The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship is a startup incubator at Carnegie Mellon University.[2][3]
Former name | Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Location | , , United States |
| Website | Official website |
History
editThe 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.[4] The centre opened on October 25, 2016.[5]
Dave Mawhinney became the executive director of the center which was a continuation of his role at the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship.[6] Companies associated with the center include Duolingo and Mach9 Robotics.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Press Release: Succession of Entrepreneurial Leadership at Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Doughty, Nate (June 16, 2022). "Carnegie Mellon University names 12 startups to its prestigious VentureBridge summer cohort". The Business Journals. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Lindstrom, Natasha (October 25, 2016). "Shrewd venture capitalist makes $31M bet on Carnegie Mellon". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ "Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Open for Business - News - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. October 27, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Spencer, Malia (July 27, 2012). "Dave Mawhinney settles into new role as CMU entrepreneurship director". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Heater, Brian (June 28, 2021). "How Carnegie Mellon is helping build its own startups and keeping them in Pittsburgh". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ Barnes, Johnathan (October 17, 2022). "Mach9 Robotics Aiming at Infrastructure". Geo Week News. Retrieved January 2, 2023.