💥 Meet Cohort 9: Eight Startups Accelerating 🔥 their Enterprise GTM
Introducing, Cohort 9!
We are excited to welcome our nineth cohort! Over the next ten weeks, these eight companies will go through Engage’s intense Enterprise Go-To-Market program to systematically connect with our corporate partners and identify potential partnership opportunities.
We take an individualized approach with our founders, creating tailored plans to build an enterprise sales playbook and connect with corporate leaders making critical company-wide decisions. Together, these companies span the Customer Experience; Data, Analytics & Cybersecurity; Future of Work; and Supply Chain & Logistics industries and represent a diversity of technology, geography, and customers.
Bluedot is a complete toolkit for curbside and guest arrival, offering advanced location services that facilitate enhanced customer experiences like drive-through personalization, in-store pickup, customer ETAs, and more.
Emil Davityan
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Bluedot was named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative List 2022, named most innovative in dining and hospitality for facilitating frictionless and contactless order, curbside, and drive-through pickup.
Evolv AI uses AI-driven experimentation, optimization, and personalization to continuously find better ways for enterprises to provide bespoke customer experience across web, mobile, email channels and more.
Michael Scharff
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Evolv AI turned three this year. Co-founder and CEO Michael Schraff wrote for Forbes about whether or not brands can take back control of the customer journey.
Itential is an automation platform built to support both network and cloud infrastructure, making it easy for organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management.
Ian Bresnahan
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Itential was named, for the third consecutive time, in the Gartner Market Guide for Network Automation Tools and was also featured in Datacenter Dynamics.
Paladin streamlines pro bono programs with the goal of increasing access to justice by creating an easy way for lawyers to find and take action on cases they are passionate about, while managing their pro-bono rosters.
Kristen Sonday
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Paladin’s origin story was recently told by Humans of New York and resulted in an outpouring of support for increasing access to justice.
Sounding Board builds enterprise-ready solutions to manage, scale, and measure coaching on one unified platform to support the development of a strong leadership bench from the C-Suite to the individual contributor level.
Christine Tao
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Sounding Board’s co-founder and CEO Christine Tao was featured on Employee Benefit News, Perspective, and on the Association for Talent Development’s Accidental Trainer podcast for an in-depth look at how coaching can transform leaders and employees.
Terzo contract intelligence platform provides insights into IT costs and accelerates innovation through third-party intelligence, allowing enterprises to turn vendors into strategic partners.
Brandon Card
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Terzo co-founder and CEO Brandon Card spoke at the innovation hall at the Sourcing Industry Group Procurement Technology Summit.
Vocalytics listens to ambient noise, analyzes events and trends, and sends real-time alerts when you need them most. Their software is robust, plugs into existing hardware, and is lightweight enough to process on the edge.
Van West
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
Vocalytics is hiring! Openings include Senior Frontend Developer and Senior Full Stack Engineer.
WorkStep helps manufacturing, logistics, and retail companies hire and retain their hourly workforce. Their RETAIN solution gathers regular real-time feedback throughout the employment journey, allowing companies to engage workers, identify any issues, and take action.
Dan Johnston
Co-Founder & CEO
Recent News
WorkStep shared advice for supply chain employers struggling to hire in Inbound Logistics, Crunchbase News, FreightWaves, and Logistics Insider.
💎 Highlights from our Startups
Conferences are back and our startups know how to shine!!
ShopTalk 2022 Roundup:
- Bluedot CEO Emil Davityan spoke about Click-and-Collect, curbside, and delivery.
- Evolv AI sponsored and showcased its AI-driven experimentation and personalization.
- Deep North showcased a live demo of its retail analytics solutions.
SXSW List:
- Goodr served over two hundred families with their Pop-Up Grocery Market and CEO Jasmine Crowe spoke about sustainability and equity truth.
- ICON unveiled “House Zero” for tours and co-founder and CEO Jason Ballard spoke about 3D-printed homes and solving the housing crisis.
- Kanarys CEO Mandy Price discussed what the “she-cession” will teach us about hiring.
Cresta raised an $80 million Series C at a $1.6 billion valuation led by Tiger Global Management and joined by industry leaders Genesys, Five9, J.P. Morgan, Zoom, and CarMax.
Filtered announced $10 million in financing in a round led by AI Fund, Silicon Valley Data Capital, and TDF Ventures.
Inclusively was featured by Hypepotamus for rethinking the hiring process and won HR.com’s first annual Startup Tech Showcase.
PICKUP announced that its deliveries are now 100% carbon neutral as part of its commitment to building a more sustainable future.
Pryon introduced the Knowledge Bot, Pryon’s AI-powered booster engine for chatbot and service agent performance.
The Mom Project was featured on the Forbes 2022 America’s Best Startup Employers list. Also, their RISE program exceeded its goal of awarding over two thousand women scholarships.
What we 💛 about our Corporate Partners
UPS became one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies.
Wellstar Health System embarked on a journey to change traditional health care through Catalyst by Wellstar and a partnership with Bee Downtown.
Delta Air Lines signed an agreement with sustainable aviation fuel maker Gevo, making strides towards its goal of fueling ten percent of its operation with sustainable aviation fuel by 2030.
Georgia Tech’s Emmy Award-winning 2022 InVenture Prize aired live on Georgia Public Broadcasting, with Team Sola, a pair of students aiming to provide financial assistance to home owners more quickly after tornadoes, winning the InVenture competition.
Goldman Sachs announced that seven companies have been selected to participate in the inaugural United Kingdom Black Tech cohort of Launch with GS, a one billion dollar investment strategy grounded in Goldman Sachs’ data-driven belief that diverse teams drive strong returns.
Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions announced an agreement to jointly develop and deliver comprehensive energy reliance solutions to targeted markets across the United States.
Intercontinental Exchange unveiled its global brand campaign, “Make the Connection,” further unifying its businesses under one broad theme.
Inspire Brands surpassed thirty billion dollars in total global system sales, a double digit year-over-year increase. They also revealed plans to launch its restaurant chains in the metaverse.
🏊 Dive into the ATL Ecosystem
Axios featured Atlanta’s steady stream of young companies reaching unicorn status, including STORD.
Delta Air Lines Foundation announced a $2 million grant to the Spelman College for the Center for Innovation and Arts as part of the Spelman Ascends campaign.
Goldman Sachs doubled its contribution to Atlanta’s affordable housing near the MARTA transit, investing another one hundred million dollars.
Venture-backed startups account for two percent of Georgia jobs according to the totaling about one hundred thousand jobs.