🇺🇸 Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in the United States

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• Robotics Factory

  Accelerator · Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh programme for robotics companies from early stage to growth.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Ascender

  Accelerator · Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh incubator offering mentoring and coworking across sectors.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship

  University · Pittsburgh

  Carnegie Mellon centre supporting student and faculty startups.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Pitt Startup Incubator

  University · Pittsburgh

  University of Pittsburgh incubator for students and alumni.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• FoundersBoost Pittsburgh

  Accelerator · Pittsburgh · Free access

  Six-week pre-accelerator for very early founders.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Startup Grind Pittsburgh

  Community · Pittsburgh · Free access

  Monthly networking events for Pittsburgh founders.

  Offers: community, info

• Alloy 26

  Community · Pittsburgh

  Large Pittsburgh coworking space for startups and teams.

  Offers: space, community

• CoLab18

  Community · Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh digital literacy and collaboration lab.

  Offers: space, community

• Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh

  Program · Pittsburgh

  City authority running funding programmes for local businesses.

  Offers: funding, info

• Pittsburgh Regional Alliance

  Community · Pittsburgh

  Regional economic development organisation supporting company growth.

  Offers: community, info

• Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania

  Program · Philadelphia, PA

  State-backed programme funding technology companies and university partnerships.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, info

• 76ers Innovation Lab

  Incubator · Camden

  Startup studio and space for consumer product companies.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Merck Digital Sciences Studio

  Accelerator · Newark

  Programme for digital biopharma and drug discovery startups.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Rowan University Rohrer College Business Incubator

  University · Glassboro

  University incubator for early-stage New Jersey ventures.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• TechLaunch

  Accelerator · New Jersey

  New Jersey programme supporting technology founders.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Tigerlabs

  Incubator · Princeton, NJ

  Princeton incubator offering mentorship and networking.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• NJEDA Innovation Evergreen Fund

  Program · New Jersey

  State fund co-investing in early-stage New Jersey companies.

  Offers: funding, investment

• NJ Ignite

  Program · New Jersey

  State grants covering coworking rent for young New Jersey companies.

  Offers: funding, space

• CSIT Catalyst Seed Grant Program

  Program · New Jersey

  State grants for research, development and clean technology.

  Offers: funding

• Strategic Innovation Centers

  Program · New Jersey

  State-backed collaborative innovation spaces across New Jersey.

  Offers: space, community

• Connecticut Innovations

  Program · Connecticut

  State venture arm investing across biotech, IT and other sectors.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, info

• 43North

  Accelerator · Buffalo

  Buffalo accelerator investing in high-growth startups across sectors.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Luminate

  Accelerator · Rochester

  Rochester accelerator for optics, photonics and imaging companies.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Grow-NY

  Program · Finger Lakes

  Food and agriculture technology competition across upstate New York.

  Offers: funding, community

• GENIUS NY

  Accelerator · Syracuse

  Syracuse accelerator for drones, robotics and big data companies.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• FuzeHub Commercialization Competition

  Program · New York, NY

  Statewide competition funding prototypes for manufacturers and technology firms.

  Offers: funding, info

• New York Business Plan Competition

  Program · New York, NY · Free access

  Intercollegiate competition for students at New York colleges.

  Offers: funding, community

• Rines Angel Fund

  University · Durham

  Student-run early-stage fund at the University of New Hampshire.

  Offers: investment

• Dirigo Labs

  Accelerator · Orono

  University of Maine programme commercialising research.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Vermont Employee Ownership Center

  Program · Vermont

  Vermont organisation helping owners move to employee ownership, with loan funds.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, info

• Vermont Seed Capital Fund

  Program · Vermont

  State-managed fund investing $50K to $250K in early-stage Vermont companies.

  Offers: investment

• Vermont EPSCoR

  Program · Vermont

  Programme funding research and running a state SBIR grant competition.

  Offers: funding, info

• University of Wyoming Foundation

  University · Laramie

  University foundation supporting research commercialisation in Wyoming.

