Manages Emory University endowment. Also manages Emory Healthcare and Carter Center investments. $11.4B AUM 2025. Based in Atlanta. Diversified: public equities, PE, hedge funds, real assets, fixed income.

Private research university Atlanta GA. Founded 1836. Goizueta Business School. CDC and Emory co-located (major biomedical research nexus). $11B endowment. INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM: Techstars Emory Founder Catalyst (launched 2025, 10-week pre-accelerator, 20 ventures/yr, Techstars partnership); Hatchery (Center for Innovation); Roberto C. Goizueta Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Venture Atlanta Mini-Fund ($500K/yr, TiE Atlanta Angels partnership); OTT (Office of Technology Transfer); SBIR/STTR support. NOTABLE ALUMNI: William Hockey (co-founder Plaid, $6B valuation); Mike Dubin (founder Dollar Shave Club, $1B Unilever acquisition); Newt Gingrich (former House Speaker); Salman Rushdie (author, honorary); Jimmy Carter (attended Emory Law, honorary doctorate). Atlanta nexus: Emory + Morehouse + Spelman + Clark Atlanta = Atlanta University Center cluster.Emory is the Atlanta PWI anchor alongside the HBCU cluster.

Atlanta GA. Premier STEM research university in Southeast. $2.5B endowment (Georgia Tech Foundation already in DB). College of Computing — ranked top 5. College of Engineering. CREATE-X startup accelerator (already in DB as state agency — Omar Balkissoon is Council Member). ATDC (already in DB). Research hubs: GTRI (Georgia Tech Research Institute — defense/national security), IPAT, Institute for People and Technology. Strong DARPA and defense research portfolio. Co-located with Emory for biomedical research.

Public research university in downtown Atlanta — business, health, analytics.

Atlanta GA. Top-5 CS program. Institutes within: Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP), ML@GT, Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM). Strong AI/ML and cybersecurity output. Feeds Atlanta's growing tech ecosystem. DARPA relationships. NSA-designated Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research.

Georgia Tech faculty-led student entrepreneurship initiative. Provides knowledge, skills, and experiences for students to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. Programs: Startup Launch, Startup Summer, Make. Startups have created dozens of jobs, millions in revenues, secured large enterprise contracts. Omar Balkissoon (Georgia Tech BS Engineering 2000, Wash100 awardee) is a Council Member.

Manages Georgia Tech endowment. Incorporated 1932. CIO: Brian Pellegrino (grew portfolio from $1.7B to $2.5B+). Most recent LP commitment to Overline (Atlanta VC). LPs include several VC funds in Atlanta ecosystem.

Atlanta GA. Georgia Tech applied research arm for government and industry. $700M+ annual research. Strong DOD/defense — electronic warfare, radar, autonomy, cyber. One of largest university-affiliated defense research organizations in US.

All-male HBCU Atlanta GA. Part of Atlanta University Center. #2 HBCU (LinkedIn 2025). Morehouse College Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (MIEC) — global model for education + industry collaboration, focused on bridging wealth gap for Black businesses. NOTABLE ALUMNI: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (civil rights icon); Samuel L. Jackson (actor, drama 1972); Spike Lee (director); Maynard Jackson (first Black Mayor of Atlanta); Howard Thurman (theologian); Edwin Moses (Olympic champion). Osparna nexus: Kappa Alpha Psi founding connection (KAP member Samuel L. Jackson). Atlanta node connects to Jon Gosier/Erik Hersman cluster.

Savannah GA. Private art and design university. Jon Gosier attended SCAD 1999-2000, studied Sequential Art and Sound Design. One of largest art universities in US. Strong film/entertainment focus. ATL film ecosystem connection.

All-women HBCU Atlanta GA. Part of Atlanta University Center. #3 HBCU (LinkedIn 2025). Spelman Innovation Lab — Makerspace, Digital Fab Lab, Entrepreneurship Hub. Won 2025 AAAS HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase (PlantGPT — LLM for plant health). NOTABLE ALUMNI: Stacey Abrams (politician, voting rights advocate); Marian Wright Edelman (founder Children's Defense Fund); Alice Walker (Pulitzer Prize author); Keisha Lance Bottoms (Atlanta Mayor); Bernice King (civil rights leader). Osparna nexus: AKA founding institution. Hadiyah Mujhid (HBCUvc) connection.