{"id":263317,"date":"2025-11-05T02:30:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263317\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T02:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:30:27","slug":"new-accelerator-to-propel-startup-innovation-at-georgia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263317\/","title":{"rendered":"New Accelerator to Propel Startup Innovation at Georgia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The historic Biltmore will house co-working space for Velocity Startups. <\/p>\n

Today, Velocity Startups joins Georgia Tech\u2019s comprehensive commercialization ecosystem, solidifying the Institute\u2019s role as a national leader and premier hub for research commercialization and startup growth. Velocity Startups serves as a bridge between early-stage startup founders who are focused on scaling their businesses and readying themselves for late-stage accelerators such as the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Engage, Fusen, and Atlanta Tech Village within the City of Atlanta.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To support emergent startups, the early-stage accelerator will establish a collaborative facility in Atlanta\u2019s Tech\u00a0Square, the national innovation district and dedicated area in the city that fosters community growth and meaningful innovation at the heart of the city\u2019s tech scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAtlanta is where innovation becomes opportunity, and Velocity Startups will make that journey even faster,\u201d said Donnie Beamer, senior technology advisor in the Atlanta Mayor\u2019s Office of Technology and Innovation. \u201cBy connecting entrepreneurs to the critical resources they need to scale, we are fueling more startups, creating more jobs, and driving economic growth. Ultimately, this will secure Atlanta\u2019s place as a top global destination for innovation, investment, and entrepreneurial success.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an early-stage accelerator, Velocity Startups provides resources \u2014 including mentorship support, space, tools, networks, and infrastructure \u2014 to Georgia Tech students, faculty, researchers, and the greater Atlanta community, bridging the gap from spinoff to viable startup. At Georgia Tech, many startups that complete the CREATE-X Startup Launch program and present at the Demo Day event will gain access to Velocity Startups. The accelerator will also offer strategic programming, funding, and access to Georgia Tech\u2019s research resources and serve as a coordinating entity for Metro Atlanta\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem, engaging more than 50 colleges and advocating for policies that support startup success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVelocity Startups represents a pivotal step in bringing together the resources, expertise, and entrepreneurial spirit within our ecosystems as we look to further establish Atlanta as a top national tech hub. By uniting these elements, Velocity Startups will help startups scale from their first customer to long-term growth,\u201d said Raghupathy \u201cSiva\u201d Sivakumar, vice president of commercialization and chief commercialization officer at Georgia Tech and president of Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures. \u201cThis accelerator enables the communities at Georgia Tech and beyond to translate groundbreaking research into high-impact ventures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Velocity Startups is a subsidiary of Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures and will operate in partnership with the City of Atlanta. A national search is currently underway for a director to lead the accelerator.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For additional information about Velocity Startups, visit commercialization.gatech.edu\/velocity<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The historic Biltmore will house co-working space for Velocity Startups. Today, Velocity Startups joins Georgia Tech\u2019s comprehensive commercialization…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[64,63,99,198],"class_list":{"0":"post-263317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}