Accelerators & incubators

The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator supports economic development in Southeast Michigan by accelerating high-tech businesses, cultivating academic innovation and encouraging research and development. It is located within the technology advancement smart zone of Sterling Heights and is a partnership between the City of Sterling Heights, Macomb County and Oakland University.

New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative is an accelerator that operates and invests through a number of programs. The firm's program enables technology-based startups, especially those in agriculture, health, education and transportation technology sectors to turn new ideas into a business. It now investing in the companies in the new retail, commercial and residential options.

Rose-Hulman Ventures is an accelerator/incubator of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, that brings together outstanding students with technology-based companies. The program includes professional level laboratories, equipment, tools and work suites. The firm is located on 100 acres in a 35,000 square-foot facility on the south campus of Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The Texas Startup is an accelerator that provide ideas and inspiration to entrepreneurs. The firm is created to provide rich content about the Texas startup community with insights on how local entrepreneurs, programmers and designers have together successfully created their own startup right here in the lone star state. It was founded in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, start up and early stage investments. The firm focuses on investing in companies operating in the biotechnology tools and services, bioinformatics, diagnostics and screening, medical devices, healthcare information technology, medical robotics, therapeutics and nanotechnology sectors.

Automation Alley is a technology business association and business accelerator dedicated to growing the economy of Southeast Michigan. The firm provides networking opportunities, meeting space and public relations tools. It serves to the entrepreneurial services, talent development, international business services, emerging technologies, defense and manufacturing sectors.

Flextronics Lab IX is an accelerator headquartered in San Jose, California. The firm seek to invest in seed, venture and growth stage businesses operating in the data networking, telecom, enterprise computing and storage, industrial, capital equipment, appliances, medical, automotive, aerospace and defense, energy, mobile, computing and other electronic product sectors.

Founded in 2010, Praxis is an accelerator based in New York, New York. The firm launches acceleration and non profit acceleration programs each year to let fellow members participate in exchange for a program fee. The firm also works with entrepreneurs to co-found and launch early-stage ventures that have strategic social and cultural impact through Praxis Venture Lab.

Singularity University is an accelerator that provides educational programs, innovative partnerships to help individuals, businesses, institutions, investors, NGOs and governments to understand cutting-edge technologies and how to utilize these technologies to positively impact billions of people. The firm was founded in 2008 and is based in Moffett Field, California.

WashingtonVC is an accelerator that incubates early stage technology companies through active management and the exchange of technologies and services. The firm invests in online media, marketing, software technologies, telecommunications services, domain name services, and consumer Internet services. It is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland and was founded in 2007.

Bootstrap Incubation is a venture capital firm that prefers to invest in companies operating in the media, software, big data and outsourcing sectors. The firm provides incubation services like offering office space, recruiting, HR and employee benefits to create a lean operations to their investments. It was established in 2012 and is based in San Diego, California.

Innovation Fund of Northeast Ohio is an accelerator based in Elyria, Ohio and was founded in 2007 by the Lorain County Community College Foundation. The fund fulfills the capital needs of Northeast Ohio startups at the earliest stage of development. The Innovation Fund usually invests before anyone else to help companies get past the rough early stages of business.

Virginia BioTechnology Research Park is located in Richmond, Virginia and is home to over 60 life science companies, research institutes and state/federal labs. The Park’s nationally recognized bio-sciences business incubation program, the Virginia Biotech Center, helps client companies and graduates to attract finance through equity, grant and strategic capital.

Research Park's business incubation facility EnterpriseWorks offers startup companies flexible and fully furnished office space in a variety of sizes. It has basic labs available as well as full fit-out labs for chemical and life science companies. In addition to office and lab space, EnterpriseWorks offers conference room space to its tenants at no extra charge.

1789 Venture Lab is a student entrepreneurship community that provides services to newly graduated students engaged in business ventures. It provides services for business, non-profit, and social entrepreneurial ventures based in Chapel Hill.1789 Venture Lab was established on May 15, 2013. It operates in the town of Chapel Hill in Orange County, North Carolina.

As a topic-focused accelerator, we offer a tailor-made approach to each start-up, delivering services and networks to fuel organic growth. By attracting top startups to the program, we also create synergies to amplify learning. Industry-specific content and stakeholders that can really accelerate our ambitious startups, will take your startup to another level!

Menlo Incubator is a startup incubator founded by Gary Kremen and Steven Bennet that offers office space, funding, networking and more to help early stage companies reach their goals. Menlo Incubator offers assistance with fundraising, mentorship, staff and interns. Menlo’s ultimate goal is to use their experience and knowledge to help new companies succeed.

Telos Ventures is a global gospel-centered community accelerator, coworking space and early-stage venture fund that encourages and equips entrepreneurs and investors. The firm seeks to invest in software-technology enabled solutions in the healthcare, education and general lifestyle sectors. The firm was founded in 2013 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Mind the Bridge Foundation is an accelerator headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded by Marco Marinucci in 2007 and chaired by Alberto Onetti. The goal of the Foundation is to foster a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem, spur more innovative ideas, and reinvigorate the new venture economy, providing entrepreneurship education and 360 degrees.

Coca-Cola Founders is a accelerator arm of The Coca-Cola Company and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is a new model for creating startups. It specializes in seed and early stage investments. This model creates a win-win for everyone. Founders are given a powerful unfair advantage and Coca-Cola gets early access to new, fast-growing markets and solutions.

Ynext Incubator was a 6-month program for developers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to launch products that leverage transactional financial data. It was a division of Yodlee. The firm was based in Redwood City, California. On November 19, 2015, Ynext, the incubator program from Yodlee was acquired by Envestnet as Yoddle itself gets acquired by Envestnet.

