# Carnegie Mellon University: portfolio, investments and team > Carnegie Mellon University is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Jan 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/carnegie-mellon-university (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Carnegie Mellon University Last cheque observed Jan 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet VC firm Seed Grant Series A Communications Infrastructure Wireless Follow Carnegie Mellon University and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fcarnegie-mellon-university) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **663** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Carnegie Mellon University ## Carnegie Mellon University highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Grant: 75% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $75K ## What they do - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Communications Infrastructure Wireless - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Jan** **[RoboForce](https://millionrounds.com/company/roboforce)** TechCrunch **$10M** With 2 others - **2014** 1 round - **Mar** **[Collected Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/collected-inc)** US **$100K** With 1 other - **2012** 4 rounds - **Jun** **[REBIScan](https://millionrounds.com/company/rebiscan)** Grant · US · masshightech.com **$100K** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Beyond Lucid Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-lucid-technologies)** Seed · US · beyondlucid.com **$100K** With 1 other - **Jun** **[NoWait](https://millionrounds.com/company/nowait)** Seed · US · triblive.com **$50K** Sole investor - **Apr** **[Voci Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/voci-technologies)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$3.1M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **67** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. Funds they back ## 1 fund commitment on record - **Managers:** 1 Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it. Source: fund news. Managers it backs most - [A 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/org-23) Most recent commitments - [A* Fund III](https://millionrounds.com/fund/org-23) ## The cheque Seed Grant Series A Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$75K** Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 2 rounds - **Last cheque:** Jan 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *2* - Grant *1* - Series A *1* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Innovation Works](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-works) 2 **Pitching Carnegie Mellon University?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Carnegie Mellon University. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Innovation Works** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-works) ## Recently backed The latest companies Carnegie Mellon University put money into. [**RoboForce** $10M · Jan 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/roboforce) ## On podcasts 2 episodes naming Carnegie Mellon University in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 19 Jul 2021 · 51 min Ep. 166: Costa Samaras, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Mentions [Carnegie Mellon University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carnegie-mellon-university) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 14 Nov 2019 · 52 min Ep 54: Paulina Jaramillo, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, & Co-Director, Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University Mentions [Carnegie Mellon University](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carnegie-mellon-university) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 23 Feb 2026 · 1h 14m [REPLAY] Ed Grefenstette – Bold Allocations at The Dietrich Foundation (EP.437) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 4 Aug 2025 · 1h 27m 20VC: Inside Carnegie Mellon's $4BN Endowment | Why 90% of LPs Shouldn't Invest in VC | The $140BN Problem with Multi-Stage Funds | The Hidden Math Behind DPI, TVPI, and Illiquidity with Miles Dieffenbach Apple PodcastsShow page - [Capital Allocators](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/capital-allocators) 24 Mar 2025 · 1h 14m Ed Grefenstette – Bold Allocations at The Dietrich Foundation (EP.437) Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) 4 Sept 2024 · 1h 0m 20VC: OpenAI's Newest Board Member, Zico Colter on The Biggest Bottlenecks to the Performance of Foundation Models | The Biggest Questions and Concerns in AI Safety | How to Regulate an AI-Centric World Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Carnegie Mellon University ### What does Carnegie Mellon University invest in? Carnegie Mellon University invests most often at Seed and Grant (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Communications Infrastructure and Wireless. ### How active is Carnegie Mellon University? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2025. ### What has Carnegie Mellon University invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: RoboForce (Jan 2025). ### How big are Carnegie Mellon University's cheques? The median round it joins is $10M. ### Does Carnegie Mellon University lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Carnegie Mellon University invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%). ### Is Carnegie Mellon University investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jan 2025. ### Who does Carnegie Mellon University invest alongside? Most often Innovation Works (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? 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