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Thursday, April 3, 2025
ToyzElectronics Founder Damola Idowu Accepted Into JumpStart, Inc. Trailblazer Software Accelerator
Dah-Varsity AI, powered by and founded by Damola Idowu, is a gamified platform where students build real-world skills and connect with employers through immersive challenges. Think Minecraft meets Indeed—but with real outcomes. Damola is one of ten founders in the JumpStart, Inc. Trailblazer Software Accelerator and will be pitching at the on April 16, 2025.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë's Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association Holds 2025 Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Venture Challenge Demo Day
Last Friday, the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association (UEA) held its annual at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center. For thirteen years, the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Venture Challenge has brought together brilliant students to launch their ideas, technologies and talent.
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë VC offers student entrepreneurs a strong network of resources, including mentorship from serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys and business leaders. Finalists are invited to pitch their ventures to a panel of distinguished judges and VCs, hear from industry-leading speakers, network with fellow innovators and push their creations to the limit.
This year, high school students from the Penn Hills Entrepreneurship Charter School in Pittsburgh were also invited to attend the event.
This year's winners are:
- 1st Place: Avalon (Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë)
- 2nd Place: Code Four (MIT)
- 3rd Place: Thursday Thrift (Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë)
Team Avalon also won first place in the undergraduate category at the Swartz Center's Social Enterprise Prize Competition and Thursday Thrift won first place in the undergraduate category of the McGinnis Venture Competition, both events were held at the Swartz Center in March.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Alumnus Launches Kickstarter for Carb Portioning Kitchenware That Helps Diabetics Manage Blood Sugar Levels
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Robert Paul is working to help diabetics manage their blood sugar levels effectively. After extensive market and user research, he founded Macro Spoons, the only kitchenware that scoops a precise serving of carbs, calories and protein designed for weight loss, building muscle and managing glucose.Robert has pre-launched his , which will go live on April 7, 2025.
Friday, March 28, 2025
The Energy and Cleantech Networking reception was held at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center on
Tuesday, March 25.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
The Scott Institute for Energy Innovation has launched its new entrepreneurship award to grow the Carnegie Mellon energy and climate startup community, making it easier to translate Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë cleantech innovations from research to the market. The inaugural winners come from disciplines such as business, robotics, and architecture and include faculty, master’s students and Ph.D. students.
Among the recipients are (in order of the image):
- Waku Ken-Opurum, Ph.D. student, Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics,
School of Architecture - Ruben Quesada, Tepper School of Business MBA candidate, CEO and co-founder of Sabana and a 2024-26 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow
- TJ Thomas, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering
- Howie Choset, the Kavcic-Moura Professor of Computer Science
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
The Swartz Center Hosts Final Family Business Leadership Speaker Series Talk for 2025
The final Family Business Leadership Speaker Series for 2025 was held at the Swartz Center on Friday, March 21 with special guest, , President and CEO of Knichel Logistics in Pittsburgh.
Kristy, a logistics industry leader, has a $100M dollar business under her belt and it continues to grow. She shared her incredible journey during the noon discussion, which was moderated by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë MS Integrated Product Development student, Praneetha Pratapa. The event was in partnership with Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë's Engineering Design, Innovation and Entrepreneurship group (EDIE) directed by Distinguished Service Professor Mark Sanders, with the hope of encouraging more women in Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë's College of Engineering to consider leadership and entrepreneurial roles in heavy industry.
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
, co-founded by CEO Sarika Bajaj, was recently named the U.S. winner of the eBay x Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Circular Fashion Fund. The winners were announced at an in-person pitch and final celebration with other businesses and a network of sustainability and fashion leaders in NYC. Also a 2020 VentureBridge participant, Refiberd empowers the fashion industry to achieve true circularity using hyperspectral imaging to ensure efficient and accurate sorting of textiles for recycling applications.
Monday, March 24, 2025
According to Fast Company, consumers continue to amplify the e-commerce boom, pushing retailers, carriers and warehouses to find new technologies and platforms to meet demand while mitigating losses. Many of the top logistics companies this year met the moment by embracing breakthroughs in machine learning and automation, retooling their offerings with incredible prescience. Nimble, a startup that landed a $106M investment from FedEx last fall, founded by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Simon Kalouche, deployed fully autonomous warehouses that reduce the typical cost of picking, packing and sorting orders by 40%.
Friday, March 21, 2025
Celebrating the 2025 McGinnis Venture and Social Enterprise Prize Competition!
