Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
Funds Pittsburgh-based CMU alumni and faculty founders building high-growth startups with non-dilutive capital and mentorship.
The Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund is a grant program run by the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University. It provides $100,000 in funding over two years to startup founders who are CMU alumni or faculty based full-time in Pittsburgh and building companies with high-growth potential. The fund also offers mentorship, guidance, and access to a peer network of later-stage founders. The program is sector-agnostic and does not publish a formal application cycle or scoring criteria on its source page.
Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.