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| Pittsburgh Innovates: The little startup that could - Vocollect celebrates 20 years, hiring 50 |
| September 17, 2008 |
| As the story goes, Vocollect started out three guys and a machine shop in North Versailles. Then General Mills asked Roger Byford if he could create a wearable voice system for the company. |
| Read More at Pop City. |
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| Pittsburgh Innovates: Pittsburgh's Thorley Industries rolls out kiddie gear - the Mamaroo too |
| September 17, 2008 |
| Thorley Industries' audio bouncy seat for infants won a national award at this month's Juvenile Products Manufacturing Association conference. The Mamaroo is one of three new products that will roll out in retail stores in the next six months. |
| Read More at Pop City. |
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| Carnegie Speech plans move, intends to double staff, space |
| September 12, 2008 |
| Carnegie Speech Company Inc. said it will double its staff and office space as new products drive growth at the speech recognition software maker. |
| Read More at Pittsburgh Business Times. |
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| ModCloth searches for "just right" space to grow |
| September 12, 2008 |
| ModCloth Inc. has the Goldilocks syndrome - looking for an office size that is "just right" for its pace of growth |
| Read more at Pittsburgh Business Times. |
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| Ross company's product designed to keep better track of surgical sponges |
| September 11, 2008 |
| They are called "never events" because they are never supposed to happen. But they do - in an estimated one in 1,000 to 1,500 open abdominal surgeries, patients get wheeled out of an operating room with an undetected sponge or towel still inside of them. A Ross business wants to reduce that number. |
| Read More at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. |
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| Aetheon's Robots Changing Health Care |
| August 27, 2008 |
| Pittsburgh-based Aetheon is one of seven hot medical technology start-ups whose innovations are changing health care. |
| Read More at Forbes.com |
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| Pittsburgh Innovates: BPL Global hauls in $23M for smart-grid technology, doubling globally, hiring 16 here |
| August 20, 2008 |
| Sewickley-based BPL Global, a utility company innovator, has received $23 million in funding, a mix of growth capital, bank financing and acquisition financing. |
| Read More at Pop City. |
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| Close finds investing success by being an angel |
| August 15, 2008 |
| Eric Close likes to invest with a twist. A common strategy for investors is to buy shares in companies that provide products or services they use of in industry sectors in which they work. Close, who is CEO of RedZone Robotics Inc., takes it a step further. He eschews stocks and buys into young, mostly local private companies. In other words, Close is an angel. |
| Read More at Pittsburgh Business Times. |
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| Pittsburgh Goes Global |
| August 13, 2008 |
| Here's a switch: instead of top-down party planning, you are being asked to plan your own party, in any part of September, all of September if you want, then link it to Global Pittsburgh Celebration. Have an event - any event - celebrating Pittsburgh Global Diversity. Everyone is welcome to recognize, celebrate, and, most important, grow Pittsburgh's incredible international business. |
| Read more at Pop City. |
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| Pittsburgh Innovates: Robotic toy town here we come! |
| August 6, 2008 |
| It was in the spirit of innovation and a passion for Brazilian music that Bossa Nova Concepts was born, a company on the brink of turning Pittsburgh into a robotic toy town. |
| Read More at PopCity. |
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| Pittsburgh Innovates: Landslide launches new product, expanding and hiring |
| August 6, 2008 |
| Pittsburgh-based Landslide Technologies Inc's pioneering new software is changing the way salespeople to business. |
| Read More at Pop City. |
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ALung Technologies develops revolutionary respiratory device, tripling and hiring
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| July 23, 2008 |
| Southside-based ALung Technologies has developed a promising alternative to lung ventilation that may prevent serious illness and save lives. |
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Pop City Media
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| Pittsburgh Innovates: Pittsburgh's Qlique is the online host that keeps the party rolling. |
| July 9, 2008 |
| A new Forest Hills-based startup is changing the way we play with each other online. |
| Read More at Pop City.
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Precision Freehand Sculptor - Blue Belt Technologies Inc.
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| July 4, 2008 |
| Blue Belt Technologies Inc. makes a handheld robotic bone-cutter that aids in computer-assisted surgery. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Business Times
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ReBound Therapeutic Warming System - ReGear Life Sciences Inc.
