BNY is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY  delivers informed investment and wealth management and investment services in 35 countries.

As of December 31, 2022, BNY had $44.3 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.8 trillion in assets under management. BNY can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news

Innovation Works provides investment and assistance to the Pittsburgh region’s most promising technology startups and is the only regional investment fund focused solely on this region, investing more than $113 million in over 600 companies since its formation in 1999.   This activity makes Innovation Works the most active seed-stage investor in the region and one of the country’s most active overall.  Part of the statewide Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Innovation Works is one of four centers in the network to help build PA’s innovative companies, diversify the state’seconomic drivers and capitalize on the world-class research conducted at the renowned universities throughout the state.

Innovation Works is partially funded by the Commonwealth’s Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority. Providing investment, expert guidance, and access to networks, Innovation Works helps software, hardware and life sciences companies get to their next stage of economic growth. In an anonymous survey self-reported by founders and leaders of portfolio companies to receive IW investment in the past ten years, nearly 60% of those leaders were women and/or people of color.  To learn more about Innovation Works, the organization’s commitment to inclusive innovation, and more please visit www.innovationworks.org.