With a reach that spans more than 10 states and attracts hundreds of investors from around the country, the
3 Rivers Venture Fair is an immense undertaking that requires a cooperative effort among dozens of leading organizations.
While the financial contributions from our sponsors enable us to bring the 3 Rivers Venture Fair to life every eighteen months, their ideas, hard work and commitment to the quality of this event are equally instrumental and have helped to build the event’s reputation for excellence.
Here are the companies that are committed to entrepreneurial growth and innovation by supporting this worthwhile and important event.
Established in 1994, Adams Capital Management (ACM) is a national venture capital firm with $700 million under management. ACM is a lead Series A investor that is noted for its domain and operations expertise in the Information Technology, Networking Infrastructure and Semiconductor industries. ACM's markets-first investment strategy targets emerging growth companies with disruptive technologies that yield products with the potential to define and dominate their industry. For more information visit www.acm.com.
Allos Ventures was formed in early 2010 to help fill the gap between the significant number of early-stage companies seeking venture capital in the Midwest and the small number of firms targeting such investments. We only invest in early-stage companies, and we have positioned the fund to accept the hand-off from angel investors who have built companies to the point at which they are ready for their first institutional financing round. While Allos may be new, we are leveraging the investment experience and business-building skills and resources developed over the past decade by Don Aquilano and John McIlwraith, our managing directors, at Gazelle TechVentures and Blue Chip Venture Company, through those firms' investments in over 100 companies. Additionally, many of our investors are successful technology company entrepreneurs, allowing us to tap into an even broader experience base of business-building expertise.
Don and John have worked together in the venture capital business for a decade and share a common view of the benefits of a “hands-on” approach to venture capital investing - benefits both to our partner companies and our investors. This vision drives everything we do - from the number of investments we'll make (a select group of no more than eight) to the geography we cover (places we can drive to in 4-5 hours).
Alpern Rosenthal, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2011, is one of the region's leading certified public accounting and business advisory firms. The Firm maintains a deep commitment to serving emerging and mature life science, software, technology and energy companies at each stage of their growth. The firm's industry specialists provide accounting and audit, business consulting, business valuation and litigation support, tax compliance and planning, and international tax services to companies ranging from pre-revenue to exit ready. In addition to offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, PA and West Palm Beach, FL, the Firm is a founding member of The Leading Edge Alliance, an international network of the largest independently-owned accounting and consulting firms in the world. For more information, visit http://www.alpern.com/.
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Arboretum Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm specializing in the healthcare sector. We invest throughout the United States, but with a special interest in the Midwest. More than simply a financial resource, we are a collaborative, value-added investor actively engaging our companies in strategy, operations, recruiting, fundraising, and exit planning. Arboretum aims to transform young companies into mature and thriving businesses that improve patient outcomes and lower the cost of care, thereby generating superior returns for the entrepreneurs and our investors. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Arboretum currently manages approximately $170 million in capital.
As the world’s largest independent research and development organization, Battelle provides innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing needs through its four global businesses: Laboratory Management; National Security; Health and Life Sciences; and Energy, Environment and Material Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $6.5 billion in R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology commercialization. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Battelle oversees 22,000 employees in more than 130 locations worldwide, including seven national laboratories which Battelle manages or co-manages for the U.S. Departments of Energy and Homeland Security.
Commercialization is a foundation of Battelle’s strategy, leading to investments like the formation of Battelle Ventures - a $220MM independent venture fund - and the sharing of technical and market risk and reward with customers. Since playing an instrumental role in developing the technology that led to Xerox®, Battelle has negotiated hundreds of agreements that expedite collaboration and enable commercialization. Battelle also is one of the nation’s leading charitable trusts focused on societal and economic impact, with an emphasis on supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. For more information, please visit www.battelle.org.
Bayer MaterialScience LLC is one of the leading producers of polymers and high-performance plastics in North America and is part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business with approximately 14,400 employees at 30 production sites around the world and 2010 sales of 10.2 billion euros. Bayer MaterialScience's North American sales were 2.0 billion euros in 2010. The company manufactures high-tech polymer materials and develops innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. The main segments served are the automotive, electrical and electronics, construction, medical, and sports and leisure industries. Sustainability is central to Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s business and is based around the key areas of innovation, product stewardship, excellence in corporate management, social responsibility and respect for the environment.
Birchmere Ventures was founded in 1996 to focus on private companies with high intellectual property barriers that create Engineering Driven Innovation. With over $160 million under management, we are a leading investor in highly differentiated Cleantech, Medical, and Technology companies. Birchmere's portfolio companies are founded by entrepreneurs with deep domain expertise who are developing revolutionary innovations that sell into existing markets. Our fund investment team comprises technologists with strong operatingn and venture investing experience - we partner with our companies from launch to exit, helping them to minimize risk and maximize opportunity every step of the way.
We believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are the best means of enhancing sustainability of the planet, as well as improving the quality of life of all its people. We are proud to fund companies that make a positive impact on our world while successfully generating strong returns to our investors. Since our inception, Birchmere's companies have achieved a cumulative market valuation of $14 billion.
Birchmere has been recognized by Preqin as being among the highest-performing venture groups in the industry for well over a decade.
The BlueTree Allied Angels (BlueTree) is a regional group of accredited investors who invest in early stage companies. This 'members-only' organization is designed to operate as a network of private equity investors who meet on a monthly basis to evaluate and invest in pre-institutional, early-stage investments.
The organization provides the structure for a means to aggregate monies and to aggregate the knowledge and experience of the membership. BlueTree is a member of the national Angel Capital Association, a trade support organization for best practices, standards, professional conduct, and public policy issues that impact investors and entrepreneurs.
To date (May 2010), BlueTree Allied Angels has invested in 27 regional companies approximately $17 million dollars.
