Keystone Innovation Collaborative

06/22/2026

🇺🇸 We're excited to host KeystoneMerge for the first time at our new downtown office on Continental Square—so come out and celebrate with us on Thursday, July 9th, as we keep the USA 'semiquincentennial' party rolling following the holiday weekend! RSVP free to join→ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/merge-york-tickets-1988000131910

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☀️ Central PA Entrepreneurs: JOIN US on July 9th for the first-ever event at Keystone Innovation Collaborative's new offices in ! Details & free RSVP⤵
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/merge-york-tickets-1988000131910

05/29/2026

's innovation economy has real strengths across its research universities, home-grown entrepreneurial talent, and corporate leadership. Visit www.KeystoneInnovate.com to learn about 's work to coordinate and connect capital, universities, corporates and founders to help build and scale new companies across our Commonwealth.

05/19/2026

Visit www.KeystoneInnovate.com to learn more about 's mission to serve as a connector for innovation, by bridging industry, founders, investors, and university researchers to help link the ideas, capital, and talent that drive the PA venture ecosystem.

05/12/2026

🚀 We're officially live! On Wednesday evening, we gathered with university leaders, , , and partners at our new headquarters to launch Keystone Innovation Collaborative: a statewide nonprofit platform built to close the connective gap in 's innovation ecosystem.

's debut also coincided with the first close of Keystone Innovation Fund II, the affiliated venture fund that will invest in the strongest companies emerging from the KIC ecosystem.

Pennsylvania has the , the universities, and the . KIC is the system that connects them.

Thank you to everyone who came out on Wednesday, to our founding university partners — Penn State University, University of Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg University — to the Ortenzio family for their anchor commitment, and to every LP backing KIF2 with real capital. This works because you show up.

Read more on our blog: https://keystoneinnovate.com/blog/kic-is-live

04/14/2026

🗺️ Introducing the Central Pennsylvania Tech Ecosystem Map — now live! Central PA is home to a growing startup and innovation community. We built this free, searchable database to make that ecosystem more visible — so can find collaborators, can discover opportunities, and organizations can better connect with the tech community around them.

Whether you're a , an anchor institution, an accelerator, a research hub, or an active investor, you'll find yourself (and your Central PA neighbors) on the map — explore it, share it, and help us to grow it here! 👇
🔗 https://keystoneinnovate.com/central-pennsylvania-tech-ecosystem

04/03/2026