101 Best & Most Active San Francisco Accelerators

Accelerators play an important role in the startup ecosystem. We have curated a list of the top San Francisco Accelerators. We have tried to select a variety of different types of investors across a variety of niches.

This list is designed to show off the investors with exceptional track records, industry experience and a unique understanding of the ecosystem.

Top San Francisco Accelerators

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

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500 Startups

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

500 Startups is a global venture capital firm with a network of startup programs for founders, mentors, and investors.

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Alchemist Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises.

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HAX

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

HAX is SOSV’s venture program for Hard Tech

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IndieBio

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

IndieBio is the largest biotech startup accelerator, run by SOSV.

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SAP.iO

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Corporate Venture Capital, Incubator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture

SAP.iO helps innovators start-up and scale with SAP.

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Village Global

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Micro VC, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Village Global is an early stage venture capital firm and accelerator backed by some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs.

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AngelPad

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator, Micro VC

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

AngelPad is a seed-stage accelerator program that finds product market fit, defining a target market to get first validation for a company.

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Desafía

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Entrepreneurship Program

Investment Stage: Non Equity Assistance

We help Spanish technology companies scale faster and globally.

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Expa

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Expa supports early-stage startups through expertise, access, and funding.

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Highway1

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Highway1, a division of PCH, is a hardware startup accelerator based in San Francisco.

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Nex Cubed

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Entrepreneurship Program, Incubator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Nex Cubed is an investor and innovation partner that invests in, accelerates, and scales frontier tech companies.

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The Refiners

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

The Refiners is a San Francisco-based seed fund program devoted to helping world-class entrepreneurs thrive in Silicon Valley.

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Venture University

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Multi-Stage Investment Fund & Trade School For Venture Capital, Private Equity & Angel Investing

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LAUNCH

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Our mission: To support founders & inspire innovation.

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HAX Boost

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

HAX Boost takes teams with hardware products and turns them into cash cows and recruits 10+ teams of 2 entrepreneurs.

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ConsenSys Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

ConsenSys Ventures is a venture capital arm ConsenSys, a blockchain venture production studio.

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Tumml

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Tumml’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs to solve urban problems. We provide entrepreneurs with tools to help scale their impact.

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NewMe Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

NewME is the first startup accelerator for minority founders.

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Matter

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Matter is an early-stage media startup accelerator based in San Francisco and New York City.

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co.lab

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

co.lab is an accelerator that works with startups leveraging the power of digital games to build transformative educational technologies.

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Illumina Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Illumina Accelerator is a company creation engine focused on building breakthrough genomics startups!

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i/o Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

I/o Ventures is an early-stage startup funding firm mentoring newly founded companies by providing seed funding, advice and connections.

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COLABORATIVOx

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator

Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Impact Tech & Open Innovation

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StartLabs

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

StartLabs is a US based early-stage fund investing in startups from Southeast Europe.

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Hult Prize Foundation

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

The Hult Prize is a start-up accelerator for budding young social entrepreneurs emerging from the world’s universities.

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VIVE X

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Global VR/AR Accelerator by HTC Vive

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Canadian Technology Accelerator Silicon Valley

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Canadian Technology Accelerator Silicon Valley provides technology companies with access to the unique resources of Silicon Valley.

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Starttech Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Angel Group, Incubator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Starttech Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on early-stage, B2B, and SaaS.

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Growth Circuit

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Co-Working Space, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Growth Circuit Ventures is ODTU TEKNOKENT’s investment fund investing in seed & early stage technology startups.

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Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

A hands-on program focused on startups that create solutions for financial institutions and enterprise customers.

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Nike+ Fuel Lab

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Nike+ Fuel Lab is Nike’s second accelerator program.

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LEAP Axlr8r

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

LEAP Axlr8r enables developers, designers, and founders to reinvent industries through gesture-based technology.

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3S Landing Pad

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

3S Landing Pad is a USA-based 6-month long scaling program that provides investments, networking & trainings to startups.

