Ascender is Pittsburgh’s cross-sector entrepreneur community: a coworking space, founder hub, and programming organization serving 300 community members annually. We sit at a rare intersection: tech founders, Main Street business owners, service entrepreneurs, and everyone in between, working side by side every day. Ascender operates a coworking and programming space in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. We offer a variety of resources, including coworking space, business mentorship, educational programming, access to experts, and more, to Ascender members and program participants.

Our theory of change is simple but powerful: peer relationships create opportunity. In our entrepreneurial community, customers are introduced, problems are solved, and trust is built. No other organization in Pittsburgh deliberately occupies this cross-sector space in this way, and we’re committed to being the bridge between the tech and small-business economies for ...