WEEKLY UPDATE | Innovation @ Georgia Tech
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Congratulations to the Yellow Jacket family! You have made it to the end of the semester (give or take a few days) and we are blown away by all you have accomplished. Before you head off for winter break we wanted to remind you of a few exciting opportunities.
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Team Ethos Medical has been working with a team of medical advisors to develop their award winning needle guidance system since the conclusion of the 2019 InVenture Prize.
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Competitions/Funding Opportunities with December 2019 Deadlines
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"The E-Team program
supports multidisciplinary student-led teams working together with faculty to bring their innovation out of the lab and into the market." Each year over $700,000 is given to early-stage student science and tech startups who are working on innovations that will have a positive impact within the areas of social, health or environmental.
Teams of 2 or more + faculty advisor can apply for up to $25,000 in funding in 2 stages.
- stage 1 - teams can unlock $5,000 to launch your venture
- stage 2 - teams can unlock $20,000 to launch your venture
As part of this grant program student teams receive grant funding, sponsored training, networking & mentorship, and national exposure & recognition. Open to undergraduate and graduate students.
Georgia Tech is a member of the VentureWell program. Therefore, all opportunities are open to faculty, staff, and students.
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Team MagTrack from Georgia Tech won Atlanta’s 2019 TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) Pitch Competition (University level) at both the local and global level. Georgia Tech swept the 2018 competition with team Atramento placing first, team Oculus Prime placing second, and team Lunula Health placing third. You could be next!
Open to both undergraduate and graduate students, we encourage you to nominate yourself.
Monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winning teams of the final competition in April 2019 will be awarded at $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively per team.
The winning team receives an all-expenses paid trip to TiECON Silicon Valley, California.
Submission Deadline
: Wednesday, December 18
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Competitions/Funding Opportunities with January 2020 Deadlines
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ALL undergraduate students are invited to register for the InVenture Prize competition! Student teams will work on perfecting their pitch, developing their product or service, while being paired with mentors. Monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd and People's Choice winning teams of the final competition on March 11, 2020 will be awarded at $20,000, $10,000 and $5,000 respectively.
Prizes also include patent filings of up to $20,000 for 1st and 2nd place. The 1st place winner is also automatically accepted into
CREATE-X Startup Launch program.
Submission Deadline
: Monday, January 13, 2020
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Community Stuff
All events are free.
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Monday, Dec. 9
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Garage, Tech Square
Join us for a fun night of collaboration where attendees can work on civic-minded, social good projects. People with all backgrounds and skill levels are invited to participate. the ability to write co
de, user-experience design, data science, project management, and marketing.
Pizza provided.
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Tuesday, Dec. 10
10:30 am - 11:30 am
The Atlanta Tech Village
3423 Piedmont Rd. NE Atlanta, GA 30305
Nick Foreste, corporate attorney at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP will host this workshop that will focus on legal issues faced by early stage startups. This includes important dos and don'ts, entity formation (LLCs vs corporations), raising funds, and due diligence.
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Tuesday, Dec. 10
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Industrious Atlanta Perimeter
7000 Central Parkway #1100, Atlanta, GA 30328
Join us for a fun night with local developers for the Facebook Developer Circles Holiday Meetup. This is open to entrepreneurs, students, startups, and small businesses.
Food & beverages provided.
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Wednesday, Dec. 11
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
NCR Tech Talk Hall at NCR Global
864 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
"Dynamic Talks is an ongoing meetup series featuring technical talks from some of the leading experts in tech in major cities around the US. Enjoy talks about the most innovative subjects in AI, ML, voice platforms, the Cloud, and search."
Food & beverages provided.
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Center for Academic Enrichment | Clough Commons 205
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