About the Austin Technology Incubator

The Austin Technology Incubator harnesses business, government and academic resources to provide strategic counsel, operational guidance, and infrastructure support to its member companies to help them transition into successful, high growth technology businesses.

Since its founding in 1989, ATI has worked with over 200 companies, helping them raise over $750 million in investor capital.  Over the past three years of the “Great Recession,” ATI has incubated over 50 companies and helped them raise over $70 million in investor capital; during that same 3 year period, ATI alumni companies realized over $300 million in exit value.  Roughly 75% of companies admitted into ATI membership subsequently receive funding.

ATI is committed to working with the best founding teams in Austin.  Out of an annual “pipeline” of 100-150 prospective companies, ATI typically admits only 5-10 into membership in the incubator.  Investors, executive talent, and mentors recognize this selectivity.

ATI is a program of the IC² Institute of The University of Texas at Austin.  It has a dual mission:  promote economic development in Central Texas through entrepreneurial wealth and job creation, and provide a “teaching laboratory” in applied entrepreneurship for UT-Austin students.  ATI works closely with other commercially-focused and business-building programs at The University.

Although ATI is part of The University of Texas at Austin, there is no requirement that ATI companies need to be based on UT-Austin technology, or indeed have any formal connection to The University other than ATI membership.