Southwestern PA’s economy is balanced with a combination of mature industries that are transforming for competitiveness and vital new ones that are shaping new technologies and fields in information technology, robotics, life sciences, advanced materials and other critical sectors. 

With R&D powerhouses here, including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, the region is home to some of the world’s best scientific minds who produce a continual stream of cutting-edge ideas and technologies.

The region provides an investment climate that is steady and opportunistic for a growing cadre of private and institutional investors who keep the timing and competition for dealflow steady.

Filling the Investment Gap
IW helps connect investors with quality dealflow and other investors, and provides education, funding and in-kind services to support the continued growth in investment in this region.  The timeframe between private and institutional investment in companies has expanded in the past several years, and IW has responded with additional rounds of investment in portfolio companies to keep their momentum high during critical stages of product development and company growth.