6:22 PM PST Thu, Dec 16, 2010 Complete List of Incubators and Accelerators (like Y Combinator)
LAUNCH is doing a survey of incubators. We’d like to know which ones are hosting a new class, when the deadline is, etc. Here’s what we have so far (alphabetical order by US state). Let us know in the comments if you have any particular information we missed. Know one that we missed? Fill out the form here, and we'll add it to the list.
JUST ADDED: incubators outside the US (alphabetical order by country).
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Name: Astia, http://astia.org/
Date Founded: 1999
Cities: San Francisco, New York, London, Bangalore
Address: Twitter: http://twitter.com/astiasf
First Class: 2003
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 255
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: CEO is Sharon Vosmek
Next Deadline: February 7, 2011
Next Class: March 2011 in London and New York
Name: DogPatch, dogpatchlabs.com
Date Founded:
Cities: Cambridge (MA), New York, San Francisco
Addresses:
- Cambridge, MA (222 Third St., 4th Floor)
- New York, NY (36 East 12th Street)
- San Francisco, CA (Pier 38 off Embarcadero)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DogpatchLabs
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 28
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Polaris Venture Partners
Next Deadline: “If you are interested in joining us, please drop us a note!”
Next Class:
Name: Founder Institute, http://global.founderinstitute.com/
Date Founded: 2009
Cities: 16 worldwide (Silicon Valley, San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Washington DC, Boston, Houston, Singapore, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Santiago, Bogotá)
Address: Palo Alto, CA
Twitter: http://twitter.com/founding
First Class: Bay Area Summer 2009 Semester
Total Classes: 25
Total Companies Graduated: 250+
Notable Graduates: BookBrewer, BreezyPrint, CloudCanvas, Giv.to, Heliograph, KwiqApps, Micromobs, Profitably, Rentcycle, Retailigence, Skimble, Skydera, ShareSquare, Udemy
Founded by: Adeo Ressi
Next Deadline: Los Angeles due February 13. San Francisco due February 20th. San Diego, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris Due March 6th.
Next Class: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, New York, Washington DC, Boston.
Name: H-Farm, http://www.h-farmventures.com
Date Founded: 2005
Cities: Treviso, Italy (HQ), plus London, Mumbai and Seattle
Address: Tenuta Ca' Tron, Via Sile, 41 - 31056 Roncade, Treviso - Italy
Twitter: http://twitter.com/hfarmventures
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 3 (theme based)
Total Companies Graduated: 22 investments
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Riccardo Donadon
Next Deadline: February 28, 2011
Next Class: Q2 2011
Name: TechStars, http://www.techstars.org/
Date Founded: 2006
Cities: Boston, Boulder, New York and Seattle
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/techstars
First Class: 2007
Total Classes: 7
Total Companies Graduated: 60
Notable Graduates: Socialthing (acquired by AOL acquired), Intense Debate (acquired by WordPress)
Founded by: David Cohen, Brad Field, David Brown, Jared Polis
Next Deadline: January 31 (Boston), March 16 (Boulder), May 16 (Seattle)
Next Class: Winter 2011 (New York)
ARIZONA
Name: Stealthmode Partners, http://stealthmode.com
Date Founded: 2006
City: Chandler
Address: 260 S Arizona Ave, Chandler, AZ 85225
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4842894199
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Francine Hardaway
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
CALIFORNIA
Name: AngelPad, http://angelpad.org/
Date Founded: 2010
City: San Francisco
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/angelpadorg
First Class: Fall 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 8
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Thomas Korte, Richard Chen, David Scacco, Vibhu Mittal
Next Deadline: December 1, 2010
Next Class: Winter 2011 (February-April)
Name: Berkeley Ventures, http://www.berkeleyventures.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Berkeley
Address: 727 Allston way, Suite C, Berkeley, CA 94710
Twitter: http://twitter.com/berkventures
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 7
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Chris Doner
Next Deadline:
Next Class: Applications ongoing
Name: Central Valley Business Incubator, http://www.cvbi.org/
Date Founded: 1996
City: Fresno
Address: 1630 E. Shaw, Suite 163. Fresno, CA 93710
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CVBI
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Current CEO is Kirk Nagamine
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: The Environmental Business Cluster, http://www.environmentalcluster.org/
