Project Olympus notable numbers*
1,208 Project Olympus Startup Projects
>> started by CMU Students, Staff, Faculty:
1,127 Indirect [IP owned by startup]
81 Direct [IP owned by CMU]
246 companies formed
>> from Project Olympus Startup Projects:
196 Indirect [IP owned by startup]
50 Direct [IP owned by CMU]
$765,398,247 in follow-on funding
>> directly to Project Olympus Startup Projects:
$720+ Million from Investments
$39+ Million from non-dilutive Grants
$5.4+ Million from winning Awards and Competitions
88 accepted
>> into local and national accelerators
18 Exits
>> See below
Roadbotics, Inc. was acquired by Michelin: July 2022.
Vigilant Technologies (VIT) was acquired by SWORD Health: October 2021.
Duolingo went public in July, 2021, trading under the ticker symbol DUOL.
Root Health was acquired by Eligo Health Research: June 2021.
Wise Telemetry was acquired by Otodata Technologies USA: April 2021.
Hyliion was acquired by Tortoise: October 2020.
eeme was acquired by Tendril: January 2019.
Traansmission was acquired by ShipLync: April 2017.
FacioMetrics was acquired by Facebook: November 16, 2016.
Black Locus was acquired by Home Depot: December 17, 2012.
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