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We surveyed about 500 startup programs while researching for the Startup Program Design book. Over 100 answered our call for more information than what was available online, and many were graceful to give us an interview. Because of space reasons, we could not include each program’s description in the manuscript. This page expands the book with some more detailes about the programs used as examples and referenced in the text. We made an effort to be as adherent as possible to official descriptions, but if your program is here and you wish to change the description don’t hesitate to contact us.

  • Founded in 2018, the global sustainability accelerator program of AB InBev. Aiming to mobilize the world’s brightest minds to solve some of the most pressing global sustainability issues.
    100accelerator.com

  • 150 Startups is a multi-year Alberta-wide initiative designed to build a more resilient economy and expand Alberta’s entrepreneurial capacity by creating more first-time entrepreneurs at Alberta’s 26 publicly funded colleges, universities and polytechnics. Founded 2016.
    150startups.com

  • Founded in 2018 by the initiators of BMW Startup Garage, 27pilots helps companies benefit strategically from startups through a breakthrough corporate venturing tool: The Venture Client model.
    27pilots.com

  • Helsinki Business Hub is the international trade and investment promotion agency for the capital of Finland. Helping foreign companies to set up their business, grow, and develop in Helsinki.
    helsinkibusinesshub.fi/90-day-finn

  • Accelerator and Venture Builder for food tech start-ups. A partnership of several companies from different points of the food value chain.

  • Initiated in 2015. Airbus BizLab provides wide-ranging support for early-stage projects in the form of a six-month acceleration programme, through which entrepreneurs, start-up businesses and Airbus employees are given access to a large number of coaches, experts and mentors across various domains – including technology, legal, finance, marketing and communications, easing prototyping and market access.
    airbus-bizlab.com

  • Founded 2017. Antler is a global early-stage VC and startup generator, providing a stipend and mentorship to build exceptional co-founder teams in the initial phase of the program. In a second phase after an internal selection, the highest potential teams receive equity investment and further acceleration. The program helped build over 250 companies since launch.
    antler.co

  • The APN Global Startup Program is an invite-only, go-to-market program built to support mid-to-late stage startups that have raised institutional funding, achieved product-market fit, and are ready to scale.
    aws.amazon.com/partners/programs/global-startup

  • Arch Grants is a nonprofit organization that accelerates economic development and community revitalization by providing equity-free grants and pro bono support services to entrepreneurs who locate their early-stage businesses in St. Louis.
    archgrants.org

  • Founded 2013. Bayer’s G4A, formerly known as Grants4Apps, launched originally with the aim of funding healthcare mobile apps. G4A is present in more than 35 countries and partners with startups and healthcare technology companies developing innovative solutions in health and care.
    g4a.health

  • Founded 2014. BCG Digital Ventures is a first-of-its-kind digital-innovation product development and commercialization firm that works with the world’s leading companies to develop, launch, and grow digital products, platforms, and businesses.
    bcgdv.com

  • The BMW Startup Garage is the Venture Client unit of the BMW Group. As a Venture Client, the BMW Group becomes a client of a startup, at an early stage when its product, service or technology is not yet mature.
    bmwstartupgarage.com

  • The Water Council’s BREW 2.0–short for Business, Research and Entrepreneurship in Water—is an intensive two-week virtual post-accelerator program targeting late-stage water tech startup in the scale-up phase. It provides access to experts, funding and, primarily, connections to grow.
    thewatercouncil.com/programs/brew-accelerator

  • Cambridge Innovation Center is an office space facility for small and growing companies. It also acts as a co-working community inspiring and connecting people to realize enterprising ideas for sustainable impact.
    cic.com

  • The Scottish Government CivTech® pilot is harnessing new technologies to drive daring and innovation into the public sector. It brings together private sector innovation, public sector organisations and citizens to develop more efficient and effective products and services, which will translate to new, better, faster and easier experiences for everyone.
    civtechalliance.org/civtech

  • Founded 2013, now closed. The Coca-Cola Founders platform was a new model for creating seed-stage startups. They partnered with experienced entrepreneurs around the world and giving them access to Coca-Cola's relationships, resources and reach before they develop their next startup.coca-colafounders.com

  • Coinbase Ventures is the investment arm of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange and ecosystem. It invests in early-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups building the open financial system.
    ventures.coinbase.com