The annual McGinnis Venture Competition was held at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. In true McGinnis fashion, the final round undergraduate and graduate teams gave their final pitches to thirteen esteemed judges and a packed house as they competed for prize investments. The final round teams made it through the vigorous, multi-round competition that kicked off in early January.
For 2025 only, with a special gift from the McGinnis family, the Swartz Center was able to double the prize winnings for each team. Find out more about the winning teams and their prizes.
Graduate Team Winners:
1st place: Solstis
2nd place: Beyond Reach Labs, Inc.
3rd place: Sabana
Undergraduate Team Winners:
1st place: Thursday Thrift, Inc.
2nd place: noVRel
The Winners of the Social Enterprise Prize Competition
The Social Enterprise Prize Competition is a special track that was added to this year's McGinnis Venture Competition by Swartz Center EIR Leah Lizarondo. The competition, open to both for-profit and non-profit ideas, is designed to empower students to develop entrepreneurial solutions for social and environmental challenges.
Social Enterprise Prize Competition Winners:
The undergraduate team first place winner was tied for team Avalon (Derek Armfield, Akeil Smith) and team AdaptED (Aditi Shimpi, Allison Yu). The first place winner of the graduate track team was OctaPulse (Paul L. Grech, Andres Castrillon, and Rohan Singh).
Special Tribute! Tepper School of Business Alum Roger Corbin Receives Bruce S. Gebhardt Alumni Advocacy Award
A special tribute was given to Tepper School of Business alumnus , Partner at Northpoint Associates, who was honored with the first Bruce S. Gebhardt Alumni Advocacy Award presented by Swartz Center Executive Director, Dave Mawhinney. This annual award recognizes a Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus that has participated in and enhanced the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Ed Engler, Managing Partner at 3 Points Rising Ventures in Pittsburgh and a long time judge for this event, presented the very first Fighting Spirit Award to the Swartz Center's Executive Director, Dave Mawhinney. "The annual award is in recognition of Dave's indefatigable fighting spirit that I've had the pleasure of observing for over 30 years. Teams qualify if they have participated in the McGinnis Venture Competition more than once and do not let the sting of loss keep them from coming back. They need not win anything else either year. The prize consists of a single custom imprinted left hand boxing glove and a $1,000 grant funded by myself", said Engler.
The winner of the Fighting Spirit Award was Kaitlyn Chow, founder of BAM!.
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Enverus, an Austin, Texas-based energy software firm owned by Hellman & Friedman, bought Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë-spinoff , a provider of grid interconnection software that had raised funding from Powerhouse Ventures, VoLo Earth Ventures, Pear and Matt Rogers' Incite.
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumna Ketaki Desai, PhD is the co-founder and COO of , along with Christina Ramirez, CEO. DashStrom is one of the newest cohort members of AlphaLab's first combined cohort with Innovation Works. The company is a character development program that helps children build confidence, grit and a growth mindset through engaging, active games. With over 250 coaches, the company has impacted over 11K children nationwide. The platform makes it easier to connect parents to local classes led by certified Dashstrom coaches, ensuring a safe and enriching experience for their children.
While a part of the cohort, Desai hopes to utilize the customer discovery resources to work on product market fit. "Essentially, what we're trying to do in this phase of being in AlphaLab is really understanding and honing our product market fit," Desai said."
Friday, March 14, 2025
Inc.’s eighth annual Female Founders list highlights the nation’s top business leaders who challenge the status quo to tackle some of the world’s biggest problems. The leading media brand for entrepreneurs and business leaders, has named Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Alison Alvarez, CEO and Co-founder of BlastPoint, to its eighth annual . This prestigious recognition honors 500 women whose innovative ideas and leadership are shaping industries and driving change.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Tartans on the Rise Celebrates Several Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Founders
Tartans on the Rise celebrates recent alumni who are making an impact in their organizations and in their communities, across the nation and around the world through leadership, innovation and career achievements. The 2025 Tartans on the Rise honorees include several Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumni founders such as Sheyda Demooei and Chelsie Hall, co-founders of 2021 VentureBridge startup ViralMoment, Sasha Cohen Ioannides, sustainability advocate and co-founder of Ecotone Renewables, Gregory Houchins, founder of Chement, Innovation Commercialization Fellow and NSF I-Corps Site team participant, and Barry Rabkin, director of marketing at Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë spinout Near Earth Autonomy.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë senior Kaitlyn Chow, founder of and a 2023-25 Innovation Scholar, was recently accepted into AlphaLab's first combined cohort. The companies will receive up to $100K in investment, along with sector-specific expertise through specialized tracks, intensive training in customer acquisition and founder-led sales and more.
