Engage Ventures

What is Engage Ventures?

Engage Ventures is an Atlanta, Georgia-based venture capital fund that specializes in equity investments across various sectors, primarily focusing on IT, FinTech, Hardware manufacturing, and Mobile industries. With a fund size of $18 million, Engage Ventures operates as a collaborative innovation and corporate venture platform that aligns with category-leading corporations in the Southeast to nurture and support enterprise startups. They target investments with a minimum of $150,000 and a maximum of $9,000,000, with a sweet spot around $250,000 for seed, startup, and early-stage funding.

Their approach is to partner with Fortune 500 companies and provide startups with essential resources, including tailored go-to-market strategies, connections to corporate decision-makers, and a supportive environment for enterprise sales execution. Engage Ventures conducts a 10-week program twice a year, guiding cohorts of 6-8 companies to refine enterprise go-to-market strategies.

Through strong corporate partnerships with influential entities such as AT&T, Chick-fil-A, and Delta Air Lines, the fund provides direct access to senior industry leaders and executives. The Engage network offers access to venture investors, Fortune 500 CEOs, and opportunities for cross-corporate learning, enterprise events, and insights generation in collaboration with the Enterprise Innovation Institute at Georgia Tech.

This ecosystem helps startups navigate enterprise sales and partnerships processes and leverages insights to assist entrepreneurs in gaining customers and entering new markets. Engage Ventures has successfully fostered over 99 portfolio companies, facilitated over 160 corporate contracts, and aided in creating over 2000 jobs, with their portfolio companies raising over $2.2 billion in follow-on capital.