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Innovation Works

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Total investments 638
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$728K
Portfolio companies 306
Rounds per year 26.58
Lead investments 13
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
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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

InceptEV

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

Push2Spin Technologies

Cosmetic Surgery
Health Care
Medical
28 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Aquatonomy

Energy
Government
22 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Mamalux

Fashion
Product Design
$50K15 Jun 2023 -

Ariel Precision Medicine

Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
14 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Apollo Neuroscience

Wellness
19 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Forest Devices

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Monitoring Equipment
18 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Make it Home Safe

Mobile Apps
Security
Software
05 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Optimus Technologies

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
Waste Management
$17M23 Apr 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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Total investments 638
Average round size 728K
Rounds per year 26.58
Peak activity year 2020
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.52
Exits 35
Group Appearance index 0.24

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

InceptEV

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

Push2Spin Technologies

Cosmetic Surgery
Health Care
Medical
28 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Aquatonomy

Energy
Government
22 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Mamalux

Fashion
Product Design
$50K15 Jun 2023 -

Ariel Precision Medicine

Bioinformatics
Biotechnology
Genetics
Health Care
14 Jun 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Apollo Neuroscience

Wellness
19 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Forest Devices

Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Medical Device
Monitoring Equipment
18 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Make it Home Safe

Mobile Apps
Security
Software
05 May 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Optimus Technologies

Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
Waste Management
$17M23 Apr 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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