2019 - A Year In Review

It’s about to be a new year, and Atlanta Tech Village is officially turning 7 years old. What a year it was for the Village! We continue to see amazing growth in Atlanta and in our community. As we focus on the new year ahead, let’s take a quick nostalgic look back at our favorite numbers of 2019 from the impressive to the ridiculous.

To date:

• $900M+ capital has been raised by Village startups
• 7,200 jobs have been created through Village startups
• 5,539 people have called the Village home

This year:

• 42 Village startups achieved 6 Figures in Funding or ARR
• 25 Village startups achieved 7 Figures in Funding or ARR
• 1,611 badass ladies attended our Women + Tech workshops and meetups
• 5 books read with 61 ladies at our Women + Tech book club
• 37 workshops were hosted
• 40 Founders have gone through our Pre-Accelerator
• 298 entrepreneurs were served in our Startup Summer School
• 700+ hours of time were given by Advisors to entrepreneurs
• 52 blogs were written
• 781 Tweets were sent 
• 80 Meetups were hosted 
• 26 ping pong paddles were used and abused
• 3456 cups of chicken noodle soup were consumed
• 3,600 people attended Atlanta Startup Village where 2,300 beers were poured.
• 10,176 lunches were served at Startup Chowdown
• 703 events were hosted
• 140 startups moved offices
• 82 new companies called the Village home this year
• 780 lbs of coffee were consumed
• 370 Coca-Cola freestyle cartridges were used
• 41 schools were hosted for tours
• 73 desk were assembled
• 96 kegs were floated
• 30 sponsors partnered with the Village
• 227 support tickets were answered
• 1 coffee shop opened - Kula Coffee Co.
• 5 baristas/cooks hired
• 1500 lattes and over 500 egg sandwiches were sold in Kula's first two months.

It was an awesome year at Atlanta Tech Village. To all those who were a part of our community in any way - thank you.

We are looking forward to 2020 and all the promise it holds for the startup community of our great city. Keep dreaming big, friends!