  • Aimed at identifying opportunities for partnerships and commercial agreements between Comcast NBCUniversal and startups on the eve of large-scale commercialization. It is structured as a challenge: startups reply to specific briefs published on the website.

    lift.comcast.com/liftoff

  • Communitech is an industry-led innovation centre in Waterloo Region. It supports tech companies at all stages of their growth and development – from startups to rapidly-growing mid-sized companies and large global players.
    communitech.ca

  • Founded 2018. Conception X is a venture program that helps Ph.D.s launch deep tech startups based on their research and receive enterprise training designed for scientists and engineers, to become venture scientists. The university is the incubator, and the process has been designed to fit the research timelines of PhD students. Conception X is open to Ph.D.s from all universities after launching in University College London.
    conceptionx.org

  • Create@Alibaba Cloud is a global program focused on accelerating business success for startups.
    alibabacloud.com/startup

  • Founded 2010. The DMZ at Ryerson University, in Toronto, is a business incubator for tech startups in Canada. It helps startups build businesses by connecting it with customers, capital, experts, and a community of entrepreneurs and influencers.
    dmz.ryerson.ca

  • Downtown Project is a small business and tech startup incubator and accelerator based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
    dtplv.com

  • Dreamit is an early-stage venture fund that accelerates startups building transformative tech products in the fields of healthcare, real estate, construction, cybersecurity, and physical security. The fund invests in startups with demonstrable traction that are looking to rapidly gain customers, initiate new partnerships, and to raise additional capital.
    dreamit.com

  • The EIC Accelerator (previously known as SME Instrument) is part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot that supports top-class innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies and scientists with funding opportunities and acceleration services. It supports high-risk, high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises with funding and mentorship.
    eic.ec.europa.eu/index_en

  • EIT European institute of Innovation and technology is an initiative supported by the European Commission, consisting of public-private partnerships around strategic sectors. Each partnership runs entrepreneurial engagement and support programs, in diverse forms. EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator, for instance, is the only EU acceleration programme focused on climate impact and cleantech. It offers an our 18-month program in three stages. The EIT Digital Accelerator supports European digital technology ventures to scale up their business in Europe and beyond.
    It offers a tailor-made support, mainly focused on acquiring new customers and raising capital. Other EIT accelerators include: EIT Food; EIT Innoenergy; EIT Raw materials and manufacture together; EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator.
    eit.europa.eu

  • A company builder that invests in individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” to help create new technology startups. The intensive 6-month program is designed to create new teams from highly selected individuals from different backgrounds; the best teams receive an investment and enter a second phase of the program, more similar to an accelerator.
    joinef.com

  • Enterprise Singapore is a government agency that supports enterprise development. The company works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalize.
    enterprisesg.gov.sg

  • Founded 2016. F10 Incubator and accelerator is a non-profit organization dedicated to FinTech, RegTech, and InsurTech. Supporting and guiding startups in transforming their ideas into successful companies, all while stimulating worldwide collaboration within international finance institutions. It has ten founding partners, all multinational corporations in finance and insurance.
    www.f10.global

  • Founded in Philadelphia, 2014. FastFWD is a partnership among The City of Philadelphia, GoodCompany Group, a social enterprise accelerator, and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative. FastFWD creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to collaborate with cities.
    fastfwd.com

  • Run by the FIWARE Foundation, the program boosts the visibility of startups developing solutions on the FIWARE technology platform. It also connects startups with the Global FIWARE Community for technical training, networking opportunities and access to newly developed technology.
    fiware.org/community/fiware-accelerator-programme-old/

  • Flow Maritime Accelerator, (Norway) is a nordic European accelerator program focused solely on the maritime industry.
    flowaccelerator.no

  • A team within Ford Smart Mobility acting as an incubator for new mobility products and services. The team coordinated various activities with startups, including scouting, acquisitions, sponsorship and mentorship to other incubators. https://www.slashgear.com/ford-x-moonshot-incubator-formed-to-shake-up-mobility-25517103

  • Free Electrons, (USA) is a global startup program connecting the world’s most promising startups with leading energy utilities to deliver cutting edge solutions and co-create the future of energy. The program offers a unique opportunity for later stage startups to gain access to utility partners that can help them scale and expand into new markets around the world.
    freeelectrons.org/the-utilities/

