Engage Vc

About The Fund

Engage is a venture capital firm located in Atlanta, Georgia, with a unique approach to investment and startup engagement. They specialize in early-stage investments, particularly focusing on companies operating within IT, TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications), FinTech, Financial Services, Hardware, Manufacturing, and Mobile sectors. Engage was founded with the idea of a 'Collaborative Innovation & Corporate Venture Platform' that involves partnering with leading corporations in the Southeast to support startups that are shaping the future of enterprise. Engage's investment philosophy is designed to accelerate enterprise go-to-market strategies for startups while fostering partnerships with Fortune 500 companies. They run a proprietary platform that establishes and enhances connections between entrepreneurs and corporate decision-makers. Engage's standout feature is their 10-week program, which runs twice a year, and assists startups in refining their Enterprise Go-to-Market strategy. Startups partake as a cohort, learning from peers and creating tailored plans to connect with key corporate leaders. The firm boasts direct top-down support from senior leaders and executives of corporate partners like AT&T, Chick-fil-A, Cox Enterprises, Delta Air Lines, Georgia-Pacific, and Goldman Sachs among others. The Engage network comprises entrepreneurs, practitioners, and experts skilled at navigating commercial relationships with major companies, providing portfolio companies with access to exclusive events and networks. Additionally, Engage collaborates with corporate partners to facilitate cross-corporate learning, innovation events, and roundtables as well as leveraging the Insights Engine developed in conjunction with Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute to assist in trend analysis, incubate new internal businesses, and formulate strategic investments. Through Engage, startups gain increased visibility and the opportunity to drive innovation collaboratively with some of the most significant corporations and universities globally. Achievements include fostering over 99 portfolio companies, 15 global corporations and research universities, 160 corporate contracts, engaging over 400 executives and leaders, creating more than 2000 jobs, and raising over $2.2 billion in follow-on capital.