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Pittsburgh's Innovation Works: Facts You Need to Know about Build Back Better
The White House announced the Pittsburgh region has been awarded $62.7 million in BBB funding to help support innovation and economic growth
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Innovation Works
Feb 24, 20224 min read
Rich Lunak to Retire From Innovation Works After a Career That Helped Transform Pittsburgh
Rich Lunak helped develop 20,000 jobs in Pittsburgh region’s tech startups, helped emerging tech sectors & fostered a climate of innovation
Pittsburgh Inno
Feb 14, 20223 min read
Here's what Gov. Wolf's budget proposal could mean for region's startups, entrepreneurs
Wolf's PA budget proposal would represent a more than 57% increase in funding from the $3.5 million IW currently operates on each year.
Pittsburgh Inno
Nov 10, 20212 min read
In celebration of #GEW2021, IW begins serving Startup Recipes series of DIY guides for founders
Pgh-based Innovation Works announced it's now serving up its first installment of Startup Recipes — a new series of DIY guides for founders
Pittsburgh Inno
Oct 14, 20213 min read
VIT's acquisition further 'validation' of Pgh's growing entrepreneurial community, fmr investors say
Pittsburgh-based hardware accelerator AlphaLab Gear, a platform offered through Innovation Works, served as an early investor in VIT.
Ben Franklin 4 PA
Sep 30, 20215 min read
Pittsburgh — From Steel City to Smart City
Pittsburgh has always been known as a diverse city & features 90 distinct neighborhoods with their own sub-cultures, with 302,000 residents
NextPittsburgh
Sep 22, 20213 min read
NextPittsburgh: Pgh ranks 23rd in global emerging startup ecosystem report
“Over the last 5 years we’ve had about 300 investors from around the world investing in Pgh & last year alone, 42 first-time new investors"
90.5 WESA
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Pittsburgh Makes List Of Emerging Cities For Startups But More Support for Diverse Leadership Needed
Pittsburgh ranked 23rd in the list of the top 100 emerging cities for startups worldwide in the report by Startup Genome and the GNC.
Technical.ly
Sep 22, 20214 min read
Pgh ranked on a global list of ’emerging’ startup ecosystems & these local leaders aren’t surprised
The 2021 GSE report placed Pittsburgh as the 23rd top emerging market, with strengths in funding, performance, adv. manufacturing & robotics
Pittsburgh Inno
Sep 21, 20213 min read
Local leaders react to Pittsburgh being named among top 25 global emerging startup ecosystems
This article was originally published in the PittsburghInno. By Nate Doughty | September 22, 2021, 03:27pm EDT On Wednesday, a new...
Ben Franklin 4 PA
Sep 21, 20212 min read
Pittsburgh Gets High Marks as a Place for Innovation
Pgh has one of the world’s top emerging startup ecosystems from which companies are born from new ideas, talented innovators & investment
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