ATP – A translational venture capital firm generating market-leading returns and sustainable impact from university startups
Our mission – The advancement of science from university research efforts into the market, with the goals of both benefitting society and generating sustainable economics for all of our stakeholders.
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About Us
ATP is an early stage venture capital organization changing the way university innovations impact the world. We are not a traditional VC, we are a platform. A platform of interconnected resources with the mission of creating tangible value from the brightest, yet most underserved minds in society.
US Heartland universities receive over $50B of research funding yet are severely under utilized by the traditional venture capital industry. ATP works directly with innovators from the early research-translation to later phases, with particular emphasis on Pre-seed (Launch), Seed (Nurture) and Series A (Scale) funding stages. ATP powers the earliest stages of firm development, creating returns for our investors and sustainable impact in such focus areas as: gender-disparity access and economic development in underserved regions.
The ATP team has worked with university innovators, first-time and seasoned entrepreneurs, top-tier VC firms and global non-profits. This diversity brings value-add from zero to one and beyond.
About Us
Where We Look
Emerging University Technologies
Currently over 140 proto-startups at universities across the US heartland
Health: Women's, Care, Life Sciences, & Devices
Behavioral research, Biomedical & Biological Technologies, Bioinformatics, Biocompatible materials & sensors, Computational biology, Nanotechnologies, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices, Proteomics / Genomics, and Women’s health
Infrastructure
Materials science, Energy – Alternative & Traditional, Infrastructure, Transportation
Enterprise Innovation
AI & cognitive computing, blockchain, 3D printing & imaging, online commerce, supply chain/logistics
Why Now?
VC has right-sized, Global cash is seeking yields, Formation & early-stage is where wealth is created
US Heartland markets are ripe for more early-stage venture funding
Result of team’s long-standing university & national research lab relationships
Following “best-in-class” incubation process enhances the resources available to portfolio investments