A couple of nights ago I was invited to CMU to judge some elevator pitches (along with Dave Mawhinney and Mel Pirchesky – Mel is considered by most to be the godfather of the elevator pitch, and you can read a guest post he made here at Pittsburgh Ventures about a year ago) from undergraduates [...]
Having likely raised much more equity from angel investors than anyone else in the Pittsburgh region, Mel Pirchesky, President of Eagle Ventures, is a long-time Pittsburgh entrepreneur. He’s raised over $60 million of equity for more than 30 deals from individuals located mostly in the Pittsburgh region. He completed a $9 million financing [...]