Accelerators & incubators in United States

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

AcceleratorUnited States

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an accelerator that provides education, financial capital and business support services to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity. The firm was founded in 2009 and has offices across the United States.

Travelport Labs is an Englewood, Colorado based incubator which accepts a small number of travel startups into its incubation program. It assists the founders in seed funding and a wealth of mentor-ship in exchange for a small amount of equity in its company.

SuperSet

StudioSan Francisco, United States

super{set} is a team of seasoned operators and AI technologists that co-founds and builds AI-native, high potential businesses. With our people-first culture, proven playbooks and capital investment at all stages, we found, fund and build for lasting impact.

49th State Angel Fund

AcceleratorUnited States

49th State Angel Fund is an accelerator based in Anchorage, Alaska. The firm seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology sector. It was created by a $13.2 million allocation from the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI).

Education Design Studio

IncubatorUnited States

Education Design Studio is a hybrid incubator and seed fund that specializes in seed and early stage investments. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the education sector. The firm was founded in 2013 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Braintree Business Development Center

IncubatorUnited States

Braintree is an incubator serving North Central and North East Ohio, providing assistance to business startups and emerging companies. The firm was founded in 1986 and provides counseling, customer referral, access to capital, and training opportunities.

Ohio State University Technology Commercialization Office

AcceleratorUnited States

Ohio State University Technology Commercialization Office is a research center based in Columbus, Ohio. It has an acceleration program know as Accelerator Awards through which it makes early stage investment in software, analytics and healthcare sectors.

Rearden Companies is an incubator of companies exploring and developing art and technology, with a particular emphasis on the interplay and synergy between the two worlds. Rearden provides infrastructural facilities to new projects before launching them.

10Xelerator

AcceleratorVarious/Remote, United States

10Xelerator is a mentor driven accelerator program focused on early-stage funding to companies in the big data, analytics, educational technology, logistics, retail and cyber security sectors. The firm was founded in 2011 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Co.lab

AcceleratorUnited States

Co.lab was an accelerator that worked with startups leveraging the power of digital games to build transformative educational technologies for PK-12 students and teachers. The firm was founded in 2013 and was headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SmartWe

AcceleratorUnited States

SmartWe is an accelerator based in Pao Alto, California. The firm provides various services such as contingent staffing, web design and development and product development. It seeks to invest in companies operating in the information technology sector.

When it comes to startup accelerators, Y Combinator (YC) is one of the most well-known in the world. As an accelerator that provides seed-stage funding, some of the most well-known accelerated companies (e.g. Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit) are YC alumni.

JFE Accelerator

AcceleratorUnited States

JFE Accelerator is an accelerator firm based in New York, New York and was founded in 2013. The firm runs programs in New York and San Francisco for 3 months focusing on seed and pre-series A Israeli startups focusing on B2B and enterprise businesses.

MetaProp

AcceleratorNew York, United States

MetaProp and Columbia University collaborate to bring together some of the most innovative and influential real estate institutions and other industry PropTech visionary companies to lead the MetaProp Accelerator at the Columbia University Consortium.

RevIthaca Startup Works

IncubatorUnited States

RevIthaca Startup Works is a business incubator that offers entrepreneurs a place to grow their business, providing access to expert advice and business development at an accelerated pace. The firm is based in Ithaca, New York and was founded in 2014.

Prehype

AcceleratorNew York, United States

Prehype is an accelerator and venture development firm based in New York, New York. The firm facilitates incubation and early stage investments in companies operating in the consumer products and services, software and information technology sectors.

Environmental Business Cluster is a cleantech incubator that provides office space, commercialization support and networking opportunities to early-stage clean energy and environmental technology companies. The firm is based in San Jose, California.

Partner Fusion is a marketing and technology incubator that helps startup teams create sustainable businesses from innovative ideas. It was founded in 2007 and is based in Lehi, Utah with offices and operations in Central and South America and Asia.

Spark Labs

AcceleratorUnited States

Spark Labs is an accelerator that provides workspace and is devoted to the success of start-ups, growing businesses, consultants and freelancers in the technology and media industries. The firm is based in New York, New York and was founded in 2012.

Top Gun is a five-month program that combines mentoring with bi-weekly gatherings. The firm provides its acceleration program to the food, consumer service, information technology, mobile application, clean technology and specialty material sectors.

Kenzie Lane Innovation

IncubatorUnited States

Kenzie Lane Innovation is an incubator which is based in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm focuses on consumer-facing companies in the mobility, internet security, payments, automotive, sensors, natural language processing and authentication technologies.

NeuroLaunch

AcceleratorUnited States

NeuroLaunch is an accelerator program for neuroscience startup companies. The firm provides seed round financing of $20,000 to $100,000 depending on the stage of the startups. It prefers to operate in the Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco Bay Area.

New Technology Venture Accelerator

AcceleratorUnited States

New Technology Venture Accelerator is an initiative of France Consulates General in Boston, San Francisco and Toronto, and the Embassy of France in Washington DC to support innovative startups in their search for opportunities in the US and Canada.

Docomo Innovation

AcceleratorUnited States

Docomo Innovation is an accelerator headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm seeks to invest in the mobile network technology, video codec standardization, network service innovation and andriod product innovation sectors located in Japan.

