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Groups & Events

Every day there's something new and exciting happening within the startup ecosystem. Find out more about events, groups, and associations that are actively meeting throughout the year.
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Annual and Ongoing

A3C Festival & Conference

A3C is a celebration of music, tech, film, and culture. This event engages and inspires the artists, entrepreneurs and creatives that shape culture. The A3C Festival features more artists and shows over 3-days across Atlanta.

Annual and Ongoing

ATDC Entrepreneurs' Night

Entrepreneurs’ Night is an integral part of the ATDC experience. Every month all ATDC members are invited to gather together at this fun, informal event. Join us for some of the best networking for Georgia’s technology startup entrepreneurs.

Annual and Ongoing

ATDC Startup Showcase

The ATDC Startup Showcase gathers entrepreneurs, investors, and tech leaders to discover startups and showcase their technologies.

Annual and Ongoing

Atlanta Inno's 50 on Fire

Across all of American Inno, 50 on Fire is our premier awards event, honoring the influential people and fast-growing businesses that are driving our cities forward.

Annual and Ongoing

Atlanta Service Jam

Atlanta Service Jam is a collaborative design weekend where interdisciplinary teams concept, prototype, and present new service ideas in a high energy, innovative environment. Along with locations around the world, we imagine solutions that could change lives and take time to make friends in the process!

Annual and Ongoing

Atlanta Startup Battle

A free-to-enter competition for tech startups, Atlanta Startup Battle creates funding opportunities at the earliest stage. An all day mentoring session for the top 10, and a $100,000 investment in the winner are key components to its approach to company building.

Annual and Ongoing

Atlanta Startup Village

Atlanta Startup Village is a Atlanta’s largest monthly pitch event designed to discuss roadblocks and solutions to improve within the entrepreneurial process through a five minute business pitch model.

Annual and Ongoing

Atlanta Startup Weekend

Startup Weekend takes place over 54 hours, where attendees share ideas, form teams, and launch startups. This event provides a place for innovators and budding entrepreneurs to find co-founders, mentors, and momentum for their ideas.

Annual and Ongoing

CodeLaunch

CodeLaunch sponsors and partners put thousands of dollars in professional seed services behind the winners of its national seed accelerator competition. CodeLaunch has become a unique a critical amenity to pre-MVP startups.

Annual and Ongoing

Deal Closers

Get a behind the scenes detailed look at some of Atlanta's biggest technology deals. We interview deal closers and dissect how deals were sourced, negotiated and closed.

Annual and Ongoing

Fintech South

Fintech South is a global exchange of insights, innovations and trends fueling tomorrow's financial tech industry.

Annual and Ongoing

Georgia Tech Create-X Demo Day

Startups that have gone through the CREATE-X initiative have created dozens of new jobs, generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue, secured institutional financing, and run successful crowdfunding campaigns. These startups serve both large corporate customers and hundreds and thousands of consumers.

Annual and Ongoing

House of Genius

House of Genius Atlanta is a monthly event and platform to help startups, businesses, and projects to overcome challenges, make the most of opportunities, and solve problems within our local community.

Annual and Ongoing

Made In Atlanta

Made in Atlanta is about how great Atlanta brands are made, how they think, how they act. It's a look into their soul.

Annual and Ongoing

Main Street Demo Day

The Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund Demo Day gathers entrepreneurs, investors, and community partners for a business showcase and pitch competition featuring the next generation of Georgia State University innovators and entrepreneurs.

Annual and Ongoing

Pitch Atlanta

Pitch Atlanta is an exclusive, invite only event connecting entrepreneurs and investors.

Annual and Ongoing

Pitch Practice

Pitch Practice allows individuals to practice their pitch and receive feedback from their peers every Friday after ATV’s Startup Chowdown.

Annual and Ongoing

RAISE Forum

The RAISE Forum is a vehicle for bringing together startups and investors from across the Southeast. Startups who are in-revenue and seeking to raise $0.5MM-$5MM in funding can apply twice a year. It's held at at the Emory's Goizueta business school.

Annual and Ongoing

REFACTR.TECH

REFACTR.TECH is all about growing and showcasing powerful voices of marginalized people and allies in tech. For three days, REFACTR.TECH focuses on technology while creating a safe space or thoughtful and nuanced conversations around diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality in tech.