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Sweat Equity Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage:

Sweat Equity Ventures is a Value Accelerator that invests expertise and time in exchange for equity.

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Same Page Capital

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Early Stage Tech Investors/Advisors/Operators

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Nex Cubed FinTech

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Nex Cubed FinTech specializes in accelerating transformative fintech solutions.

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Tachyon by Consensys Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Tachyon is the accelerator arm of ConsenSys focused on Ethereum.

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HAX Growth

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

HAX Growth is an 7-week bootcamp for hardware startups based in downtown San Francisco.

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Momentum Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Momentum is the first mobile-first accelerator and fund that has a practical hands-on approach and deep specialized expertise in mobile.

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Gothams

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

The Gothams-Hub71 Accelerator program is helping to build the next generation of aerospace and defense start-ups.

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HIVE

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

We invest in daring Armenian entrepreneurs who build global companies.

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Software Founders

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Software Founders focuses on sustainable large-scale hyper growth software as a service companies.

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Orange Fab

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Orange Fab is a late-stage startup accelerator focusing on growth and distribution opportunities.

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Startup Monthly

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

We are a global organization helping entrepreneurs create successful tech startups

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Elevar

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Seed

Elevar is a Silicon Valley-based innovation advisory firm that provides services for large enterprises and early stage startups.

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Data Elite

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Data Elite, an accelerator and incubator, does seed investments by providing early stage funding and counseling for Big Data startups.

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Michelson Runway EdTech Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Their goal is to increase student access to, persistence in, progress through, and completion of postsecondary education.

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Ignite Advisors

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Independent early stage investment fund. Partnering w/ founders to accelerate transformative ideas.

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Ethereum Classic Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator

Investment Stage:

Ethereum Classic Labs is dedicated to accelerating the development of Ethereum Classic and supporting blockchain startups.

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Impact USA

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Non Equity Assistance, Seed

Impact USA is the 4-step acceleration program for French tech startups in the U.S. launched by the French government.

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Ocean Solutions Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Ocean Solutions Accelerator is a startup development and executive leadership course for ocean entrepreneurs.

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Bluehill

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator

Investment Stage:

A blockchain incubator and accelerator firm.

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Archetype Digital

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Incubator for early stage frontier technology ventures

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CrossCoin Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

CrossCoin Ventures is a digital currency accelerator focused on technologists and entrepreneurs that use Ripple protocol.

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Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

A cutting-edge competition designed to inspire, engage and support the next generation of entrepreneurs, startups and developers worldwide.

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ReadWrite Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed

ReadWrite Labs is a computer software that helps companies and companies to grow.

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AngelHack

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

AngelHack is the largest and most diverse global hackathon organization.

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MouseBelt

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Seed

The only full-service blockchain accelerator in the world

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OneTraction

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Helping Launching Disruptive Startups

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PeopleTech Partners

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Syndicate

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

PeopleTech Partners is a network of business leaders investing time and money into people technology.

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Hacker Unit

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Hacker Unit is an B2B remote accelerator.

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Braitman & Company

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture

Braitman & Company is dedicated to invest, advise, and accelerate the growth of early-stage companies.

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RedTape Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture

RedTape Ventures accelerates early stage technology companies.

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Parcel B

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Angel Group

Investment Stage:

Parcel B is an investment collective of Olin alumni and community member investors who believe in the mission of Olin College.

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Scythia Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Crowdfunding, Seed

Scythia Accelerator offers angel and pre-seed investments in the CIS region.

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SMARTIFICIAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, INC

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Angel Group, Venture Capital

Investment Stage:

SMARTIFICIAL (TM) is an International R&D Innovation network and virtual accelerator focused on Artificial Intelligence business solutions

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Runway

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Co-Working Space, Incubator

Investment Stage: Seed

Runway is a technology innovation hub bringing together entrepreneurs, startups, VCs, mentors and industry experts.

