126 investors have funded 48 Life Sciences companies head-officed in Pittsburgh, across 239 rounds (Feb 1998 – Dec 2025). They are ranked by how many Pittsburgh companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Pittsburgh" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse | Pittsburgh, United States | Series BSeries AUnattributed | 13 | 18 | 6 | Jun 2019 | 40 |
| 2 | Innovation Works | Pittsburgh, United States | Series ASeedUnattributed | 13 | 13 | 3 | Aug 2023 | 141 |
| 3 | UPMC | Pittsburgh, United States | Series BSeries CSeries A | 4 | 4 | 3 | Jul 2022 | 34 |
| 4 | Draper Triangle | Pittsburgh, United States | Series E+Series CSeries D | 3 | 9 | 2 | May 2012 | 31 |
| 5 | Accelerator Fund | Pittsburgh, United States | Series BSeedSeries D | 3 | 5 | — | Mar 2017 | 6 |
| 6 | BlueTree Allied Angels | Wexford, United States | Series BSeries A | 3 | 4 | — | Jun 2017 | 17 |
| 7 | Newlin Investment | Sewickley, United States | Series ASeries BSeed | 3 | 4 | 2 | Sep 2018 | 7 |
| 8 | AlphaLab | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 3 | 3 | 1 | Jun 2012 | 100 |
| 9 | Richard King Mellon Foundation | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 3 | 3 | 1 | Dec 2025 | 17 |
| 10 | Birchmere Ventures | Pittsburgh, United States | Series ASeries BSeries D | 2 | 9 | 2 | Mar 2017 | 59 |
| 11 | Allos Ventures | Indianapolis, United States | Series CSeedSeries A | 2 | 4 | 2 | Dec 2021 | 58 |
| 12 | Ascension Ventures | Clayton, United States | Series E+Series CSeries A | 2 | 3 | 1 | May 2012 | 72 |
| 13 | Eagle Ventures | Pittsburgh, United States | Series ASeries B | 2 | 3 | 2 | Feb 2012 | 8 |
| 14 | KKR | New York City, United States | Series E+Series B | 2 | 2 | 2 | Jan 2017 | 326 |
| 15 | BlueTree Venture Fund | Wexford, United States | Series CSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Aug 2017 | 8 |
| 16 | ASAP | Savannah, United States | Series BSeries A | 2 | 2 | — | Jul 2015 | 6 |
| 17 | TVM Capital | Munich, Germany | Series DSeries CSeries B | 1 | 4 | — | Jun 2010 | 77 |
| 18 | Adams Capital Management | Sewickley, United States | Series DSeries C | 1 | 4 | — | Jun 2010 | 35 |
| 19 | Saturn Partners | Boston, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 4 | 1 | Nov 2012 | 16 |
| 20 | Kramer Capital Partners | Stamford, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 4 | 1 | Nov 2012 | 1 |
| 21 | Ben Franklin Technology Partners | State College, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Mar 2014 | 150 |
| 22 | Quaker Partners | Series DSeries C | 1 | 3 | — | Jun 2010 | 23 | |
| 23 | Kern Whelan Capital | Larkspur, United States | Series BSeries CSeries A | 1 | 3 | — | Dec 2011 | 8 |
| 24 | Juvenescence | Dublin, Ireland | Series A | 1 | 3 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 5 |
| 25 | Founders Fund | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Oct 2025 | 543 |
| 26 | InterWest Partners | Los Altos, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2004 | 187 |
| 27 | Versant Ventures | Basel, Switzerland | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2017 | 174 |
| 28 | Mitsui | Chiyoda City, Japan | Series C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Dec 2013 | 180 |
| 29 | Trident Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2010 | 94 |
| 30 | Longitude Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series D | 1 | 2 | — | Jun 2010 | 84 |
| 31 | Arboretum Ventures | Ann Arbor, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2017 | 65 |
| 32 | Golden Seeds | New York City, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 2 | Jul 2015 | 80 |
| 33 | Oxford Bioscience Partners | Boston, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Jan 2004 | 54 |
| 34 | Presight Capital | West Hollywood, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 2 | Oct 2025 | 37 |
| 35 | Stephens | Little Rock, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | — | Sep 2003 | 43 |
| 36 | Radius Ventures | New York City, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2010 | 25 |
| 37 | Axiom Venture Partners | Hartford, United States | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jan 2004 | 18 |
| 38 | Novitas Capital | Wayne, United States | Series B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Aug 2016 | 15 |
| 39 | ZEISS | Oberkochen, Germany | Series BSeries A | 1 | 2 | — | Jan 2004 | 21 |
| 40 | Salix Ventures | Nashville, United States | Series CSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Apr 2010 | 16 |
| 41 | Harbor Light Capital Partners | Keene, United States | Series ASeries B | 1 | 2 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 7 |
| 42 | MAK Capital | New York City, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 2 | 2 | Apr 2025 | 4 |
| 43 | NMT Capital | Norwell, United States | Series CSeries B | 1 | 2 | — | Apr 2010 | 4 |
| 44 | LaunchCyte | Pittsburgh, United States | Series ASeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2012 | 2 |
| 45 | Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 1 | 2 | — | Dec 2012 | 1 |