Annual and Ongoing

RIoT Atlanta

Discover the IoT trends impacting—and poised to disrupt—the sports and entertainment industries. At RIoT XXXIII, we'll highlight projects from the most innovative organizations in these spaces, spotlighting current tech and previewing what’s next.

Annual and Ongoing

Render(ATL)

RenderATL is the first major React conference in the Southern United States. Conceived by a team of passionate React engineers who're looking to help drive more diversity, inclusion, and, accessibility into the React ecosystem.

Annual and Ongoing

SOCAP Spectrum

SPECTRUM is committed to identifying ways to close the racial wealth gap by bringing more entrepreneurs of color closer to capital and by sharing the tools, networks and knowledge needed in order to build businesses that drive innovation, communities that thrive and sustainable economic growth.

Annual and Ongoing

Siggie Awards

The “Siggie”awards recognize some of the unsung heroes in the Atlanta startup community: early-stage investors.

Annual and Ongoing

Startup Awards

The annual Atlanta Startup Awards, jointly organized by members of the Atlanta Startup Community, will recognize and celebrate the city’s most successful rising tech companies, startup pioneers, and disruptive innovators.

Annual and Ongoing

Startup Chowdown

Notorious for its incredibly long lines and catered lunches, Startup Chowdown welcomes all entrepreneurs to network with one another and and become actively engaged within the startup community every Friday at Atlanta Tech Village.

Annual and Ongoing

Startup Runway

Judges grant a $10,000, strings-free prize check supported by sponsor donations.

Annual and Ongoing

Startup Showdown

Startup Showdown is a unique opportunity for early-stage startups to present to well-known investors and innovators in the tech ecosystem as they look to take their company to the next level. All finalists will pitch to VC investors while at the same time building long-lasting connections in the innovation ecosystem. This is the competition to be a part of, showcasing the next frontier of innovation and the most promising talent of the day.

Annual and Ongoing

TEDxAtlanta

As the new TEDxAtlanta, we remain focused on creating experiences that spark deep discussion, connections, collaborations and that lasting impact. At our annual flagship conference, we seek to bring a TED-like experience through live speakers from Georgia and beyond, and recorded TED Talks.

Annual and Ongoing

Tech In Motion Atlanta Meetup

Tech in Motion is broad by design, the goal of this group is to be interactive and allow technology enthusiasts to learn from other professionals, have questions answered in real-time, discover new tech, and hear stories that inspire. This group is a place for tech professionals who wouldn’t normally cross paths to meet, collaborate, and learn about what their peers are doing across the city.

Annual and Ongoing

Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Summit

The Summit is an invitation to engage with the tech community! It provides an opportunity to learn, meet, and discover new ways for your company to get involved, develop relationships, and identify potential partnerships. The Summit allows you to ‘be in the know’ on who is leading the industry in innovation and inspiring what’s next in technology.

Annual and Ongoing

Techstars Atlanta Demo Day

This program is located in the epicenter of startup activity in the Southeast U.S., helping entrepreneurs build meaningful companies and enduring brands.

Annual and Ongoing

TiECON

The one-day event allows learning and inspiration all in one place from Atlanta's top entrepreneurs and business leaders. Attendees will also get to attend breakout sessions and workshops that will shape how mentoring, educating, funding, and networking can foster big ideas and entrepreneurship as a whole.

Annual and Ongoing

Venture Atlanta

Venture Atlanta brings innovative companies, disruptive technologies, and top-tier investors together for one of the largest venture capital conferences on the east coast. The conference is held in October.

Annual and Ongoing

Winepreneurs

Winepreneurs is an invitation-only community gathering for Atlanta entrepreneurs and wine enthusiasts. We banter about startups, acquisitions and new innovations while we network and connect in the spirit of fostering prosperity among the entrepreneur community.

Groups

Atlanta CEO Council

ACEO is a relationship-driven nonprofit dedicated to the success of product and recurring revenue company CEOs. We connect CEOs to capital, customers, talent, and each other. By helping CEOs succeed, we can have an exponential impact on our community for generations to come.

Networking

1 Million Cups

1 Million Cups is a free program designed to educate, engage and connect entrepreneurs with their communities, over coffee and conversations — now in more than 180 communities across the country.

