Innovation Works

Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Location

Pittsburgh, United States

Total investments

649

Average round size

731K

Portfolio companies

309

Rounds per year

25.96

Lead investments

19

Follow on index

0.52

Exits

35

Stages of investment
SeedEarly Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsManufacturingMedical DeviceMedical

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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Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistRoboticsAI/Big DataBiotech/Life SciencesConsumer/Retail Show 1 more
Stage focus
Seed
Geo focus
Generalist
Check size
100K — 150K

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
649
Lead investments
19
Exits
35
Rounds per year
25.96
Follow on index
0.52
Investments by industry
  • Software (174)
  • Health Care (97)
  • Information Technology (74)
  • Manufacturing (63)
  • Medical Device (55)
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Investments by region
  • United States (624)
  • China (7)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Canada (3)
  • India (1)
Peak activity year
2020
Number of Unicorns
1
Number of Decacorns
1
Number of Minotaurs
1

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
9
Avg. valuation at time of investment
18M
Group Appearance index
0.24
Avg. company exit year
9
Avg. multiplicator
0.27

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Parcel Health 15 Jun 2023 Seed 505K United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Toyz Electronics 09 Dec 2022 Information Technology, E-Learning, EdTech, Education, Ediscovery Seed 500K United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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