Launch Pad List

U.S. Seed-Stage Startup Accelerators

  1. Ann Arbor, MI – SPARK Business Accelerator –http://www.annarborusa.org/start-ups/spark-business-accelerator/
  2. Atlanta, GA – Shotput Ventures –http://www.shotputventures.com
  3. Austin, TX – Capital Factory – http://www.capitalfactory.com
  4. Austin, TX – TechRanch Austin – http://techranchaustin.com
  5. Berkley, CA – Berkley Ventures –http://www.berkeleyventures.com
  6. Bloomington, IN – Sproutbox – http://www.sproutbox.com
  7. Boulder, CO / Boston, MA / Seattle, WA – TechStars –http://www.techstars.org
  8. Boston, MA and other cities – IBM Smartcamp –http://www.ibm.com/ie/smarterplanet/smartcamp/
  9. Boston, MA – Start@Spark – http://www.sparkcapital.com/start/
  10. Champaign, IL – iVentures10 – http://www.iventures10.com
  11. Chicago, IL – Excelerate Labs – http://www.exceleratelabs.com
  12. Dallas, TX – Tech Wildcatters – http://techwildcatters.com
  13. Detroit, MI – Bizdom U – http://www.bizdom.com
  14. Greenville, SC – NextStart – http://www.nextstart.org
  15. Houston, TX – Houston Tech Center –http://www.houstontech.org
  16. Lexington, MA / Menlo Park, CA – Summer@Highland Capital –http://www.hcp.com/summer/
  17. Lexington, KY – The Awesome Inc. Experience –http://awesomeinc.org/the-awesome-experience
  18. Los Angeles, CA – LaunchPadLA – http://www.launchpad.la
  19. Menlo Park, CA – Lightspeed Venture Partners Summer Grants – http://lightspeedvp.com/summergrants.aspx
  20. Mountain View, CA – Y Combinator –http://www.ycombinator.com
  21. Nashville, TN – JumpStart Foundry –http://www.jumpstartfoundry.com
  22. New York, NY – FirstGrowth Venture Network –http://www.firstgrowthvn.com
  23. New York, NY – The Hatchery – http://www.hatchery.vc
  24. New York, NY – NYC SeedStart –http://www.nycseed.com/seedstart.html
  25. Orange County, CA – OCTANe LaunchPad –http://www.octaneoc.org
  26. Orem, UT – BoomStartup – http://boomstartup.com
  27. Phoenix, AZ – Gangplank – http://gangplankhq.com
  28. Philadelphia, PA – DreamIt Ventures –http://www.dreamitventures.com
  29. Philadelphia, PA – Startl – partners with DreamIt Ventures –http://startl.org/apply/accelerator-apply/
  30. Pittsburgh, PA – AlphaLab – http://alphalab.org
  31. Portland, OR – The Portland Ten – http://www.portlandten.com
  32. Providence, RI – Betaspring – http://www.betaspring.com
  33. Redwood City, CA – Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE) Seed Program – http://www.svase.org
  34. San Francisco, CA – The Start Project – http://thestartproject.com
  35. San Diego, CA – Springboard program at CONNECT.org –http://www.connect.org/springboard/
  36. San Francisco, CA – i/o Ventures - http://www.ventures.io
  37. Seattle, WA – Founders Co-op – http://www.founderscoop.com
  38. Silicon Valley – PayPal Startup Accelerator –http://www.x.com/community/ppx/xspaces/accelerator
  39. Utah – Startup Utah – http://startuputah.com
  40. Washington, D.C. / Durham, NC – LaunchboxDigital –http://www.launchboxdigital.com
  41. Zeeland, MI – Momentum – http://www.momentum-mi.com
  42. Multiple Locations – The Founder Institute –http://founderinstitute.com
  43. Unknown Location – Youniversity Ventures –http://www.youniversityventures.com

Global Seed-Stage Startup Accelerators

  1. Athens, Greece – OpenFund – http://theopenfund.com
  2. Bangalore, India – iAccelerator – http://iaccelerator.org
  3. Bangalore, India – The Morpheus – http://www.themorpheus.com(formerly Morpheus Venture Partners –http://www.morpheusventure.com)
  4. Bangalore, India – Upstart.in –http://www.upstart.in/programs.html
  5. Barcelona, Spain – SeedRocket – http://www.seedrocket.com
  6. Belfast, Northern Ireland – StartVI (Start 6) –http://www.startvi.com
  7. Cambridge, UK – Springboard – http://springboard.red-gate.com
  8. China – Innovation Works – http://en.innovation-works.com/
  9. Copenhagen, Denmark – Startupbootcamp –http://www.startupbootcamp.dk
  10. Dalian, China – China Accelerator – http://chinaccelerator.com
  11. Dublin, Ireland – NDRC’s Launch Pad –http://www.ndrc.ie/projects/entrepreneurial-internships/
  12. England – The Difference Engine – http://thedifferenceengine.eu
  13. Hamburg, Germany – HackFwd – http://hackfwd.com
  14. Italy – H-Farm – http://www.h-farmventures.com
  15. Italy – Working Capital –http://www.workingcapital.telecomitalia.it/2010/03/koinup-selezionata/
  16. Jordan – Oasis 500 – http://arabcrunch.com/2010/06/oasis-500-a-startup-accelerator-to-launch-in-august.html (launching in August – no specific site yet)
  17. Limerick, Ireland – The Greenhouse –http://greenhouselimerick.com
  18. Lisbon, Portugal – Maverick/SeedCapital – http://maverick.pthttp://seedcapital.pt
  19. London, UK – Seedcamp – http://www.seedcamp.com
  20. Madrid, Spain – Tetuan Valley Startup School –http://www.tetuanvalley.com
  21. Montreal, Canada – BOLIDEA – http://blog.bolidea.com
  22. Montreal, Canada – Flow Ventures Accelerator Program –http://www.flowventures.com
  23. Montreal, Canada – Montreal Startup – http://montrealstartup.com
  24. Singapore – Neoteny Labs – http://www.neotenylabs.com
  25. Singapore – Joyful Frog Digital Incubator (JFDI) –http://jfdi.asia
  26. Sydney, Australia – SeedAccelerator –http://www.seedaccelerator.com
  27. Taipei, Taiwan – appWorks Ventures Incubator Program –http://appworks.tw/incubator/
  28. Toronto, Canada – Extreme Venture Partners University –http://www.extremevp.com/university/
  29. Tokyo, Japan – Open Network Lab – http://www.onlab.jp
  30. Vancouver, Canada – BootupLabs – http://bootuplabs.com
  31. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada – Impact Ventures –http://www.impact.org
  32. Multiple Locations – The Founder Institute –http://founderinstitute.com

University-Affiliated Startup Accelerator Programs

  1. Finland – Aalto University – Aalto Bootcamp –http://aaltoes.com/aaltoes-venture-track/bootcamp/
  2. Arizon State University – Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative - http://studentventures.asu.edu
  3. Babson College – Summer Venture Program –http://www3.babson.edu/Newsroom/Releases/Summer-Venture-program.cfm (no specific site avail)
  4. Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory –http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bel.html
  5. College of the Atlantic – Sustainable Ventures Incubator –http://www.coa.edu/press-releases_pg1_724.htm
  6. Cornell University – eLabs – http://www.elabstartup.com
  7. Couri Hatchery at Syracuse University –http://whitman.syr.edu/eee/incubator/
  8. Duke University – DUhatch –http://www.cerc.duke.edu/duhatch
  9. University of Michigan – RPM10 –http://www.rpmvc.com/rpm10/
  10. University of Michigan’s “Techarb” Business Accelerator –http://techarb.org/about/ andhttp://cfe.engin.umich.edu/businessaccelerator
  11. University of North Carolina – Carolina Launch Pad- http://www.carolinalaunchpad.org
  12. Penn State University – Lion Launch Pad –http://www.lionlaunchpad.org
  13. University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Venture Initiation Program – http://vip.wharton.upenn.edu
  14. RIT Student Business Development Lab –http://entrepreneurship.rit.edu/business_lab.php (part of the Venture Creations program at RIT http://www.venturecreations.org)
  15. Santa Clara University – Global Social Benefit Incubator –http://www.scu.edu/sts/gsbi/
  16. Stanford University – Student Startup Lab –http://sselabs.stanford.edu/
  17. Syracuse University – Start-Up Accelerator –http://accelerate.syr.edu/ForStudents/index.aspx
  18. Syracuse Student Sandbox at the Tech Garden –http://thetechgarden.com/studentsandbox
  19. Union College – U-Start –http://www.union.edu/resources/technology/u-start/index.php
  20. The University of Texas at Austin – Texas Venture Labs –http://www.texasventurelabs.net
  21. Virginia Tech – DayOne Ventures – http://dayoneventures.com
  22. University of Waterloo – VeloCity “Dormcubator”- http://velocity.uwaterloo.ca
  23. Wayne State University – SmartStart Business Development Program – http://techtownwsu.org/business/smartstart.php
  24. Yale University – Yale Entrepreneurial Institute / Yale Startups – http://www.yalestartups.com

Much of this list was developed from Robert Shedd’s blog.