CMU VC 2024 RECAP
The 2024 CMU Venture Challenge provided significant support and exposure for early-stage entrepreneurs, hosting over 60 competitive teams nationwide. Running from February to March, the event culminated in a final round at CMU's Swartz Center, where 12 teams pitched to a panel of CEOs and prestigious entrepreneurs. The top three winners received cash prizes, operational support, and exclusive sessions with leading venture firms like Y Combinator.
DEMO DAY 2024
Join us for the annual gathering of student entrepreneurs. CMU VC brings together a strong network of resources, including mentorship from serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys, and business leaders. Don't miss out on this awesome event.
Schedule
All events occur at the Swartz Center, Tepper School for Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Registration Link.
10:30AM
PITCHES BEGIN
Opening Remarks from UEA President Advika Jayanti. Judges Introduced.
Teams 1-6 present (in order):
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LegalPulse
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Romantic Dinings
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Elastic Energy
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Kreative DocuVet
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KnitFit
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Metaverse Museum Alliance Program
12:00PM
LUCY GUO SPEAKER EVENT
Moderated by Advika Jayanti.
1:00PM
LUNCH + OPEN NETWORKING
Lunch provided from Piada.
Open networking with amazing finalists, judges, VCs, our sponsors, and professors.
2:00PM
PITCHES CONTINUE
Teams 7-12 present (in order):
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Adjustable Children's Clothing
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Pananosis Laboratories
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Fetal Therapy Technologies
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Sitewiz
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Overture Games
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Assurif.ai
3:30PM
BLAKE SCHOLL SPEAKER EVENT
Moderated by Shagun Maheshwari.
4:30PM
AWARD CEREMONY
Tiered places are announced.
Closing remarks from Advika Jayanti.
Blake School
Blake Scholl, started his journey in the tech industry by serving crucial roles at Amazon and Groupon.In 2014, he founded Boom Supersonic with a bold vision: to revolutionize air travel by making supersonic flights widely accessible. As CEO, Scholl leverages his expertise to drive the company towards achieving faster-than-sound travel, aiming to reduce flight times and enhance global connectivity.
Lucy Guo
Lucy Guo, a notable entrepreneur and software engineer, co-founded Scale AI, a leading company specializing in data annotation for machine learning algorithms. Prior to entrepreneurship, Guo made significant contributions at companies like Snapchat and Quora. She is currently building Passes, a creator monetization platform, which just raised a $40M Series A.
Top 3 Winners
KnitGit is designing custom-fit compression garments for medical use, such as scar management and blood pressure regulation. We are able to reduce the production time of these garments from 1 month by current manufacturers to about 30 minutes.
1st place
KnitFit
Developed with the JHU Center for Fetal Therapy a novel port system optimized for fetal therapy surgeries to improve the safety of these life-saving procedures. We aim to revolutionize the standard of care in this field.
2nd place
Fetal Therapy
3rd place
Pananosis Labs
By using ML to understand the body’s natural immune response, we’re developing a rapid, inexpensive blood test capable of detecting any disease. We have an initial focus on early detection for pancreatic cancer as there are limited alternatives.
