Innovation Works
innovationworks.org Direct investor
Innovation Works is an early-stage investor and accelerator operator based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It provides capital and resources to tech startups in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region, with programs including AlphaLab, Robotics Factory, and a seed fund.
Innovation Works is a public fund headquartered in Pittsburgh, United States, founded in 1988. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in software, robotics, life sciences and hardware. Its stated cheque size is Initial investments range from $150,000 to $250,000, with the ability to go up to $800,000 in total investment.. 830 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“The seed fund invests in promising startups beginning as early as the pre-seed stage and often through Series A, offering capital, connections, and business support from experienced managing directors to guide startups through business and development lifecycles.”
— Innovation Works, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, United States
- Invests in
- Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Sectors
- software, robotics, life sciences, hardware, advanced manufacturing
- Cheque size
- Initial investments range from $150,000 to $250,000, with the ability to go up to $800,000 in total investment.
- Founded
- 1988
- Portfolio
- 830 companies
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 3 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Notation Capital 1 shared company: circle.so
- Idea Fund Partners, LLC 1 shared company: adrich.io
- Sony Innovation Fund 1 shared company: adrich.io
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Innovation Works publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.innovationworks.org/name, is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, founded, portfolio_count, status, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.innovationworks.org/founders/seed-fund/layer, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.innovationworks.org/investors/sectors
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