Date Founded: 1994
City: San Jose
Address: 10 South 3rd Street 5th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: More than 150
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: City of San Jose and the San Jose State University Research Foundation. Executive Director is Melinda Richter
Next Deadline: Applications ongoing
Next Class:
Name: I/O Ventures, http://www.ventures.io/
Date Founded: 2010
City: San Francisco
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/io
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 6
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Aber Whitcomb, Ashwin Navin, Jim Young, Paul Bragiel
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Palo Alto Research Center, http://www.parc.com/
Date Founded: 1970
City: Palo Alto
Address: 3333 Coyote Hill Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304
Twitter: http://twitter.com/parcinc
First Class: n/a
Total Classes: n/a
Total Companies Graduated: Some startup grads here:http://www.parc.com/services/industry-contributions.html?type=1
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: XEROX
Next Deadline: n/a
Next Class: n/a
Name: SSE Labs (Stanford University), http://sselabs.stanford.edu/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Palto Alto
Address:
Twitter:
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 7
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Cameron Teitelman
Next Deadline: January 21, 2011
Next Class: January-March 2011
Name: The Start Project, http://thestartproject.com/
Date Founded:
City: Mill Valley
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thestartproject
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Narendra Rocherolle, Nick Wilder, Julie Davidson, Josh Feiser, Mike Hirshland
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Y Combinator, http://ycombinator.com/
Date Founded: 2005
City: Mountain View
Address: 320 Pioneer Way, Mountain View, CA 94041
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ycombinator
First Class: 2005
Total Classes: 11
Total Companies Graduated: 208
Notable Graduates: Reddit (acquired by Conde Nast), Loopt, Posterous
Founded by: Trevor Blackwell, Paul Buchheit, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, Harj Taggar
Next Deadline:
Next Class: January-March 2011.
COLORADO
Name: Business Incubator Center, http://www.gjincubator.org
Date Founded: 1987
City: Grand Junction
Address: 2591 B¾ Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81503
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: More than 200 companies
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Community leaders
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Name: iStrategyLabs, http://www.istrategylabs.com/
Date Founded:
City: Washington
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/corbett3000
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Peter Corbett
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
GEORGIA
Name: Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Institute of Technology, http://atdc.org/
Date Founded: 1980
City: Atlanta
Address: 75 5th Street, NW, Suite 202, Atlanta, GA 30308
Twitter: http://twitter.com/atdc
First Class: 1986
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 126
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: General Manager is Nina Sawczuk
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Shotput Ventures, http://www.shotputventures.com/
Date Founded:
City: Atlanta
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/shotputventures
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: David Cummings, Sanjay Parekh, Allen Graber
Next Deadline: Accepting applications for 2010 class [?]
Next Class:
ILLINOIS
Name: Excelerate Labs, http://www.exceleratelabs.com/
Date Founded:
City: Chicago
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/exceleratelabs
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 10
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Sam Yagan
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Illinois Launch, http://business.illinois.edu/ael/illaunch/index.html
Date Founded: 2010
City: Champaign
Address: 270 Wohlers, MC-706, 1206 South Sixth St., Champaign, IL, 61820
First Class: Summer 2010
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 13
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership (AEL) in the College of Business, University of Illinois
Next Deadline: Applications open
Next Class: Spring 2011
Name: Lightbank, http://lightbank.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Chicago
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lightbank
First Class: No classes per se but offers guidance and networking. If they believe a product or service is a match, an offer will be given.