For more than two decades, capital providers have turned to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's lawyers for their practical judgment and substantive knowledge. The firm's depth of talent and focus make us the firm of choice for national, regional and local capital providers and for the companies in which they invest. Our long commitment to venture capital and our transaction experience have placed us on the forefront of recognizing new legal and business developments.
We understand the market and the pressures that capital providers and emerging companies face in both good times and bad. Our clients expect, and receive, not just sound business and legal advice, but coordinated service that adds value to their businesses. The firm has a wide range of talented venture capital lawyers at all levels, from experienced associates to highly regarded partners who are leaders in the venture capital community.
C-leveled is passionate about helping small and medium-sized businesses to increase growth and profitability. Our clients benchmark their businesses against their peers, quickly identify issues preventing performance, and receive valuable tools and services to help them succeed.
Services are delivered both through a Web-based portal and our innovative Executives as a Service program. The portal, called the C-leveled Business Portal, combines benchmarking, scorecards, business intelligence (BI) software, education technology and the integrated C-leveled community to identify opportunities for growth and help our clients go after those opportunities. If the online tools aren’t enough, our innovative Executives as a Service program augments our clients' teams with just the right amount of knowledge and expertise to help them overcome their most pressing challenges and achieve better growth and profitability.
The attorneys of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP are proactive, strategic and comprehensive in counseling entrepreneurs and start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and municipalities, and individuals. We understand the industries in which our clients work, allowing us to provide innovative legal solutions that also make business sense. The firm’s services encompass the entire spectrum of corporate law: from M&A and securities to lobbying and litigation; and from IP and financial restructuring, labor and private equity, to corporate investigations.
Calfee is ranked among the top law firms in Ohio and our attorneys are often recognized individually and collectively for their specialized expertise by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Since 1903, Calfee has fostered a commitment to build and nurture lasting relationships with our clients. We pair a tradition of sound legal advice with creative approaches tailored to client.
The only top 25 university founded in the 20th century, Carnegie Mellon has rapidly evolved into an internationally recognized institution with a distinctive mix of world-class educational and research programs in computer science, robotics, engineering, the sciences, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities.
More than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students at Carnegie Mellon receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions to solve real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors.
President Jared L. Cohon, the university's president since 1997, is leading implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan that aims to leverage the university's existing strengths to benefit society in the areas of biotechnology, information and security technology, environmental science and practices, the fine arts and humanities.
The university also is committed to broadening and enhancing undergraduate education to allow students to explore various disciplines while maintaining a core focus in their primary area of study. Realizing that today's graduates must understand international issues, Carnegie Mellon is committed to providing a global education for its students and is striving to expand its international offerings to increase its presence on a global scale. Increasing diversity in all aspects and fostering the economic development of southwestern Pennsylvania are also top priorities.
Carnegie Mellon's schools and specialty programs in computer science, engineering, business, public policy, science, the arts and the humanities are consistently ranked among the best in the country by national publications such as U.S. News & World Report Magazine, Business Week Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Carnegie Mellon's unique mix of strengths in technology, business, public policy and the arts is distinctive among national research universities. The university's conservatory-like programs in the fine arts are highly regarded. Its Drama School has produced many well-known, award-wining stars of stage and screen since it granted the first degree in drama in 1917.
The university consists of seven colleges and schools: The Carnegie Institute of Technology (engineering), the College of Fine Arts, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Mellon College of Science, the David A. Tepper School of Business, the School of Computer Science and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management. Carnegie Mellon also has campuses in California and the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar and is expanding its international presence in Europe and Asia with master's programs and other educational partnerships.
Carnegie Mellon is one of the most technologically sophisticated campuses in the world. When it introduced its "Andrew" computing network in the mid-1980s, it pioneered educational applications of technology. Today, the university employs a university-wide wireless computing network that allows faculty, staff and students to log on to the Internet and communicate via email from anywhere at any time. Carnegie Mellon was ranked as the nation's "most wired" university by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine.
Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Technical Schools in 1900 for the sons and daughters of Pittsburgh blue-collar workers. The institution became the degree-granting Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and in 1967, Carnegie Tech merged with Mellon Institute of Research to become Carnegie Mellon University.
The core values that Carnegie instilled in the Carnegie Technical Schools more than 100 years ago -- problem solving, collaboration and innovation -- continue to drive the university today and will play a key role in setting its agenda for the next several decades.
Chrysalis Ventures manages one of Mid-America’s largest funds for early-stage and growth investments with approximately $400 million under management. Since 1993, we have invested in over 65 companies, primarily in the Healthcare and Technology sectors. With headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, Chrysalis has offices in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor and Houston. We seek to partner with entrepreneurs to build enduring businesses in industries undergoing significant transformation.
CincyTech's mission is to accelerate the growth of start-up technology businesses in Southwest Ohio through management assistance, seed-stage investments, and connections to capital, customers and strategic partners. CincyTech has invested $7.5 million in 23 portfolio companies between May 2007-May 2011 and has just launched its second fund. CincyTech also has helped attract more than $130 million in co-investment and follow-on funding to these companies. CincyTech is a regional technology initiative of the State of Ohio Third Frontier Program.
Cohen & Grigsby offers legal services to private and publicly held businesses, nonprofits, multinational corporations, individuals and emerging companies. It has experience in bankruptcy, business, tax, employee benefits, estates, trusts, immigration, intellectual property, international business, litigation, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. The firm is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has an office in Bonita Springs, Florida. For more information, please visit http://www.cohenlaw.com/.
Draper Triangle Ventures is a premier source of funding for high-technology start-up companies in the Pennsylvania and Ohio region. As the Midwest-based Network Partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the leader in seed and early-stage venture capital, we offer entrepreneurs and investors a host of benefits unrivaled in the industry. Our Managers have significant experience in founding, investing in and growing early stage technology companies. Through the DFJ Network, we have access to the tremendous benefits afforded by the cooperation of 140 venture capital professionals in more than 30 cities throughout the US, Asia (including China and India), Europe, Israel, South America and Russia, with more than 600 portfolio companies funded, and over $6 billion of capital under management. The DFJ Network invests in virtually every major technology sector including information technology, cleantech, life sciences, as well as emerging sectors such as nanotechnology.