| 46 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2021 | 5,648 |
| 47 | Techstars | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2020 | 3,580 |
| 48 | Bessemer Venture Partners | Redwood City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2021 | 781 |
| 49 | Bain Capital Ventures | Boston, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2010 | 395 |
| 50 | DFJ | Menlo Park, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2012 | 336 |
| 51 | Gener8tor | Madison, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2022 | 323 |
| 52 | Comcast Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2012 | 219 |
| 53 | Initialized Capital | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2022 | 207 |
| 54 | IndieBio | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2022 | 252 |
| 55 | Alta Partners | Jackson, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2004 | 118 |
| 56 | Frazier Healthcare Partners | Seattle, United States | Post-IPO | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2018 | 118 |
| 57 | Tech Coast Angels | Los Angeles, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 160 |
| 58 | Keiretsu Forum | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 154 |
| 59 | NewSpring | Radnor, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2006 | 129 |
| 60 | Delphi Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1998 | 92 |
| 61 | Ulu Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 100 |
| 62 | Accenture | Dublin, Ireland | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2023 | 109 |
| 63 | Quake Capital | Austin, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2017 | 113 |
| 64 | Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2003 | 106 |
| 65 | Dolby Family Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 76 |
| 66 | River Cities Capital | Cincinnati, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2006 | 69 |
| 67 | Glynn Capital | Menlo Park, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2003 | 70 |
| 68 | Day One Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 77 |
| 69 | Burrill and Company | Wuxi, China | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2004 | 57 |
| 70 | Metaplanet | Tallinn, Estonia | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 70 |
| 71 | Company K Partners | Seoul, South Korea | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 72 |
| 72 | Technology Partners | Palo Alto, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2012 | 46 |
| 73 | Illumina Ventures | Foster City, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2018 | 40 |
| 74 | Prime Movers Lab | Jackson, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2023 | 39 |
| 75 | Peninsula Capital Partners | Southfield, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2003 | 49 |
| 76 | CHL Medical Partners | Westport, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2001 | 28 |
| 77 | Robert Bosch Venture Capital | Stuttgart, Germany | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Apr 2010 | 26 |
| 78 | The Entrepreneurs' Fund | San Mateo, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2003 | 27 |
| 79 | K50 Ventures | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2022 | 32 |
| 80 | Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2013 | 27 |
| 81 | Biogen | Cambridge, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2012 | 21 |
| 82 | CID Capital | Carmel, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2006 | 20 |
| 83 | Narya | Cincinnati, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 13 |
| 84 | Horizon Ventures | Los Altos, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2003 | 15 |
| 85 | HealthCare Royalty Partners | Stamford, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2014 | 19 |
| 86 | QUAD | Seoul, South Korea | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2022 | 16 |
| 87 | NuFund | San Diego, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2023 | 18 |
| 88 | Riverfront Ventures | Pittsburgh, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2017 | 14 |
| 89 | Solas BioVentures | Chattanooga, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2020 | 14 |
| 90 | Maine Angels | Portland, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 15 |
| 91 | InCube Ventures | San Jose, United States | Series E+ | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2012 | 11 |
| 92 | The Hillman Company | Pittsburgh, United States | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2010 | 9 |
| 93 | GOOSE Capital | Houston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dec 2017 | 14 |
| 94 | Scale | Melbourne, Australia | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2015 | 14 |
| 95 | AMR Action Fund | Boston, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2025 | 12 |
| 96 | TVM | Munich, Germany | Series D | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2008 | 12 |
| 97 | Seneca Partners | Southfield, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2006 | 13 |