BAM! is a self-heating, lightweight, portable container that keeps your meals warm while you go about your day.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Founded by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Tepper School of Business alumna Allison Braund-Harris, her company was recently accepted into Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator and . Hardly provides consolidated jobseeker tools, assessments and scheduling to boost collaboration between individuals and organizations. Hardly also participated in the VentureBridge 2021 cohort.
Friday, March 7, 2025
The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference was held last week on Thursday, February 27 at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh's downtown. The conference connects entrepreneurs, investors and advisers for a day of dynamic content and networking in top U.S. business markets. The conference also recognizes members of the community who have made significant contributions to the region. Dave Mawhinney, founding Executive Director of the Carnegie Mellon Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, was honored with a Pittsburgh Hall of Fame award for his contributions to Entrepreneurship in the region.
Also among the honorees were Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Jim Gibbs, founder of MeterFeeder and John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Alan Frank, a good friend of the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center, was inducted into the this past weekend. Alan was an MVP of high school basketball at Pittsburgh's Schenley High School and the leading scorer in the city of Pittsburgh. He earned a scholarship to Carnegie Tech, (now Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë) and set a single-game regulation time scoring record that lasted from 1957 to 2022. Alan is CEO at The HomeBingo Network, Inc. and CEO/Founder of Colorball Rewarded Advertising in Pittsburgh. Colorball provides storefront retailers with its unique marketing and advertising "method", which draws new visitors into retail stores. Visitors can then play five colorball pick-3 or pick-4 games for free everyday on Colorball e-tablets, winning prizes of $100 or $1K instantly.
"Alan Frank is living proof that the Swartz Center will be here for our alumni for their entire life. Alan graduated Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë in 1957, yet he is a resilient and determined entrepreneur, who in 2025, still adds to the value of our Swartz Center/Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumni network everyday. I am proud to call Alan my friend", says Dave Mawhinney, founding Executive Director at the Swartz Center.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Six members of Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë's Scottie Ventures competition team represented Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë at the held at American University in Washington D.C. Pictured below (from left to right): Ethan KK Yeo, Jiya Gupta, Darren Grendi (Advisor), Deepti Aggarwal, Can Oguz, Anish Jain, Saarthak Gupta.
VCIC is the world’s largest venture capital competition with a total of 48 undergraduate teams competing across 8 regionals. In a three-stage tournament, teams simulate a variety of important VC work, from conducting due diligence sessions with real startups to building and defending a term sheet to a panel of judges and industry professionals.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
AlphaLab Selects 15 Startups for First Combined Cohort
AlphaLab, the accelerator of Innovation Works helping entrepreneurs accelerate their path to market, has selected fifteen companies, including some Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë founded startups, to join its first combined cohort. The Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë companies include , founded by Kaitlyn Chow, also an Innovation Scholar, , co-founded by Anna Li, MD Ph.D., dually majored at Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë and the University of Pittsburgh, with Akshaya Anand, and , co-founded by CEO Allison Braund-Harris.
The companies will receive up to $100K in investment, sector-specific expertise through specialized tracks, intensive training in customer acquisition and founder-led sales, hands-on fundraising preparation and an immersive, on-site cohort experience.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
, was recently selected to the 2024 Most Disruptive MBA Startups by Poets&Quants. Sabana, co-founded by Tepper School of Business MBA Ruben Antonio Quesada, also a James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow, and Saket Kulkarni, is a data management platform designed to enhance collaboration and streamline the process of material/product selection and construction specifications for architects and design engineers.
Monday, March 3, 2025
SXSW Pitch is a platform that allows early-stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high-profile media personnel, and venture capitalists/angel investors. Joe Mullenbach, PhD, co-founder and CEO of , is a finalist and will present the company in the Robotics, Web3, Voice & Extended Reality Technology category on Sunday, March 9. The winner will be announced at the SXSW Pitch Awards Ceremony, also on Sunday, March 9.
The Swartz Center is cheering on Fluid Reality, a participant in VentureBridge, Innovation & Commercialization Fellows, as one of five robotics and XR finalists from across the world taking the stage. Joe will join the SXSW Pitch finalists at a special meetup on Monday, March 10 to do demos. Find out more .
