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| BlastPoint Elevates Past $5.25M
BlastPoint Inc., a software firm that provides companies with affordable and accessible AI-powered data tools for market analysis and other metrics, has surpassed an investment milestone of over $5.25M in seed funding and it's looking to increase its workforce by about 50% of its current headcount before the end of the year. BlastPoint Inc. is co-founded by CEO Alison Alvarez and CTO Tomer Bornstein.
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Gather AI Featured Among Startups with Novel Solutions to Materials Handling and Supply Chain
Sankalp Arora, CEO and co-founder of Gather AI, a drone-powered inventory monitoring startup, offers a new approach to materials handling and supply chain. “This is robotics-as-a-service. The end user is paying for data not drones. Gather AI owns the drones and programs them to fly autonomously in the DC,” Arora explains.
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VentureBridge Startups Make the News
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| Refiberd Wins H&M Foundation's Global Change Award
CEO and co-founder of Refiberd Sarika Bajaj, is a recipient of the H&M Foundation's Global Change Award, an early-stage innovation challenge seeking bright minds that transform fashion. Refiberd, also a 2020 participant in the Swartz Center's VentureBridge program, helps to ensure the efficient and accurate sorting of textiles for recycling applications.
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Parthean AI Can Now Analyze Your Finances, 24/7
Without any prompting, Parthean, a 2021 VentureBridge startup founded by Arman Hezarkhani, will find new ways for its users to save money, make money and highlight perks. Click below to preview Parthean in the App Store.
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Three CMU Alumni Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 In Energy
Forbes recently named three CMU Engineering alumni to its 30 Under 30 in Energy, Manufacturing & Industry lists for their innovative developments. The alumni founders are: Olivia Dippo, co-founder of Limelight Steel, Peter McHale, co-founder of Gaia AI, and Shashank Sripad, co-founder of At Battery Aero, Inc.
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| CMU Celebrates Juneteenth Freedom Day
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining "June" and "nineteenth", it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas.
Join Carnegie Mellon University for the second annual Juneteenth Welcome Reception with the Sankofa Black Faculty and Staff Alliance on Thursday, June 15, 2023 and the Juneteenth Keynote Lecture with
Wil Haygood on Friday, June 16, 2023.
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CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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| See the full Spring 2023 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
The CONNECTS seminars have ended for the Spring semester and will resume at the start of the Fall semester in September.
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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 connects the CMU community, alumni and students, to build an entrepreneurial culture and provide resources to help the community succeed. There are multiple region-based chapters within the group. Find out more and join the CMU T&E blog,
the CMU Tech Entrepreneur!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pwc and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding in person office hours at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
Walk-ins accepted. Registration NOT required!
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| Trust & Consulting Solutions
When: Weekly on Wednesdays
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
TD Cowen
TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution and experience.
With over 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, TD Securities acquired Cowen Inc., offering its clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing its strong, diversified investment bank.
We are growth-oriented, people-focused and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.
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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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Have an idea you want to explore? Don’t have the time or resources to fully examine it, but think it could be transformative for your company? The Corporate Startup Lab (CSL), a Swartz Center initiative, allows you to join a cohort of peer companies and work with Carnegie Mellon University graduate students to investigate what’s possible over the course of a semester.
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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
5000 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 |
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