  • Innovation agency SecondMuse and NYCEDC run the Futureworks Incubator, one of America’s largest urban hardware programs and gets startups investor-ready through expert mentorship, a series of essential workshops, and a community of supportive founders that help each other scale.
    futureworks.nyc/incubator/

  • A national, non-profit organization that provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39. futurpreneur.ca/en/

  • Geovation is a company that helps entrepreneurs to develop their ideas and projects from their earliest stages. Since its inception in 2009 Geovation has become a leading proponent of the value of open innovation in the public sector.
    geovation.uk

  • Google.org brings together philanthropic initiatives across Google. Their Global Impact Awards support organizations using technology and innovative approaches to make the world a better place. google.org/our-approach/

  • Founded in 2011, Google for Startups is Google’s initiative to help startups thrive across every corner of the world. Connecting startups with the best of Google’s products, connections, and best practices through a global network of partners and our six Google for Startups Campuses.
    startup.google.com

  • Founded 2018. The Guyana Innovation Prize is a competitive grant that awards pre-seed funding to commercially viable agriculture, science, and technology from students, alumni, and faculty of the tertiary educational institutions and research centers of Guyana.
    theguyanatrust.org

  • Launched as Google Ventures in 2009, GV is the venture capital arm of Alphabet, Inc. In the fields of life science, healthcare, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, cyber security, and agriculture, their companies aim to improve lives and change industries. They help companies interface with Google, providing unique access to one the world’s leading technology companies.
    gv.com

  • Founded in 2016, Hacking for Defense is a university course sponsored by the Department of Defense that teaches students to work with the Defense and Intelligence Communities to rapidly address the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges. It is a program of the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN), powered by BMNT, Inc. and the Common Mission Project. www.h4d.us

  • The Hartford InsurTech Hub is an accelerator of Insurtech startups. Entrepreneurs from around the world are invited to relocate to Hartford, Connecticut, and work with top-class insurance corporations based there. Insurances are an integral part of the selection process. The program is run by Startupbootcamp.
    hartfordinsurtechhub.com

  • Highway1, a division of PCH, is a hardware startup accelerator based in San Francisco offering a collaborative, hands-on environment to help startups move through challenges and reach a looks like, works like prototype ready for funding.
    highway1.io/about/

  • Founded 2014. Illumina Accelerator offers business guidance, seed investment, and access to sequencing systems, reagents, and lab space, and a dynamic genomic ecosystem to help new genomic startups launch and grow. The goal is to create long-term partnerships to advance transformational solutions in medicine and human health unlocking the power of the genome. illumina.com/science/accelerator.html

  • Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
    intel.com/content/www/us/en/intel-capital/overview.html

  • Founded 2014. The program channels the entrepreneurial interest of the ISDI Digital Business School students to boost and professionalize the startup market in Europe. It has created dozens of incubation and acceleration programs, delivering €45 million government and corporate equity-free funding to hundreds of startups and achieving five exits.
    accelerator.isdi.education

  • Junction by Platform Calgary (Canada) is a 9-week residency program for technology entrepreneurs to prepare for accelerators and investment opportunities. The program combines educational content with applied workshops and events. Each team is guided by a dedicated advisor who helps prioritize the activities and build a “data room” - an organized compilation of startup documents. The program targets first-time entrepreneurs from Alberta.
    platformcalgary.com/programs-and-events/junction/

  • LatAm Startups runs different programs to help international startups from Latin America to entering North America and global markets, including a validation bootcamp, a soft landing program, and a visa-inclusive acceleration program. Since 2019 it is a designated organization for the Canadian Startup Visa program.
    latamstartups.org

  • Laudato Sì Challenge, (USA) is a collaboration platform and a global initiative that encourages early to mid-stage startups to grow their breakthrough solutions to the world’s boldest challenges in partnership with faith institutions, and with impact-oriented corporations and public agencies. Teams of young people, of all faiths, all backgrounds, on every continent, are asked to scale their profitable, innovative and sustainable products and services which address a grand challenge.
    lsc21.org

  • League of Innovators (LOI) is a national Canadian charity with a goal of building entrepreneurial acumen for youth, at scale. League of Innovators is a suite of accessible programs and tools to provide youth educational experiences that shorten their path to success, empower their ability to be their own boss, and amplify their impact as future innovators and entrepreneurs.
    theleagueofinnovators.com

  • Le Village by Credit Agricole, is a start-up business accelerator contributing to the economic development and support of young innovative projects. It provides startups with master classes, conferences, a network of experts, and exceptional spaces to welcome clients and investors, especially to get in touch with major groups.
    levillagebyca.com

  • LH Startup MAQER is the Venture Client unit of LafargeHolcim, one of the world’s leading companies in the building materials industry. As a Venture Client, LafargeHolcim becomes the early-adopting client of a startup’s solution, even if its product, service, or technology is still in a prototype stage. This is done to solve critical challenges across all LafargeHolcim business units and markets, leveraging the power of innovative startups.
    lhstartupmaqer.com

  • L Marks is a prominent UK operator of corporate accelerators and has exported its methodology into Europe, Japan, and the US.
    lmarks.com

  • MaRS is a non-profit organization that partners with entrepreneurs, researchers, business and government to build the next generation of high-growth companies in Canada’s knowledge economy. The MaRS Centre in Toronto is an urban innovation hub that is home to 2,500 people from capital, research, corporate, legal, intellectual property, media and startup communities―the entire innovation ecosystem under one roof.
    marsdd.com
    womenincleantech.ca

  • Mastercard Start Path is a global effort to support innovative early stage companies developing the next generation of commerce solutions today.
    startpath.mastercard.com/spglobal/home.htm

  • Microsoft launched the 100X100X100 program for B2B SaaS startups in India. Each participating company will commit to spend $100K over a course of 18 months on solutions provided by the SaaS startups. microsoft.com/en-in/campaign/microsoftstartups/100x100x100program.aspx

  • M12 is the venture capital arm of Microsoft, currently investing in technology companies (Series A and beyond) in North America and Israel.
    m12.vc

  • Founded in 2008, Microsoft for Startups is a global program providing technology and business support designed to help B2B startups quickly scale. Microsoft for Startups works with select accelerators and VCs to support startups and startup ecosystems world-wide.
    startups.microsoft.com/en-us/

  • Mind the Bridge is a global organization that provides innovation advisory services for corporates and startups. Based in Silicon Valley, with offices in San Francisco, London, Italy and Spain, since 2007 they have been working as an international bridge at the intersection between Startups and Corporations.
    mindthebridge.com

  • Founded 2011. MIT delta v is MIT’s student venture accelerator, providing a capstone educational opportunity for MIT student entrepreneurs that prepares them to hit escape velocity and launch into the real world. entrepreneurship.mit.edu/accelerator/program

  • MobilityXlab is an open collaboration platform and meeting place to find new innovations and solutions to strengthen the competitiveness for participating parties. At the end of 2020, the platform had supported over 60 collaborations from 83% of the 40 startups involved, confirming post-program partnerships with 9 of them.
    mobilityxlab.com/en

  • Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm investing in the future of financial services, and the venture arm of Santander.
    mourocapital.com

  • NASA International Space Apps is a global hackathon, engaging thousands of citizens across the globe. spaceappschallenge.org

  • NEC X fast-tracks technologies and innovative business ideas from inside or outside innovators. Working with Silicon Valley’s incubator and accelerator ecosystem, it leverages cutting-edge technologies emerging from NEC’s global network of laboratories, and research and development facilities.
    nec-x.com

  • Novartis Venture Fund is a venture capital firm focused on companies that develop novel therapeutics and platforms. nvfund.com/

  • Oasis500 is the leading seed investment company and business accelerator in the Tech and Creative Industry spaces based in Amman, Jordan.
    oasis500.com/en/process

  • Open Bosch is the global venture client unit of the Bosch group. It is rooted deeply within business units, regions and top level management of the Bosch organization. It provides the underlying partnership process for startup initiatives.
    openbosch.com

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

  • Open Innovability® is a crowdsourcing platform for start-ups, entrepreneurs, companies - anyone who aspires to create solutions that can transform the world in a sustainable way.
    openinnovability.enel.com

  • Oracle has recently launched a Startup Growth Program in Austin, a dedicated initiative to enable startups to scale.
    oracle.com/startup/

  • Idea stage Accelerator founded in 2015. Parallel18 offers Puerto Rican and international entrepreneurs access to high-quality business training, mentors, business contacts and investors to help them scale from Puerto Rico. A five-month program that provides grants, mentorship, business connections, and investment to help your company grow from Puerto Rico. parallel18.com

  • Funded by the European Commission in 2015, Pioneers of the Balkans was an investment readiness program run in five countries of the Balkan region in Eastern Europe, and namely, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. A randomized experiment co-funded by the World Bank was conducted on a sample of 346 startups to assess the impact of an investment readiness program.