Friday, February 28, 2025
Special Tribute: In Honor and Memory of Carnegie Mellon Entrepreneurship Professor Dwight Baumann
Former Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Professor Dwight M.B. Baumann was a pioneer who was considered the "Dean" of university-based entrepreneurship programs in the nation. In 1970, he moved from MIT to Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë as a Full professor, and in 1971 began offering the first graduate entrepreneurship course "Design and Entrepreneurship" in the Schools of Engineering, Business, and Public Policy while founding the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, a Joint venture between the schools. After becoming an instructor at MIT in 1957, he earned his ScD and was promoted to Assistant Professor. In 1963, he began experimenting with teaching entrepreneurship as a "special topics" course. At Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë, his entrepreneurship program was initially funded by Dept. of Transportation grants for development of a dual mode transportation system. He later purchased People’s Cab Company as an additional entrepreneurial outlet where he developed the precursor to GPS. In 2000, he was inducted into the North Dakota Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.Unfortunately, Professor Baumann died in 2003 at the age of 70 and did not have the opportunity to see his dream fully realized by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumni Dave Mawhinney and Jim Swartz.
in honor and memory of Professor Baumann written by Alan Letzt, President and CEO, Healthcare Technologies and Methods, LLC, which was published in the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Engineering News magazine, Spring 2004 issue.
"When I initially worked in industry as an engineer and as a technology consultant, the lessons from Professor Baumann enabled me to succeed as an ‘intrapreneur’, generating and implementing creative new ideas and projects that ranged from supplementing engineers’ patent training to the design of robots to clean up after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The influence of Professor Baumann’s teachings continued when I embarked on my career as a healthcare-IT entrepreneur twenty years after receiving my Master’s degree at Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë in Design & Entrepreneurship. I frequently discarded conventional wisdom with self-confidence, took judicious risks, pioneered and patented new methods and mentored others during the journey. To this day, I continue to be extremely fortunate and proud to be one of Dwight's student-disciples, and I am certain he would be proud of the accomplishments of the Swartz Center over the past fifteen years!" says Letzt.
Friday, February 28, 2025
, co-founded by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus and CPO Troy Demmer, has announced a $100M deal with NAES Corp., the largest independent power operator in America. Gecko will provide NAES with robotics and AI to identify potential dangers and optimization points. Its robotic portfolio includes ones capable of climbing walls, robot dogs, drones and fixed sensors that collect data that can be fed into the company's software platform Cantilever, which identifies the possible issues in infrastructure.
The multi-year contract is said to be in excess of $100M and has the option to grow beyond $250M.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Delta Trail Acquires Atlas Crane Service in San Diego
, a search fund founded and led by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Tepper School of Business alumnus and James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Austen Sybert, recently announced its acquisition of , a leading provider of mobile crane operations serving San Diego's HVAC industry for over thirty years.Atlas Crane Service specializes in transporting and lifting HVAC equipment onto commercial and residential buildings, utilizing its fleet of mobile cranes and team of licensed operators. The company has built a strong reputation for reliability and safety in the San Diego market. Austen will join Atlas Crane Service to lead operations and drive the company's next phase of growth. The current Atlas team will remain in place to ensure operational continuity.
"This acquisition represents a strategic opportunity to enter the growing commercial services market with an established player," said Austen. "Atlas's experienced team and strong customer relationships provide an excellent foundation for future growth."
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
SpotDraft, the CLM platform that helps in-house legal teams manage their contract ecosystems, has raised $54M in Series B funding. Vertex Growth Singapore and Trident Growth Partners were the lead investors, the existing investors (Xeed VC, Arkam Ventures, and Prosus Ventures) have also participated in this round, with investment bankers Avendus advising on the transaction.
SpotDraft is co-founded by CTO and Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Madhav Bhagat.
Friday, February 21, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Student Founders! Apply to the Gebhardt Sandbox Fund
The Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center is proud to announce the Gebhrdt Sandbox Fund. Current Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë student founders are eligible to apply to this new fund and receive idea stage funding of $1K with opportunities for follow-on funding.
Applications will be open through March 31, 2025.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
, the leading generative AI platform for clinical conversations co-founded by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus and CEO Shivdev Rao, has raised a $250M Series D investment, coinciding with the milestone of surpassing 100 deployments at some of the largest and most complex health systems in the U.S.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
(Techstars '24), a data management platform for architects and design engineers aimed at streamlining communication in product selection and construction specifications, has been selected to participate in the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition. Sabana is co-founded by Tepper MBA and James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Ruben Quesada, CEO and Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Computer Science/AI student Saket Kulkarni, CTO.
This year’s invited startups represent 34 universities from four countries and who will compete for over $1M in prizes.
