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

Tuesday

March
11

Meet with Quadrant-i and OTL team members to discuss the patent process and commercialization opportunities for your research.
Thursday

March
13

"AI-Driven Applications to Improve Clinical Trial Design and Recruitment" - Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, Emory University School of Medicine
Monday

March
17

Apply to CREATE-X's Startup Launch by March 17 to gain mentorship, seed funding, entrepreneurial education, and access to an extensive network, including GT students, faculty, and alumni founders who collectively launched 560 startups.
Wednesday

March
19

"Investment and Dilution: Business Strategies for Equity Negotiation" - Connor Seabrook, Georgia Research Alliance

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

Calla Scotch, Sophomore, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, speaks about their win with Team Convexity at the Fall 2024 I2P Showcase.
Convexity finished second in the Fall 2024 I2P Showcase and will now compete in the InVenture Prize for a chance to win $35,000.
Image of CREATE-X Founders in the Startup Launch program, showing their products, meeting guests of Demo Day, and networking
CREATE-X invites Georgia Tech students, faculty, alumni, and researchers to apply for the 2025 Startup Launch program by March 17, to access workshops, mentorship, and startup support, including $5,000 in seed funding and $150,000 in in-kind services.
Professor Younan Xia
Technology Licensing proudly celebrates Professor Younan Xia on his election to the 2024 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows