Savannah Logistics Innovation Center starts accelerator program for startup companies

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTGS) — The Savannah Logistics Innovation Center has partnered with several organizations to provide an accelerator program for startups in the Hostess City.

Executive director Bart Gobeil said the program is intended to stir development in logistics to strengthen supply chains, especially around Georgia's ports.

He said they've selected 12 startups for the first cohort of the program that will provide education, mentorship, and financing assistance.

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"What it looks like is the mentorship. It's also, like I said, direct feedback for potential customers such as the industrial market that we have here and then also the opportunity to work with each other and bounce ideas as startups off of each other," Gobeil said.

Gobeil added that the accelerator program is the result of many partnerships with Savannah entities like Georgia Southern University and the Georgia Ports Authority.

He said they look forward to the program's first cohort and hope it will promote the advancement of technology and innovation in the logistics field.