Rosemarie Truman, Angel Investor

Rosemarie Truman is an entrepreneur, growth strategist, distinguished corporate executive, angel investor, and prolific startup catalyst. Currently, Rosemarie is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI), a 501c3 non-profit with a mission to identify breakthrough inventions and maximize their commercial potential. In eleven challenges since 2012, CAI trained 4,000+ entrepreneurs, advanced 400+ inventions, and launched/scaled 420+ startups, which raised >$2 billion and directly created 2,000+ jobs. Under Rosemarie’s leadership, CAI was coined the “Tinder for Startups” by Nature and the “Shark Tank on Steroids” by BIO. CAI earned awards from Health and Human Services, the Federal Laboratory Consortium, and the Government Accountability Office, as well as the Challenge.gov Best in Business Plans/Entrepreneurship award and nine White House mentions. CAI is featured in the Washington Post, Wired, and Huffington Post. Rosemarie’s specialty is growth and investment strategy, having led growth strategies for 50 of the global Fortune 100 companies in over 15 countries. The strategies that Rosemarie led have resulted in $300+ billion in “net new” top-line yearly revenue and 190+ new products on the market.