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Rosemarie Truman

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Founder and CEO at The Center for Advancing Innovation Inc.
📍 Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Rosemarie Truman is an entrepreneur, impact investor, and the Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI). She specializes in launching startups by commercializing breakthrough inventions. A Smith College graduate with a PMP certification, colleagues consistently describe her with adjectives like "brilliant, " having infectious "enthusiasm, " and unparalleled "drive. "

She is deeply committed to driving positive social change through her ventures. Rosemarie founded Ignite Social Impact to fund startups that address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. She is also a member of TIGER 21, a peer network focused on investment, philanthropy, and legacy impact.

Under her leadership, her organization CAI has been nicknamed the “Tinder for Startups” by Nature magazine and the “Shark Tank on Steroids” by BIO.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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Startup Acceleration
Her organization, CAI, has trained over 4, 000 entrepreneurs and launched more than 460 startups, which have collectively raised over $3. 3 billion in funding.
Impact Investing
Founded Ignite Social Impact, a crowd-equity platform for technology startups focused on social good, and is an active angel investor.
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Career

Work history

11-2012
Founder and CEO
The Center for Advancing Innovation Inc.
3-2020
Founder and CEO
Ignite Social Impact
8-2016
Member
TIGER 21
3-2017
Advisor
Oxford Global Ventures
10-2015 - 3-2023
General Partner, Founder and Owner
Gazelle Futures LLC
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Education
1990 - 1994
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Smith College
1995 - 1997
Mini-MBA
Mini-MBA - Ivy League Professors
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