  Offers: investment, info

• Wyoming Technology Business Center

  Incubator · Laramie

  University-linked incubator supporting early-stage Wyoming companies.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Build in Tulsa Techstars

  Accelerator · Tulsa

  Tulsa accelerator for Black and underrepresented founders.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• gener8tor Oklahoma City

  Accelerator · Oklahoma City

  Oklahoma City cohort accelerator across sectors.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• The Catalyst Accelerator

  Accelerator · Oklahoma

  Programme offering mentorship and resources to Oklahoma startups.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• i2E

  Program · Oklahoma

  Oklahoma organisation funding and coaching early-stage companies.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, info

• Startup OU

  University · Oklahoma

  University of Oklahoma innovation hub for student and faculty founders.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• OCAST

  Program · Oklahoma · Free access

  State agency funding science and technology development in Oklahoma.

  Offers: funding, info

• NetWork Kansas

  Program · Topeka

  Statewide Kansas network offering early funding and business support.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, info

• Invest Nebraska

  Program · Nebraska

  Nebraska organisation funding and supporting high-growth startups.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, info

• North Dakota Angel Match Program

  Program · North Dakota

  State programme matching private angel investment with equity or notes.

  Offers: funding, investment

• North Dakota Development Fund

  Program · North Dakota

  State development fund investing in North Dakota companies since 1991.

  Offers: funding, investment

• FAST Launch

  Program · South Dakota

  South Dakota programme giving up to $10,000 towards startup development.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, info

• South Dakota Governors Office of Economic Development

  Program · South Dakota

  State office offering funding and agreements to support business growth.

  Offers: funding, info

• Startup Sioux Falls

  Community · Sioux Falls

  Sioux Falls organisation running pitch nights and founder seminars.

  Offers: community, mentoring, info

• Altitude Lab

  Accelerator · Salt Lake City

  Salt Lake City incubator for therapeutics, diagnostics and health IT.

  Offers: space, investment, mentoring, community

• RevRoad

  Accelerator · Provo

  Utah accelerator working with pre-seed and seed companies.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Prime Coalition

  Program · Boston, MA

  Catalytic capital provider funding first-of-a-kind climate projects.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Johnson & Johnson Innovation JLABS San Diego

  Incubator · San Diego, CA

  Lab incubator hosting therapeutics, device and diagnostics companies rent-free of equity.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Department of Agriculture SBIR/STTR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR and STTR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Energy SBIR/STTR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR and STTR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Defense SBIR/STTR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR and STTR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR and STTR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Health and Human Services SBIR/STTR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR and STTR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Commerce SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Education SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Homeland Security SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Department of Transportation SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Environmental Protection Agency SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• NASA SBIR

  Program · United States · Free access

  Federal SBIR grants for small companies doing research and development.

  Offers: funding, info

• Small Business Administration SBIR Program Office

  Program · United States · Free access

  Agency that coordinates the federal SBIR and STTR programmes across government.

  Offers: funding, info

• Blue Startups

  Accelerator · Honolulu

  Honolulu accelerator investing pre-seed and seed in SaaS, travel and sustainability.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Mana Up

  Accelerator · Honolulu

  Accelerator and fund scaling Hawaii consumer product companies.

  Offers: investment, mentoring, community

• Elemental Excelerator

  Program · Honolulu

  Nonprofit platform funding climate, energy, agriculture and transport companies.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, community

• HI-CAP

  Program · Hawaii

  State capital access programme funded through the federal SSBCI.

  Offers: funding

• Hawaii Technology Development Corporation

  Program · Hawaii

  State agency funding and supporting Hawaii technology companies.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, info

• Manoa Innovation Center

  Incubator · Honolulu

  Honolulu incubator and coworking space for technology companies.

  Offers: space, community

• University of Hawaii Office of Innovation and Commercialization

  University · Honolulu

  University office commercialising Hawaii research.

