Incubators
Longer, earlier-stage support, often with workspace and no fixed end date. Every listing shows what the programme offers, what it costs and how to apply. Includes incubators, venture studios and university programmes.
167 programmes. Of these, 30 say they take no equity, and 7 have applications open.
167 programmes
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Picked from the data: the next deadline, the fullest published terms and a programme that takes no equity.
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An agritech incubator hosted by ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, running ideation, the Krishiboot incubation programme and the Agri Udaan accelerator, with access to seed funds and grants for agri and allied startups.
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Most terms published
A free 10-week accelerator for tech startups with at least one UNSW student, staff or alumni co-founder, investing A$100,000 per startup on a pre-money SAFE.
A$100k invested · equity not published
Takes no equity
Tec de Monterrey's equity-free, hybrid soft-landing accelerator for 10 edtech startups entering Mexico, with in-person weeks in Mexico City and Monterrey, pilot chances at the Tec and a Demo Day at the IFE EdTech Summit.
Funding not published · equity-free
Includes 1871, Accelerate Cambridge, Accelerator Centre and 93 more.
Includes Agoranov, Atal Incubation Centre - Banasthali Vidyapith (AIC Banasthali), Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH) and 34 more.
Includes Agoranov, AIC-CCMB, Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH) and 23 more.
Includes AIC-CCMB, Atal Incubation Centre - NITTE (AIC NITTE), Bakar Bio Labs and 21 more.
Includes Agoranov, Austin Technology Incubator, Berytech and 20 more.
Includes Atal Incubation Centre - Shiv Nadar University, Austin Technology Incubator, District 3 and 15 more.
Includes a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator), AIC-CCMB, Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH) and 13 more.
Includes bwtech@UMBC, CIE IIIT Hyderabad, Company Ventures Residency and 10 more.
Includes Austin Technology Incubator, Berytech, Greentown Labs and 9 more.
Includes AIC-CCMB, BII Venture Lab, bwtech@UMBC and 7 more.
Includes Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH), CIE IIIT Hyderabad, District 3 and 6 more.
Includes Austin Technology Incubator, CIE IIIT Hyderabad, Forge Innovation & Ventures and 4 more.
Includes IFE Accelerator, Injini AI for Education Venture Builder & Incubation Program, STEP IIT Kharagpur and 1 more.
Includes bwtech@UMBC, i-TIC Incubator, IIT Hyderabad and IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center.
Includes Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH), iCreate and Imperial Venture Catalyst Challenge.
Includes 1871, American Underground, Andrews Launch Accelerator and 62 more.
Includes a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator), AIC-CCMB, AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum and 34 more.
Includes Accelerator Centre, Communitech Founder Membership, District 3 and 5 more.
Includes ilab Accelerator, INCUBATE Accelerator, Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP Accelerator) and 3 more.
Includes Accelerate Cambridge, Carbon13, Imperial Venture Catalyst Challenge and 3 more.
Includes Injini AI for Education Venture Builder & Incubation Program, Orange Corners South Africa, Raizcorp and 2 more.
Includes Cyberport Incubation Programme, HKSTP Incu-Bio Programme, HKSTP Incubation Programme and 1 more.
Includes HighTechXL, UtrechtInc and YES!Delft.
Includes in5, NYUAD Entrepreneurship Incubator Program and Sheraa.
167 programmes
Chicago non-profit tech hub whose paid memberships give founders from idea stage to growth stage a startup roadmap, weekly workshops, mentors, events and optional downtown co-working desks.
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An agritech incubator hosted by ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, running ideation, the Krishiboot incubation programme and the Agri Udaan accelerator, with access to seed funds and grants for agri and allied startups.
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Twelve-week venture development programme at Cambridge Judge Business School for early-stage and research-based ventures, with a dedicated coach, mentors and regular KPI reviews.
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Waterloo startup support organisation with more than 400 alumni companies, running AC:Incubate and cohort programmes including AC:Studio, AC:RevLab, AC:Health and an aerospace accelerator.
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Paris science and technology incubator with three verticals (industry and greentech, digital, health), offering a dedicated account manager, hosted space with wet and dry labs, and an acceleration track of workshops and office hours.
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An Atal Incubation Centre at CSIR-CCMB in Hyderabad for life science startups, offering pre-incubation, physical and virtual incubation, lab space and routes to grant and seed funding.
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Industry-backed incubator in Pune hosted by Pinnacle Industries and supported by Atal Innovation Mission, running virtual pre-incubation, a 12-month incubation programme with a demo day, and an acceleration track.
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Incubator at Rabindranath Tagore University in Raisen district near Bhopal, running a 10-week pre-incubation course, a 13-week hybrid incubation programme, a growth accelerator and investor pitch days.