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates: Groupon
Founded by: Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Syncubator, http://www.syncubator.com/
Date Founded:
City: Chicago
Address: 322 S. Green Street, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Twitter: http://twitter.com/syncubator
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by:
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Technology Innovation Center,http://www.theincubator.com/dojo/32/index.html
Date Founded: 1986
City: Evanston
Address: 820 Davis St., Evanston, IL 60201
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 350
Notable Graduates: Peapod
Founded by: Incubator Director is Tim Lavengood
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: University Technology Park (IIT),http://www.universitytechnologypark.com/incubator/index.html
Date Founded: Grew out of feasibility study in 2000 by U.S. Equities and Knight Architects Engineers
City: Chicago
Address:
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by:
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,http://researchpark.illinois.edu/
Date Founded:
City: Champaign
Address: 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
Twitter: http://twitter.com/uiresearchpark
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Associate Director is Laura A. Frerichs
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
INDIANA
Name: Sproutbox, http://www.sproutbox.com/
Date Founded: 2008
City: Bloomington
Address: 400 W 7th St #200, Bloomington, IN 47404
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sproutbox
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 8 [one company per cycle]
Total Companies Graduated: 8
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Brad Wisler, Mike Trotzke, Marc Guyer
Next Deadline: Applications are open for "Sprout #9"
Next Class:
LOUISIANA
Name: Greater New Orleans Inc, http://gnoinc.org/
Date Founded:
City: New Orleans
Address: 365 Canal Street, Suite 2300, New Orleans, LA 70130
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by:
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: New Orleans BioInnovation Center, http://neworleansbio.com/
Date Founded: 2002
City: New Orleans
Address: 134 LaSalle St., New Orleans, LA 70112
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: President is Aaron Miscenich
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
MASSACHUSETTS
Name: Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, http://massbiomed.org/
Date Founded: 1985
City: Worcester
Address: Gateway Park, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01605
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: Over 50
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: President and CEO is Kevin O’Sullivan
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
MICHIGAN
Name: Bizdom, http://www.bizdom.com/
Date Founded: 2007
City: Detroit (Cleveland launches in 2011)
Address: 5260 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bizdom
First Class: 2007
Total Classes: 4
Total Companies Graduated: 8 launched
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Dan Gilbert
Next Deadline: Accepting applications for 2011 session "within the next few months."
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Momentum, http://momentum-mi.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Grand Rapids
Address: 201 Monroe, NW Ste, 300, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Twitter: http://twitter.com/momentummi
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 7
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Rick DeVos
Next Deadline: February 4, 2011
Next Class: Summer 2011
MISSOURI
Name: Think Big Partners, http://thinkbigpartners.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Kansas City
Address: 1800 Baltimore, 4th Floor, Kansas City, MO 64108
Twitter: http://twitter.com/thinkbigKC
First Class: 2011
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Herb Sih, Tyler Prochnow and Shannon Yarbrough
Next Deadline:
Next Class: Launches Q1 2011 (the Percolator)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Name: Idea Greenhouse, http://www.ideagreenhouse.biz/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Durham
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ideagreenhousnh
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Tom Elliott
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
NEW YORK
Name: First Growth Venture Network, http://www.firstgrowthvn.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: New York
Address: 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020
Twitter:
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 24
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Executive Committee Chair is Ed Zimmerman
Next Deadline: Applications open in July for fall 2011
Next Class: Spring 2011
Name: NYC Seed, http://www.nycseed.com/
Date Founded: 2008
City: New York
Address: NYC Seed, Six MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Twitter: http://twitter.com//NYCSeed
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 8
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Partners include state government and non-profits, including Polytechnic Institute of NYU
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: NYU Polytech Incubators: BEST, Varick Street and NYC ACRE,http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators
Date Founded: 2004 (2009 for Varick Street and NYC ACRE)
City: New York
Address: Six MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Next Deadline: Ongoing
Next Class:
Name: Rose Tech Ventures, http://www.rose.vc/incubator/
Date Founded:
City: New York
Address: 30 East 23rd Street - 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010-4439
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: David S. Rose
Next Deadline: Applications open
Next Class:
NORTH CAROLINA
Name: Joystick Labs, http://www.joysticklabs.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Durham
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/joysticklabs
First Class:
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 5
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Juan Benito, Glen Caplan, Justyn Kasierski and Lawrence Steffann
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Launch Box Digital, http://www.launchboxdigital.com/
Date Founded: 2007
City: Durham
Address: 334 Blackwell Street, Suite B-005 (American Underground), Durham, NC 27701
Twitter: http://twitter.com/launchboxdig
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 24
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: John McKinley, Mark McDowell, Matthew Jacobson, Steve Lerner, Lee Buck, Chris Heivly
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
OHIO
Name: Youngstown Business Incubator, http://www.ybi.org/
Date Founded: 1995
City: Youngstown
Address: 241 W Federal Street, Youngstown, OH 44503
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ybiTweets
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 9 companies currently incubating
Notable Graduates: Green Energy TV (acquired by Florida-based private equity firm)
Founded by: CEO is James W. Cossler
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
PENNSYLVANIA
Name: AlphaLab, http://alphalab.org/
Date Founded: 2008
City: Pittsburgh
Address: 2325 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Twitter: http://twitter.com/alphaLab
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 21
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Innovation Works, director is Jim Jen.
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: January 4, 2011
Name: DreamIT Ventures, http://dreamitventures.com
Date Founded: 2007
City: Philadelphia
Address: PMB 263, 24 North Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dreamitventures
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 34
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: David Bookspan, Michael Levinson, Steven D. Welch, Kerry Rupp, Steve Barsh
Next Deadline: March 16, 2011.
Next Class: Summer 2011 (in New York) and fall 2011 (Philadelphia).
RHODE ISLAND
Name: Betaspring, http://www.betaspring.com/
Date Founded:
City: Providence
Address: One Davol Square, Providence, RI 02903
Twitter: http://twitter.com/betaspring
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 15
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Allan Tear, Owen Johnson, Jack Templin
Next Deadline: March 22, 2011.
Next Class: Summer 2011
SOUTH CAROLINA
Name: NextStart, http://www.nextstart.org/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Greenville
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sparkchs
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 1 (not clear if 2010 class took place)
Total Companies Graduated: 4 in 2009
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Public-private partnership
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Spark Charleston, http://www.sparkchs.com
Date Founded: 2010
City: Charleston
Address: 480 East Bay St, Charleston, SC 29403
Twitter: http://twitter.com/sparkchs
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Chris Clark
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
TEXAS
Name: Austin Technology Incubator, http://www.ati.utexas.edu/
Date Founded: 1989
City: Austin
Address: 3925 West Braker Lane, Austin TX 78759
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ATI_UT
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: Over 200
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Dr. George Kozmetsky, director is Isaac Barchas
Next Deadline: Applications ongoing
Next Class:
Name: Capital Factory, http://www.capitalfactory.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Austin
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/capitalfactory
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 10
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Joshua Baer, Sam Decker, Bryan Menell
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Houston Technology Center, http://www.houstontech.org/
Date Founded: 1999
City: Houston
Address: 410 Pierce Street, Houston, TX 77002
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: President and CEO is Walter Ulrich
Next Deadline: Applications ongoing
Next Class:
Name: Tech Wildcatters, http://techwildcatters.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Dallas
Address: 3100 Carlisle St., Suite 209, Dallas, TX, 75204
Twitter: http://twitter.com/techwildcatters
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 5
Notable Graduates: KeyRingApp (Mobestream media)
Founded by: Gabriella Draney and Jon Feld
Next Deadline: January 16, 2011
Next Class: February 28, 2011
UTAH
Name: BoomStartup, http://www.boomstartup.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Canyon Park Technology Center in Orem
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/boomstartup
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 10
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: John Richards, Robb Kunz, Jon Bradshaw
Next Deadline: Not accepting applications right now
Next Class:
VIRGINIA
Name: Darden Business Incubator,http://www.darden.virginia.edu/web/MBA/Entrepreneurship/Practicum/Incubator/
Date Founded: 2001 [?]
