PantherlabWorks Sponsors

Thanks to the dedicated commitment of our sponsors, PantherlabWorks is able to support inventors as they enter the world of entrepreneurship.

 The Tippins Foundation

The Tippins Foundation located in Pittsburgh, is a family philanthropic organization supporting education and research in the areas of entrepreneurship, Alzheimer’s disease and general charitable endeavors.

PNC Bank

PNC Bank is a highly diversified and growing financial services organization spanning the retail, business and corporate markets.

The Heinz Endowments

The Heinz Endowments supports efforts to make Southwestern Pennsylvania a premier place to live and work, a center of learning and educational excellence, and a home to diversity and inclusion. Committed to helping its region thrive as a whole community – economically, ecologically, educationally and culturally – the foundation works within Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the nation to develop solutions to challenges that are national and even international in scope.

Spotlight

  • Mike Lehman profiled for supporting entrepreneurship
    University Times
    Date: 12/04/2008

    The University of Pittsburgh’s University Times printed a feature about the excellent support the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) offers to entrepreneurs. Mike Lehman, director of student services and PantherlabWorks, discussed the services available to researchers and innovators looking to commercialize new products and technologies and to enterprising students throughout the University of Pittsburgh.
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  • Tributary Technologies proposes mobile, real-time video streaming
    Date: 11/19/2008

    Picturing a tech entrepreneur, many people might imagine a college student creating program codes in her parents’ basement, or perhaps a young Bill Gates who leaves college and become one of the richest people in America. What people might not expect is a nurse and lawyer detailing their innovative camcorder accessory that would allow for live video from the sidelines of a football game or the front row of a wedding.
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  • Michael Lehman stands at intersection of entrepreneurship, education and science
    Date: 09/22/2008

    The IEE is determined to bridge two Pittsburgh specialties - education and a growing technology industry - with a new leader.
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