ATDC: GEORGIA’S PREMIER TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR
Guiding Georgia Startups at the Critical Point of Inflection ATDC empowers Georgia’s early-stage companies during one of their most critical and challenging inflection points — after launching a viable product but before achieving market traction and scale. This is the phase often referred to as the “valley of death,” where startups face the greatest risk of failure due to limited resources, funding gaps, and unsteady market fit. ATDC provides the structured support, connections, and expertise needed to help startups survive this phase and emerge positioned for sustained growth. To be accepted into the ATDC portfolio of companies, startups must OUR MISSION IS QUITE SIMPLY TO BE THE BEST PLACE IN GEORGIA TO BUILD A TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS.
What is ATDC? The first university-led incubator in the United States, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) has established itself as Georgia’s leading technology incubator and a go-to resource for entrepreneurs transforming innovative ideas into scalable businesses that strengthen the state’s innovation economy.
be actively building and scaling with: • A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) • Customers or active pilots in-market • Market validation: Annual recurring revenues of $10k to $5 million
2024 BY THE NUMBERS
ATDC AGGREGATE IMPACT
$6.2B+ of capital raised by active ATDC companies and graduates — of which 144 reported
$216M+ raised by active portfolio companies in 2024
7 locations in Georgia with 48,000 square feet in Tech Square’s midtown Atlanta location 7 vertical practice areas
35 Full and part-time consultative staff
$6B
$5B
$4B
243 events , education workshops and training sessions held in 2024 alone
2022 $5,780,809,000
2023 $ 6,232,729,942
2024 $6,370,299,266
14,000+ jobs created by ATDC portfolio and graduate companies
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