Velocity Startups: Driving entrepreneurial success

You have many options in front of you to take advantage of entrepreneurial opportunities at Georgia Tech and the greater Atlanta community. From your startup launch, all the way to getting paying customers, there is a path for you at Velocity Startups. If you have just launched a startup, but still need time to develop and scale, Velocity Startups is for you.

Velocity Startups – a startup accelerator that propels deep-tech innovation – provides the resources and infrastructure needed for you to take your innovation to market. Located in the heart of Tech Square in the historical Biltmore House, Velocity Startups offers:

  • Mentorship expertise – Spend time with a vibrant community of successful founders and researchers who have commercialized their technology.
  • Infrastructure – Work alongside your co-founders at the Biltmore, a state-of-the-art office space located in a historical building.
  • Strategic programming – Hear about topics ranging from customer discovery to revenue modeling with classroom-like instruction.

     

Student group at Demo Day
Tech Square

“Velocity Startups represents a pivotal step in bringing together the resources, expertise, and entrepreneurial spirit within our ecosystem as we look to establish Atlanta as a top national tech hub. By uniting these elements, Velocity Startup will help startups scale from their first customer to long-term growth. This accelerator enables the community at Georgia Tech and beyond to translate groundbreaking research into high-impact ventures.” 

- Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar, vice president of commercialization and chief commercialization officer at Georgia Tech

Velocity Startups is made possible through a partnership with Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures, Inc. and the Georgia Tech Foundation.