Innovation Works
Pittsburgh nonprofit venture development organization and early-stage investor serving Southwestern Pennsylvania as the Ben Franklin Technology Partners regional partner. Provides seed capital plus mentoring and resources for software, hardware, robotics, and life-sciences startups. HQ: Nova Tower 2, Two Allegheny Center, Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Public materials cite ~$93M invested across hundreds of companies since the late-1990s seed-fund era.
Typical check size
$250K-$3M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
1999
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Pre-Seed
Seed
Rounds they invest
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
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FAQs about Innovation Works
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Two Allegheny Center / Nova Tower 2.
Primarily pre-seed and seed for Southwestern Pennsylvania tech startups, with hands-on venture-development support.
It is a nonprofit venture development organization (Ben Franklin Technology Partners SWPA partner) that also runs an active seed fund.
Software, hardware, robotics, and life sciences common to the Pittsburgh / CMU pipeline.
Public site materials cite roughly $93M invested in 372 companies via the seed fund (confirm current figures on innovationworks.org).
Through innovationworks.org pathways for Southwestern Pennsylvania startups.
Southwestern Pennsylvania / Pittsburgh regional founders.
Yes — Innovation Works is the southwestern Pennsylvania partner in Pennsylvania’s Ben Franklin Technology Partners network.