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Swartz Center Hosts McGinnis Venture Competition Round Two Teams for Mixer at Pins Mechanical Co.
This past weekend, about twenty Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë students who have applied to this year's McGinnis Venture Competition attended the Round 2 mixer held at Pins Mechanical Co. in Pittsburgh and hosted by the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center. The students enjoyed networking over a few rounds of duckpin bowling and refreshments that were provided. Round two of the competition began on January 30.
The final round pitches will be held at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Pittsburgh Startup Weekend, an annual event that began in 2012, kicked off last weekend, attracting about eighty participants from different states and a variety of experience levels. By Sunday, members of the final teams were prepared to pitch their startup ideas.
First place went to Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë team, BehavAI, which is aimed at alleviating burdens on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy professionals to improve patient care. The subscription-based AI software service standardizes and organizes data for providers. The idea was developed by Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë students Jei Park, Lana Farkas and Grisha Bandodkar.
Steven Guo, newly appointed Program Manager at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center, is a lead organizer of Pittsburgh Startup Weekend.
Friday, February 14, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Alumnus Steven Guo Joins the Swartz Center as Newest Program Manager
has accepted a Program Manager role at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, focused on alumni-related programming. Steven will support the delivery of the VentureBridge accelerator and other community building initiatives for Tartans such as his role in leading the group as a volunteer. Prior to joining Carnegie Mellon, Steven worked across the health care spectrum from a life sciences startup accelerator to a non-profit healthcare foundation and a multi-stakeholder, community-based initiative focused on the social determinants of health in Pittsburgh.
Steven is a proud Tartan and graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a B.S. in Decision Science from Dietrich College and a minor in Healthcare Policy & Management.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
has announced a partnership with ModalAI, a company that utilizes deep learning and hardware including autonomous drones to scan and itemize warehouse inventory faster than traditional means. Previously, the company utilized DJI drones, which are manufactured in China. By utilizing ModalAI's drones, the company will see hardware benefits, including the ability to fly in narrower aisles than before.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The Pittsburgh Business Times has named the Pittsburgh Power 100, a listing of the region’s most influential business leaders. The list includes several names affiliated with Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë as founders, professors and more including Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë President Farnam Jahanian, John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic Technology, Inc., Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO, Duolingo Inc., Zico Kolter, professor and director of Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë's Machine Learning Department and a new board member at OpenAI, and more.
Friday, February 7, 2025
The Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center Hosts Inaugural Funders & Founders Speaker Series
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the kick off of the inaugural Founders & Funders Series on Tuesday, February 4, organized by Meredith Meyer Grelli, Assistant Dean of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, Tepper Faculty, Director of Project Olympus and EIR at the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë Swartz Center. The first of three talks in the 'Meet the Parents Edition', the talk featured Tepper MBA '91 Jay Katarincic, Magarac Venture Partners, who was introduced by his son Charlie and interviewed by his other son Jack, both who are Tepper School of Business students.
Among the attendees was Barb Jones, wife of the late Don Jones, successful entrepreneur and venture capitalist who among his many achievements, donated $1M to Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë to endow the Don Jones Center for Entrepreneurship. The Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, is part of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. Also in attendance was Jay's wife Autumn, who is the daughter of Barb and Don Jones.
The next talk will take place on March 13, 2025 with special guest Mar Hershenson, Pear VC, who will be interviewed by her son, David Hershenson, a Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë ECE junior and 2024-26 Innovation Scholar.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
, a public benefit corporation, is committed to advancing the future of clean energy by developing innovative, community-driven solutions that help accelerate the global transition to sustainable energy. With a focus on cutting-edge technologies and scalable models, Ecotone is shaping a more sustainable, greener future.
Ecotone's three co-founders, Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë alumnus Dylan Lew and partners Kyle Wyche and Elliott Bennett, received the prestigious 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 List, in the Green Tech category. The team recently celebrated their first international partnership with Compass Group Inc. and will begin deploying the first ZEUS biodigester of many for the international food service group in Toronto later this month. Also, the public can now invest in the company and become shareholders from now until February 13, 2025 to help support Ecotone's growth, while earning a return.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë spinoff Astrobotic has secured a contract to transport a rover developed by California-based aerospace firm Venturi Astrolab. That rover, the FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform, or FLIP for short, will be deployed to the Nobile region of the lunar south pole. The mission is scheduled for the end of the year and NASA's contract with Astrobotic has been modified for the mission to serve as large lander demonstration flight.
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