Which was founded first? Georgia Tech Venture Lab, or Urjanet, Inc.?
Urjanet, Inc. Urjanet is an energy data company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company develops and markets a form of big data coming from utilities. Urjanet offers data-as-a-service products that enable organizations to understand their energy usage, which is fundamental to reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. The company was founded in 2009 by Sanjoy Malik at the Georgia Tech VentureLab. After Malik secured a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Urjanet graduated to the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), then in 2013 after successfully raising $6.5 million in venture capital moved to the company's current location in Midtown Atlanta. The company is funded with support from the Georgia Research Alliance, Imlay Investment, Grotech Ventures, Correlation Ventures, and Osage Venture Partners.
Entrepreneur First Entrepreneur First is a London-based startup accelerator which assists promising UK and Central European tech graduates and those already working in technology firms to design and run their own startups. Founded in 2011 by Matthew Clifford and Alice Bentinck, the program helped establish 75 startups valued at $450 million in its first four years. Entrepreneur First differs from other accelerators such as Y Combinator and Wayra in that it seeks out individuals with concepts rather than existing companies.