Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniacmu.edu

Overview

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university known for its world-class, interdisciplinary programs in areas such as arts, business, computing, engineering, humanities, policy, and science. CMU challenges the curious and passionate to deliver work that matters. The university's Investment Office manages the university's long-term financial resources, work that matters to provide financial support in perpetuity for the university's research and education mission. Through disciplined investment process, we strive to maximize long-term expected returns for the investment portfolio within acceptable levels of risk. CMU's long-term financial resources comprise a diversified portfolio invested globally across a broad range of asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, natural resources, public equity and fixed income.

Year Founded

1900

Portfolio Companies

22

Website

cmu.edu

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
RoboForceMar 2026Series ACo-investor
BlastPointFeb 2026Series ACo-investor
NovoLINCJan 2026SeedCo-investor
Pipe Force AIDec 2025SeedCo-investor
BlastPointOct 2025Series ACo-investor

Key People

Foo Conner

Founder-in-Residence

Jonathan Minden

Founder Impact Proteomics At Impact Proteomics And

Josiah Shuman

Founder Of The CMU Forge Club

Michael J Poljak

Founder Acting Director Of Student Success Persistence

Patricia Rote

Co-Founder, Robotics Industry Program Director

Vania Ashoorian

Co-Founder President Of Women In STEM Club

Tris Jahanian

Partner To The President

Elizabeth Clark

Managing Director, Materials Characterization Facility

Erik Ogren

Managing Director Of Investments

Jt Thomas

Managing Director

Kevin Edwards

Managing Director Of Investments

Miles Dieffenbach

Managing Director Of Investments

Norman Gottron

Managing Director, AI Institute For Societal Decision Making (AI-SDM)

Shivang Gupta

Managing Director - PLUS

Elaine Gombos

Student Partner For Eberly Center For Teaching Excellence Educational Innovation

Hal Turner

OLI Partner And Community Manager, Simon Initiative

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HeadquartersPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Year Founded1900

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