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Innovation Works

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Total investments 650
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$739K
Portfolio companies 309
Rounds per year 26.00
Lead investments 19
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.52
Exits 35
Key employees 14
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Device
Summary

In 1999 was created Innovation Works, which is appeared as VC. The main department of described VC is located in the Pittsburgh. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight 4moms, The Zebra, Plextronics. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 2-3 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Health Care, Medical Device. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

We also calculated 14 valuable employees in our database.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2017. Opposing the other organizations, this Innovation Works works on 23 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in 13-24 investment rounds annually. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 16 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The average startup value when the investment from Innovation Works is 1-5 millions dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Innovation Works, startups are often financed by Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, BlueTree Allied Angels, Birchmere Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are BlueTree Allied Angels, AlphaLab, Birchmere Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Draper Triangle, BlueTree Allied Angels, Riverfront Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Honeycomb Credit

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$6M11 Jun 2024 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

BioHybrid Solutions

Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Wellness
$200K21 Dec 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Phlux Technologies

Electronics
Manufacturing
Robotics
$75K07 Dec 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

D.Sole

Consumer
Consumer Goods
Retail
$100K06 Dec 2023 -

Finish Robotics

Construction
Marketing
$100K28 Nov 2023 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States

AdSkate

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Digital Marketing
Machine Learning
Mobile Advertising
$165K15 Nov 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

UpContent

Communities
Digital Entertainment
Internet
$150K25 Oct 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Shelfmark

Computer Vision
Information Technology
Retail
$200K19 Oct 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

InceptEV

Electric Vehicle
Energy
Transportation
29 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 650
Average round size 739K
Rounds per year 26.00
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 19
Follow on index 0.52
Exits 35
Group Appearance index 0.25

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Honeycomb Credit

Finance
Financial Services
FinTech
$6M11 Jun 2024 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

BioHybrid Solutions

Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Wellness
$200K21 Dec 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Phlux Technologies

Electronics
Manufacturing
Robotics
$75K07 Dec 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

D.Sole

Consumer
Consumer Goods
Retail
$100K06 Dec 2023 -

Finish Robotics

Construction
Marketing
$100K28 Nov 2023 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States

AdSkate

Advertising
Advertising Platforms
Digital Marketing
Machine Learning
Mobile Advertising
$165K15 Nov 2023 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

UpContent

Communities
Digital Entertainment
Internet
$150K25 Oct 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Shelfmark

Computer Vision
Information Technology
Retail
$200K19 Oct 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

InceptEV

Electric Vehicle
Energy
Transportation
29 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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