Radicle is an accelerator fund that offers a specialized platform to incubate growing early stage agricultural technology startups into industry leaders. The firm was founded in 2016 and is based in San Diego, California. Radicle maintains a physical presence in core markets, including San Diego, Palo Alto, Research Triangle Park, the Midwest and Israel.

NYU Polytech Incubators is a Brooklyn, New York based incubator which was started by the NYU School of Engineering in 2004. The firm primarily invests in the digital media, clean-tech, biotech, cyber-security, financial technology, information technology, social media, educational technology, search advertising technology and mobile application sectors.

TiE LaunchPad is an accelerator program based in Santa Clara, California which focuses on start-ups in the cloud, infrastructure, big data, mobile and other B2B sectors. The program seeks to provide seed capital, choice of a mentor, access to the ecosystem of TiE programs and resources, optional desk space, and preparation and support for fund raising.

Seed Spot is a nonprofit incubator that focuses on early-stage social entrepreneurs, from the idea stage to the implementation stage. The firm provides incubation services in the fields of health, education, energy and environment, human and basic rights, civic engagement and community impact. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Bayou Startup Showcase is an incubator based in Houston, Texas. The firm is hosted by Rice University’s OwlSpark startup accelerator and the University of Houston’s RED Labs startup accelerator, the Bayou Startup Showcase provides an opportunity for startup teams from both accelerator programs to showcase their businesses to the Houston community.

Incubate Miami was an accelerator that provided foundational support for early stage companies seeking to create market opportunities in science and technology. It provided office space, access to professional services, technology guidance and access to funding opportunities for growth. The firm was founded in 2009 and was based in Miami, Florida.

UpTech is an accelerator program for start-up companies in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area. The firm is a non-profit corporation affiliated with Northern Kentucky University and several economic development agencies. Their goal is to attract entrepreneurs and to have those companies and entrepreneurs take root in their community.

DMC Business Incubator is an incubator that provides consulting services to early-stage companies operating in the digital media and technology sectors. It is an economic development program of Rancho Santiago Community College District (RSCCD) and a Santa Ana College (SAC) instructional center. The firm is headquartered in Santa Ana, California.

University of Central Florida Business Incubator is an incubation program that helps hundreds of local, early stage companies develop into financially stable, high growth enterprises by providing the tools, training and infrastructure that help facilitate smarter, faster growth among startup companies. The firm was founded in 2011 and is based in

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i.Lab at UVA is an incubator which supports the development and growth of seed and early-stage business ventures by providing funding, office space, legal, accounting service, mentorship, networking and access to investors. The firm was founded by the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

They offer two fellowship programs: the Pre-idea Fellowship and the Post-idea Fellowship. The Pre-idea Fellowship is a 10-month program aimed at helping entrepreneurs launch a venture from scratch, while the Post-idea Fellowship is a 6-month program designed to fast-track the learning process for entrepreneurs who already have a startup idea.

1440 Accelerator is an accelerator based in Nashville, Tennessee. The program is set to begin in September and will consist of an intensive 14-week process designed to accelerate the growth of up to 10 startups in the publishing industry. It will be launched by Ingram Content Group, which is a subsidiary of Nashville-based Ingram Industries.

Village88 tech lab is a high-tech startup accelerator that offers funding and engineering resources to help entrepreneurs. The firm works with up to five start-ups at a time, providing $10,000-$200,000 worth of engineering resources to build the product over a period of 3-6 months. It is based in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2011.

Creative Destruction Lab helps innovators transition from science projects to high-growth companies. Its focus is as a seed-stage program with the goal of helping companies go through the transition phase from pre-seed to seed-stage funding. Thalmic Labs, Nymi, Charge Spot and Pet Bot are some examples of the companies that CDL works with.

Free Ventures is a startup launchpad for Berkeley students, providing resources and a framework to build ideas for products or services into companies. It provides students with the right resources, motivation, workspace and mentoring programs to help them build better businesses. It was formed in 2012 and is based in Berkeley, California.

Purdue Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization and accelerator that advances the mission of Purdue University by managing and licensing Purdue's intellectual property, accepting gifts, administering trusts, acquiring property, and negotiating research contracts. The firm was founded in 1930 and is based in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Youngstown Business Incubator was an incubator which helped accelerate technology enabled businesses by providing a wide range of services such as internet access, telephony, video conferencing connections, learning labs, promotional equipments, conference rooms and parking. The firm was founded in 1995 and was based in Youngstown, Ohio.

Ms. Jessica Livingston is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Y Combinator. She was previously VP of marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where she managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. She is the author of Founders at Work (2007), a book of interviews with startup founders. She has a BA in English from Bucknell.

The Target Technology Incubator ,located Orono, Maine was developed in 2002 by the Bangor Target Area Development Corporation in partnership with the University of Maine, the state of Maine and the town of Orono. The firm offers workshops and seminars, business planning, coaching, office space and training services to startup companies.

ABRT-Mangrove CEO Camp is an accelerator that provides ten weeks of intensive work in Saint Petersburg and the Silicon Valley for Chief Executive Officer and founder of information technology companies from Russia, CIS countries and Europe. The result will be an increase in sales, new customers and partners in the international market.

Inman Incubator is the launchpad for innovative real estate companies, technology start-ups, brokerages, agents, service providers and mortgage lenders. The incubator provides yearlong mentoring, $100,000 of in-kind promotion and valuable connections and resources for promising companies, brokers and agents in the real estate industry.

New York Digital Health Accelerator is a program run by the New York eHealth Collaborative and the Partnership Fund of New York City for early and growth stage digital health companies that are developing technology products in care coordination, patient engagement, predictive analytics and workflow management for healthcare providers.

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