Georgia Tech Alumna Stephanie Smith coaches students in GT Startup Launch, using the knowledge she's gained from founding her own company, Social by Steph.

Students tackled climate change in the Fall 2023 Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) /Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) Global Health Hackathon, Nov. 11, at Tech Square ATL Social.

CREATE-X hosted its fall I2P Showcase, highlighting 40 student teams with products they made during the semester.

Seed round includes four investor partners

CREATE-X, in partnership with the Enterprise Innovation Institute’s (EI²) Medellín Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (GTMC), has rolled out its first international program in Medellín, Colombia.

Ryan Babaie, Jared Duncan (a Georgia Tech graduate but not a Startup Launch alumnus), and Alex Nussey, founders of Wattch; Vedant Pradeep, co-founder of Reframe; and Seth Radman, co-founder of Infinite Giving, made this year’s list.

Over 1,500 people came to support 75 Georgia Tech startups created by students, alumni, and faculty for Demo Day.

CREATE-X’s Startup Launch will introduce its 10th cohort of talented startup founders on Demo Day, Aug. 31, 5 – 7p.m., in the Exhibition Hall.

Yolanda Payne, former Jim Pope Fellow in Georgia Tech’s VentureLab, didn’t pitch an app or new technology to get CREATE-X’s support for her startup, but she did propose a solution for a problem.

Through CREATE-X, Corey Hewitt, cofounder of Gimmer Vending, and his cofounder, Evan Jarecki, convinced investors to buy-into their product and launch something that revolutionized the vending industry.