, and share with others in your network.
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VentureBridge Demo Day 2024: Three City Tour - San Francisco Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and New York City
The CMU VentureBridge (VB) program, an initiative of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, is excited to present VentureBridge ’24 Demo Day in three cities: San Francisco Bay Area (September 18), Pittsburgh (September 25), and New York City (October 2).
The in-person events will feature presentations from the VentureBridge ’24 cohort of startups and select VentureBridge alumni startups. The presentations will be followed by a networking reception. Learn more about the VB portfolio here.
(Please note that the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City events are investor only events)
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Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor
Join the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship for the 2024 AI & Robotics Venture Fair. Meet the region's leading AI & Robotics companies & explore investment opportunities.
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| CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
Find out more and see the full schedule.
The CONNECTS seminars will return in the Fall.
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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.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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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!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| 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.
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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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.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble (P&G) serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®, Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®, Tide®, Vicks® and Whisper®.
The P&G community includes operations in approximately 70 countries with thirteen research and development centers worldwide. Since 1837, P&G’s success is rooted in research and development and strong external partnerships with academia, entrepreneurs and start-ups. P&G would like to continue this legacy by partnering with you to bring your ideas to life. Find out more.
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HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
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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.
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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.
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COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
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FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
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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.
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Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
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