City: Charlottesville
Address:
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Next Deadline: January 24, 2011
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Entrepreneur Center @NVTC, http://www.nvtc.org/tec/fasttrac.php
Date Founded: 2003
City: Herndon
Address: 2214 Rock Hill Road, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170
Twitter: http://twitter.com/EntrepreneurCtr
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Director is Kristin D'Amore
Next Deadline: January 21, 2011 for FastTrac® TechVenture
Next Class: March to May 2011
WISCONSIN
Name: University Research Park & MGE Innovation Center at the University of Wisconsin, http://www.universityresearchpark.org/
Date Founded: 1984
City: Madison
Address: 510 Charmany Drive, Suite 250, Madison, WI 53719
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-Research-Park/69722002556
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Director is Mark D. Bugher
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
AUSTRALIA
Name: Seed Accelerator, http://www.seedaccelerator.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Sydney
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SeedAccelerator
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Patrick Driessen
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: StartMate, http://www.startmate.com.au/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Sydney
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/startmate
First Class: January 2011
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Niki Scevak
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class:
CAMEROON
Name: ActivSpaces, http://activspaces.com
Date Founded:
City: Buea
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/activspaces
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by:
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
CANADA
Name: Extreme Venture Partners, http://www.extremevp.com/
Date Founded: 2008
City: Toronto
Address: 69 Yonge St, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1K3, Canada
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ExtremeVP
First Class: Summer 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 6
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Amar Varma and Sundeep Madra
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: Summer 2011
Name: Inno-centre, http://www.inno-centre.com
Date Founded: 1987
City: Montreal and Quebec
Address: 550 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 200, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 1B9 Canada
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: over 150
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: President and CEO is Claude Martel
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Montreal Start Up, http://montrealstartup.com
Date Founded: 2008
City: Montreal
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/msu
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 15
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Daniel Drouet
Next Deadline: Not investing right now
Next Class:
Name: Year One Labs, http://www.yearonelabs.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Montreal
Address: RPM Montreal, 420 Guy St. (just south of Notre Dame), Montreal, QC H3J 2L2
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rayluk, http://twitter.com/byosko
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: Invested in two companies
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Raymond Luk, Ben Yoskovitz, Alistair Croll, Ian Rae
Next Deadline: Applications ongoing
Next Class:
CHINA
Name: Chinaccelerator, http://chinaccelerator.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Dalian
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chinaccelerator
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 6
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Initiative of SOSventures and supported by Sean O'Sullivan and Cyril Ebersweiler
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Innovation Works, http://en.chuangxin.com/
Date Founded: 2008
City: Beijing
Address:
Twitter:
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 8
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Kai-Fu Lee
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
DENMARK
Name: Startupbootcamp, http://www.startupbootcamp.dk
Date Founded: 2010
City: Copenhagen
Address: Kristen Bernikows Gade 6, 4 sal, 1105 Copenhagen, Denmark
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bootcampdk
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 10
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Alex Farcet and Carsten Kølbek
Next Deadline: May 31, 2011 (applications open January 31)
Next Class: 2011
FRANCE
Name: HEC Incubator, http://www.hec.fr/incubateur-hec/
Date Founded: 2007
City: Paris
Address: 1 rue de la Liberation, 78000 Jouy en Josas, France
Twitter: http://twitter.com/incubateur
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 8
Total Companies Graduated: 48
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: HEC Paris [university]
Next Deadline: TBA
Next Class: January 2011
Name: Le Camping, http://www.lecamping.org/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Paris
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lecamping
First Class: 2011
