2021年7月14日

第二季度数字广告不仅远远落后于其他国家,但从第一季度的数据,总共6295万美元投资在26个科技公司。也有重大风险资本对于匹兹堡,同比下降城市后,在24日吸引了7665万美元的交易在2020年第二季度。这表明,今年可能不会超过2020的108家当地公司12个月的5.8321亿美元。本季度最大的交易在匹兹堡作为Lawrenceville-based边缘的一个1200万美元的案例研究,公司专门从事安全平台和产品自主技术。还领先季度BluPanda 800万美元的天使投资,一条区业务专注于医疗保健管理自动化。DeltaTrainer、阿波罗和Innovu每个筹集了400万美元的种子,分别系列和后期风险资本融资。风险监控不包括1100万美元的系列B轮由北Side-based IRA行业科技公司今年6月早些时候IRALOGIX。这个数字使第二季度风险资本总数增至5136万美元,仍落后于前一个季度。五本季度十大的交易在healthtech或生命科学——包括Lipella制药、ALung和Epistemix除了BluPanda和阿波罗——或许表明投资者的兴趣,增加部门后重新关注它在大流行期间。也有一种说法,匹兹堡的本地社区可能会带来新的风险资本支持在不久的将来,作为新生的公司如黑科技国家企业和412年风险基金构建投资组合。 National Venture Capital Association Research Director Michael Chow said the lack of Q2 investment doesn’t necessarily mean Pittsburgh isn’t being supported. “Venture-backed companies located in Pittsburgh like Knopp Biosciences, BlueSphere Bio and Gecko Robotics could very well have enough money on hand that they don’t feel a need to raise capital right now,” he told Technical.ly via email. “All three of these companies raised capital in December 2019 or later, so capital is definitely still being invested into the area. Another sign of the health of Pittsburgh’s VC ecosystem is the terrific year it had in terms of exits in 2020 with $4.1 billion in exit value, a new annual record.” But the partial successes and potential explanations behind these new numbers remain bittersweet, as there was little representation in recent deals from Pittsburgh’s more dominant robotics and autonomous technology sectors. Worse yet, while the second quarter deals were spread across angel, seed and early-stage investments, a news release for the Venture Monitor noted that the second half of the year is expected to see numbers grow more for late stage ones — a disappointing prediction for a city with a higher proportion of startups and tech giants compared to its growth companies, with the major exception being Duolingo . These numbers show that despite promises from community members old and new to reinvigorate Pittsburgh as a global hub of innovation, companies and ecosystem leaders here might need to devote more time and energy to bringing outside funding to the city, and encouraging local wealth to put its money into startups.