Accelerators and Incubators
The following organizations do a great job helping startups get ready for VC funding:
The following organizations do a great job helping startups get ready for VC funding:
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500 Startups
www.500.co Mountain View Acceleprise www.acceleprise.vc San Francisco, CA "The SaaS accelerator backed by leading operators. Funding, mentorship and key introductions to customers & investors for pre-Seed SaaS companies." Amplify www.amplify.la Los Angeles AngelPad www.angelpad.com San Francisco, NYC Ben Franklin TechVentures www.nep.benfranklin.org/incubator-network/ben-franklin-techventures Bethlehem, PA (Lehigh University) Capital Factory www.capitalfactory.com Austin, TX Draper University www.draperuniversity.com "Silicon Valley entrepreneurship program" Dreamit Ventures www.dreamit.com "Dreamit connects post-seed companies to the things that matter most . . .Customers, Capital, Community" EnterpriseWorks www.researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks Champaign, IL (at University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign) Flashpoint flashpoint.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA (at Georgia Tech) Founders Space www.foundersspace.com "The World's Global Startup Community" MuckerLab www.muckercapital.com Los Angeles NFX Gild www.nfx.com An invite-only guild for digital networks and marketplaces. Runs a three month program in the Bay Area twice per year for 15-20 companies. RocketSpace www.rocketspace.com A leading technology focused accelerator for seed funded or beyond, fast growth companies. Seed-DB www.seed-db.com/accelerators Great database of 200+ seed accelerators all over the world. Summer@Highland summer.hcp.com Bay Area. For students only. Startup Rocket www.startuprocket.com Provides a pre-funding operations framework, a web-based collaborative tool, personalized business coaching, and a comprehensive set of resources to help founders efficiently get their idea off the ground. StartX www.startx.stanford.edu Palo Alto Techstars www.techstars.com Various locations around the US. Founded in 2006. Y Combinator www.ycombinator.com "Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups." Founded in 2005. |