Get to Know Midtown's Innovation Anchors

Midtown Atlanta is home to dozens of targeted research labs working directly with business leaders and practitioners to bring new innovative approaches to a myriad of disciplines from health IT, computing research, broadband applications and technologies, to biomedical electronics and photonics. Captured here are some of the largest:   

Georgia Institute of Technology

Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech (EI²)
Georgia Tech’s EI2 is the nation’s largest, most comprehensive, university-based program of entrepreneurship and startup company development, business and industry growth, ecosystem development and international outreach.

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)
Applied research arm of Georgia Tech.

Creative Destructive Lab
CDL-Atlanta supports the commercialization of ventures innovating in commerce, logistics, engineering, public health, finance, consumer health, transportation, and more.

VentureLab
Incubator that works with faculty/students to create startups based on Georgia Tech research, and staffed by engineers and entrepreneurs.

CREATE-X
Georgia Tech initiative to instill entrepreneurial confidence in students and empower them to launch successful startups. 100+ teams for Summer ‘22.

Other Academic Institutions, Incubators, Labs, and Economic Development Agencies

Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
Works with entrepreneurs in Georgia to help them learn, launch, scale, and succeed in the creation of viable, disruptive technology companies.

Tech Square Ventures
Seed and early-stage fund based in Tech Square powered by a team of founders, operators, and investors.

Emory University
Along with Emory University Hospital Midtown and its Proton Therapy Center, Emory continues expanding with its Winship Emory Midtown Cancer Institute

SCAD Atlanta and SCADpro
The preeminent university for creative careers and SCADpro, SCAD’s collaborative design studio that connects exceptionally talented students with business leaders to find creative and inventive solutions to real-world challenges

Engage
First-of-its-kind innovation platform comprised of category-leading corporations in the Southeast that have joined forces to support startups building the future of enterprise.

Georgia Department of Economic Development
Manages state resources to attract new business investment in Georgia. Based in Tech Square.

Select Georgia
Georgia Power’s team to help companies relocate, expand, and thrive in Georgia.

Metro Atlanta Chamber
Works collaboratively with state, local, academic, and utility partners to build metro Atlanta’s innovation capacity, recruiting new companies to the region and retaining and growing the innovative businesses that already call the area home.

Invest Atlanta
The official economic development authority for the City of Atlanta, with a mission to advance Atlanta’s global competitiveness by growing a strong economy, building vibrant communities, and increasing economic prosperity for all Atlantans.

Co-Working Spaces

Tech Square ATL Social Club, Industrious, SPACES, and WeWork
Private offices and collaborative spaces for freelancers, scaling startups and small businesses.