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Initiative of Silicon Sentier
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
GERMANY
Name: HackFwd, http://hackfwd.com
Date Founded: 2010
City: Hamburg
Address: HackFwd GmbH & Co. KG, Bleichenbruecke 1-7, 20354 Hamburg
Twitter: http://twitter.com/hackfwd
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 6
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Lars Hinrichs
Next Deadline:
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GHANA
Name: MEST (Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology),http://www.meltwater.org/
Date Founded: 2010 [incubator only]
City: Accra
Address: 19 Banana Street, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MESTghana
First Class: 2010 [from the MEST training program]
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Meltwater Foundation
Next Deadline:
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GREECE
Name: The Open Fund, http://theopenfund.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Athens
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/openfund
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 5
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Georgios Kasselakis, Georgios Tziralis
Next Deadline: Applications closed December 1
Next Class: Announced in January 2011
INDIA
Name: iAccelerator, http://iaccelerator.org
Date Founded: 2008
City: Ahmedabad
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/PranayG
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 14+
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: CEO is Kunal Upadhyay
Next Deadline: August 1st, 2011
Next Class: 2011
Name: The Morpheus, http://themorpheus.com/
Date Founded: 2008
City:
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/fom_morpheus
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 4
Total Companies Graduated: 26
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Sameer Guglani, Nandini Hirianniah, Indus Khaitan
Next Deadline: Applications for the next batch open March 15, 2011
Next Class:
IRELAND
Name: The GreenHouse Start-up Accelerator, http://greenhouselimerick.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Limerick
Address: Waterloo Lodge, Coolbawn, Nenagh, North Tipperary, Ireland
Twitter: http://twitter.com/greenhousel
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 4
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Evert Bopp and David Kirk
Next Deadline: March 2011
Next Class:
ITALY
Name: Working Capital, http://www.workingcapital.telecomitalia.it
Date Founded: 2009
City:
Address:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/workingcapital
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 2
Total Companies Graduated: 29 in 2010
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Telecom Italia
Next Deadline:
Next Class: 2012
IRELAND
Name: The GreenHouse Start-up Accelerator, http://greenhouselimerick.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Limerick
Address: Waterloo Lodge, Coolbawn, Nenagh, North Tipperary, Ireland
Twitter: http://twitter.com/greenhousel
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 4
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Evert Bopp and David Kirk
Next Deadline: March 2011
Next Class:
JAPAN
Name: Open Network Lab, http://onlab.jp/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Tokyo
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/on_lab
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 7
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Joichi Ito involved
Next Deadline:
Next Class: January 2011
JORDAN
Name: Meydan, http://meydanjo.com/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Amman
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/meydanjo
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 15+
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Maher Kaddoura
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Oasis 500, http://www.oasis500.com
Date Founded: 2010
City: Amman
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Oasis_500
First Class: 2010
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: 5
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Executive Chairman is Usama Fayyad
Next Deadline:
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KENYA
Name: iHub, http://www.ihub.co.ke/pages/home.php#
Date Founded:
City: Nairobi
Address: 4th floor of the Bishop Magua Centre on Ngong Rd.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/iHubNairobi
First Class:
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by:
Next Deadline: December 31, 2010
Next Class: 2011
NETHERLANDS
Name: Venturez - Startup Team, http://www.venturez.com/startupteam
Date Founded:
City: Rotterdam
Address: Weena 695 B07.044, 3013AM Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Twitter: http://twitter.com/dannydewit
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Danny de Wit
Next Deadline:
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NEW ZEALAND
Name: The ICEHOUSE, http://www.theicehouse.co.nz/
Date Founded: 2001
City: Auckland
Address: Level 2, The Textile Centre, 117-125 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Twitter: http://twitter.com//iceandy
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: Over 2,000 entrepreneurs and business owners