Our goal with entrepreneurial investing is to provide more than money. A start-up venture capitalist becomes a company's financial strategist, headhunter, investment banker, and corporate therapist, providing support and confidence to a team. At Draper Triangle, we have developed, and will continue to develop, strong relationships with intelligent, hard working, influential people. These value-added relationships provide a strong base for success in the venture capital business. We believe that an active venture capitalist with a strong network of influential people can effectively fund and develop companies with far greater success than a passive investor. As a board member, we are active, and we have the energy, experience and contacts to help take the company to the next stage and beyond.
Duane Morris represents some of the finest and fastest-growing technology companies in all areas of their growth cycle. We help entrepreneurs, and early stage and developing companies raise equity, secure financing and protect intellectual property. Our lawyers guide these companies to the next level through mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships. We also represent venture capital funds throughout the United States and have considerable experience in structuring venture capital and other equity and mezzanine investments. Duane Morris LLP is a full-service firm with more than 650 lawyers in the U.S. and internationally.
Early Stage Partners was formed to provide equity capital to early stage companies primarily in Ohio, Michigan and the Midwest. The Fund invests in the region's most promising industry clusters, including technology, biosciences, instruments, controls and electronics, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and energy.
Early Stage Partners is a professionally managed, scaled initiative with a demonstrated ability to lead and structure early stage transactions. The fund endeavors to identify and to lead the earliest rounds of financing for the region's most promising opportunities and to prepare them for later institutional funding. For more information, please visit our Web site at: http://www.esplp.com/.
Actively investing since 1986, Edison partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies. We provide private equity and value-added services to expansion stage ($5 - 20 million revenue) information technology businesses located on the east coast. Edison has realized many successful exits generating substantial proceeds for founders, management, employees and investors. For further information visit us at http://www.edisonventures.com/
Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 141,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve their potential.
Fletcher Spaght Ventures (FSV) is a venture capital fund investing in emerging growth high technology and healthcare companies. Established to build substantial, long-term capital appreciation, FSV invests in companies with familiarity/experience with the company, promising business potential, and financing led by top-tier venture capital firm. Included are companies in the areas of information technology (IT) and IT services, Internet, software, telecommunications, medical devices, healthcare informatics, biotechnology and healthcare services.
Fletcher Spaght Ventures is well positioned to provide exemplary returns to investors. Established by Fletcher Spaght, Inc. (FSI), a strategy consulting firm focusing on the high technology and healthcare industries, FSV capitalizes on the strengths as seen in our investment strategy, resources/team, and resulting attractive portfolio companies resources and deal flow of FSI. In particular, FSV leverages FSI's strategy, technology and new venture expertise to assess the potential for each investment opportunity. In addition, FSV uses the client base and extensive investment relationships FSI has built over twenty years, to gain access to unique investment opportunities.
Post investment, the FSV general partners and FSI consulting staff contribute their deep expertise in high technology and healthcare, as well as their general strategic and analytical expertise, to enhance the value of investments in the FSV portfolio.
Fox Rothschild LLP is a full-service, national law firm built to serve business leaders. Over the past 100 years, we have grown to more than 500 lawyers in 16 offices coast to coast-with a particular strength in Pennsylvania. The firm helps position companies, investors and executives to leverage fully the leadership challenges, growth opportunities and strategic investment options they face. Our Technology & Venture Capital practice is a powerful resource for our clients, and
Our attorneys foster relationships with all levels of investors, offering their solid understanding of entrepreneurs and broad connections with leadership talent. Combining legal knowledge, IP strategy and financing acumen, we leverage our in-depth industry experience to bring the right people and deals together. www.foxrothschild.com.
With over $17 billion invested in more than 30 sub-sectors including senior housing, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices, GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services is a premier provider of capital and services to the healthcare industry. Our team of professionals provides deep industry expertise to create business and financial solutions tailored to meet the individual needs of our customers. The Life Science Finance team has worked with more than 500 companies throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. With a dedicated focus on assisting life science companies large and small, from the first venture round to post-IPO, the team has provided over $2.5 billion in financing to the market. For more information, visit gecapital.com/healthcare.
GE Capital offers consumers and businesses around the globe an array of financial products and services. For more information, visit gecapital.com or follow company news via Twitter (@GECapital). GE (NYSE: GE) is an advanced technology, services and finance company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. For more information, visit ge.com.
Highmark Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
One of the largest Blue plans in the nation, Highmark serves 4.8 million health plan members in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Nationally, we employ more than 19,500 people and provide health, dental, vision and supplemental health products and services to 32.6 million customers. For more than 70 years, Highmark's commitment to the community has consistently been among our highest priorities as we strive to positively impact the lives of people throughout are service areas, through grant making and engaging employee volunteers. To learn more visit www.highmark.com.
Idea Foundry supplies the critical ingredients to transform an entrepreneur’s business idea into a fundable start-up. We are positioned within Western Pennsylvania to be the first place an entrepreneur will go if they are seeking help with building a new company. Idea Foundry does not fund research, but focuses on the management, product, market, and financial building blocks critical to establishing a strong business foundation. We bridge the gap of skills, knowledge, funding and relationships!
We Provide:
Skills and knowledge - experienced mentors, a structured process and tools to help develop your business model
Funding - financial support to pay the bills while you concentrate on building your start-up and access to capital to take you to the next level
Relationships - a network of technical, commercial and financial resources to assist you now and in the future
Innovation Park at Penn State began construction in 1993 to assist in the economic revitalization of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This 118 acre research park is designated for business development, including incubating start-up companies through mature corporations, as well as services to support businesses and their employees. The Park is home to over 50 tenants and approximately 1500 employees.
