Engage

engage.vc

VCMatch tracks Engage as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, and Data Infrastructure companies, Seed and Series A rounds, and Southeast Us, Atlanta, Ga, and United States markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Seed, Series A, Series B

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, Data Infrastructure

Geography

Southeast US, Atlanta, GA, and United States

Investment Thesis

Engage operates as a purpose-built enterprise venture platform that pairs capital with direct corporate access to accelerate startups into Fortune 500 customers and markets. The firm’s model is strategic and program-driven: it invests in companies that are selected for its cohort-based Enterprise Go-To-Market Program and then uses a proprietary platform of corporate partners, academic research, and executive networks to drive pilots, contracts, and follow-on growth.

Engage emphasizes research-informed, cross-industry collaboration (via Working Groups and an Insights Engine with Georgia Tech) and individualized founder support to build enterprise sales playbooks and navigate large-scale corporate deployments — turning early engagements into pilots, investments, and potential acquisitions.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Engage is most relevant for founders raising Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds in Enterprise SaaS, AI/ML, Data Infrastructure, and Logistics/Supply Chain, especially across Southeast US, Atlanta, GA, and United States.

Focus statement

Engage focuses on enterprise technology startups (global sourcing) that are a fit for its bi-annual, cohort-based Enterprise Go-to-Market Program — i.e., companies building the "future of enterprise" and seeking to break into and scale with Fortune 500 customers. "Engage is a strategic investor that invests in companies selected for the Engage Go-To-Market Program."

Value Add

Deep, curated corporate partner network (14+ Fortune 500 corporations and research universities listed by name, e.g., Delta, The Home Depot, Coca‑Cola, Goldman Sachs, UPS, Chick‑fil‑A, Georgia Tech) that provide direct executive-level access and sponsorship.
Program-first investment model: capital is deployed to companies selected for a structured, 10-week enterprise GTM cohort program that provides tailored plans, corporate introductions, and pilot pathways.
Academic partnership and Insights Engine: works with Georgia Tech/Enterprise Innovation Institute to collate and analyze data and form "data-driven theses" that inform corporate pilots, internal incubation, investments, and acquisition validation.
Cross-corporate Working Groups that combine subject-matter experts and GT faculty to produce early, actionable feedback that accelerates startups’ GTM strategy and increases pilot/contract success rates.
End-to-end facilitation from pilot to commercial contract to strategic investment — with documented examples (e.g., Vyv aircraft certification and Delta investment; Deep North pilot with The Home Depot).
Managed by Tech Square Ventures, leveraging an experienced founding team of entrepreneurs/operators (Blake Patton, Bill Nussey) and a board of active corporate executives to open doors and sponsor outcomes.