Fledge

AcceleratorSeattle, United States

Fledge is a global network of conscious company accelerators and seed funds that help entrepreneurs create impactful companies and co-ops at scale through short, intense programs filled with education, guidance, and a massive amount of mentorship.

79Studios

IncubatorUnited States

A Los Angeles based startup studio. Instead of teaching women and minorities to succeed in the current paradigm, their goal is to accelerate returns by building a new business ecosystem, tailored for their needs and highlighting their strengths.

BoomStartup

AcceleratorNew York City (NYC), United States

BoomStartup is an accelerator that does seed investments. The firm seeks to invest in the mobile, internet, software as a service, medical and educational technology based startups. It is headquartered at Sandy, Utah and was established in 2010.

Draper University

AcceleratorUnited States

Draper University is an accelerator based in San Mateo, California. The firm offers entrepreneurship programs via a 7-week residential program in entrepreneurship and co-working space that promotes innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurship.

Geekdom SF

AcceleratorUnited States

Geekdom SF is an accelerator that provides a collaborative work space where entrepreneurs, technologists, developers, makers and creatives help each other build businesses. The firm was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Queen City Fintech

IncubatorCharlotte, United States

QC FinTech is an incubator based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The firm provides a 3 month program focused on identifying and accelerating growth of early stage companies operating in the financial technology and information technology sectors.

Founderly

AcceleratorTallinn, United States

The program is divided into two stages to keep it simple and productive. First, you’ll develop your founder’s mindset and put together an actionable business plan. Then, you’ll build your minimum sellable product and find your first customers.

LA Dodgers Accelerator

AcceleratorUnited States

LA Dodgers Accelerator is an accelerator program that focuses on companies with innovative products and services at the intersection of sports, technology and entertainment. The firm is based in Los Angeles, California and was founded in 2015.

Reactor Accelerator

AcceleratorUnited States

Reactor Accelerator is an accelerator that is the industry initiative for interactive media. The firm provides mentors, startups, gamers and technologists all interact to innovate and accelerate ideas, sparking the future of interactive media.

Madworks Accelerator

AcceleratorMadison, United States

Madworks Accelerator is an accelerator that offers coworking space, grants, mentors, lean start-up, structure and access to next round finance to selected early stage companies. The firm was founded in 2013 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

RunUp Labs

AcceleratorUnited States

RunUp Labs is an accelerator that provides funding and mentoring services to travel enabled start up companies. The firm seeks to invest in the mobile, adtech, software and information technology sectors. It is based in Bloomington, Indiana.

Blackbox

AcceleratorPalo Alto, United States

Blackbox is a seed accelerator for technology startups that connect startup founders from all around the globe with a global network of seed investors, mentors and market entrance partners, and work with entrepreneurs to run their startups.

Velocity Indiana

AcceleratorUnited States

Velocity Indiana is an accelerator based in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The firm launches a bi-annual 100-day startup accelerator program that provides funding, mentoring and training to young companies for the early stages of their business.

Endeavor Forward

IncubatorUnited States

Endeavor Forward was a Solomon Global Holdings owned business incubator program that supports entrepreneurs in developing early stage businesses. The firm was based in Columbus, Ohio, and preferred to invest in the Ohio startup community.

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator

IncubatorUnited States

Wells Fargo Incubation Innovator is an accelerator program that focuses on companies in early-stage technologies. It also provides services to reduce the energy impact of commercial buildings and is funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation.

YetiZen

AcceleratorUnited States

YetiZen is an accelerator based in San Francisco, California. Its acceleration program focuses entirely on game studio and emerging platform start-ups. The firm provides acceleration and funding to mobile, social and technology sectors.

Fishbowl Labs

IncubatorUnited States

Fishbowl Labs is a tech incubator which was created by AOL in 2012. The firm provides conference rooms, phone booths, common areas, free coffee and beverages, game rooms and outdoor workspace. It is located on the Dulles Campus of AOL.

Code2040

AcceleratorSan Francisco, United States

Code2040 is a nonprofit activating, connecting, and mobilizing the largest racial equity community in tech to dismantle the structural barriers that prevent Black and Latinx technologists from fully participating in the tech industry.

Global Strategic Innovation

AcceleratorUnited States

Global Strategic Innovation is an accelerator program of a hands-on, intensive week allowing leaders and top decision makers a direct immersion in Silicon Valley. the firm has offices in San Francisco, California and Lisboa, Portugal.

Orange Fab

AcceleratorUnited States

Its 12-week Fast Track program is based in San Francisco and comes with a great range of benefits such as office space, access to events and personalized sessions with corporate decision makers and support from Silicon Valley mentors.

Owen Entrepreneurs Center

AcceleratorUnited States

Owen Entrepreneurship Center is an acceleration program which brings together entrepreneurs, business managers, investors, faculty and Vanderbilt Business School students to share innovative ideas thorough its services and activities.

Elmspring Accelerator

AcceleratorVarious/Remote, United States

Elmspring Accelerator is a seed-stage technology accelerator that supports start-up companies with a comprehensive network of resources and enterprise development tools. The firm is based in Chicago, Illinois and was founded in 2013.

VentureChoice

IncubatorPalo Alto, United States

Venture Choice was a client sponsored technology incubation and venturing firm. The firm provided its sponsoring clients with expertise and exposure needed to incubate, invest in or acquire innovation-based technologies and ventures.