Pitt Law's Innovation Practice Institute (IPI) is a first-of-its-kind collaboration among a law school, the practicing bar, and local innovators and entrepreneurs. The IPI re-imagines how the legal profession can advance regional economic development and puts that into practice with cutting edge research, new classroom models, hands-on mentoring of law students, and community engagement. IPI programs include specialized course offerings, student workshops and supervised client experiences, conferences and public lectures, as well as a broad range of community outreach and networking opportunities. The IPI develops programs strategically designed to train students to succeed in a changing legal marketplace, and to strengthen ties between law students, the practicing bar and innovation communities across the Pittsburgh region.
Innovation Works (IW) invests in and provides business mentoring to high-potential, start-up technology companies. Innovation Works is the most active seed-stage investor in Southwestern PA, investing more than $40M in roughly 120 companies since 1999. IW's portfolio companies have raised more than $558 M in follow-on funding. The depth of experience gained from working with so many companies and deal transactions makes IW's business advice an invaluable resource. The combination of capital and expertise helps companies move quickly and effectively to commercialize products, gain customers, and form relationships with other investors and advisors who can help these companies realize their full potential.
Jones Day, a legal institution with more than 2,500 lawyers on four continents, is based on a set of core principles - the most critical of which is a relentless focus on client service that transcends individual interests. We are One Firm Worldwide.
All law firms seek to serve clients effectively. Some do it more consistently than others. Jones Day topped BTI Consulting Group's 2011 "Client Service A-Team" ranking, which identifies the top 30 law firms for client service through a national survey of corporate counsel. "2011 marks Jones Day's sixth appearance in the number 1 spot -- and 10th straight year as a leader in the BTI Client Service A-Team," says BTI's report. "This exceptional performance earns Jones Day a coveted spot in The BTI Client Service Hall of Fame." And in the 2009 Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting annual survey of almost 300 corporate board members asking who is the best law firm in America, Jones Day was ranked second. These are just two indications that our focus on serving our clients' needs, and not on the financial metrics that are so commonly used today to measure law firm performance, are recognized by our clients, who reward us with more opportunities to help them meet their interests.
Jones Day is organized as a true partnership, and it operates as such, not as an LLP or LLC or some other quasi-corporate entity. We see ourselves as a global legal institution based on a set of principles to which a large number of men and women can commit – principles that have a social purpose and permanence, that transcend individual interests. While this may well be a more sociological description than you would see on most law firm web sites, and no doubt is subject to a skeptical reaction from many when they first read or hear it, we believe it accurately describes one important aspect of what makes Jones Day the client service organization that it is.
JumpStart is a nationally recognized venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high potential, early-stage businesses and includes a special focus on diverse entrepreneurs working in the highest growth industries. Through the depth of its entrepreneurial team and the breadth of its high value resources, JumpStart improves client success in achieving significant milestones, including raising the follow-on capital necessary to create wealth. JumpStart strives to create a more prosperous future for Northeast Ohio. As part of its robust public/private partnership model, JumpStart recognizes the integral support of Ohio's Third Frontier Project, the state's largest-ever commitment to expanding Ohio's high tech research, innovation, commercialization, and company formation activities, which are increasing opportunities for all Ohioans. (http://www.jumpstartinc.org/)
K&L Gates LLP, with history in Pittsburgh since 1946, comprises nearly 2,000 lawyers who practice in 37 offices located on three continents: Anchorage, Austin, Beijing, Berlin, Boston, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Moscow, Newark, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, Paris, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Spokane/Coeur d’Alene, Taipei, Tokyo, Warsaw and Washington.
Our clients include both venture capitalists and companies funded by venture capitalists, including high-growth companies in the fields of information technology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing. Our lawyers provide counsel on a broad range of transactions, including minority and control investments, seed stage financing, traditional convertible preferred stock rounds, later-stage funding, bridge financing, PIPES, convertible securities, leveraged buyouts, roll-ups, restructurings and recapitalizations. Because of our experience as both fund and issuer counsel, we are familiar with the current state of the market, including valuation and the rights typically afforded to investors.
Since 1989, KFMR Katz Ferraro McMurtry, P.C. has worked with technology, life science, and early-stage companies in providing accounting, tax and consulting services from start-up through growth. In fact, KFMR worked with the first venture-backed technology transfer company from CMU from its inception in 1989 until it was sold in 1994. Through our experience, we have learned that as much as these companies share common opportunities and challenges, they are equally distinct with their own unique characteristics - making it difficult, if not impossible, to compare or benchmark companies with one another. As a result of our work with numerous venture-backed companies, we’ve experienced and mastered the common matters, while having the vision and prowess to navigate the uncharted waters, seeing companies through to the profitable stage and beyond.
With a seasoned, highly credentialed and diversified talent base, we are able to provide a broad scope of services to venture-backed companies such as audit and accounting services; budgeting, forecasts and projections; due diligence; strategic tax planning and compliance services; strategic business planning; accounting software systems; assistance with debt and equity financing; financial system design and implementation; business valuation services; general business consulting; transaction advisory services; and CFO/Controller services.
In addition to our knowledge, ability and resources, our clients know us for the responsiveness and care we demonstrate – not just in the engagements that we perform – but in the relationships which we establish. Our objective is to learn and understand the issues that affect your business so that we can assist with your needs as well as look beyond the books to help you improve your overall business and financial position.
KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We operate in 145 countries and have more than 133,000 professionals, including more than 7,100 partners, working in member firms throughout the world. Our member firms aim to provide clients with a globally consistent set of multidisciplinary financial and accounting services based on deep industry knowledge. KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, which traces its origins back to 1897, is a leader among professional service firms with more than 11,000 professionals in 93 offices, including 1,600 partners.