  • Housed in the Polsky Exchange, the Polsky Incubator is designed for early-stage companies looking for space, guidance, and support to reach critical milestones and grow into a sustainable business.
    polsky.uchicago.edu/

  • Porsche Ventures engages with top entrepreneurs across the globe through our offices in Europe, Silicon Valley, Israel and China. Investing in start-ups from early-stage through growth-stage and help founders to succeed.
    porsche.ventures

  • PwC's Scale programme is designed to help start-ups scale quicker and expand into new regions. The 5-day programme consists of carefully curated masterclasses, which are complemented by dedicated mentorship from our in-house subject matter experts along the way.
    pwc.co.uk/ux23/products-and-services/pwc-scale-up-programmes.html

  • Rubik Hub, (Romania) is an accelerator focused on​ Early Stage startups, helping to find PSF validation, build the initial team, define vision, mission, values, and start developing and validating the MVP. It runs a portfolio of different programs, from educational (for schools) to more advanced.
    rubikhub.ro

  • Qualcomm Ventures was formed in 2000 to make investments in startups developing next-generation technologies that will promote future growth for Qualcomm Inc.
    qualcommventures.com

  • QVC NEXT™ is a startup program for new and innovative brands, scaling sales to the TV network’s audience. Startups with a story, in line with the network's strategy, are given the stage on TV. Startups are required to scale fast and be able to follow-on growing volumes of TV sales.

  • The [RE]verse Pitch Competition helps turn valuable raw materials that are currently leaving local businesses, non-profits, and institutions as waste into the raw materials for new or expanding social enterprises.
    reversepitch.org

  • Salesforce Ventures invests in the next gen of enterprise tech with a focus on Software as a Service startups. It had over twenty funds at the moment of writing, among which also the Salesforce Platform Fund.
    salesforce.com/ventures/

  • Sapphire Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on helping technology companies. It was previously a subsidiary of enterprise software company SAP.
    sapphireventures.com

  • SAP.iO Foundries is SAP’s global network of zero-cost startup accelerators that are the fastest way for founders to launch a relationship with SAP. SAP.iO Foundries provide startups with unparalleled access, curated mentorship, and technical guidance to integrate with SAP solutions and accelerate their entry into an inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers. SAP.iO Foundries were formally launched in 2017 and so far has helped accelerate more than 270 startups across all lines of business and industries. SAP.iO currently has 9 Foundries located in San Francisco, New York, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Tel Aviv, Singapore, Tokyo, and Bangalore.
    sap.io/foundries/

  • Seedstars is a Swiss-based private company with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The group’s activities cover over 90 emerging ecosystems through a variety of initiatives such as the Online Seedstars World Competition, acceleration programs, physical hubs called Seedspace, company building activities, and venture capital investments with over 65 portfolio companies in more than 30 markets.
    seedstars.com/about-us/#our-story

  • SETsquared is a collaborative partnership supporting enterprise activities, spin-outs, licensing, and incubation in tech startups in the South-West of England. In partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton, and Surrey also working with the industry through research collaboration and consultancy.
    setsquared.co.uk

  • SheEO invests in women-led and majority women-owned ventures that creates social impact through new models, new mindsets, and new solutions for a better world. The activator community consists of ages from twelve to nineteen, and are women of color, LGBTQ, grandmothers, successful corporate executives, public leaders, change-makers, early stage entrepreneurs, and wantrepreneurs.
    sheeo.world

  • Shell Ventures is Shell’s corporate venture arm. It makes minority investments in tech companies, joint ventures, and externally-managed funds.
    shell.com/energy-and-innovation/innovating

  • Smart Cities Startup Challenge provides the opportunity for Smart City focused startups to pitch and interact with an esteemed panel of judges representing venture capitalists, city officials, business executives and thought leaders.
    spring.smartcitiesconnect.org/start-up_challenge.html

  • The Sony Startup Acceleration Program (SSAP) Europe organisation was first established in Lund, Sweden in 2016 as the European hub for the program. The team supports startups in Europe, both inside and outside of Sony, to realize their dream of creating a successful business.sony-startup-acceleration-program-europe.com/about/