| 98 | Inflexion Partners | Orlando, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2006 | 8 |
| 99 | Partner Ventures | Portola Valley, United States | Series B | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2017 | 14 |
| 100 | Sun Pharma | Mumbai, India | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2017 | 10 |
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Life Sciences companies head-officed in Pittsburgh that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALung alung.com |
13 | 18 | $443.1M | Series C Mar 2017 |
| Cognition Therapeutics cogrx.com |
12 | 16 | $157.2M | Series B Jul 2015 |
| Helomics helomics.com |
11 | 29 | $843M | Series E+ Nov 2014 |
| Cellomics cellomics.com |
11 | 15 | $115.9M | Series B Jan 2004 |
| Aethon aethon.com |
10 | 17 | $126.4M | Series C Dec 2013 |
| BodyMedia bodymedia.com |
7 | 8 | $72M | Series E+ May 2012 |
| Carmell carmellcorp.com |
7 | 11 | $38M | Series B Jun 2017 |
| Invivodata invivodata.com |
7 | 7 | $28.8M | Series B Sep 2006 |
| Peptilogics peptilogics.com |
6 | 8 | $467.1M | Series B Oct 2025 |
| Knopp Biosciences knoppbio.com |
6 | 13 | $213.2M | Series D Nov 2020 |
| Mindstate mindstate.design |
6 | 6 | $57.6M | Seed Feb 2022 |
| Cernostics cernostics.com |
6 | 9 | $17M | Series B Mar 2018 |
| Ebb Therapeutics ebbsleep.com |
5 | 7 | $173M | Series B Jan 2017 |
| Cohera Medical coheramedical.com |
5 | 8 | $101M | Series E+ Oct 2015 |
| RIMSYS rimsys.io |
4 | 5 | $49.5M | Series A Dec 2021 |
| RedPath IP redpathip.com |
4 | 4 | $26M | Series A Dec 2006 |
| Duo Oncology duooncology.com |
4 | 4 | $17M | Seed Aug 2023 |
| LyGenesis lygenesis.com |
3 | 5 | $49M | Series A Oct 2023 |
| Forest Devices forestdevices.com |
3 | 4 | $4.8M | Seed Dec 2017 |
| Accel Diagnostics acceldx.com |
3 | 4 | $425K | Seed Apr 2013 |
| ActivAided activaided.com |
3 | 3 | $325K | Seed Jan 2013 |
| Noveome noveome.com |
2 | 3 | $87.2M | Series E+ Apr 2025 |
| Krystal Biotech krystalbio.com |
2 | 2 | $21.3M | Post-IPO Aug 2018 |
| Globin Solutions globinsolutions.com |
2 | 2 | $10M | Series A Jan 2018 |
| Blue Belt Tech bluebelttech.com |
2 | 2 | $4.8M | Series A Sep 2009 |
| PECA Labs pecalabs.com |
2 | 2 | $3.1M | Series A May 2015 |
| ARIEL Precision Medicine arielmedicine.com |
2 | 3 | $2.1M | Seed Nov 2017 |
| Rubitection rubitection.com |
2 | 2 | $420K | Seed Sep 2020 |
| Cytoagents cytoagents.com |
2 | 2 | $250K | Seed Jul 2020 |
| KaliVir Immunotherapeutics kalivir.com |
2 | 2 | — | Series A Mar 2022 |
| Novasenta novasenta.com |
1 | 1 | $40M | Series A Jul 2022 |
| Reach Neuro reachneuro.com |
1 | 1 | $680K | Seed Dec 2022 |
| Sharp sharptx.com |
1 | 1 | $600K | Series B Aug 2014 |
| PredxBio predxbio.com |
1 | 1 | $400K | Seed Sep 2018 |
| Plexision plexision.com |
1 | 1 | $365K | Seed Jul 2025 |
| Zegenex zegenex.com |
1 | 1 | $215K | Seed Dec 2025 |
| Aeronics aeronicsinc.com |
1 | 1 | $150K | Seed Nov 2017 |
| Ocugenix ocugenix.com |
1 | 1 | $100K | Seed Jun 2017 |
| Agentase agentase.com |
1 | 1 | $100K | Unattributed Apr 2004 |
| OK2StandUP ok2standup.com |
1 | 1 | $60K | Seed Sep 2022 |
| Conversant Labs conversantlabs.com |
1 | 1 | $25K | |
| SpectraGenetics spectragenetics.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Nov 2003 |
| Falcon Genomics falcongenomics.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Aug 2007 |
| Caliber caliberuniversal.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2009 |
| Protometrix protometrix.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Jun 2001 |
| Biosafe biosafe.com |
1 | 1 | — | Unattributed Jun 2007 |
| Ocean Genomics oceangenomics.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2023 |
| SkinJect skinjectpatch.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed May 2016 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | Richard King Mellon Foundation | Zegenex | Seed | $215K |
| Oct 2025 | Founders FundLED | Peptilogics | Series B | $78M |
| Oct 2025 | Presight CapitalLED | Peptilogics | Series B | $78M |
| Oct 2025 | Beyond Venture Partners | Peptilogics | Series B | $78M |
| Oct 2025 | Narya | Peptilogics | Series B | $78M |
| Oct 2025 | AMR Action Fund | Peptilogics | Series B | $78M |
| Jul 2025 | Richard King Mellon Foundation | Plexision | Seed | $365K |
| Apr 2025 | MAK CapitalLED | Noveome | Series E+ | $51M |
| Oct 2023 | Prime Movers LabLED | LyGenesis | Series A | $19M |
| Oct 2023 | Juvenescence | LyGenesis | Series A | $19M |
| Aug 2023 | SeedFolioLED | Duo Oncology | Seed | $4.3M |
| Aug 2023 | Ulu Ventures | Duo Oncology | Seed | $4.3M |
| Aug 2023 | Innovation Works | Duo Oncology | Seed | $4.3M |
| Aug 2023 | NuFund | Duo Oncology | Seed | $4.3M |
| Aug 2023 | MAK CapitalLED | Noveome | Series E+ | $36.2M |
| Feb 2023 | AccentureLED | Ocean Genomics | Seed | — |
| Dec 2022 | IndieBioLED | Reach Neuro | Seed | $680K |
| Sep 2022 | Gener8torLED | OK2StandUP | Seed | $60K |
| Jul 2022 | UPMCLED | Novasenta | Series A | $40M |
| Mar 2022 | QUAD | KaliVir Immunotherapeutics | Series A | — |
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