List of Accelerators
Notes
The following is an attempt at a comprehensive list of all accelerators in the United States of America with brief descriptions. It contains:
- Individual accelerators
- University Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programs
The source files are on the McNair Center fileserver.
Individual Accelerators
- 10-xcelerator
- Betaspring
- Dead-Excelerate Labs
- Dead-i/o ventures
- Dead-iVentures10
- Portland Seed Fund
- Summer @ Highland
- Triangle Startup Factory
- Y Combinator
- 500startups
- AngelPad
- Blueprint Health
- The Brandery
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
- Flashpoint
- Dead-Shotput Ventures
- AlphaLab
- BoomStartup
- Capital Factory
- GazelleLab
- Momentum
- Dead-NextStart
- Techstars Boulder
- JumpStartFoundry
- StartFast Venture Accelerator
- SURGE
- Women Innovate Mobile
- Bizdom
- Healthbox - Chicago
- Hub Ventures
- Imagine K12
- Mucker Lab
- Dead-fbFund
- NYC SeedStart
- Startl
- The Iron Yard
- DreamIT Ventures - Philadelphia
- Dead-LaunchBox Digital
- LaunchpadLA
- Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)
- Dead-RockHealth
- Tech Wildcatters
- Techstars Boston
- Techstars Seattle
- Techstars NYC
- InnoSpring
- The Alchemist Accelerator
- The Ark
- Code for America Accelerator
- DreamIT Ventures - New York
- Techstars Cloud
- Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp
- Incubate Miami
- Innov8 for Health
- Plug and Play Startup Camp
- Microsoft Accelerator (Techstars)
- Amplify.LA
- Upwest Labs
- StartEngine
- VictorySpark
- Co.Lab accelerator
- Accelerate Baltimore
- UpTech
- DreamIT Ventures - Austin
- Dead-Project Skyway
- New York Digital Health Accelerator
- Healthbox - Boston
- Acceleprise
- gener8tor
- Hatch
- Telluride Venture Accelerator
- VentureHive
- Capital Innovators
- Tandem
- MindTheBridge
- LaunchHouse
- Nike+ Accelerator (Techstars)
- ImpactEngine
- Blue Startups
- Lean Launch Ventures
- K5Launch
- XLR8UH
- Kaplan EdTech Accelerator (Techstars)
- NMotion
- Flashstarts
- Matter.
- XLerateHealth
- Dead-Fortify Ventures - Accelerator
- autoXLR8R
- Media Camp
- Boost VC
- Dead-Socratic Labs
- ZeroTo510
- Seed Hatchery
- LaunchPad Long Island
- Techstars Austin
- LearnLaunchX
- Velocity Indiana Accelerator
- Think Big Partners Accelerator
- Highway1
- SeedSumo
- Sparkgap
- Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator (Techstars)
- Techstars Chicago
- DreamIT Ventures - Health Baltimore
- Iowa Startup Accelerator
- Orange Fab US
- Disney Accelerator (Techstars)
- Arizona Furnace
- 9Mile Labs
- SixThirty
- Spark Lab KC
- LAUNCH incubator
- The Yield Lab
- Techstars Mobility
- Straight Shot
- Tumml
- Barclays Accelerator (Techstars)
- Mergelane
- Prosper Startup Accelerator
- NextHIT
- emerge Xcelerate
- Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator (Techstars)
- Illumina Accelerator Program
- DreamIT Ventures - Health Philadelphia
- AccelFoods
- Upstart Memphis
- R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator (Techstars)
- 1776
- Accelerate Genius
- Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
- Arizona Center for Innovation
- auto XLR8R (SMTEC)
- Awesome Inc.
- AZ TechCelerator
- Berkley Ventures
- Bessemer Business Incubation System
- BetaSpring
- BioInspire (BioAccel)
- Mobile Business Innovation Center
- Business Technology Development Center (BizTech)
- Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation
- Citrix Startup Acclerator
- CleanTechOpen
- Coolhouse Labs
- Decatur-Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center
- DeveloperTown
- DogFish Accelerator
- DreamIT Health
- EIGERlab
- Equity Legal
- ETRAC
- Excellerate Labs
- Exhilarator
- Fintech Innovation Labs
- FirstGrowth Venture Network
- Flagship Enterprise Center
- Founder Institute
- FoundersPad
- Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center
- Gener8tor
- GoodCompany Ventures
- Greenlite Labs
- GreenStart
- Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Health Wildcatters
- Houston Technology Center
- I/O Ventures
- Immokalee Business Development Center
- Infuse Accelerator
- InnoSpring
- Innovation Depot
- Innovation Pavilion
- Insight Accelerator Labs
- iStart Valley
- JumpStartBiz
- Kentucky Innovation Network
- Kick
- Kicklabs
- Kinetiq Labs
- Labs Venture Accelerator
- Launch Memphis
- Lemnos Labs
- LI TechCOMETS
- Lightbank Start
- Mac6
- Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development - Top Gun Program
- Matter
- Memphis BioWorks
- Microsoft BizSpark - Powered by TechStars
- Nashville Entrepreneur Center
- Nebula Shift
- NewME
- Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET)
- NYC ACRE
- OCTANe Launch Pad
- Orange Works
- Points of Light
- Project Lift
- Proton Enterprises
- Reach
- RunUp Labs
- Sequoia Apps
- Shoals Entrepreneurial Center
- Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
- SPARK
- SproutBox
- SproutCamp
- Startup Front
- StartupCity - Des Moines
- StartupCity - Spencer
- StartupMonthly
- Tallwave
- Tampa Bay Innovation Center
- Tampa Bay Wave
- Tech Nexus
- Telluride Venture Accelerator
- TenX
- The Center For Technology Enterprise & Development
- The Capital Factory
- Tigerlabs Health
- Unreasonable Institute
- Velocity Venture Catalyst
- Village Capital
- Village Cultivators
- Z80 Labs