  • Founded 2016. Space3ac is the acceleration program connecting startups and corporates to provide solutions for business challenges. They accept international teams and offer up to 45 000 € in cash, technical and business international mentors, a workspace, and access to branch investors - all is equity-free.
    space3.ac

  • Starburst Ventures is a global aerospace startup accelerator and venture capital fund. It is the first global Accelerator dedicated to aviation, space and defense. Matching corporates with startups while providing strategic growth mentoring and consulting for startups and corporations alike.
    starburst.aero

  • Start4big is a cross-sector open innovation initiative in Europe driven by Aigües de Barcelona, CaixaBank, Naturgy, SEAT, and Telefónica. They create synergies between large companies and a community of high-level experts and leaders, supporting their startups in scaling up.
    challenge.start4big.com

  • Powered by Plug&Play, Startup Autobahn is an innovation platform connecting startups of all development stages with over twenty industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology and drive the ultimate goal — a successful production-ready implementation.
    startup-autobahn.com/

  • Startup Boost is a global tech startup pre-accelerator preparing great early stage entrepreneurs for accelerator programs, seed investment and revenue through a six week part time program. The program offers training, 1-on-1 mentorship with serial entrepreneurs and investors, and introductions to top global accelerator and investor partners.
    startupboost.org

  • Founded in 2010, Start-Up Chile (SUP) is a public startup accelerator created by the Chilean Government for high-potential entrepreneurs to bootstrap their startups and use Chile as a foundation. Start-Up Chile has been a global game-changer, setting the model for 50 other countries and similar programs.
    startupchile.org

  • Founded in 2012, Startup Wise Guys is a 3-month long on-site mentors driven program taking place in the Baltics countries in Europe. The accelerator is primarily sales and scaling focused with a fundraising component helping teams be in a position to raise the next funding round within 6 months.
    startupwiseguys.com/fintech/

  • Startup with IBM offers free credits to startups to access IBM advanced services, such as artificial intelligence platform Watson, blockchain, security, or analytics.
    https://developer.ibm.com/startups/

  • Founded 2002. Sting is a startup incubator and accelerator co-financed by Vinnova, KTH, Stockholm County Council and Stockholm Region and private partners. A non-profit organisation, Sting is an independent, founder-centric player whose proceeds go back to the programs to help new startups become successful. It is a way for each participating company to “pay it forward.”
    sting.co

  • Stora Enso Accelerator is a three-month equity-free program, fostering co-creation partnerships to generate innovative solutions between startups and the namesake multinational group in the pulp and paper industry.
    vertical.vc/storaensoaccelerator/

  • SOA started at Georgetown University in 2014 and has expanded into a global nonprofit based in San Francisco, California that develops leaders, cultivates ideas, and accelerates market driven solutions in the field of ocean health and sustainability through two signature programs, Oceans Solutions Accelerator, and Leadership Program. Success cases: Coral Vita and Loliware.
    soalliance.org

  • TechPeaks the People Accelerator (2012-15) involved both individuals and teams to start-up successful global businesses in information technology. It was financed by the Trento Province Council and supported by FBK, the University of Trento and EIT Digital.
    crunchbase.com/organization/techpeaks

  • Techstars is an American seed accelerator founded in Boulder, Colorado, in 2006 and later expanded globally. Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships, and the Techstars Venture Capital Fund.
    techstars.com

  • Startup Weekend is an entrepreneurship foundation and an educational movement for entrepreneurs started in 2007, and a part of Techstars since 2015. Through its hackathons, it helps entrepreneurs obtain education, launch businesses, and build networks, within a 54-hour weekend.
    techstars.com/communities/startup-weekend

  • Telenet's 4-month program offers entrepreneurs the opportunity to kick start their young companies. The accelerator, physically located at Idealabs in Antwerp, offers a platform for open innovation for scalable startups with global ambitions in internet, mobile, media and gaming.
    idealab.com

  • The Bridge by Coca Cola was started in 2016 by The Builders. The program is a commercialization platform for startups, acting as a bridge between the entrepreneurial community and Fortune 100 companies. Startups receive sales training and unique opportunities to present their solutions to top level managers in Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz, and Warner Media.
    thebridgebycocacola.com

  • TIM’s (ex TelecomItalia) flagship startup program since its inception in 2009 with the name Working Capital, TIM WCAP has taken the forms of a non-dilutive startup competition, an accelerator, and a post-acceleration commercialization program. TIM WCAP’s community revolves around coworking spaces in four cities in Italy.
    wcap.tim.it/it

