Top Startup Accelerators, Incubators and VCs in California

There are 53 California-based startup programs, venture capitalists and angel investors in Incubator List, including 500 Startups - San Francisco Accelerator and Alchemist Accelerator.

California startups may find potential business investors using this list. Most of these programs offer a wide range of benefits like funding, mentorship, office space and networking.

Programs and investors here are ordered by their Crunchbase rankings.

Y Combinator

Silicon Valley, California, and 1 more

Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups.

Open

$150K for 7%

500 Startups - San Francisco Accelerator

500 Startups - San Francisco Accelerator

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

4-month seed program in San Francisco. Build your startup and learn from the best. All in one place.

Open

$150K for 6%

PlugAndPlay - Health Accelerator

PlugAndPlay - Health Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Internet of Things Accelerator

PlugAndPlay - Internet of Things Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Real Estate and Construction

PlugAndPlay - Real Estate and Construction

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Insurtech Accelerator

PlugAndPlay - Insurtech Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Supply Chain Accelerator

PlugAndPlay - Supply Chain Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Brand and Retail Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

PlugAndPlay - Food and Beverage Accelerator

PlugAndPlay - Food and Beverage Accelerator

Sunnyvale, California

We connect the best tech startups and world’s largest corporations

Open

IndieBio Accelerator - SOSV

IndieBio Accelerator - SOSV

New York, NYC, and 3 more

The World's Leading Science Startup Accelerator

Open

$250K for 8%

Forum Ventures

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

The Top B2B SaaS Accelerator, Backed By Leading Operators. From zero to scale

Open

$100K

Rock Health

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

The first venture fund dedicated to digital health

HAX Venture Capital

HAX Venture Capital

Shenzhen, Silicon Valley, and 2 more

Program based venture capital for hardware

Closed

$250K

NfX

Palo Alto, San Francisco, and 1 more

NFX is a venture firm that is transforming how true innovators are funded.

$120K for 5%

AngelPad

New York, NYC, and 3 more

Ranked the Top U.S Accelerator by MIT's Seed Accelerator Benchmark

Open

$120K

UpWest Labs

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

Seed Fund based in Silicon Valley supporting Israel's best tech entrepreneurs

Boost VC Accelerator

Boost VC Accelerator

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

We Invest $500K in Sci-Fi Founders

$500K for 15-15%

Hustle Fund

San Carlos, California

Hustle Fund is a seed fund for hilariously early hustlers.

Open

NGP Capital

Palo Alto, California

Supporting entrepreneurs that build intelligent connecting devices and connecting services.

Indie Games Accelerator

Indie Games Accelerator

Mountain View, California

For top seed-stage Canada startups

Closed

ViveX VR Accelerator

ViveX VR Accelerator

London, Tel Aviv, and 6 more

The global VR-AR Accelerator

Closed

German Accelerator - Silicon Valley & New York

German Accelerator - Silicon Valley & New York

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 3 more

Here’s your chance to surround yourself with other startups and neighbors such as Google, Twitter

Open

German Accelerator - Silicon Valley JumpStart

German Accelerator - Silicon Valley JumpStart

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

An intensive, one-month resident program designed specifically to introduce high-potential early-stage German startups to the Silicon Valley ecosystem and its best practices

Closed

i/o ventures

San Francisco, California

An early stage seed fund that focuses heavily on mentorship

Underdog Labs

New England, San Francisco, and 1 more

A boutique startup studio located in the SF Bay Area and New England.

Alchemist Accelerator

Alchemist Accelerator

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

Exclusively for Founders Whose Revenue Comes from Enterprises

Closed

$36K for 5%

Founderly

San Francisco, California

Remote Founder Accelerator

Open

CV Labs Incubator

San Francisco, California

We are always on the lookout for ground-breaking blockchain projects to disrupt legacy systems.

150K for 10%

Pioneer - A fully remote accelerator

Pioneer - A fully remote accelerator

San Francisco, California

We fund projects and startups built by ambitious outsiders around the world

Open

Parenthood Ventures

Parenthood Ventures

San Francisco, California

The ParentTech incubator.

Zero equity

MuckerLab

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

Not your typical accelerator program. Mucker provides capital and support for startups outside Silicon Valley.

Closed

Outlier Ventures

Outlier Ventures

Santa Monica, California

Accelerator for Early Stage Startup Companies.

Paladin

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 1 more

Entrepreneurship for everyone. Paladin Is a non-profit based In Silicon Valley

Open Water Accelerator

Open Water Accelerator

San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and 1 more

Helps founders get to market faster.

MVP Lab by Mozilla Builders Incubator

MVP Lab by Mozilla Builders Incubator

Mountain View, California

Mozilla’s Fix-The-Internet Incubator. $16,000 funding to pre-startup teams. For-profit, non-profit or open source.

Open

$16K

MARL 5G Accelerator

MARL 5G Accelerator

Fremont, California

MARL 5G is an accelerator focused on DeepTech products and services.

Preccelerator Program

Preccelerator Program

Santa Monica, California

Accelerator for Early Stage Startup Companies.

Program Arkathon

San Francisco, California

Evaluate. Test. Iterate. Succeed !

Open

CHF 25K

RESPOND Accelerator

San Francisco, California

Accelerating Responsible Leadership

No equity and no fees for participating in a high-value program

Long Beach Accelerator

Long Beach Accelerator

Long Beach, California

Come build the future with us

Closed

Safe x Connected Cities Accelerator

Safe x Connected Cities Accelerator

Toronto, San Francisco, and 1 more

Our cities need to be more than just smart.

Closed

Pilots are paid. We do not take equity for program participation.

Startup Studio by Mozilla Builders Incubator

Startup Studio by Mozilla Builders Incubator

Mountain View, California

Mozilla’s Fix-The-Internet Incubator. $75,000 investment in early stage startups. SAFE ($2m cap).

Open

$75K for 3.5%

Sunryse

San Francisco, California

SUNRYSE. is the leading platform for Japanese Corporations to discover innovative companies and startups from around the globe.

Tandem Capital

Burlingame, Menlo Park, and 1 more

Tandem Capital is a seed stage venture capital fund focused on product and go-to-market innovation

Tenor Partners

Santa Barbara, California

VC Incubates Startup with Nobel Scientist Tenor Partners helped publicly launch one of the most compelling new companies in biotech and pharma

The Refiners

San Francisco, California

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

Hardware Club

Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and 3 more

A VC firm that helps fearless founders tackle hard problems with capital, resources and collaboration.

$250K to 1.5M

UC Berkeley Le Bridge

UC Berkeley Le Bridge

Paris, San Francisco, and 2 more

The entrepreneurship program in Europe, linking Europe to Silicon Valley

Fight the Virus Accelerator

Fight the Virus Accelerator

San Francisco, California

This is our generation's moment - Fight the Coronavirus. Up to $1M for each startup tackling the coronavirus crisis

Closed

$50K

AWS Builder Space Program

San Francisco, California

AWS Builder Space is a non-equity program for early stage startups looking to accelerate speed to market

Vena Vitals

Irvine, California

Vena Vitals offers an innovative solution to monitor blood pressure by using a soft stretchable sensor that provides clinical accuracy.

Amplify

Venice, Los Angeles, and 1 more

Amplify backs LA's strongest teams at the earliest stages

Open

Transcend Network Fellowship

Transcend Network Fellowship

San Francisco, California

We run a remote fellowship for early-stage founders around the world building the future of learning and work.