District Angels supports early-stage startups — but its fellowship for budding investors is the real differentiator.

Adhithi Aji reflects on her journey from Bangalore to Pittsburgh, offering advice on how female entrepreneurs can find similar success.

Montgomery County’s SFA Therapeutics — led by the scientist behind Effexor and Rapamune — is in it for the long haul, with promising results.

The former 2U exec’s new company uses agentic AI to give companies more consumer insights, regardless of their resources.

Plus, Carbon Reform lands a $5.5 million funding round and the City of Philadelphia announces a new multimillion-dollar fund for small businesses.

Founders pursuing solutions in IVF, cancer detection and mental health services have gathered in Baltimore to work on scaling their companies.

That flexibility is reflected in the 74 early-stage companies named on the 2025 RealLIST. Less than 10% — just seven — work entirely in person. Those seven startups are spread across industry ...

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Pittsburgh-based RoboLoop, a CMU spinout, builds its bots with accessible materials that can be sourced from a local hardware store.

From upstarts engineering soil to industry veterans making video games, these promising ventures are tackling big challenges ...

Journey Robotics recently exited stealth mode, and as Pittsburgh becomes a hub for air travel innovation, it's using local support to take off.