Investor profile
Aaron Tainter
Accelerator, Government-backed & Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works
Aaron Tainter is a Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies.
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Affiliated funds' portfolios
Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Skild AI
- BlastPoint
- Coheso
- NovoLINC
- ViralMoment
- Arieca
- Trainwell
- CapSen Robotics
- RoboForce
Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- Parcel Health
- BlastPoint
- MetaSilicon
- Rimsys
- Forest Devices
- Revitalize Energy
- TRAiNED
- Advanced Optronics
- Hummingbird Systems
- Sitewiz
Investor Profile
Aaron Tainter is listed against sectors AI, Consumer, Education and Hardware, and focus areas Analytics, Biotech, Customer Support and Data in the database.
Innovation Works appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Aaron Tainter is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Dave Mawhinney
Founding Executive Director
Pittsburgh, United States
Ray Lane
Board Trustee
San Francisco, United States
Brendan Synnott
Guest Lecturer
Boulder, United States
Scott Allen Graham
Advisor
San Francisco, United States
Keith Boesky
Adjunct Professor
Los Angeles, United States
Maher Hakim
Distinguished Career Professor
United States
Scott Russell
Founder and Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Chenxi Wang
Board of Advisors
San Francisco, United States
Bob Moczydlowsky
Instructor
Los Angeles, United States
Lane Bess
Member Board Of Trustees
Miami Beach, United States
Lake Dai
Adjunct Professor, Applied AI & AI Governance
San Francisco, United States
Andrew Rabin
Entrepreneur In Residence
Pittsburgh, United States
Anand Rao
Venture Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
Stephan Mueller
Managing Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
Jeffrey Brashear
Investor
Miami Beach, United States
J. Zachary Ciccone
Managing Partner
Pittsburgh, United States
Tom Jones
Chairman & Board Member
Pittsburgh, United States
Ven Raju
Investment Director
United States
Shizhong Wang
Vice President
Beijing, China
Matt Fleckenstein
Director
Pittsburgh, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Aaron Tainter?
Aaron Tainter is an accelerator partner and government-backed investor based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, listed as Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works. The known portfolio of that firm counts 10 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Aaron Tainter personally.
What does Aaron Tainter invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, Education and Hardware; listed focus areas include Analytics, Biotech, Customer Support and Data. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Aaron Tainter invest at?
Innovation Works appears in Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Aaron Tainter is listed there as Director of Accelerator Programs. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Aaron Tainter listed at?
Aaron Tainter is listed as Director of Accelerator Programs at Innovation Works. 20 other people in the database share a firm with Aaron Tainter.
How do I contact Aaron Tainter?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Aaron Tainter. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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