GT's VentureLab Ranked 2nd Best Incubator in US
A global survey of university-based business incubators has ranked Georgia Tech’s VentureLab second among all such programs in the United States.
- VentureLab also ranked sixth overall in the Western Hemisphere & 17th in the world.
- The ranking was done by the UBI Index, an incubator consulting group based in Sweden. They assessed 800 incubators worldwide from 66 countries, accepting 400 into the survey and benchmarking 300 of them.
- The evaluation included 60+ performance indicators: jobs created, incubator revenue, customers of clients, sales, revenue per client, successful graduates, survival and growth rate, partners and sponsors, survival rate of clients, funding available, venture capital and angel funding received, and the quality of active coaches and mentors available.
- VentureLab did so well because of their "emphasis on company viability, a high quality network with investor contacts, and connections to Georgia Tech researchers for new technology development."
Read more by John Toon of Georgia Tech. More on VentureLab
- "VentureLab helps Georgia Tech faculty, researchers and students identify opportunities for commercialization and create startup companies based on research results."
- Started in 2001 & based in Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute
- Has helped launch more than 150 companies, which have raised more than $1.1 billion in outside capital.
- Currently assisting approximately 100 startups.
- AngelList
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