FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

High-tech entrepreneurship – The Advanced Technology Development
Center (ATDC), while headquartered in Atlanta, has an Augusta-based
startup catalyst, Chris Dickson (chris.dickson@atdc.org). ATDC not only
offers great training and development courses, along with mentoring, but
also is well-connected in the Atlanta area to money and management.
(https://atdc.org/)

New Venture Finance, a free online entrepreneurship class from the University of Maryland, College Park, offers insights into how to get that financial shot in the arm.

CSRA Business Lending is a private non-profit small business lending corporation serving businesses and banks throughout all of Georgia and South Carolina. 

GRA Venture Fund is a public-private venture capital fund investing in research-driven, Georgia-based startup companies.

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an investment to help small businesses grow and create jobs by providing them with greater access to education, capital, and business support services. To date, more than 12,800  business owners have graduated from the program across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

The MassChallenge U.S. Early Stage accelerator is a 3-month mentor-based program that provides intensive support, guidance, tools and connectivity to the MassChallenge community in order to drive startup business traction. The program is industry agnostic with a focus on supporting approximately 200 startups per cohort that range in stage from those currently engaged in customer discovery work to validating a technology or service.

VentureSouth is an early-stage venture firm that provides capital and expertise to Southeastern startups through our angel investment network and funds. 

Each year, we select 50 women entrepreneurs for a yearlong program designed to grow their businesses through workshops, coaching sessions, network-building, and financial resources. The program ends with a company presentation and trip to New York City.

The Biomimicry Launchpad program selects the most promising nature-inspired scientists from around the world on an annual invitation basis.

"We connect people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do it."

We realize that achieving your mission will require multiple resources. To help you navigate some of the other grant opportunities in the community, we offer this community funders resource.

"Foundation Grants to Individuals includes profiles of 10,000 grantmakers with details on funders that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to individuals."