Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship
Former name
The Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship
TypePrivate
Location
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
,
United States
WebsiteOfficial website

The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship is a startup incubator at Carnegie Mellon University.[1][2]

History

The Swartz Center is named after Jim Swartz, a venture capitalist who graduated from the university and in 2015 donated $31 million towards the creation of the centre.[3] The centre opened on October 25, 2016.[4]

Dave Mawhinney became the executive director of the center which was a continuation of his role at the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.[5] Companies associated with the center include Duolingo and Mach9 Robotics.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Burkholder, Sophie (April 11, 2022). "Why life sciences and big exits got the spotlight at CMU's 25th Project Olympus Show & Tell". Technical.ly. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ Doughty, Nate (June 16, 2022). "Carnegie Mellon University names 12 startups to its prestigious VentureBridge summer cohort". The Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Lindstrom, Natasha (October 25, 2016). "Shrewd venture capitalist makes $31M bet on Carnegie Mellon". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Open for Business - News - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. October 27, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Malia (July 27, 2012). "Dave Mawhinney settles into new role as CMU entrepreneurship director". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ Heater, Brian (June 28, 2021). "How Carnegie Mellon is helping build its own startups and keeping them in Pittsburgh". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Johnathan (October 17, 2022). "Mach9 Robotics Aiming at Infrastructure". Geo Week News. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.