Skip to content
Menu
  • Blog
  • Office Hours
  • Apply
  • Apply
  • Program
  • Companies
  • Mentors
  • FAQ
  • Contact

Our Network of Funding
and Support

AlphaLab and AlphaLab Gear are programs of Innovation Works (IW), the country’s 6th most active seed stage investor according to the 2015 PWC Moneytree report. Having a seed fund available for potential follow-on investment is an advantage for the accelerator companies, as is the team of IW experts who expand the mentor network supporting our companies.

  • green-icon

    AlphaLab provides early-stage Software technology companies with an extensive mentor network, educational sessions with industry leaders, and a rich entrepreneurial work environment within a nationally ranked accelerator program. We believe in the power of founding teams to build great companies.

  • gear-icon

    AlphaLab Gear was designed from the ground up around the needs of Hardware startups. Our program length, small class size, and hands-on educational programming are designed to give your hardware startup the attention and assistance it needs to make significant progress on both your product and customer traction during the program.

  • seed-iconInnovation Works is the Seed fund that may provide the next level of resources  for the AlphaLab and AlphaLab Gear accelerator companies’ growth. IW fuels the technology economy in Southwestern PA through direct investments and business expertise. Every year, we help hundreds of entrepreneurs, researchers and small manufacturers to create new markets and change the world with their ideas and innovations. 

We help startup companies:

-Build great products that customers love
-Gain market traction through sales and marketing
-Close significant funding rounds and reach successful exits

Looking for Alphalab Gear?
  • Blog
  • Office Hours
  • Apply

AlphaLab

  • Apply
  • Program
  • Companies
  • Mentors
  • FAQ
  • Contact
News

Two Pitt Startups Earn Top Ranking

Posted on June 16, 2017

Pittsburgh startup develops app for women business travelers

Posted on May 25, 2017

Pittsburghers created this service so you can experience far-away cities like a local

Posted on May 9, 2017

Bansen Labs wins 2016 Louisiana Startup Prize

Posted on August 22, 2016

Yelp will soon let you skip the line at restaurants thanks to Nowait partnership

Posted on August 11, 2016

The Young Entrepreneurs: Suitable

Posted on May 10, 2016

Restaurant waitlisting app NoWait rolls out mobile payments

Posted on April 11, 2016

Where Pittsburgh’s Industrial History Meets a More Equitable Future

Posted on December 21, 2015

Meet AlphaLab’s new class of startups

Posted on December 8, 2015

From Pitch to Payment

Posted on November 11, 2015

Posts navigation

Older posts

Categories

  • AlphaLab Press
  • Announcements
  • Application Cycle
  • Company Press
  • Event
  • Featured
  • Interview
  • News
  • Podcasts
  • Productivity
  • Quick Hits
  • Spotlight
  • Uncategorized

Archives

Tags

  • AlphaLab
  • Pittsburgh
  • Application
  • Open Coffee
  • AlphaLab Gear
  • Events at AlphaLab
  • startups
  • SitWith
  • Alumni
  • Easely
  • apply
  • NoWait
  • Interns
  • The Resumator
  • Nebulus
  • Info Night
  • SolePower
  • Accel Diagnostics
  • Accelerator rankings
  • Tech
  • Hardware Cup
  • customer success
  • Silicon Valley
  • software
  • product market fit
  • Identified Technologies
  • SXSW
  • event
  • accelerator
  • Info Lunch
  • Liz Crawford
  • Genacast Ventures
  • Birchbox
  • Demo Day
  • Covey
  • Innovation Works
  • investment
  • pitch competition
  • Pittsburgh startups
  • Rise of the Rest
  • Steve Case
  • AcitvAided
  • SBA
  • CMU
  • Rental
  • Cycle 13
  • DataSquid
  • Deborah Todd
  • Pittsburgh Post Gazette
  • ResearchWe
  • AthleteTrax
  • CDL Warrior
  • Stages
  • Art
Our Programs
Follow Us
Copyright © 2023 AlphaLab. All rights reserved.
Site by Imagebox