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The PIT Atlanta
The PIT Atlanta is focused on supporting underinvested founders in Atlanta by providing resources, mentorship, and community-driven support to help them innovate and scale their businesses.
Overview
What The PIT Atlanta does
What The PIT Atlanta is
The PIT Atlanta is focused on supporting underinvested founders in Atlanta by providing resources, mentorship, and community-driven support to help them innovate and scale their businesses.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports program host and community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Accelerator
- Structured capabilities
- Program host · Community
- Last reviewed
- April 9, 2026
What Accelerator means
An accelerator is a structured, short-term program designed to speed up a startup's progress toward product-market fit, traction, fundraising, or scale.
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Find The PIT Atlanta elsewhere
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Capability profile
The PIT Atlanta as a program host
Program thesis
The PIT Atlanta is dedicated to supporting underinvested and underrepresented founders in Atlanta, aiming to create an ecosystem that fosters innovation, scaling, and impactful businesses.
Focus narrative
The PIT Atlanta focuses on supporting Black entrepreneurs by providing access to resources, expert guidance, and community collaboration. It emphasizes hands-on programming that is action-oriented and designed to yield measurable results. The organization aims to foster a collaborative environment where founders can share resources and support one another.
Terms and economics
- Indicative investment
- $250,000,000
Availability
- Application state
- Not published
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Accelerator
- Regions
- North AmericaUnited States
Capability profile
The PIT Atlanta as a community
Community overview
The PIT Atlanta is a non-profit organization founded to support underinvested and underrepresented founders in Atlanta. Its mission is to create an ecosystem that enables these founders to innovate, scale, and lead businesses that generate lasting economic and social impact. The organization aims to facilitate $250 million in investment, revenue, and M&A activity for Black founders in Atlanta over the next five years.
Community focus
The PIT Atlanta focuses on supporting Black entrepreneurs by providing access to resources, expert guidance, and community collaboration. It emphasizes hands-on programming that is action-oriented and designed to yield measurable results. The organization aims to foster a collaborative environment where founders can share resources and support one another.
Member value
Members gain access to resources, expert guidance, and a collaborative community that supports their entrepreneurial journey.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- November 17, 2023
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- incubator and community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Events and activity
Recurring events include the Atlanta Black Founders Co-Building Day, which focuses on actionable outcomes for participants, and the Morning Money Mix, an event for networking with top Atlanta startup investors. The PIT Power Hour is a community-building initiative for Black entrepreneurs.
Notable members
Khadijah Robinson, General Partner at Fictive Ventures, and Kimberly Jolasun, Founder of a venture-backed consumer startup.
Common questions
What to know about The PIT Atlanta
Upseed classifies The PIT Atlanta under the Accelerator organization type. Its current public profile includes program host and community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 9, 2026
Known limits
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