The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a start-up accelerator that helps Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. Founded in 1980, ATDC has helped create millions of dollars in tax revenues by graduating more than 120 companies, which together have raised more than a billion dollars in outside financing. ATDC has provided business incubation and acceleration services to hundreds of Georgia startups—most of which are not based on Georgia Tech research, but which benefit from the close proximity to the university.
Recently ATDC expanded its mission by merging with Georgia Tech’s VentureLab and with the Georgia SBIR Assistance Program. The change will enable ATDC to greatly extend its reach to serve more technology companies along multiple growth paths and at all stages of development. ATDC has opened its membership to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia, from those at the earliest conception stage to the well-established, venture-fundable companies.
ATDC is part of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) at Georgia Tech, which helps Georgia enterprises improve their competitiveness through the application of science, technology and innovation. ATDC currently has three facilities; two at Georgia Tech’s main campus in Atlanta, and one at Georgia Tech’s satellite campus in Savannah.
ATDC Savannah Services
ATDC Savannah member companies enjoy a variety of benefits from educational events and tools to promotional opportunities and community support. Here is a list of services available to ATDC member companies:
- Food for Thought – A monthly lunch and learn event with rotating topics such as sales, marketing, financing, and people (in cooperation with the Creative Coast Alliance).
- Business Coaching – A Startup Catalyst will coach entrepreneurs and startups in such areas as how to develop a solid business plan, a professional presentation deck and how to pitch to potential investors and partners.
- CEO Roundtable – A peer learning environment for CEOs to discuss confidential topics.
- Space – Take advantage of the ATDC community and rent space at the Georgia Tech Savannah campus. All spaces comes with flexible rent agreements.
- Job Board – Search and post job openings in the Atlanta startup community.
- Member Company Updates – Send us your company news and we’ll post it online.
- Cap Venture - A training program designed to educate and equip early stage executives for capitalization of their business (location Atlanta).
- Online Service Provider Database – List of service providers offering discounted services to ATDC members.
- SBIR Grant Assistance - We provide education about SBIR grant opportunities as well as assistance with writing grant proposals.
- Startup Showcase – An annual event for the technology community showcasing ATDC member companies (location Atlanta).
- Startup Resources – Best practice presentations and document templates on ATDC’s website atdc.org.
- Venture Atlanta Early Stage Showcase - A unique forum for ATDC member companies to participate in Venture Atlanta.
ATDC Savannah Member Companies
- Attrasoft is an Image-Recognition Search Engine company which eliminates the descriptive image word tagging process used today.
- Code Grail removes the complexities associated with software development and makes software creation a viable option for everyone.
- Comparison Shopping For Less is a next generation search engine for shoppers which use innovative technology to make online shopping faster, easier and more value-added.
- Evoca is an innovative audio web services company that makes it easy for mainstream users to create, organize, share and search audio recordings.
- Maddog Environmental, LLC has created a system using human hair to remove petroleum based products and other pollutants from open bodies of water and freshwater systems.
- Pixelphish develops high-end training applications for the corporate and general aviation industries.
- Storm Shelter Electronics provides automatic disconnect solutions to protect people and their valuables from lightning.
- TalentSoup is an online talent agency.
- Twitch Technologies specializes in the development of intuitive, user-friendly keyboard designs for computers, PDA’s and mobile electronic devices.
- Urban Planet Mobile provides education and information products created specifically for delivery via mobile phones.
ATDC Savannah Graduate
- CommerceV3 is a web application developer that provides subscription-based software solutions to B2C catalog retailers.
