Pittsburgh Equity Partners

Pittsburgh Equity Partners (PEP) is a venture capital fund specifically formed to grow Western Pennsylvania's most promising early-stage companies in the life sciences and information technology industries. A lack of capital for these early-stage technology companies has long been recognized as a shortcoming in their region.

Edward R. Engler

Managing Partner

Stephen Robinson

Managing Partner

8 past transactions

Voci Technologies

Series A in 2012
Voci helps companies analyze their audio for the in-depth voice of the customer insights and track call center performance metrics using the most accurate speech recognition, natural language, and machine learning technologies. Companies in highly regulated industries rely on Voci to safeguard their audio and monitor call center agents for compliance purposes. Voci also produces highly readable automatic speech-to-text voicemail output for telecommunication companies and their customers.

Voci Technologies

Venture Round in 2012
Voci helps companies analyze their audio for the in-depth voice of the customer insights and track call center performance metrics using the most accurate speech recognition, natural language, and machine learning technologies. Companies in highly regulated industries rely on Voci to safeguard their audio and monitor call center agents for compliance purposes. Voci also produces highly readable automatic speech-to-text voicemail output for telecommunication companies and their customers.

Encentiv Energy

Angel Round in 2009
Encentivizer™ provides actionable data for manufacturers, energy efficiency professionals, and utilities. It’s cost effective digital customer engagement for all the industry’s stakeholders -- empowering all customers to make smarter + faster energy efficiency decisions. Encentivizer™ is a scalable, cloud technology that uses vast amounts of energy efficiency product information and utility incentives which empowers utilities and the energy efficiency community to engage business customers and guide them to take action to permanently reduce their energy consumption.

ShowClix

Series B in 2011
ShowClix, a product of Patron Technology, is a full-service event technology solution that handles ticket sales, marketing, and on-site operations for their partners. They operate in over 20 countries and localize their platform for each market. ShowClix partners include fandom conventions, museums, festivals, attractions, and consumer shows. Iconic brands like New York Comic Con, Ice Castles, The Daily Show, PAX, and MoMa choose ShowClix to power their events.

Encentiv Energy

Series A in 2016
Encentivizer™ provides actionable data for manufacturers, energy efficiency professionals, and utilities. It’s cost effective digital customer engagement for all the industry’s stakeholders -- empowering all customers to make smarter + faster energy efficiency decisions. Encentivizer™ is a scalable, cloud technology that uses vast amounts of energy efficiency product information and utility incentives which empowers utilities and the energy efficiency community to engage business customers and guide them to take action to permanently reduce their energy consumption.

Voci Technologies

Venture Round in 2014
Voci helps companies analyze their audio for the in-depth voice of the customer insights and track call center performance metrics using the most accurate speech recognition, natural language, and machine learning technologies. Companies in highly regulated industries rely on Voci to safeguard their audio and monitor call center agents for compliance purposes. Voci also produces highly readable automatic speech-to-text voicemail output for telecommunication companies and their customers.

Wright Therapy Products

Series A in 2011
Wright Therapy Products, Inc. manufactures pneumatic compression medical devices for the lymph edema, venous insufficiency, and sports medicine markets. It provides compression therapy systems; and compression therapy coordinators, clinical support nurses, insurance evaluation teams, claims submissions, education follow-up calls, satisfaction surveys, loaner and charity care programs emergency support, and facilitate communication services. The company was formerly known as Wright Linear Pump, Inc. Wright Therapy Products, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Oakdale, Pennsylvania. As of November 23, 2015, Wright Therapy Products, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BSN medical GmbH.
Wombat Security provides information security awareness and training software to help organizations teach their employees to secure behavior. Its Security Education Platform includes integrated knowledge assessments, a library of simulated attacks, and interactive training modules, which have been proven to reduce successful phishing attacks and malware infections by up to 90%.