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Programs

Have an idea but don't know how to start? Ready to scale your startup? Consider looking into these programs dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses through mentorship curriculum, and access to capital networks.
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ACCELERATORS

Comcast NBCUniversal - SportsTech

Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech finds, funds, and fast-tracks the most innovative startups from around the world. Each startup will have access to decision-makers and leaders across our SportsTech partner consortium.

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Atlanta BeltLine (Business Solutions Office)

Atlanta BeltLine Business Ventures is a small business accelerator that supports local businesses with the technical assistance and resources they need to physically locate their businesses along the BeltLine.

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Independent Community Bankers of America

ICBA's ThinkTECH is where community banks and growth-stage companies come together to innovate.

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Ascend Atlanta

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has partnered with Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Center and TechSquare Labs to launch Ascend2020 Atlanta, a technology startup and small business support ecosystem for minority-led companies throughout Metropolitan Atlanta.

Accelerators

Atlanta Founders Academy by Google

Google for Startups Atlanta Founders Academy is an 8-month program for 40 Georgia-based startups that have revenue and/or user traction (cost and equity free). We'll bring Googlers and industry experts along for a series of hands on workshops across a range of topics including customer acquisition, hiring, and fundraising.

Accelerators

Bronner Business Institute

BBI is a ministry operated under the umbrella of the Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr. Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to continuing the legacy of philanthropy, business mentoring, and life skills training that characterized Nathaniel H. Bronner, Sr., father of Bishop Dale C. Bronner.

Accelerators

Center for Civic Innovation Fellowship Program

The Civic Innovation Fellowship is a six-month program focused on pilot testing and validating the effectiveness and potential for scale of a solution. Fellows are selected through a competitive, multi-round, peer-evaluation process. Fellows represent diverse communities across Atlanta.

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Cox Enterprises Social Impact Accelerator

This program leverages innovative startups to drive community impact, focusing on for-profit companies addressing social justice and systemic racism issues. In 2022 this program hopes to run in-person, dependent on COVID-19 conditions.

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Creative Destruction Lab - Atlanta

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies.

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Greenhouse Accelerator

Greenhouse Accelerator supports startups over a span of three years seeking candidates whose products and services impact positive resource use.

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Intentionally Good By Goodie Nation

Intentionally Good is a relationship and growth program that unifies the startup, corporate, and social good ecosystems to increase the competitiveness of tech-focused social entrepreneurs and diverse founders (Black, Latinx, or Women) for endorsements, landing key advisors, securing strategic partnerships, and angel/seed-stage venture investment.

Accelerators

It Takes A Villages (Pre-Accelerator)

It Takes A Village is Atlanta Tech Village diversity and inclusion initiative which emphasizes the importance of supporting diverse perspectives and inclusive work environments in technology. We believe an entire community with different skill sets, backgrounds, and cultures is needed to produce the most productive and innovative companies.

Accelerators

KiwiTech Startup Program

We help talented entrepreneurs turn their ideas into sustainable businesses and disrupt the status quo in their industry by offering cost-effective software development services for startups. Our unique tech-for-equity model allows us to invest our technology resources in startups in exchange for equity alongside cash, thereby significantly reducing the cost of accelerated software development.

Accelerators

Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund

Georgia State’s award-winning Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund (MSESF) business accelerator program is designed to support underrepresented student, recent alumni and Georgia State community entrepreneurs with seed funding and mentorship to start and grow new ventures.

Accelerators

Shadow Labs

Shadow Labs is a global innovation platform, by Shadow Ventures, where startups and enterprises come together to advance technology. Currently focused on Healthcare, CRE, AEC, and startups in Atlanta and Toronto.

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Square One Startup School

Square One is an training program designed to help pre-product and pre-revenue founders validate and transform their startup ideas into profitable businesses by providing direct access to community, curriculum, and coaching.

Accelerators

Start It Up Georgia

From unemployed people looking to make the leap to entrepreneurship to employed people wanting a new adventure, our mission is to provide FREE training, support, and guidance to all Georgians who want to launch their own business.

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Start:ME Accelerator

Start:ME is a free accelerator program supporting micro businesses in Clarkston, East Lake, and Atlanta’s Southside delivered by Emory’s Goizueta Business School and community partners.

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Techstars Atlanta

Techstars Atlanta, in partnership with Cox Enterprises, enables startups that drive positive change in a interconnected world.

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The Entrepreneurship Center at the Urban League of Greater Atlanta

The Entrepreneurship Center (TEC) at the Urban League of Greater Atlanta assists entrepreneurs with starting and growing successful and sustainable businesses.

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The Intentionally Good Project

Led by Goodie Nation, a collective impact initiative to level the playing field for diverse-led startups and social impact startups by accelerating relationships to influencers, corporations,and investors.

Accelerators

TiE Atlanta - ACCESS

ACCESS is an entrepreneurship program launched by TiE Atlanta Angels to close the mentoring and funding gap between women- and minority-owned businesses.

Accelerators

Zane Access

At Zane, we understand the struggle to raise capital as an underrepresented founder. So, we created Zane Access, the premiere capital readiness experience that was built to equip you with the skills to navigate the world of capital with confidence.

Incubator

22 Tech Park

22TechPark is North Atlanta's premier incubator offering technology entrepreneurs a place to create, develop, network, and flourish.

Incubator

Advanced Technology Development Center

The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech is Georgia’s technology incubator. Founded in 1980, ATDC has developed a global reputation for fostering technological entrepreneurship.

Incubator

CollabTech Incubator at Georgia State University

In the heart of downtown Atlanta on the Georgia State University campus, CollabTech is where the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs can grow their great ideas. The 13,000-square-foot facility includes an array of sophisticated equipment and laboratory space, administrative offices and a large conference room, as well as access to the expertise of Georgia State’s tenured faculty.

Incubator

The Cranium Incubator

According to a study performed by DiversityVC, most venture-backed startups are still “overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League educated and based in Silicon Valley.” Too little investment goes into companies started by minorities and women. At The Cranium Incubator, we believe that it is crucial to focus on helping startup companies which were founded by people of color and women.

Incubator

Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI)

The Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative is a municipally-funded incubator with a mission to elevate, engage and empower entrepreneurship through women.

Mid-Market

Backed By ATL

Backed by ATL – Powered by the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Backed by ATL program provides customized assistance to a select group of high potential middle-market companies to accelerate their growth and fuel economic impact across the metro Atlanta region.

Mid-Market

Endeavor Atlanta's ScaleUp ATL

Endeavor's ScaleUp ATL program equips Atlanta’s fastest-growing, highest potential Black founders with the resources and confidence to take their business to the next level.

Programs: Ambassadors

Meet the Startup Atlanta board members who serve as ambassadors to the community and help curate the resources in this section.
Joey Womack
Founder/CEO, Goodie Nation
Christy Brown
‍President, LaunchPad2X

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