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General Information

Websiteinnovationworks.org
Twitter@iwpgh
Phone412/681/1520
Emailinfo@innovationwo...
Employees
Founded1999
Descriptionpre-seed investor

Funds

Offices

Pittsburgh, USA
2000 Technology Drive Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA, 15219 3109
USA

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Innovation Works

For more than 20 years, Innovation Works has played a vital role in Southwestern PA’s technology economy, investing capital, business expertise, and other resources into high-potential companies with the greatest likelihood for regional economic impact. IW is the single largest investor in seed-stage companies in the region. They also provide resources for manufacturers to adopt new technologies.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Strikingly 4/13Seed$1.5M8
Kextil 3/13Seed1
The Resumator 10/12Series B$2.1M5
AVOS Systems 4/12Series A4
Voci Technologies 4/12Series A$3.12M3
Leiyoo 12/11Series A2
Shoefitr 10/11Venture Round$1.2M2
The Resumator 5/11Angel$700k5
Carmell Therapeutics 4/11Series A$2.4M6
Compliance Assurance 3/11Venture Round$1.25M4
ShowClix 3/11Series B$1.65M5
Cognition Therapeutics 1/11Series A$2.5M4
Cognition Therapeutics 1/11Series A$2.5M6
Intimate Bridge 2 Conception 11/10Venture Round$475k2
Bueda 7/10Venture Round$100k1
Shoefitr 5/10Venture Round$30k1
Lama Lab 5/10Venture Round$30k1
Synesi 5/10Venture Round$30k1
25eight 1/10Seed$25k1
The Resumator 12/09Seed$50k1
Penthera Partners 12/09Series A$130k1
ThermalTherapeuticSystems 12/09Series A$2.7M3
GearHeadz 8/09Seed$25k1
Cognition Therapeutics 7/09Series A$1.21M4
Penthera Partners 5/09Series A$725k1
TalkShoe 6/08Angel$1.13M5
Penthera Partners 6/08Series A$345k1
ShowClix 6/08Seed$250k1
ImpactGames 3/08Venture Round$100k1
WhereverTV 2008Venture Round$150k1
ImpactGames 10/07Venture Round$150k1
StageMark 4/07Series B$1.6M6
BPL Global 2/07Series C$26M7
StageMark 3/06Venture Round$210k2
BitArmor Systems 8/05Venture Round$250k2
Vivisimo 7/02Seed$500k1
Vivisimo 6/00Seed$100k1

Videos

Sources

  1. Strikingly Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  2. Kextil Receives Seed Funding from Innovation Works (finsmes.com) [edit]
  3. Hiring Platform The Resumator Raises $2.1M Series B Round Led By Birchmere Ventures, Rincon Ventures Partners & Salesforce (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  4. AVOS Systems Secures Series A Funding From New Enterprise Associates, Google Ventures, Madrone Capital, and Innovation Works (nea.com) [edit]
  5. Voci Technologies Secures $3.12M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  6. HTML5 Games Developer Leiyoo Raises Funding From Innovation Works, WI Harper Group (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. Shoefitr Receives $1.2M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  8. The Resumator Raises $700,000 For Social Recruiting Solution (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  9. Carmell Therapeutics raises $3 million (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  10. Compliance Assurance Corporation Secures $1.25 Million in Funding (complyfast.com) [edit]
  11. ShowClix wins $1.65 million in venture funding (pittsburghlive.com) [edit]
  12. Cognition Therapeutics Closes $2.5M Series A1 Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Cognition Therapeutics Closes $2.5M Series A1 Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
  14. Intimate Bridge to Conception Raises $475K (finsmes.com) [edit]
  15. CMU spin-out Bueda receives financing to create social media smart tags (cmu.edu) [edit]
  16. EDGAR [edit]
  17. EDGAR [edit]
  18. EDGAR [edit]
  19. 25eight secures $0.03 million funding from Innovation Works (alacrastore.com) [edit]
  20. Citation Needed [add]
  21. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
  22. ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc.: Series A $2.7M (onbiovc.com) [edit]
  23. Summer of 2009 Alpha Lab Companies (startuppittsburgh.com) [edit]
  24. COGNITION THERAPEUTICS CLOSES SERIES A FINANCING TO ADVANCE DRUG CANDIDATES FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (cogrx.com) [edit]
  25. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
  26. EDGAR [edit]
  27. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
  28. Citation Needed [add]
  29. bizjournals.com [edit]
  30. High-tech sector gets big lift (pittsburghlive.com) [edit]
  31. ImpactGames hopes role play leads to big pay day (bizjournals.com) [edit]
  32. StageMark Completes $1.6 Million Venture Capital Financing. (allbusiness.com) [edit]
  33. BPL Global Closes $25 million Series C Funding Round (bplglobal.net) [edit]
  34. EDGAR [edit]
  35. EDGAR [edit]
  36. press release (vivisimo.com) [edit]
  37. press release (vivisimo.com) [edit]
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