- OneTraction
- Angel Capital
- The Mill Idea
- Canopy Central
- Dream Funded
- Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator
- Omniversis, LLC
- MetaProp NYC
- Smiles
- The Mill Startup Accelerator
- SKTA Innopartners Innovation Accelerator
- Ynext Incubator
- Starburst Aerospace Accelerator
- Salt Mines Group Start-Up Studio
- Maven Ventures Fund & Incubator
- Year of the Startup
- Las Vegas Hospitality Accelerator
- VentureScaleUp
- Project Healthcare
- Jumpstart! Boulder
- Seed Sumo
- Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator
- TiE LaunchPad
- Lighthouse Labs Accelerator
- MergeLane Accelerator
- ABQid / Sfid
- Triad Startup Lab Accelerator
- Nmotion
- Launch Alaska
- NWI Tech Foundry
- Iowa Startup Accelerator
- Bad Girl Ventures
- Simon Launch
- FISHstep
- Upstart Accelerator
- The eFactory Accelerator
- SpartUps
- Locomotive
- Start MMT
- Thrill Mill
- NextHIT Accelerator
- MarketingRunner Accelerator
- QC FinTech
- Hacker/Founders
- Runaway
- WeWork Labs
- Batchery
- Boomtown Accelerator
- Preccelerator
- StartX
- YouWeb
- Think Big Partners
- Shaker LunchHouse
- ER Accelerator
- MassChallenge
- Tech Ranch
- Thryve
- VentureOutNY
- German Accelerator
- Valley Ventures Mentors
- Rady School of Management
- Fledge
- Food-x
- Grand Central Tech
- Energy Excelerator
- DTX Launch Detroit
- The Refinery
- Launch Chapel Hill
- iVenture Accelerator
- Idea Foundry
- MACH37
- NueroLaunch
- Start Co
- Creative Startups
- Catalyze CU Boulder
- JFE Accelerator
- Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies
- Desai Accelerator
- AeroInnovate
- tekMountain
- Stadia Ventures
- International Accelerator
- Startup52
- AREA (A Real Estate Accelerator)
- French Accelerator
- Canadian Techonology Accelerator @ Boston
- Smarter in the City
- Power Launch Accelerator
- InnoLoft
- EforAll
- Leangap
- Cybersecurity Factory
- First Floor Labs
- Blackbox
- SSE Labs
- Parisoma
- Manos Accelerator
University Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programs
- Arizon State University – Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative - http://studentventures.asu.edu
- Babson College – Summer Venture Program – http://www3.babson.edu/Newsroom/Releases/Summer-Venture-program.cfm (no specific site avail)
- Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory – http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bel.html
- College of the Atlantic – Sustainable Ventures Incubator – http://www.coa.edu/press-releases_pg1_724.htm
- Cornell University – eLabs – http://www.elabstartup.com
- Couri Hatchery at Syracuse University – http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/incubator/
- Duke University – DUhatch – http://www.cerc.duke.edu/duhatch
- Illinois Insitute of Technology University Technology Park http://www.universitytechnologypark.com/
- University of Michigan – RPM10 – http://www.rpmvc.com/rpm10/
- University of Michigan’s “Techarb” Business Accelerator – http://techarb.org/about/ and http://cfe.engin.umich.edu/businessaccelerator
- University of North Carolina – Carolina Launch Pad - http://www.carolinalaunchpad.org
- Penn State University – Lion Launch Pad – http://www.lionlaunchpad.org
- University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Venture Initiation Program – http://vip.wharton.upenn.edu
- RIT Student Business Development Lab – http://entrepreneurship.rit.edu/business_lab.php (part of the Venture Creations program at RIT http://www.venturecreations.org)
- Santa Clara University – Global Social Benefit Incubator – http://www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi/
- Stanford University – Student Startup Lab – http://sselabs.stanford.edu/
- Syracuse University – Start-Up Accelerator – http://accelerate.syr.edu/ForStudents/index.aspx
- Syracuse Student Sandbox at the Tech Garden – http://thetechgarden.com/studentsandbox
- Union College – U-Start – http://www.union.edu/resources/technology/u-start/index.php
- The University of Texas at Austin – Texas Venture Labs – http://www.texasventurelabs.net
- Virginia Tech – DayOne Ventures – http://dayoneventures.com
- University of Waterloo – VeloCity “Dormcubator” - http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca
- Wayne State University – SmartStart Business Development Program – http://techtownwsu.org/business/smartstart.php
- Yale University – Yale Entrepreneurial Institute / Yale Startups – http://www.yalestartups.com
References
http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html - Extensive but mostly older accelerator companies, with many of the companies now non-existent.
http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all - Extremely extensive list of accelerators, some dead companies but mostly reliable for older accelerators. Missing several newer accelerators
https://www.f6s.com/programs?type[]=accelerator&invest_in[]=227&sort=popular&sort_dir=desc - less extensive, but very up to date with 2016 accelerators.
http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/?utm_content=35401577&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter - Several top, new accelerators. Very realiable with a fairly extensive list.
https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/ - Boston accelerators. Limited amount but very reliable.