Partnership for Innovation
2025 Impact Report
Partnership Impact Report Letter
“This past year represents the strongest performance in the Partnership’s history, reflecting both the maturity of our model and the accelerating demand for community-driven innovation across the Southeast. In 2025, we strengthened our regional footprint and advanced solutions at a scale unmatched in prior years—employing 138 emerging innovators across 84 counties in seven states, expanding research-driven impact through 28 higher-education partners and 13 multidisciplinary researchers, and supporting more than 170 entrepreneurs and small businesses that generated 49 new commercialization disclosures.
These outcomes underscore the power of our public-private partnership model to turn shared investment into lasting economic and community benefit. The work of this year not only deepens our impact today, but sets the foundation for the next era of inclusive innovation across Georgia and the region.”
– Debra Lam, Founding Executive Director, Partnership for Innovation.
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