Pittsburgh Area Venture Capital Firms

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Investment Types Managing Partner(s)
Adams Capital Management Inc.

500 Blackburn Avenue
Sewickley, PA 15143
(412) 749-9454

   

 

 

 

 

  

Startup; R&D; First and second stage; Mezzanine; Bridge; Expansion Joel Adams
Alcoa/Advent Venture Capital Fund 201 Isabella Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 553-2982
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Not available M. Michael Mohajery
Armstrong Partners 625 Stanwix Street
Suite 1706
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 471-1551
    
         
Seed; Start-up; First and Second stage; Mezzanine; Expansion; LBO/MBO James Armstrong
Birchmere Capital, LLC 5000 Stonewood East Drive
Suite 220
Wexford, PA 15090
(724) 940-2300
                      Private Equity investing (not venture)
Buyout opps;
Deals primarily with mature co.'s
Richard Stover
Birchmere Ventures II, LP 12 Federal Street
Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 322-3300

 

 

Seed; Start-up; First- and second-stage; Expansion; LBO/MBO Sean Sebastian
CEO Venture Fund One North Shore Center
Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 322-2572

  

 

 

 

 

    

Start-up; First- and Second- stage; Expansion; LBO/MBO James Colker; William Newlin
C&L Ventures 1910 Cochran Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 341-1144

Seed; Start-up Alfred Lipsitz
Commonwealth Capital Goup, L.L.C. 850 Ridge Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 322-8550
       
          Not Available Eric Wissinger
Cornerstone Capital Phoenix Fund 603 Stanwix Street
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 263-2870
   
 
Mezzanine; Bridge; Acquisition; LBO/MBO Garvin Warden; Ron Casper
Draper Triangle Ventures Two Gateway Center
20th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 288-9800
 
 
     
Seed; Start-up; First stage Jay Katarincic; Don Jones
Eagle Ventures, Inc. 400 S. Highland Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
(412) 683-3400
   
 
    Start-up; Expansion; Acquistion; LBO/MBO Melvin Pirchesky
G&Z Investment Two Gateway Center
Suite 2075
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 562-1000
   
   
Second stage; Expansion; Acquisition; LBO/MBO Gene Peck; Charles Gomulka
Huron Capital Partners LLC 225 Ross Street
4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 201-7040
     
 
   
Not Available Mike Beauregard
Innovation Works 2000 Technology Drive
Suite 250
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 681-1520
                 
Seed Not Available
Keystone Minority Venture Capital Fund 1801 Center Avenue
Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 338-2230

   

    

 

Start-up; First and Second stage; Mezzanine;LBO/MBO Earl Hord; N. Rendall Harper
Lancet Capital 100 Technology Drive
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 471-1701

                  Not Available Not Available
Lycos Ventures Two Gateway Center, 20th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 338-8600
                          
Seed; Start-up; First and Second stage; Mezzanine: LBO/MBO Dennis Ciccone
Main Street Capital Holding, LLC

135 Technology Drive
Suite 501
Canonsburg, PA 15317
(724) 746-6900

             
 
Not Available Gerald Prado;
Donald Jenkins
Mellon Ventures Inc. One Mellon Center
Suite 5210
Pittsburgh, PA 15258
(412) 236-3594

 

 

 

 

Start-up; First and Second stage; Mezzanine; Bridge; Expansion; Acquisition; LBO/MBO Lawrence Mock; Charles Billerbeck
PNC Equity Management Corp. 249 Fifth Avenue
One PNC Plaza
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 762-9244
 

 

 

 

Second stage; Mezzanine; Expansion; Acquisition; LBO/MBO Gary Zentner; David Hillman
PNC Technology Investors One PNC Plaza, 8th Floor
245 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 768-2393
                    Not Available Gary Zentner
Pennsylvania Growth Fund 5850 Ellsworth Avenue
Suite 303
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
(412) 661-1000

  

   

 

 

 

       
First stage; Mezzanine; Bridge; Expansion; Acquisition; LBO/MBO Barry Lohrmer; Harold Mendlowitz
Point Venture Partners 400 Century Building
130 Seventh Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 261-1966

 

   

Seed; Start-up, First and second stage; Mezzanine; Bridge; Expansion Don Casturo; Kent Engelmeier
Redleaf Group 100 First Avenue
Suite 950
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 201-5600
 
           
 
Seed; LBO/MBO C. Lloyd Mahaffey; Micahel Nelson
Robinson Venture Partners 6507 Wilkins Avenue
Suite 201
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 661-1200

 

 

 

 

   

Seed; Start-up; First and Second stage; Expansion Stephen Robinson
Stonewood Capital Management Three Gateway Center,
13 East
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 391-0300
               
Seed J. Kenneth Moritz
Summa VentureWorks US Steel Tower, 53rd Floor
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 258-3300
   
            Not Available David Clark, COO
TA Associates Union Trust Building
Suite 433
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 441-4949
 
Not Available Not Available
Western PA Adventure Capital Fund Scott Towne Center
Suite A-113
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
(412) 279-1760

 

Start-up G. Richard Patton;
Alvin Catz
*Information compiled from various public sources and current as of October 2003, to the best of our knowledge.

 

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