Georgia Tech Research - Your Path to Commercialization

Georgia Tech Research - Your Path to Commercialization

Georgia Tech Commercialization is a cornerstone in transitioning the university's leading-edge research into real-world applications. There are four pivotal units within Georgia Tech Commercialization: CREATE-X, VentureLab, Quadrant-i, and Technology Licensing.

  • CREATE-X: Empowers students and faculty to launch their startups through guidance, funding, and resources, fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
  • Quadrant-i,: The newest addition to the Office of Commercialization, is dedicated to helping faculty, researchers, and students translate their research into startups. 
  • VentureLab : Provides comprehensive commercialization support, transforming Georgia Tech's research into viable businesses.
  • Technology Licensing: Manages intellectual property, facilitating the transfer of groundbreaking inventions from the lab to the marketplace. 

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Your Idea Belongs at Georgia Tech

A complete ecosystem of people, programs, and facilities are in place to support ideas and ventures from inception to launch and beyond. We will help connect you with the right resources, advisors, and opportunities at any stage of commercialization or ideation. Our vision is to attract and nurture the best entrepreneurial minds, to become a thought leader in redefining commercialization in academia, and to become the #1 university for positive impact through technology and talent.

Featured Story

From Lab to Fab, Commercialization at Georgia Tech Makes its Mark

The Georgia Institute of Technology fully embraced its evolving role as an entrepreneurial hub when it created a new dual-position, vice president of commercialization and chief commercialization officer, and then named Raghupathy “Siva” Sivakumar to fill it. A computer engineering professor who helped start three technology companies and launched a successful student entrepreneurship program, Sivakumar feels well equipped for the role he took on during the fall semester in 2021.

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Events

Thursday

August
28

CREATE-X Demo Day 2025, taking place Aug. 28, at the Exhibition Hall, will showcase over 100 newly launched startups from Georgia Tech, featuring solutions and technologies across industries and providing networking opportunities.
Thursday

September
04

Virtual Event - RSVP Required
Monday

September
08

“Navigating the Sea of Change in BioPharma” - Vincent Ling, Morphocell Technology
Monday

September
08

Fireside Chat "My Journey to Biotech Entrepreneurship" - Anjali Kumar, Johnson and Johnson Innovation

Announcements

In 2020, the James G. and Dee H. Pope Faculty Fellows Endowment Fund was established to provide for five Jim Pope Fellows per year to serve as instructors, mentors, and advisors to students participating in CREATE-X.
Mary Albertson has stepped into the director role for the Office of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech, managing all inventions, patents, and licensing.
Emory University and Georgia Tech have announced the inaugural recipients of $100,000 in seed funding from their collaborative AI.Humanity program.

News

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Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X program has won the 2025 ABET Innovation Award for its transformative approach to entrepreneurial education, empowering thousands of students to launch startups and gain real-world experience.
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Recording-Breaking Year for Commercialization: Bringing IP to Market
Candace Washington
Candace Washington, a seasoned construction professional and Georgia Tech alumna, leveraged her experience and the Jim Pope Fellowship to launch a workforce platform, teach entrepreneurship, and mentor future innovators in construction and engineering.