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| July 4, 2008 |
| The ReBound system delivers evenly distributed radio frequency waves to deep muscle tissue to treat chronic pain, repetitive stress injuries, carpal tunnel syndrom and other muscular ailments. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Business Times
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Software for Social Networking Sites - BlenderHouse
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| July 4, 2008 |
| BlenderHouse has developed a software application allowing the user to download the application to their personal site page and "ask" their network of friends for responses on a topic. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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Penthera Secures Financing from Innovation Works
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| July 4, 2008 |
| Pentera Partners, Inc., a provider of software, systems and services for delivering video to mobile devices, has closed $1.3MM financing round including investment from a group of individual investors and Innovation Works, one of the nation's most active seed-stage investors and part of Pennsylvania's statewide Ben Franklin Technology Partners. |
| Read More at
Penthera Partners
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Plugged In: Local Company changing online fashion world
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| July 2, 2008 |
| Modcloth.com started in a dorm room and has since blossomed into an international business online. Please view the complete interview by WTAE's Ashley DiParlo. |
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WTAE-TV
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PA moves up in science, technology ranking
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| June 22, 2008 |
| Pennsylvania has moved from a 16th to 13th national ranking when it comes to technology and science assets. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Robotic arm gives Penna Flame a helping hand
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| June 6, 2008 |
| The newest employee at Penna Flame Industries Inc. is a yellow robotic arm nicknamed Robobb which is heling the 40-year-old Zelienople company increase productivity by 30 percent. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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The Thinkers: Sensor-rich 'Scout Ball' has firm rolling
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| May 26, 2008 |
| "Imagine you're a platoon leader in Afghanistan, approaching the entrance to a dark cave and wondering whether enemy fighters are lurking inside . . . " |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Chrystalplex's "QD" Technology Finds Huge Market Potential
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| May 16, 2008 |
Through its unique, multi-layered approach, Crystalplex is able to create quantum dots that are identical in size, shape and weight in any color.
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TEQ Magazine
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Pittsburgh cyber-security firm rethinks how to protect sensitive data
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| May 16, 2008 |
| BitArmor develops system designed to protect critical data rather than the computer system. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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Plugged In: ShowClix
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| May 15, 2008 |
| A new site is connecting you to your favorite artists and local music events happening in the 'Burgh. |
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WTAE-TV
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TowerCare helps mid-size non-profits to grow, doubling in size and hiring
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| March 5, 2008 |
| With charitable giving in the U.S. on the rise, Wexford-based TowerCare's software for non-profit management and fundraising is in demand. |
| Read More at
Pop City Media
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Software firm raises capital to boost sales to nonprofits
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| February 22, 2008 |
| TowerCare LLC, a Wexford-based developer of software for nonprofit organizations, has raised more than $1 million toward a $2 million goal. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Business Times
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Wireless power transmission company gets state aid
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| February 22, 2008 |
| Powercast Inc., a wireless power transfer company, received a $1.38 million economic incentive package from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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ShowClix's search engine offers music fans and artists an innovative alternative
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| January 23, 2008 |
| ShowClix gives live music fans and independent artists an alternative to concert promotion and online ticket sales. |
| Read More at
Pop City Media
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Working on ALS treatment, local firm gets $10M infusion
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| January 18, 2008 |
| Out-of-town investors led by Boston-based venture capital firm Saturn Management have plugged $10 million into Knopp Neurosciences Inc., a South Side-based pharmaceutical firm. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Business Times
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Thorley Industries lands $215M Hasbro deal, hiring
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| January 16, 2008 |
| Thorley Industries, Strip District developers of innovative new products, has signed a $215M deal with global toymaking giant Hasbro to develop a new product line. |
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Pop City Media
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Top Pittsburgh Tech Companies to Watch in 2008
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| January 16, 2008 |
| Here's the Pop City list of the Top Exciting Companies to Watch in 2008. |
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Pop City Media
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Keep it simple. A clear and simple poduct vision can go a long way
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| January 16, 2008 |
| Seegrid Chairman and CEO, Scott Friedman knows what it takes to help people adhere to the original vision. |
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Inside Product Strategy
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Strip District company reaches $215M license deal
