GRA helps fuel the launch of companies

Georgia's research universities often spawn new companies that bring products and technologies to market. For many of these companies, GRA plays a key early role by investing in the university technology needed to advance the company's invention in the earliest stages.

The primary way GRA achieves this is through its VentureLab program. Since 2002, GRA (through VentureLab) has evaluated the commercial potential of more than 300 inventions or discoveries at universities. The most promising of these were awarded VentureLab grants to help fund the technology research necessary to further develop the invention or discovery. This process has led to the formation of more than 80 early-stage companies that employ more than 450 people and have attracted $300 million in private equity investment. More about VentureLab >

GRA also works with established Georgia companies through its Technology Partnerships program, which provides grants to university researchers conducting collaborative research with a Georgia company that will help the company to develop or refine its products and processes. The company matches the grants dollar-for-dollar.

The following table offers more information about some of the companies that GRA's VentureLab and Technology Partnerships programs have supported.

Company NameNature Of GRA Support
Axion Biosystems Axion Biosystems is a GRA VentureLab company
CardioMEMS CardioMEMS is a GRA VentureLab graduate.
CibaVision CibaVision has worked with Georgia Tech scientist David Rosen to develop a new method of manufacturing lenses and on polymer characterization for lenses through a GRA Technology Partnership.
Elevar Corporation Elevar is a GRA VentureLab company
Innovolt Innovolt is a GRA VentureLab graduate.
InsectiGen InsectiGen is a GRA VentureLab graduate, founded by GRA Eminent Scholar Cliff Baile and Dr. Michael Adang, both at the University of Georgia.
Lancope Lancope’s StealthWatch was invented by GRA Eminent Scholar John Copeland (Georgia Tech), who also founded the company.
Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, through a GRA Technology Partnership, has worked with Dr. Schreyes Melkote at Georgia Tech on advanced burr-free drilling for aerospace materials.
MedShape Solutions MedShape Solutions is a GRA VentureLab graduate, whose technology platform is based on the work of Georgia Tech researcher Ken Gall.
Merial Select Merial Select has joined with GRA Eminent Scholar Egbert Mundt at the University of Georgia in a multifaceted research collaboration to develop poultry vaccine platforms.
Pramana, Inc. Pramana is a GRA VentureLab company
Scientific Atlanta/Cisco Systems Scientific Atlanta has joined with GRA Eminent Scholar John Copeland at Georgia Tech in a GRA Technology Partnership to develop a remote network control system to improve the cable industry’s delivery of service to rural areas.
Scintigra Scintigra is a GRA VentureLab company
Seminis Seminis has collaborated with GRA Eminent Scholar Steve Knapp at the University of Georgia on genetic technologies for hybrid seed production in watermelon through a GRA Technology Partnership.
Sentrinsic Sentrinsic is a GRA VentureLab graduate; the company's platform is based on the work of Dr. Wayne Book at Georgia Tech.
Tepyt Technologies Tepyt is a GRA VentureLab company
Terabit Photonics Terabit Photonics is a GRA VentureLab company, based on the research and development of GRA Eminent Scholar Gee-Kung Chang and Dr. Daniel Guidotti, both at Georgia Tech.
Zenda Technologies Zenda Technologies is a GRA VentureLab graduate, based on the collaborative research of Dr. Michelle LaPlaca at Georgia Tech and Dr. David Wright at the Emory University School of Medicine.




 

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