Accelerators & incubators

Sproutbox is an accelerator that helps entrepreneurs turn their ideas into viable businesses. The firm invest its talent in startup companies with high growth potential in exchange for equity. It was founded in 2008 an is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana.

Agora Startup House offers a program to accelerate and facilitate the growth of venture while the members are still at school. The program runs from August to May in parallel to University of California, Berkeley schedule. It is based in Berkeley, California.

Cintrifuse is an accelerator which seeks to invest in the consumer goods and services, energy, life science mobile and technology sectors. The firm also provides mentoring, workshops, customer and talent connections, recruitment and co-working space services.

Contrib is an accelerator specifically designed to utilize a sustainable and socially responsible business network model that turns valuable domain assets into successful operating companies. The firm was founded in 2013 and is based in Delray Beach, Florida.

FbStart is a new program from Facebook that is designed to help early stage mobile start-ups build and grow their apps. It provides startups with an exclusive community, worldwide events, mentorship from Facebook, and up to $80,000 in free tools and services.

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.

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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 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 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.

EVC Ventures is an incubator and venture capital firm based in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm focuses exclusively on early stage investments in ad tech, e-commerce, gaming, education, mobile apps, wearables, internet of things and enterprise software sectors.

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.

Orange Grove empowers talented individuals to grow their vision into innovative ventures. We support aspiring and early-stage founders through horizontal and vertical entrepreneurship programmes, skills development and transfer of international know-how.

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 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.

EnergyLab is Australia and New Zealand’s largest climate tech startup accelerator and innovation network dedicated to reaching net zero emissions. We connect talented founders to the mentors, advisors, partners, peers and investors they need to succeed.

The AI-first health tech accelerator helping early-stage founders address unmet clinical needs with innovative technologies. HF2.0 provides the playbook to turn teams developing early-stage tech into scalable, investor-ready health technology companies.

Zest is one of the leading players in Europe dedicated to fostering growth in the Innovation Ecosystem. Zest is the market leader in Italy for early-stage venture capital investments, startup acceleration, scale-up support, and Open Innovation programs.

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.

CommerceNet is a high-tech research-based lab and incubator based in Palo Alto, California and was founded in 1994. The firm prefers to invest focusing on the healthcare by industrializing therapy development, technology, internet and software sectors.

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.

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.

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.

Digital Sandbox KC provides proof-of-concept resources to support early-stage commercialization processes including access to technology, business and market experts and funding for early stage market validation, prototyping and beta testing services.

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.

A brighter, more sustainable future is possible if we are ready to help build it. Together with its global partners, the 100+ Accelerator is committed to finding solutions for some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time.

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 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.

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 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.

Zimmerman Ventures is an accelerator that specializes in incubation, start-ups and early stage investments. The firm is focused on building, backing and venture partnering with companies. It was founded in 1986 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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 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.

They offer funding for advertising volume, helping your startup reach a mass market audience. Apart from that they also provide mentoring, office space in Berlin, as well as access to the network of one of the largest media corporations in Europe.

Innovation Park at Penn State is an accelerator that prefers to invest in the scientific, engineering, technology and business resources sectors. The firm provide incubator space to networking and even funding opportunities to start-up companies.

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 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 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 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.

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.

The Iron Yard is an accelerator headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina. The firm seeks to invest in the healthcare, health and wellness, enterprise software, software, energy and environment, mobile technology and green technology sectors.