Networking

Atlanta Black Tech

A coalition of individuals, organizations and companies working to define and organize the Black Tech community in Atlanta. Collectively we strive to improve the quality, quantity, and connections for people of African descent in the Atlanta Tech ecosystem

Networking

Atlanta Startup Drinks

Atlanta’s Startup Drinks is a meetup for those interested in entrepreneurship and technology.

Networking

Black Women in STEAM

Galvanizing the efforts of black women in science, technology, engineering, arts and math in Atlanta to build relationships, leverage networking, develop mentorship, create jobs and foster alliances in entrepreneurship and careers in STEAM.

Networking

Build in Southeast

Our mission is to increase the number of startup success stories in the Southeast by leveraging a cross-regional, collaborative network.

Networking

Code for Atlanta

Code for Atlanta uses civic minded technologists, designers, and subject matter experts to improve Atlanta.

Networking

Emory Entrepreneur Network

We connect alumni to the university and to each other, build traditions, foster student and alumni leadership, serve the diverse needs and interests of our community, and create opportunities for investment in Emory's future.

Networking

FinTech Atlanta

FinTech Atlanta is a coalition of companies (from Fortune 500s to startups) and other organizations working to cement Atlanta as the recognized global capital of financial technology.

Networking

Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC)

The Georgia Social Impact Map is an initiative of the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC), which was formed by a group of community leaders committed to developing a stronger ecosystem around impact investing in Georgia. By bringing together our region’s leaders, representing all sectors of our social fabric, we envision an energetic and dynamic network of resources that raises up our social impact ecosystem.

Networking

Latinas in Tech Atlanta

Latinas in Tech is a non-profit organization with the aim to connect, support, and empower Latina women working in tech. The Atlanta chapter hosts meetups and events.

Networking

Latinos in Tech Atlanta

The Latinos in Tech Atlanta (LiT ATL) is a group of individuals interested in developing, promoting, fostering, strengthening, and improving the Latino/a tech community in Atlanta. Come hang out, grab a beer, and meet other latinos who love tech and startups.

Networking

Plywood People

Plywood People is a nonprofit in Atlanta that leads a community of start-ups doing good. Funded by our events and donors, we are able to provide social entrepreneurs, creatives and non-profit leaders with content, curriculum and community as they launch and sustain.

Networking

Product 404

A 1000+ member community of product professionals in startups/tech around the city, partner with GT/Emory for startup mentorship, and host both live/web events.

Networking

Ritz Group

The premier networking group connecting entrepreneurs and investors, dedicated to growing new businesses, creating new jobs, and positioning Georgia as the leader in economic growth.

Networking

Ruby Hack

ATLRUG is a non-profit organization of individuals interested in developing, promoting, fostering, strengthening, and improving the Ruby programming language and Ruby community.

Networking

Southern Crescent Women in Business

Southern Crescent Women In Business Inc. is an established network and support system for women-owned businesses across the South Metro Region.

Networking

Startup 404

The Startup 404 Slack is the place to connect, collect, and act for the good of the Atlanta (and beyond) entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Networking

TECH404

TECH404 is a group of chat channels for Atlanta area developers, designers, marketers, business people, hobbyists, students, and other professionals involved in technology.

Networking

Technologists of Color

Technologists of Color is a passionate collection of professionals from the information technology arena. The community is committed to building the African American tech community in Atlanta. Their primary goal is to connect tech professionals, entrepreneurs, "newbies" as well as "career changers" so that they can share knowledge, resources and opportunities.

Networking

Women Only Entrepreneurs

W.O.E. is galvanizing unstoppable women by bringing a fresh and authentic vibe to a growing community of female founders who are not afraid to shine a light on the inner work it takes to create outward success.

Networking

Women in Technology

WIT's mission is to serve as passionate advocates for women of all ages in Georgia’s STEAM community. WIT passionately supports women at every stage of their STEAM careers—from the classroom to the boardroom. They do this by telling the stories of successful women and by helping more women write their own.

Organizations

AgeTech Atlanta

Our mission is to make Atlanta the global center for excellence and innovation in AgeTech, and the best place for older adults and their loved ones to call home. We connect the entrepreneurs, innovators and influencers that are leading the way in agetech, eldercare and longevity.ations

Organizations

Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative (AWBI)

AWBI seeks to reimagine economic realities in communities of color through community wealth building strategies that powerfully leverage people, capital and ideas.