KPMG's Pittsburgh office opened its doors in 1905 and ranks among the oldest and largest professional services firms in the city. The Pittsburgh office is staffed by approximately 200 professionals who serve publicly and privately-owned businesses throughout the region, country, and world.
Leed's, as part of Polyconcept North America, is the second leading supplier of promotional products within the $16 billion advertising specialties industry. Headquartered in New Kensington, PA. and with offices around the globe, Leed's products, programs and services are recognized throughout the United States and Canada.
Originally called Leed's Leather Products, the company was founded by Pittsburgh entrepreneurs Bruce Weiner and Tom Bernstein in 1986. By 2000, Leed's was recognized as one of the fastest growing suppliers within the industry and has since garnered local acknowledgement, including being ranked 27 on Pittsburgh Post Gazette's "Top 50 Private Companies" 2007 list. New employees join the Leed's team nearly every week and operational space continues to grow as Leed's expands its local roots.
LBSI is a technology services firm that specializes in helping rapidly growing businesses manage for success. We leverage our experience and the best business management software solutions to better enable our customers to grow profitably, outpace the competition and provide better service to their customers. LBSi was founded in 1989 and has offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Lynch Weis, LLC is a full-service, business law firm, representing companies and individuals that expect the excellence of a top-tier law firm, but the personal attention and price structure of a boutique firm. The lawyers of Lynch Weis understand that to be exceptional business lawyers, they need to know business. With experience as former business owners, executives and in-house counsel, Lynch Weis attorneys know what it means to run a business. Lynch Weis offers a forward-thinking, creative and collegial environment in which to find affordable paths that lead to our clients’ goals through its Corporate & Finance, Intellectual Property, Employment, Real Estate and Litigation Group Practices. Lynch Weis supports its business clients with everything from day-to-day decisions to pivotal matters like buying, selling and merging assets or ownership.
Lynch Weis represents clients with local, regional and national business presence, in state and federal courts, and administrative forums in Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Their office is located in Cranberry Township, at the heart of the fastest-growing suburb and business center of Pittsburgh, with easy highway access from all of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
Malin Bergquist (http://www.malinbergquist.com/) has a long standing track record of helping development stage companies secure the next round of financing. In just the past few years, our early stage clients have raised over $600 million, ranging from seed funding of a few thousand dollars, all the way up to public offerings of over $100 million. We have worked closely with myriad entrepreneurs, and understand the complex dynamics and emotional atmosphere at work. Our team's diligence, personality and judgment often make the difference in successfully assisting, not impeding, the entrepreneurial growth process. In addition, our fee structure helps young companies stretch every valuable dollar, while providing depth that includes being one of just a handful of accounting firms in the region to be registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and have hands-on experience with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Meakem Becker is an early-stage venture capital firm which invests in a wide range of companies that provide technology enabled products and services. Our team members are experienced entrepreneurs, operators, and investors who advise, coach, and mentor the entrepreneurial leaders behind whom we invest. Our goal is to help build leading next-generation companies of significant value.
Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP provides legal counsel and representation to entrepreneurs through all stages of their business life - from forming a business entity, through financing, hiring and managing employees, to expanding worldwide and planning for eventual succession. The lawyers of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP are engaged every day - whether in the courtroom or at the conference room table - in providing their clients with creative, insightful and cost-effective legal advice. To learn more about our practice, visit us at http://www.muslaw.com/
The Pittsburgh office of Morgan Lewis provides strategic legal advice to the region’s and world’s leading companies. Clients include entrepreneurial start-ups, venture capital and private equity firms, and Fortune 500 and international companies with businesses around the globe. The firm's clients are leaders in their industry and the firm has served as lead counsel on many of their most prominent deals. Our approach is unique. At Morgan Lewis, we make it our business to know the industries in which our clients operate, and we have the experience, knowledge and connections to help our client achieve their strategic business goals. Our work includes venture and corporate finance, IPOs, debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and distribution, international joint ventures, private equity and fund formation, SEC compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property, employee benefits and executive compensation, labor and employment, and dispute resolution. Our firm has approximately 1,300 lawyers and 1,600 other professionals, in 22 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Morgan Lewis offers seamless advice, across all practice areas and locations, no matter where our clients reside.
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), comprised of more than 450 member firms, is the premier trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. NVCA's mission is to foster greater understanding of the importance of venture capital to the U.S. economy, and support entrepreneurial activity and innovation. The NVCA represents the public policy interests of the venture capital community, strives to maintain high professional standards, provides reliable industry data, sponsors professional development, and facilitates interaction among its members. For more information, please visit http://www.nvca.org/.
NorTech is a regional nonprofit technology-based economic development organization serving 21 counties in Northeast Ohio. As a catalyst for growing Northeast Ohio’s emerging technology industries, NorTech is leading efforts to develop regional innovation clusters that create jobs, attract capital and have a long-term, positive economic impact.
Based on the region’s unique strengths and assets, NorTech drives the development of regional innovation clusters by:
Attracting new members to the cluster by promoting Northeast Ohio’s technology story to audiences inside and outside the region.
Building relationships among cluster members for funding, research, and revenue opportunities.
Creating market-driven roadmaps with regional partners that define a vision and path to execution for Northeast Ohio’s efforts to generate economic growth and jobs in multiple technology industry sectors.
Engaging with federal and state government and policy leaders to develop strategies that enhance cluster growth.
Collecting, reporting and utilizing data that creates and influences cluster growth.
Currently, NorTech serves as the focal point for accelerating growth in two industries in Northeast Ohio: advanced energy and flexible electronics.
The Ohio Capital FundSM is a venture capital fund of funds aiming to serve as a catalyst for venture capital activity in Ohio by driving private investment into Ohio companies in the seed and early stages of business development. The Ohio Capital Fund is managed by program administrator, Buckeye Venture Partners, LLC. Buckeye Venture Partners, LLC, is a venture of Cincinnati-based registered investment advisor Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc. ("Fort Washington") and Peppertree Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor based in Cleveland, and wholly owned subsidiary of Fort Washington. For more information please visit TheOhioCapitalFund.com.
