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Business incubator AlphaLab shows off fledgling Western Pennsylvania firms
Workshirt Inc. and six other early-stage companies from AlphaLab pitched their accomplishments to investors and members of the entrepreneurial community at AlphaLab’s 10th annual Demo Day. Read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ... Read More
If you got VC money last year, chances are IW was there first
Innovation Works is out with its annual community report and the numbers look a lot like last year, but still underscore the importance of the seed-stage investment group. Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Journal... Read More
Demo Day: AlphaLab Unveils 7 Startups
Pittsburgh accelerator AlphaLab is holding it tenth demo day today. The event includes pitches to investor by seven AlphaLab companies and a “university preview” of technologies coming out of Carnegie Mellon, The University of Pitts... Read More
With Robotics Plan, AlphaLab keeps growing
Innovation Works, a seed-state investor and assistance program, is coming off a year of significant growth! Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette... Read More
AlphaLab unveils Gear, an accelerator for hardware
The next iteration of AlphaLab is coming, and this time it’s hardware. The South Side accelerator, run by seed-stage investor Innovation Works, is branching out and launching AlphaLab Gear. Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times... Read More
AlphaLab Gear launches to accelerate growth of companies building physical products
Innovation Works, one of the country’s most active seed-stage investors, in collaboration with Startbot, is launching AlphaLab Gear (www.alphalab.org/gear), a hardware and robotics startup accelerator that provides physical product compan... Read More
Pittsburgh defies national slump in venture capital with a 54% jump in 2012 deals
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Pittsburgh’s positive investment growth bucks national trends according to Ernst & Young and Innovation Works report
While the rest of the nation generally saw declines in the number of venture capital dollars and deals last year, Pittsburgh’s investment scene roared to life with a 54% increase in the number of financing deals while investment totals also out... Read More
Funding Cycle Open for IW’s Technology Commercialization Proposals in
Innovation Works is accepting proposals for the latest funding cycle of the Technology Commercialization Initiative (TCI), a statewide effort to commercialize Pennsylvania’s university research and/or corporate innovation in robotics and advanc... Read More
