ATDC, along with our partner TAG, are now accepting applications for the 2009 CapVenture Program.
CapVenture is a unique program that educates and equips CEOs and executives of early-stage companies for smarter and more productive capitalization of their businesses. Now in its 3rd year, CapVenture has been incredibly successful; past
participants include Centrafuse, Global Crypto Systems, Purewire, and Solo-Health.
Technology companies that are selected for this year’s CapVenture will be guided
through extensive workshops on fund raising preparation, an elevator
pitch exercise and review, executive summary review, investor
communications and practice investor pitches. Participants will also
receive weekly mentoring from Atlanta investors and entrepreneurs.
CapVenture’s series of presentations and workshops prepare executives
for the opportunity to meet angel and venture investors and culminates
with an Investor Forum and Celebration. After the final event, the
top-rated CapVenture companies will also have an opportunity to present
at the 2nd annual Venture Atlanta conference in October.
Please welcome Intercax to our vibrant ATDC community as our newest member company. Intercax has developed a software platform that helps organizations correlate information generated by modeling and simulation tools in developing complex systems. Based on advanced information modeling technology developed at Georgia Tech, InterCAX’s first product, ParaMagic™, was released in 2008. It has been used in applications from unmanned space missions to the moons of Saturn, to regulatory compliance for international banks. Initial target markets include defense/aerospace, government, and financial services, but new markets are emerging in energy, infrastructure and healthcare, anywhere two spreadsheets collide.
The team are legacy, having been involved in former ATDC companies. Let’s all lend our expertise’s in assisting Intercax in accelerating their business.
We are proud to announce VQLink as the latest member to be accepted at the ATDC. VQLink provides the capability to automatically measure video quality without comparing it with the source video, and yet in a way that closely mimics the way humans perceive artifacted video. This patent-pending technology meets broad need in the industry as consumer demand for HD video ramps up. Service providers are looking to maximize the quality and number of HD channels they offer while minimizing capital investment and customer churn. In this context, the industry has expressed a broad need for an authentic and location-agile way of measuring video quality as perceived by the end-user.
We are excited to have several serial entrepreneurs return to ATDC with VQLink. The co-founder and CEO is GRA Eminent Scholar Nikil Jayant (formerly of EGT) and Daniel Howard is the CTO (formerly of Digital Furnace). Co-founders Nitin Suresh (Video Architect, whose PhD research at Georgia Tech provides core technology for VQLink) and Pravin Mane (Software Architect, formerly of Intel) complete the initial line-up of VQLink principals. VQLink is graduating from VentureLab in April 2009 and will continue their operations in Technology Square as an ATDC company.
Please join us in welcoming VQLink to the ATDC Community!
Please join us in welcoming Cardlytics to the ATDC community! Cardlytics – "next generation rewards" – delivers a new solution enabling merchants to access one of the most trusted and used, yet least penetrated channels – online banking. Merchants can offer solutions not simply based on what your profile says, but actually where you shop and how much you spend. Cardlytics patent pending technology allows merchants to maximize this channel while staying in full compliance with the banking laws and regulations. Merchants can provide offers to retain existing customers, as well as precisely target and incent competitors' customers to switch. For consumers, it's great because there is no need to print or redeem coupons. The savings are automatically posted to your account once the pertinent transaction is made.
The team at Cardlytics are experienced entrepreneurs and bankers and we are looking forward to seeing the company grow!