Founded in 2007, Originate Ventures is a venture capital investment firm, targeting early stage product and services companies located in Pennsylvania and the surrounding regions. Its focus is on investing in healthcare, consumer, information technology, software, web-based and certain commercial products and/or distribution opportunities. As an integral part of its portfolio management, Originate will help develop brand-driven growth strategies that guide the business direction and capitalize on the Managing Partners' prior experience in growing companies. Originate investments range from $500,000 to $4 million.
Originate believes its brand building techniques and experience uniquely permit it to accelerate growth and reduce additional capital rounds, allowing founding entrepreneurs to retain more ownership. Originate has almost three decades of experience, in over 60 categories, which allows it to better identify and assist in creating strong brands. Finally, Originate takes pride in being Entrepreneurs first, though the Partners have strong track records as business owners and management consultants. Visit: www.OriginateVentures.com, featuring our Entrepreneur Series on Accelerating Growth
Founded in 1990, Osage Partners is a family of venture capital and private equity funds – Osage Venture Partners, Osage University Partners, and Osage Industries. Osage has in excess of $150 million under management.
Each fund has a dedicated professional staff and a distinct investment strategy. The common denominators across all three investment funds are as follows:
Unwavering focus on management talent as the key investment criteria
Novel investment strategies that generate strong returns in up and down markets while reducing risk
General Partners that serve as the largest investors in each fund
Under the Osage Partners umbrella, member funds cross-fertilize ideas, leverage internal expertise, and share networks and resources amongst each other.
ParenteBeard is the leading regional certified public accounting and business advisory firm with 1,000 employees providing outstanding service, exceptional value, and clear, meaningful advice related to audit, accounting, tax and business consulting services to middle market and small business clients across the region. The 145 partner firm has offices located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware and Texas. The firm is ranked among the Top 25 firms in the USA and is an independent member of Baker Tilly International.
Pepper Hamilton LLP has represented venture capital firms and growth companies through hundreds of investments from seed rounds to IPOs. Both before and after the financings close, our technology clients and their investors count on us to help them grow by building their intellectual property portfolios, negotiating key business transactions and managing regulatory compliance. With 11 offices and more than 500 lawyers, Pepper has the skill and depth to handle matters of any complexity throughout Pennsylvania, the nation and the world.
The Pittsburgh Business Times is the area's premiere source for local business news, leads and information covering large corporations to small business start-ups. The paper is published every Friday and is available both in print and online. The Business Times also publishes daily breaking news on its website, pittsburghbusinesstimes.com.
The Business Times considers itself as much a part of the Greater Pittsburgh business community as the companies it covers. To that end, the Business Times presents a number of programs and events during the year, including Business for Breakfast, Pittsburgh 100 and Best Places to Work. The Business Times is committed to providing powerful resources to help professionals grow their businesses.
Pittsburgh Equity Partners (PEP) is an early-stage venture capital fund specifically formed to grow Western Pennsylvania's most promising early-stage technology companies. PEP is a lead series A investor whose managers are experienced investors who manage risk and drive results by applying a unique strategy along with industry best practices. They combine decades of experience as entrepreneurs and investors with a collaborative approach that fosters the development of great ideas and people to drive value creation.
The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) provides capital investments and customized company formation and business growth services to our region's life sciences enterprises. The PLSG supports biosciences companies with promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics. The PLSG is propelling the sustainable growth of western Pennsylvania's life sciences economy by accelerating research and technology commercialization with seed and early-stage companies; connecting investors with their Investment Portfolio companies; expanding established life sciences ventures and relocating biomedical companies to Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, an affiliate of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, markets the benefits of conducting business in southwestern Pennsylvania to companies all over the world that are growing, relocating or expanding.
For more than 25 years, the Pittsburgh Technology Council has helped our region’s technology companies succeed through a proven platform of Business Development, Talent Retention, Government Relations and Visibility Services.
Moving beyond tomorrow’s uncertainties is top of mind for many of you. As advisors to more than 60% of America’s leading private companies, we have it on our minds too. PwC’s Private Company Services (PCS) practice understands your need for personal and customized service and is dedicated to serving private companies, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals. See www.pwc.com/us/pcs for more information.
Reed Smith is a leading global law firm, representing both emerging-growth companies and the individuals and institutions that finance them. Our global platform and worldwide network of contacts allows our attorneys to provide our emerging-company clients with targeted referrals to appropriate sources of financing, potential strategic partners or even acquisition targets. Those referrals, combined with our advice on financing strategies, can make the difference in our emerging-company clients obtaining the capital needed to fund future growth and technology development. We represent industry-leading companies in a wide range of industry verticals, including clean technology, energy, life sciences, medical devices, digital media, cloud computing, e-commerce, information technology, retail, and financial services, just to name a few. We also represent top venture capital, private equity and sovereign wealth funds, as well as prominent angel investors. Our global platform and full-service practice allows Reed Smith to serve clients in every aspect of their business, with our attorneys often serving as outside general counsel and trusted advisors to our clients' executive management team and board. We provide clients with unmatched responsiveness, and practical, cost-effective legal advice on virtually every type of transaction, from formation and initial funding, to initial public offerings and mergers, and beyond.
River Cities Capital Funds provides growth equity financing and tried business acumen to high potential private companies. Our practice is diversified between healthcare, IT and the intersection of these sectors. National in scope, our footprint is deepest in the Midwest and Southeast with offices in Ohio and North Carolina. We specialize in helping entrepreneurs effectively and efficiently build infrastructure for rapid and profitable revenue growth. With $390MM under management, a broad array of business resources, and a consistent track record of entrepreneurial success, River Cities has established itself as a preferred source of growth capital. We are actively seeking new investments for our fourth fund.