  Offers: mentoring, info

• Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship

  University · Honolulu

  University of Hawaii centre running entrepreneurship programmes and competitions.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Startup Hawaii

  Community · Hawaii

  Community organisation connecting Hawaii founders and resources.

  Offers: community, info

• Hawaii Venture Capital Association

  Community · Hawaii

  Association of Hawaii investors and startup supporters.

  Offers: community, info

• Chamber of Commerce Hawaii

  Community · Hawaii

  Business organisation supporting Hawaii companies and entrepreneurs.

  Offers: community, info

• Parallel18

  Accelerator · Puerto Rico · Free access

  Twenty-week programme giving international startups equity-free funding and mentorship.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community

• Grupo Guayacan

  Program · Puerto Rico

  Nonprofit offering Puerto Rico entrepreneurs mentorship, education and access to capital.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community, info

• Bowie State University Entrepreneurship Innovation Center

  University · Bowie

  HBCU centre supporting student and local founders in Maryland.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Bowie Business Innovation Center

  Incubator · Bowie

  Maryland incubator tied to Bowie State, working with early-stage businesses.

  Offers: space, mentoring, community

• Langston University Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Research

  University · Langston · Free access

  Oklahoma HBCU centre for entrepreneurship teaching and small business advising.

  Offers: mentoring, info

• Alabama A&M Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development

  University · Huntsville

  Alabama HBCU centre running entrepreneurship and economic development programmes.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Morgan State University Entrepreneurial Development Assistance Center

  University · Baltimore · Free access

  Baltimore HBCU centre advising entrepreneurs and small businesses.

  Offers: mentoring, info

• Xavier University of Louisiana Entrepreneurship Institute

  University · New Orleans

  New Orleans HBCU institute teaching and supporting founders.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Jackson State University Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

  University · Jackson

  Mississippi HBCU centre for innovation and entrepreneurship.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Howard University and PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship

  University · Washington, DC

  National HBCU entrepreneurship centre with regional offices at three other universities.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community

• HBCU Founders Initiative

  Program · United States

  Twelve-school partnership supporting founders coming out of HBCUs.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Alaska Small Business Grants

  Program · Alaska

  State grant funding for Alaska startups and small businesses.

  Offers: funding

• Alaska Seed Fund

  Program · Alaska

  Early-stage fund investing roughly $50,000 to $300,000 in Alaska companies.

  Offers: investment

• gBETA Alaska

  Accelerator · Anchorage · Free access

  Free accelerator in Anchorage offering coaching and investor introductions.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Alaska Interior Business Accelerator

  Accelerator · Interior Alaska

  Accelerator in interior Alaska offering mentorship, workshops and investor access.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• 1 Million Cups Anchorage

  Community · Anchorage · Free access

  Anchorage pitch and networking events connecting founders with investors.

  Offers: community, info

• Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship

  University · St. Louis

  Washington University centre running entrepreneurship programmes and competitions.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• IDEA Northeastern University Venture Accelerator

  University · Boston, MA · Free access

  Northeastern's student-run accelerator giving gap funding and mentoring.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community

• ASU Venture Devils

  University · Tempe

  Arizona State programme supporting founders with funding and mentors.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community

• Holekamp Seed Fund

  University · St. Louis

  Washington University seed fund investing in student and alumni companies.

  Offers: investment

• Texas A&M Innovation

  University · College Station

  Texas A&M arm commercialising research and supporting campus founders.

  Offers: mentoring, info

• Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

  University · Chicago, IL

  University of Chicago centre with accelerators, funds and lab space.

  Offers: funding, investment, mentoring, community

• CREATE-X

  University · Atlanta

  Georgia Tech programme that helps students launch their own companies.

  Offers: funding, mentoring, community

• Purdue Foundry

  University · West Lafayette

  Purdue entrepreneurship hub coaching faculty and student founders.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund

  University · Buffalo

  University at Buffalo seed fund for campus-linked startups.

  Offers: investment

• University Growth Fund

  University · Salt Lake City

  Utah fund that trains students while investing in growth companies.

  Offers: investment