  • Tribe Accelerator is the first Singapore government supported blockchain accelerator, championing to be a neutral platform in driving collaboration and growth of the blockchain ecosystem.
    tribeaccelerator.co/

  • The Foundry is Unilever’s global collaborative collaboration platformsince 2014, connecting Unilever brands with late-stage startups. The Foundry collects innovation needs from the brands and publishes them on its platform in the form of open challenges. The program facilitates piloting the startup product or service with the Unilever brand that initiated the challenge. The partnerships aim to help scale technologies and accelerate innovation globally.
    theunileverfoundry.com

  • Tulsa Remote is a government program targeting digital nomads and startups. It offers $10,000, office space, and support to those relocating to Tusla, Oklahoma, for at least a year.
    tulsaremote.com/

  • Unreasonable builds communities and startup programs between entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to profitably solve pressing global problems.
    unreasonablegroup.com/about/

  • Velocity is an entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo, overseeing a startup competition assigning $25,000 to the most promising startups in Ontario, Canada. Since 2019 it runs an alumni fund to sustain the competition and give more opportunities to startups.
    velocity.uwaterloo.ca/

  • Village Capital uses the power of peer support to change the traditional dynamics between investors and entrepreneurs, providing access to entrepreneurship for everyone - through accelerator programs solving specific problems in agriculture, energy, education, financial inclusion, and health.
    vilcap.com/about-us/story

  • Volition is a consultancy and event company for entrepreneurs and their teams, and our diverse team of advisors works with entrepreneurs.
    volitionadvisors.com

  • Wayra (founded 2011) is part of Telefónica's Open Innovation and Telefónica’s entrepreneurship initiative. It has seven Wayra Hubs in nine countries in LATAM and Europe through which it invests in and supports startups; Wayra X, a digital hub to invest in 100% digital startups; Wayra Builder, a corporate venture builder to create, together with other investors, innovative startups born from Telefónica's internal technology projects; and Wayra Activation Programme, to offer entrepreneurs access to Telefónica’s platforms and technologies. Telefónica's Open Innovation portfolio adds up to more than 500 startups, out of which more than 170 are doing business with Telefonica Group.
    wayra.com

  • The Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator is a hands-on program focused on startups that create solutions for financial institutions and enterprise customers.
    accelerator.wf.com

  • The WFP Innovation Accelerator sources, supports and scales high-potential solutions to end hunger worldwide - for both early stage and scale-ups. Providing WFP staff, entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies and non-governmental organizations with access to funding, mentorship, hands-on support and WFP operations.
    innovation.wfp.org/about-us

  • WhatAVenture is an innovation firm offering a web based tool that gets you from thinking about a new business idea, the problem you're solving, the business model and other core aspects to make your business idea a success.
    whataventure.com

  • XPRIZE is a non-profit organization that designs and manages public competitions intended to encourage technological development that could benefit mankind, from spacecraft development to pandemic relief, or carbon removal.
    xprize.org

  • Y Combinator is an American seed money startup accelerator founded in 2005. YC provides seed funding for startups, with mentorship and a final investors demo day. It produced companies such as Airbnb, Reddit, and Dropbox. Its model changed the ways of startup incubation worldwide.
    ycombinator.com

  • YC Startup School is a free online program and global community of founders, actively pursuing their own startup, offered by Y Combinator.
    startupschool.org/

  • Youth Co:Lab, an initiative co-led by UNDP and Citi Foundation, aims to establish a common agenda for countries in the Asia-Pacific region to empower and invest in youth, so that they can accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through leadership, social innovation and entrepreneurship. To date, Youth Co:Lab has benefited over 7,100 young entrepreneurs and counting who have developed or improved almost 1,000 start-ups addressing SDG challenges.
    youthcolab.org

  • An international fast track acceleration program dedicated to projects in life sciences, Open Accelerator is promoted by Zcube, Zambon Research Venture, and actively scouting for innovative projects in the field of drug delivery systems, medical devices, biomarkers, diagnostics, digital health and big data solutions.
    openaccelerator.it

  • Zinc.VC is a London-based business builder that runs 9 month mission-led programmes to build scalable commercial impact-led businesses. A British not-for-profit program which targets university researchers and professors in collaboration with UKRI (UK Research and Innovation)
    zinc.vc

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