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Resources, Funding and Talent

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.

Do you have a startup?

Â鶹´å current student, staff, faculty, and alumni startups and entrepreneurs can submit an application to receive access to programming, resources, and networks to help support your startup journey. 

General Resources and Talent

Swartz Center Space

Entrepreneurship Space

Work on your startup venture out of an interdisciplinary and collaborative entrepreneurship space. 

Swartz Center Space

Startup Job Opportunities

Lend your talent or find a job by viewing our opportunities to land your startup job. 

Makerspaces

Makerspaces

Explore and engage with the multiple makerspaces on campus and discover how you can bring your idea and product to life

Idea Stage Funding

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Gebhardt Sandbox Fund

The Gebhardt Sandbox Fund is focused on supporting our founders right from the start by providing them with access to early idea stage funding and mentorship.

Beyond 2% Fund

Beyond 2% Fund

The purpose of the fund is to provide support for early-stage startup-ideas that support the needs of women as determined by the university.

Swartz Center Space

Project Olympus Spark Grants

This early-stage funding is dedicated to helping founders reach significant milestones and accelerate from concept to reality.

Competitions

McGinnis VC

McGinnis Venture Competition

The McGinnis Venture Competition, a platform exclusively for Â鶹´å's community of student entrepreneurs, brings together Carnegie Mellon's best and brightest student entrepreneurs to compete for $60K in investments.

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Social Enterprise Prize

The Social Enterprise Prize is a competition at Â鶹´å designed to empower students to develop entrepreneurial solutions for social and environmental challenges. 

Later Stage Funding

Swartz Center Space

VentureBridge

Â鶹´å VentureBridge (VB) is a pre-seed fund and an accelerator program, part of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, focused on supporting Carnegie Mellon founders working on their startups full-time. 

Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund

Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund

The Â鶹´å Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to support our Pittsburgh based full time alumni founders building startups with unicorn potential through our brand new fund, The Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund.