Portfolio Company News
Real estate tech startup Ikos bridges gaps between renters and landlords
01.23.18
“Ikos created a platform to bridge the gaps between landlords and renters by screening applicants, posting listings and giving renters a sense of local flavor."
For Working Parents, Flexible Childcare Options Can Mean Staying In The Workforce
01.22.18
Flexable provides childcare to working parents through the employer or event host.
These 2 Pittsburgh startups are pitching at SXSW’s Accelerator Pitch Event
01.19.18
“Pittsburgh companies Gridwise and Moms Can: Code are two of 50 finalists in the South by Southwest Accelerator Pitch Event this spring in Austin, Texas, while a third local startup,…
Giant Eagle/Seegrid: Warehouse ‘built-in beta’ tester for robots
01.18.18
“By using Seegrid’s robots, Giant Eagle is able to physically move and deploy products cost effectively and safely. Seegrid gets a built-in customer, provider of contacts and credibility enhancer and…
ALung/UPMC: Investors offer clinical, market expertise
UPMC and Philips led ALung’s $37 million Series C financing round.
Pittsburgh biotech startup raises $2.3M
01.12.18
Forest Devices, Inc., developer of AlphaStroke, closed on a seed round with $2.3 million.
Venture capital funding in Pittsburgh companies doubles in a year
Money Tree Report stated VC firms invested more than $302.1 M into Pittsburgh companies in 2017.
Flexable: Connecting Single, Working Parents to Caregivers
01.11.18
“Meet Priya Amin, co-founder of Flexable. This Pittsburgh mom and entrepreneur has learned how to provide quality, on-demand childcare by connecting caregivers to single parents and working couples."
Here’s which local tech firms raised the most in 4Q
01.09.18
ALung Technologies was the second-largest Pittsburgh deal in the fourth quarter of 2017.
12 Pittsburgh tech companies to watch in 2018
01.08.18
NEXTPittsburgh provides a list of tech companies, from startups to mature companies, poised for great things this year. Read about AdRich, Argo AI, Boardbookit, Clean Robotics, Complexa, Duolingo, Jazz HR,…