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FORMA Brands

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator

Investment Stage:

FORMA is an incubator, accelerator, and curator of next-generation beauty brands.

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Elix Incubator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Grant, Seed

The first social impact incubator for teen entrepreneurs.

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Scaler

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Scaler is a stage-agnostic, mobile industry accelerator. We transition startups to sustainable, high-growth companies.

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Founders Space

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

Founders Space is the world’s leading Global Incubator + Accelerator. With 50 partners in 22 countries, we help startups rock the world!

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US Market Access Center (US MAC)

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

International business accelerator.

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Growth University

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Growth University provides founders the frameworks and strategies they need to grow their startup and get to scale.

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Unbank.Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Incubator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture

FinTech/Blockchain: Incubation – Acceleration – Investment

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NESsT

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Entrepreneurship Program, Incubator

Investment Stage: Convertible Note, Debt, Grant, Seed

NESsT develops sustainable social enterprises that solve critical social problems.

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Imagine H2O

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Imagine H2O is a water innovation accelerator that empowers people to deploy and develop innovation to solve water challenges globally.

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RocketSpace Logistics Tech Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Non Equity Assistance

Pilot-focused Logistics Accelerator Program for Corporations and Startups.

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Expa Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Expa Labs is a program for early stage companies.

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Strong Atomics

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Strong Atomics invests in nuclear fusion startups to create an additional source of clean, cheap, abundant and safe energy.

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alliance.sv

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

alliance.sv is a deal accelerator that halves the time and resources to test a startup-corporate partnership

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San Francisco Accelerator (aka Society3)

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Private Equity, Seed

Growth Stage Accelerator and Entrepreneurs Academy

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FinTech Go

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

FinTech Accelerator, Helping FinTech startups achieve their full potential

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Sephora Accelerate

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Sephora Accelerate is dedicated to building a community of innovative female founders in beauty.

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Wearable World Labs

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Wearable World Labs is an incubator that is focused on wearable technologies, entrepreneurship, and the internet of things.

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Logic0x LLC

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Investment Bank, Venture Capital

Investment Stage:

Venture Capital Firm and Financial Technology Company

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Equity LLP

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Startups. Law. Equity. We are a high-end tech law boutique with a legal service business accelerator.

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Age 1

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Age 1 helps founders create longevity companies.

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SAP.iO Foundries

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed

SAP.iO accelerator programs are the fastest way for founders to launch a relationship with SAP.

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The Pitch

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

The podcast where founders pitch their startups to investors.

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Clout Ventures

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator, Venture Capital

Investment Stage:

Clout Ventures is a startup accelerator that launches smart companies that can disrupt existing industries or create entirely new markets.

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SF Housing Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

SF Housing Accelerator is an innovative public-private partnership with the City of San Francisco, local foundations & private institutions.

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RocketSpace Mobility Tech Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Startups and Coorporates come together to drive innovation in Mobility Technology.

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YetiZen

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

YetiZen is a start up accelerator program focused on accelerating and funding mobile/social, and emerging platform game companies.

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99Funding

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Bringing democracy to venture capital through equity and debt crowdfunding.

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Innovation Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Crowdfunding, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity

The IA Program represents a unique go-to-market opportunity with one of the world’s largest and fastest growing mobile device manufacturers.

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Growth Hacking Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Growth Hacking Accelerator is an online service company providing short growth hacking email ideas everyday to its subscribers.

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R/GA Connected Commerce Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

An accelerator program run by R/GA Ventures that leverages investment capital with R/GA’s world-class talent base and global brand network.

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River Accelerator

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

River is a program for the fastest growing virtual reality and augmented reality startups in the world.

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Ideateca

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage: Seed

Startup incubator and accelerator

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Plinth

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

Cultivating Growth With The Power Of Branding And Crowdfunding.

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CrowdRaise

Crunchbase | Website | Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter

Investor Type: Accelerator

Investment Stage:

CrowdRaise.io is an accelerator that helps startups raise funds through a crowdfunding campaign.