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Partnership between the University of Auckland Business School, The Boston Consulting Group, Telecom and Gen-i, BNZ, Ernst & Young, HP, and Microsoft
Next Deadline:
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PALESTINE
Name: Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator,http://www.picti.ps/
Date Founded:
City: Al-Bireh
Address: Al Sheikh Commercial Tower, 4th floor, Al-Quds Street, Al-Bireh, Palestine
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Four VC firms (Battery Ventures, Proseed, SCP-Vitalife and Vertex)
Next Deadline:
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SINGAPORE
Name: Joyful Frog Digital Incubator, http://jfdi.asia
Date Founded: 2010
City: Singapore
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jfdiasia
First Class: Expected 2011
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Meng Wong, Soon Loo, Hugh Mason
Next Deadline:
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Name: Thymos Capital, http://www.thymoscapital.com/index.html
Date Founded: 2007
City: Singapore
Address:
Twitter:
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Team and partners: http://www.thymoscapital.com/team.html
Next Deadline: Applications ongoing
Next Class:
SPAIN
Name: SeedRocket, http://www.seedrocket.com
Date Founded: 2008
City: Madrid and Barcelona
Address: Llacuna 162-164, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Twitter: http://twitter.com/seedrocket
First Class: 2008
Total Classes: 4
Total Companies Graduated: 11
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Vicente Arias and Jesús Monleón
Next Deadline:
Next Class:
Name: Tetuan Valley, http://tetuanvalley.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Madrid and Barcelona
Address: C/ Pinos Baja 89, 28029 Madrid
Twitter: http://twitter.com/tetuanvalley
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 3
Total Companies Graduated: 36
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Alejandro Barrera, Josep Amorós
Next Deadline: April 1, 2011
Next Class: Spring 2011
TAIWAN
Name: appWorks Ventures, http://appworks.tw/incubator/
Date Founded: 2010
City: Taipei
Address: Keelung Road, Taipei, Taiwan 180, 5F
Twitter:
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 10
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Jamie C. Lin
Next Deadline: March 31, 2011
Next Class: Mid-2011
UGANDA
Name: Appfrica Ventures, http://appfrica.net/blog/
Date Founded: 2008
City: Kampala
Address: P.O. Box 1420, Kampala, Uganda
Twitter: http://twitter.com/appfrica
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated: Four investments
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Jonathan Gosier
Next Deadline:
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Name: WahaTech, http://www.wahatech.ae
Date Founded: 2010
City: Dubai
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wahatech
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Fully owned subsidary of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority
Next Deadline:
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UNITED KINGDOM
Name: The Difference Engine, http://www.thedifferenceengine.eu/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Sunderland (Northeast England)
Address: North East Business & Innovation Centre Enterprise Park, East Sunderland, SR5 2TA, United Kingdom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/DifferenceEngin
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 9
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: CEO is Jon Bradford
Next Deadline:
Next Class: January 2011
Name: Entrepreneurs for the Future, http://e4f-blog.bsp-a.com/
Date Founded:
City: Birmingham
Address: No1 Oxygen St, Faraday Wharf, Holt Street, Birmingham, B94AA
Twitter: http://twitter.com/entrepreneurs4f
First Class:
Total Classes:
Total Companies Graduated:
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA)
Next Deadline:
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Name: Seedcamp, http://www.seedcamp.com/
Date Founded: 2007
City: London (with one-day events in other cities)
Address: 8 Clifford Street, London, United Kingdom
Twitter: http://twitter.com/seedcamp
First Class: 2007
Total Classes: 4
Total Companies Graduated: 33 (from three-month program)
Notable Graduates: Mobclix
Founded by: Partners are Reshma Sohoni and Carlos Eduardo Espinal
Next Deadline: January 12 for Seedcamp London
Next Class: January 25 (Seedcamp London - one-day event)
Name: Springboard, http://springboard.com/
Date Founded: 2009
City: Cambridge
Address: ideaSpace, Entrepreneurship Centre, 3 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, CB3 0GT, UK
Twitter: http://twitter.com/springboardnews
First Class: 2009
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 4
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: Red Gate Software, Managing Director is Jon Bradford
Next Deadline: February 13, 2011
Next Class: April 2011
Name: Start VI, http://startvi.com
Date Founded: 2010
City: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Address:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/startvi
First Class: 2010
Total Classes: 1
Total Companies Graduated: 3
Notable Graduates:
Founded by: David Kirk
Next Deadline:
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