RR Donnelley's Global Capital Markets business creates, manages, produces and delivers regulatory, transaction and compliance communications required by the capital markets and financial services community. For our clients, we file more than 50,000 documents annually with the SEC and produce many of the critical communications for compliance, business combinations, initial public offerings, and other regulated financial transactions. This in addition to our global service centers, translation and design services and unlimited printing capacity allows us to handle any size job.
Backed by RR Donnelley's Fortune 300 global resources, we've earned a reputation as a value-added partner. We add value through highly personalized and around-the-clock service, single-source deal solutions, deal management, worldwide regulatory expertise, a global reach, client education and insight that comes from a history of experience and achievement.
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
Entrepreneurs and companies in the early stages of formation have special needs that require experienced counsel to ensure innovation and growth is nurtured while pitfalls are avoided and risk is minimized. Schnader attorneys have experience representing innovators and entrepreneurs across all stages of development – from business formation and early lines of credit; to private placement and public capital; to strategic introductions taking the business to the next level – anywhere your business leads you. We are sensitive to the needs of growing companies and we are committed to meeting those needs efficiently and cost-effectively. Our attorneys place a high priority on understanding our clients' industries and related markets by maintaining a keen awareness of their latest developments. We have assembled a team of attorneys that can provide integrated legal services within such areas as organizational structuring, finance, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, tax, public private partnerships, economic development initiatives and international law.
Schnader also has substantial experience in representing venture capital funds, private equity funds, investment bankers and corporate investors. We represent investment funds both in formation and the raising of investment capital, nationally and internationally, as well as in the structuring of their investments in portfolio companies. To help connect entrepreneurs and financiers more effectively, we have developed a national venture capital database because we understand that companies invest a considerable amount of time, energy and funds in growing their businesses.
In short, Schnader recognizes that your innovation distinguishes you as a leader and our attorneys can offer counsel on how you can realize your goals, develop your business and achieve strategic growth. To learn more about our Business and Technology services, please click here.
Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for companies in the technology, life science, venture capital/private equity and premium wine industries. SVB provides a comprehensive suite of financing solutions, treasury management, corporate investment and international banking services to its clients worldwide. Through its focus on specialized markets and extensive knowledge of the people and business issues driving them, Silicon Valley Bank provides a level of service and partnership that measurably impacts its clients' success. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 27 U.S. offices and international operations in China, India, Israel and the United Kingdom. Silicon Valley Bank is a member of global financial services firm SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), with SVB Analytics, SVB Capital, SVB Global and SVB Private Client Services. More information on the company can be found at http://www.svb.com/.
Silicon Valley Bank is the California bank subsidiary and the commercial banking operation of SVB Financial Group. Banking services are provided by Silicon Valley Bank, a member of the FDIC and the Federal Reserve System. SVB Private Client Services is a division of Silicon Valley Bank. SVB Financial Group is also a member of the Federal Reserve System.
Sisterson & Co. LLP, one of the largest CPA firms in western Pennsylvania, has long had a reputation for providing the highest-quality tax, audit and consulting services to all of our clients. Our commitment to this level of performance extends directly to our service to emerging companies, and venture capital and private equity investors. We deliver extensive knowledge in the accounting and tax areas unique to this sector (revenue recognition, complex equity structures, share-based compensation and valuation, and "at value" reporting), as well as the ability to serve your needs relative to mergers and acquisitions, information technology, and business valuation.
Stonewood Capital Management, Inc. is a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm seeking investment opportunities primarily with manufacturing, assembly, or distribution companies with sales from $5 to $60 million. Stonewood also provides growth capital for early stage technology companies.
Stonewood offers those in search of capital an unusual advantage because it is managed by a small group of executives charged with investing the private equity component of a large private portfolio, and as a result Stonewood is free to make both initial and follow-up investments without the approval of an outside board of investors. This means that Stonewood can serve the interests of everyone involved with maximum flexibility and minimal delay. More importantly, it means that Stonewood can invest in businesses for the long term, without undue concern for short-term performance.
For more than a century, Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky has provided clients with top quality legal counsel and representation. If you have a legal problem and think you may need a lawyer, contact Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky today. Our experienced and knowledgeable lawyers in Pittsburgh give your case the personalized attention it deserves.
Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky is a mid-sized, general practice law firm that represents public and private businesses as well as institutional and individual financiers and their families. With roots dating to 1908, we are one of the oldest and most respected Pittsburgh law firms.
During our long and successful history, we have established a national reputation for quality and personal service through a distinctive culture characterized by deep experience, lasting relationships with clients, and exacting standards.
At Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, delivering outstanding legal performance to help clients succeed is what drives and motivates our more than 300 attorneys and legal professionals every day. Taft has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Northern Kentucky; and Phoenix, Arizona. The firm practices across a wide range of industries, in virtually every area of law, including Business and Finance; Litigation; Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights; Environmental; Health and Life Sciences; Private Client Services; Real Estate; and Tax. With a proven track record of experience since 1885, the firm offers legal expertise coupled with a trusted business perspective to help clients, including venture capital firms and emerging growth companies, reach their goals.
TechColumbus helps established technology companies grow their business, their capabilities, their connections, and their knowledge. We help start-ups grow their concepts, their maturity, their abilities, and their ambitions. And we help individuals grow their careers, their expertise, their networks, and their confidence. Every day, TechColumbus provides the people, information, and funding critical to a thriving innovation economy.
TechGROWTH Ohio assists technologically-innovative, early-stage companies and entrepreneurs to accelerate commercialization pathways by providing professional business assistance, material resources, and access to pre-seed and follow-on investment opportunities. In this way, TechGROWTH Ohio prepares companies for market-entry helping them attract the resources they need for growth and sustainability.
