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The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) provides capital investments and customized company formation and business growth services to our region’s life sciences enterprises. We support biosciences companies with promising innovations in the following concentrations: Biotechnology Tools, Diagnostics, Healthcare IT, Medical Devices and Therapeutics.

 

We’re propelling the sustainable growth of western Pennsylvania’s life sciences economy by accelerating technology commercialization with seed and early-stage companies; connecting investors with our Investment Portfolio companies; expanding established life sciences ventures and relocating biomedical companies to Pennsylvania.

 

As western Pennsylvania's only investment organization with a pure life sciences focus, we combine our deep knowledge of global industry trends, national networks, and corporate collaborations to identify worthy investment opportunities within our region's industry.  The PLSG serves as an investor relations conduit for life sciences companies.

 

We are tireless advocates in the effort to attract capital investments to western Pennsylvania's life sciences industry. Additionally, we promote the region's biosciences innovations and achievements through media relations, industry events and one-on-one relationship building with investors located in Pittsburgh and across the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest News & Announcements

PLSG Portfolio Company Instrumental to Center of Excellence

THERMAL THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES FDA CLEARANCE OF THE VERATHERMTM PORTABLE HYPERTHERMIC PERFUSION SYSTEM

PLSG Portfolio Company iNTELOMED Inc. Continues Commercialization Efforts

Lipella Pharmaceuticals raising $3 to $5M for pioneering bladder therapy, hiring

Lipella looks to raise Series A round, complete clinical trials by end of 2010

NEURO KINETICS IS COMPANY "TO WATCH", SAYS TOP DEFENSE PUBLICATION

Report: Pittsburgh leads midwest in number of health care startups receiving capital

Tech, life sciences VC funding Q4 2009

ClearCount hopes to spur growth with latest device

Cardiorobotics Adds Location

FROM STEEL TO SCIENCE — Pittsburgh’s universities are helping the city to emerge from its Rust Belt roots and forge a knowledge economy.

Greenhouse program growing successful executives

Places to be: More than Steelers for Pittsburgh pride

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Announces Board of Directors — 2010 Board of Directors expertise complements PLSG’s commercialization strategy

Blood-oxygenating device to get human trials

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Announces Additions to Nationally Recognized Executive Program

Pennsylvania Budget Cuts Mean Less Money for Start-Ups

ClearCount Wins Popular Science "Best Of What's New" Award for SmartSponge System

ClearCount Medical Solutions' SmartSponge Absorbs Errors

Neuro Kinetics and Military Researchers in Push to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Combat Brain Injuries

BioEnterprise - Midwest Health Care Startups Raise $593 Million Through Q3 2009

After a Stroke, When Seconds Count, Innovative Device from NeuroInterventions Speedily Restores Brain's Blood Flow

ALung Technologies raises $2.5 million

The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Adds Life Sciences Veterans to Executive Program

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. Closes Series a Financing

Thermal Therapeutic Systems Completes $2.75 Million Series A Financing With Originate Ventures

Heal Ohio - Showcasing Emerging Wound Care Technologies and Treatments

Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Demonstrates a Region’s Economic Resilience

Five Things that Allowed Pittsburgh to Turn the Corner John Denny

Neuro Kinetics' At Battlefield Health Conference: "Promising" Technology Can Aid Brain-Injured Soldiers

City, county Leaders Hope to tout Local Tech Startups

Cardiorobotics Closes $11.6m Series A Financing To Advance Clinical Development Of Snake Robot For Surgery

Cognition Therapeutics Closes Series a Financing to Advance Drug Canidates for Alzhimer's Disease

Onorato, Ravenstahl Announce Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership of Public &Private Organizations

Winners for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2009 awards in Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia announced

Celsense, Inc Receives NIH Grant to Translate Cell Imaging Technology for Clinical Use

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