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| January 12, 2008 |
| Thorley Industries will provide 2 products to Hasbro in '08 and as many as 8 more later. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Thorley inks $215M Hasbro deal
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| January 11, 2008 |
| Thorley Industries LLC has entered into a $215 million products licensing deal with Hasbro Inc., the world's second largest toy company. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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Thorley product deal with Hasbro boosts jobs
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| January 11, 2008 |
| Thorley has signed a $215 million deal with international toy maker Hasbro to develop a new line of products |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Pennsylvania-based BPL buys Oregon firm
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| January 9, 2008 |
| BPL Global Ltd. has purchased Serveron Corp., which sells technology that allows electric utilities to monitor transformers. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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Venture Capital Roundup: Nine funded Pittsburgh startups leap into the new year
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| December 19, 2007 |
| Nine Pittsburgh start-ups received venture capital funding in the last quarter of 2007 and Pittsburgh's Innovation Works celebrated a funding milestone of its own. |
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Pop City Media
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Sim Ops Studios' "Wild Pockets" expands our virtual dimensions, hiring
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| December 19, 2007 |
| What began as a virtual training tool to help emergency responders and the mining industry has grown into a unique and innovative game for consumers. |
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Pop City Media
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Pending patent bill makes startups wary
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| November 2, 2007 |
| Investors in young technology and medical device companies are concerned that proposed legislation to reform the U.S. patent systems will wear down startups in lengthy and costly litigation. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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Making Fast Food Even Faster
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| October 28, 2007 |
| Although its time is coming, fast food is a slow sell for new technologies. HyperActive Technologies, which makes a system that uses artificial intelligence to predict customer order flow, took four years to land a corporate customer. |
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The New York Times
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Mobile Aspects Receives Additional Patent for RFID Technology
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| October 24, 2007 |
| Mobile Aspects, the industry leader in providing RFID-enabled solutions to improve profitibality, efficiency, and safety within hospitals, has received another patent for its iRISupply clinical resource management solution. |
| Read More at
dBusinessNews
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Waynesburg company has a better idea
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| October 22, 2007 |
| Separation Design Group, a four-year-old research and development company in Waynesburg, is making a name for itself as a place for cutting-edge science and science education. |
| Read More at
Observer-Reporter
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Redpath's growth spurs move to Strip District
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| October 19, 2007 |
| Biotechnology firm RedPath Inegrated Pathology Inc. will more than triple its office and laboratory space when it moves early next year from the North Side to the Strip District. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Medical research startup changes name, gets capital
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| October 16, 2007 |
| With a new name, a new CEO and new venture capital, a South Side-based medical startup company is moving ahead to commercialize the research of two UPMC doctors. |
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Pittsburgh Business Times
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ShoePhone offers good fit for group talking
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| October 14, 2007 |
| Kansas City Chiefs players talk to fans after the games via TalkShoe -- a Pine Township-based company that runs live, interactive podcasts on the Web. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Local company stems peak-time power trouble
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| September 28, 2007 |
| BPL Global Ltd.'s demand management system has been installed in volunteer households powered through the South San Joaquin Irrigation District in Manteca, California. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Biotech firm's IPO could raise millions: Precision Therapeutics hopes to net $80 million
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| August 31, 2007 |
| Precision Therapeutics Inc. plans to sell its common stock to the public through an initial offering that could raise up to $80.5 million. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Plextronics lands $20.6M in new venture funding
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| August 31, 2007 |
| Plextronics Inc. closed on $20.6 million in new venture capital - it's second significant funding round in little more than a year. |
| Read More at
Pittsburgh Business Times
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Innovation Works portfolio companies featured in the August/September 2007 issue of KEYNotes
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| August 23, 2007 |
| Featured article about Cohera Medical and nanoLamda as University of Pittsburgh spinout technologies funded by Innovation Works. Innovation Works companies featured in previous issues can be found by viewing KEYNotes archives. |
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Ben Franklin Technolgy Parters KEYNotes
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Technically speaking: Pittsburgh's tech start-ups are pushing the region to be the next Silicon Valley
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| August 14, 2007 |
| "For a city with a bizarre dialect, Pittsburgh is one of the speech capitals of the world." |
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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