TechGROWTH Ohio serves a 19-county region in eastern and southern Ohio, and is located at Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs in Athens, Ohio. Funded by the Ohio Third Frontier, TechGROWTH works with a network of partners throughout its region, mobilizing resources to provide intensive operational assistance and financing opportunities for early-stage technology companies. As a part of the Third Frontier's Entrepreneurial Signature Program, TechGROWTH Ohio works with technology companies in interactive digital media, bioscience, advanced energy, bio-agriculture, and other emerging innovative technologies. For more information, visit http://www.techgrowthohio.com/.
The Technology Collaborative is an independent non-profit economic development organization where collaboration and innovation help accelerate the growth of businesses. Our mission is to help create Pennsylvania's new economy by developing collaborating clusters that leverage the region's world-class assets in Robotics, Advanced Electronics, and Cyber Security.
The Technology Collaborative is helping to create an ideal environment for business expansion by leveraging the region's existing high-tech base, and combining it with resources and support from local universities, private foundations, regional development organizations, federal, state, and local government, and industry. We enable regional economic growth by utilizing this "business friendly" environment to attract new companies to the region, help local companies grow, and foster start-ups. As a member-driven initiative, TTC delivers value-added programs and services that start-up and expanding businesses need.
Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP is a full-service law firm with offices located in Pittsburgh; Philadelphia; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wilmington, Delaware; and Princeton, New Jersey. Approximately 100 lawyers support a wide variety of clients' needs in the areas of Financial and Real Estate Transactions, Corporate Law, and Litigation.
Since 1895 our attorneys have practiced law in a manner that earns the respect, trust and appreciation of clients, peers, and those who live in our communities. Thorp Reed combines deep expertise in multiple practice areas and industries, with broad perspectives gained from a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving. The result is superior service for clients of all sizes and needs – ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-up entities, non-profit organizations and individuals.
TJ&S is one of Pittsburgh's largest, most experienced benefits brokerage firms and commercial insurance brokers. Since 1924, TJ&S has provided quality, professional insurance advice and products to thousands of companies and individuals. We listen and uncover your needs. Then, as experts in risk management and employee benefits, we design complete financial programs based on our extensive knowledge of your business. We work with a large number of start-ups in the High Tech and Life Science arena.
The Nepa/Susco Team's work ethic is simple and powerful. It is based on the value of collaboration. We work side by side with you, taking the time to understand your individual needs and ambitions. This deep understanding, combined with the powerful global resources of UBS will lay the foundation for a lasting relationship.
Partnering with The University of Pittsburgh And its Pitt Innovators
The University of Pittsburgh - Changing the world through... Imagination. Ingenuity. Innovation
Pitt Innovators - faculty, staff and students at the University of Pittsburgh - truly are changing the world through their imagination, ingenuity and innovation. The Office of Technology Management, with support from our affiliate Office of Enterprise Development, Health Sciences, works hard to help them.
We facilitate the transformation of their ideas and research into market-driven products and processes. At the same time, we work to foster new relationships with industry - lasting partnerships in sponsored research, new innovation development, technology out-licensing, and the formation of start-up companies.
Indeed, the University of Pittsburgh has been elevated to the top tier of the nation's research universities by the collective research endeavors of Pitt Innovators. And they have brought to life significant innovations in:
Medical device development
Cancer detection and treatment
Computer modeling and simulation
Tissue engineering
National preparedness
Neuroscience
Radio frequency identification
Biophysics
Drug discovery
Learning technology
Genomics
Gene therapy
Advanced materials
Aging
Rehabilitation science
Translational medicine
Energy research
Organ transplantation
Nanoscience and engineering
Quality of life
Regenerative medicine
Please consider partnering with us and our Pitt Innovators. We look forward to working with you. Contact us 412-624-4474 or 412-383-7140. Our Web address: http://www.otm.pitt.edu/.
UPMC is a $9 billion global health enterprise with more than 50,000 employees headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., and is transforming health care by integrating more than 20 hospitals, 400 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, a health insurance services division, and international and commercial services. Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC is redefining health care by using innovative science, technology, and medicine to invent new models of accountable, cost-efficient, and patient-centered care. For more information on how UPMC is taking medicine from where it is to where it needs to be, go to UPMC.com.
West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) is a physician-led healthcare organization based in Pittsburgh, Pa. Recognized as the healthcare quality and personalized service leader in its market, the organization's sole purpose is to improve the health of people in the Western Pennsylvania region. WPAHS employs approximately 12,600 people, including full- and part-time employees. In addition, the System is affiliated with nearly 1,700 physicians. WPAHS admits nearly 78,000 patients, treats over 196,000 emergency room cases, and logs more than 806,850 outpatient visits each year.
This five-hospital network includes Allegheny General Hospital on the North Side, West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield, Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights, Canonsburg General Hospital in Canonsburg, and Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville. WPAHS specialty programs continually receive national and international recognition - including Orthopaedic & Rehabilitation, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Cancer, which make up the organization's four Institutes of Excellence. WPAHS offers 46 graduate medical programs, two medical school affiliations and two nursing schools. Allegheny General and West Penn Hospital serve as clinical campuses for the medical schools of Drexel University and Temple University, respectively. Additionally, the Allegheny-Singer Research Institute sponsors interdisciplinary programs to understand, treat and prevent human diseases, and WPAHS hospitals are frequently involved in research studies in the areas of breast and bowel cancer, burn care, cardiovascular disease, leukemia and lymphoma, neurological diseases, and more.
The Youngstown Business Incubator is a 501(c) 3 charitable, non-profit focused on the development of B2B software application companies in the Mahoning Valley. Our 18 portfolio companies operate out of a YBI owned three building campus in downtown Youngstown, Ohio. We are a managed technology cluster for B2B software firms who currently employ over 300 people. By managed cluster, we mean that we hold each of these employees responsible for sharing their unique business or technical knowledge with others in the cluster that may need to gain that knowledge.
So when the two person startup comes to us for the first time, here is what we tell them: "There are over three hundred people working on our campus. What would you like them to do for you?"
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