Organizations

Beyond The Game Network

Beyond The Game Network is a group of pro athletes and business execs in Atlanta that invests and partners with startups. We focus on D2C companies in sports, media, fitness, and consumer sectors.

Organizations

Black Innovation Alliance

We Ensure that Black ownership is increasing through fair participation in the innovation economy.

Organizations

Cobb County Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The purpose of the entrepreneurship and innovation incentive program is to provide services, assistance, and/or incentives to entrepreneurs and innovators who are in high skilled fields to assist them in growing their business, creating jobs, and maintaining their presence in the county.

Organizations

Entrepreneur's Organization (EO)

EO’s Accelerator program enables first-stage entrepreneurs to catapult your business to the next level. Empowering entrepreneurs with the tools needed to grow their business to more than $1 million in sales and provide you with the skills to make yourself a better entrepreneur and leader.

Organizations

Entrepreneurship Alumni Network at Georgia State University

The Georgia State Entrepreneurship alumni network is a community for Georgia State alumni interested in startups, entrepreneurship and innovation. The network is a platform for seasoned and aspiring entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and professionals to reconnect with the university, network with like-minded peers, share expertise and enjoy exclusive in-person and virtual workshops, events and socials.

Organizations

Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC)

The GMSDC offers a comprehensive suite of educational programs, conferences and networking events designed to help both corporate members and MBEs.

Organizations

Goodie Nation

Goodie Nation is a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the relationship gap that stands in the way of success for far too many promising entrepreneurs, especially those who are people of color, women, or aren't located in coastal financial centers.

Organizations

Invest Atlanta

Invest Atlanta advances Atlanta's global competitiveness by growing a strong economy, building vibrant communities, and increasing economic prosperity for all Atlantans.

Organizations

Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

The Atlanta Jewish Federation’s Innovation Initiative was born of the enterprising spirit which runs through our Jewish community in an effort to encourage and nurture creative progress in our city and beyond. We are a community idea accelerator created to offer guidance, connections, and resources for our city’s Jewish changemakers from start-ups to legacy organizations.

Organizations

MIT Enterprise Forum

The MIT Enterprise Forum mission is to inform, connect, and coach technology entrepreneurs—enabling them to rapidly transform ideas into world-changing companies. We are a global network of local organizations, inspired by MIT, and open to the world.

Organizations

Metro Atlanta Chamber

The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is the chamber of commerce for the Atlanta metropolitan area. It was founded in 1859.

Organizations

ParentPreneur Foundation

We empower Black ParentPreneurs, so they can leave a legacy for their beautiful Black children.

Organizations

Partnership Gwinnett

The Gwinnett Chamber improves economic opportunities for all by helping existing businesses grow and expand and recruit quality businesses and high-wage jobs to Georgia, the Metro Atlanta and Innovation Crescent regions, and Gwinnett. Working with our economic development allies we bring new companies to Georgia, our region and county.

Organizations

Startup Atlanta

Our mission is to introduce, connect, support, and expand the entrepreneurial ecosystem within the greater Atlanta region to bolster the creation of jobs, companies and wealth.

Organizations

Startup Fayette

Equipping entrepreneurs with the Insights, Relationships, and Tools needed to turn ideas into a businesses.

Organizations

Technology Association of Georgia

TAG is a world-class membership organization and an engine for economic development for the state of Georgia.

Organizations

The Entrepreneurship Center (The Urban League of Greater Atlanta)

The Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) was launched in Atlanta in October 2004. TEC was designed to assist entrepreneurs with starting and growing successful and sustainable businesses in the Metro Atlanta community.

Organizations

TiE Atlanta

TiE is a non-profit, global community welcoming entrepreneurs from all over the world to change the face of entrepreneurship and growing business through their five pillars; mentoring, networking, education, incubating and funding.

Organizations

Women Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI)

WEI serves to provide unprecedented access to the human, educational and financial capital critical to empowering early stage company-building entrepreneurs, who just so happen to be women.

Groups & Events: Ambassadors

Meet the Startup Atlanta board members who serve as ambassadors to the community and help curate the resources in this section.
Jennifer Singh
Co-Founder, Understory
Evan Jarecki
‍Co-Founder, Gimme


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