Ian Lee

Each year Carnegie Mellon students, staff and professors launch 20 – 30 startups. Many of these spin-offs are based on industry leading intellectual property developed on campus. CMU Startups on Crunchbase: http://bit.ly/2nowN4F We believe companies with CMU technical DNA have an unfair advantage in the market. The purpose of this group is to find the best of the best and share these investment opportunities with CMU Alumni (and select friends). Together we can all help these great entrepreneurs succeed and also share in their financial success. What we look for: 1) Passionate, coachable founder(s) with deep empathy for customers. Lean, Focus, and Hustle. 2) Technology innovation rooted in next technology Epoch. 3) Large and growing addressable market or high-value problem. How does this get exponentially big? 4) Demonstrated early product traction. 4) Plausible "why now?"​ answer. 99 Tartans is independent of and not affiliated with the Carnegie Mellon University in any way.

Little Otter is a pediatric mental health company that focuses on the mental health of young children and their families. Founded by world-renowned child psychiatrist (and mother of four) Dr. Helen Egger and entrepreneur Rebecca Egger, Little Otter’s mission is to bring expert care for children’s mental health to every home. Just like a pediatrician who cares for a child’s physical health, Little Otter cares for all aspects of a child’s mental health, along with their family’s mental health and wellbeing. Through proprietary assessments and quarterly mental health check-ups for each child and their family, Little Otter provides personalized, virtual care and an integrated care team to support healthy emotional development and treat emerging emotional and behavioral challenges.

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Most breaches start with human behavior. Sidekick security is the first forward-deployed cybersecurity program that puts an expert team of guardian agents beside every user, protecting the moments where decisions create risk. Social engineering. Identity threats. Shadow SaaS. AI usage. Internet browsing. The click, the credential, the decision. Secure the human. Secure the business. About Sidekick Security + Sidekick Labs, Inc. Sidekick Labs is pioneering a new category of cybersecurity built for the human edge - the moments where employee decisions create enterprise risk. Its flagship platform, Sidekick, forward-deploys a team of expert guardian agents beside every user, at the point of decision to defend against social engineering, identity threats, shadow SaaS, AI misuse, and risky browsing. Founded by the cybersecurity veterans behind Randori, Sidekick Labs is headquartered in Boston and Denver. Learn more at sidekicksecurity.ai.

Each year Carnegie Mellon students, staff and professors launch 20 – 30 startups. Many of these spin-offs are based on industry leading intellectual property developed on campus. CMU Startups on Crunchbase: http://bit.ly/2nowN4F We believe companies with CMU technical DNA have an unfair advantage in the market. The purpose of this group is to find the best of the best and share these investment opportunities with CMU Alumni (and select friends). Together we can all help these great entrepreneurs succeed and also share in their financial success. What we look for: 1) Passionate, coachable founder(s) with deep empathy for customers. Lean, Focus, and Hustle. 2) Technology innovation rooted in next technology Epoch. 3) Large and growing addressable market or high-value problem. How does this get exponentially big? 4) Demonstrated early product traction. 4) Plausible "why now?"​ answer. 99 Tartans is independent of and not affiliated with the Carnegie Mellon University in any way.

Little Otter is a pediatric mental health company that focuses on the mental health of young children and their families. Founded by world-renowned child psychiatrist (and mother of four) Dr. Helen Egger and entrepreneur Rebecca Egger, Little Otter’s mission is to bring expert care for children’s mental health to every home. Just like a pediatrician who cares for a child’s physical health, Little Otter cares for all aspects of a child’s mental health, along with their family’s mental health and wellbeing. Through proprietary assessments and quarterly mental health check-ups for each child and their family, Little Otter provides personalized, virtual care and an integrated care team to support healthy emotional development and treat emerging emotional and behavioral challenges.