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A 12-month incubation track at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City for pre- to early-stage, innovation-driven startups, delivered mostly onsite with mentors and incubation partners.
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Downtown Durham coworking community and startup hub for founders, with shared desks, private offices, mentorship, workshops and founder programmes such as Idea to Entrepreneur, a free course for first-time founders.
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NC State's 12-week summer accelerator for startups with a current NC State student or recent graduate as co-founder, with equity-free seed funding, an entrepreneur-in-residence coach, weekly sessions in Raleigh and a Demo Day.
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Incubator at Banasthali Vidyapith in Rajasthan, supported by NITI Aayog, that works only with women-led science and technology startups, offering lab access, regulatory and IP services, mentoring and funding links.
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Incubator on the BIMTECH campus in Greater Noida, supported by Atal Innovation Mission, running virtual pre-incubation, an 8-week MVP incubation cohort, acceleration and funding-readiness tracks.
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Sector- and stage-agnostic incubator at the Goa Institute of Management campus, set up under Atal Innovation Mission, with incubation, a 4-week online idea-validation course, a 12-week accelerator and a women founders track.
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Incubator on the NMAMIT campus at Nitte, Karnataka, promoted with NITI Aayog under Atal Innovation Mission, offering a free 9-week online pre-incubation course, incubation, a fab lab and SISFS seed funding.
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Hardware-focused, technology-agnostic incubator at Shiv Nadar University in Delhi NCR, set up with Atal Innovation Mission support, which selects its annual incubation cohort through the Venture Challenge pitch call.
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Georgia Tech's state-funded incubator for Georgia technology startups, with idea-stage classes, an Accelerate tier for companies past MVP and a Signature tier for scaling firms. It takes no equity; members pay quarterly dues.
Funding not published · equity-free
The American University in Cairo's accelerator runs four-month startup and fintech accelerator cycles for tech-enabled companies, with mentoring and investor access; its Gust listing says it takes no equity.
Funding not published · equity-free
University of Texas at Austin incubator for deep tech startups in energy, water, healthcare, food and agtech, mobility, microelectronics and the circular economy, offering co-working, mentors and investor access for a 2% equity stake.
Funding not published · 2% equity
Brown's Nelson Center runs this eight-week, full-time summer accelerator in Providence for ventures with a current Brown or RISD student, with workspace, one-to-one mentors, workshops and a US$4,000 award for eligible students.
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A wet lab incubator at UC Berkeley for early-stage life science startups from anywhere, renting benches and workstations by the month with shared equipment and access to campus core facilities. It takes no equity.
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania's incubator on Lehigh University's Mountaintop campus in Bethlehem, offering office space and affordable wet-lab space to early-stage technology companies.
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Lebanese support organisation running investment-readiness and sector programmes for startups and SMEs, including the ScaleSmart track for agrifood and cleantech companies.
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One-year programme at the BioInnovation Institute in Copenhagen that funds early-stage life science startups, up to DKK 4M, to reach a validated venture, with lab and office space available.
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Membership network of shared lab and office space for life-science companies, from early-stage founders to established R&D teams. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with sites across the US, Europe, Asia and Canada.
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The University of Pittsburgh Big Idea Center's invite-only summer accelerator for Pitt students with a vetted idea, offering mentors, co-working space and a curriculum on customer discovery and product-market fit.
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The National University of Singapore's incubator for teams from first idea to Series A, offering up to three years of co-working, mentorship and introductions across the BLOCK71 network.
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The University of Chicago Polsky Center's two summer accelerator tracks for student and alumni founders: Build for ventures still validating an idea and Launch for ventures already in market, each with a SAFE investment and stipends.
US$10k invested · equity not published
UMBC's research and technology park near Baltimore, with Cyber, GovTech and BioTech incubators that give Maryland companies office or lab space, entrepreneur-in-residence guidance and programmes from concept to scaling revenue.
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Climate venture builder that brings together people without a startup to find co-founders and build climate-tech companies, with programmes in Cambridge and Berlin plus an accelerator for pre-seed startups.
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Lagos innovation centre running a six-month pre-incubation track with US$5,000, a 12-month incubation programme with up to US$25,000 and possible follow-on funding, and a 12-week acceleration programme.
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The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad incubates deep tech, medtech and social tech startups and runs the six-month Avishkar accelerator with access to seed funding.
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Harvard Innovation Labs' September-to-May accelerator for climate ventures led by Harvard students, alumni, faculty or staff that are past the idea stage, with advisers, expert office hours, workshops and climate investor introductions.
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Columbia University's subsidised co-working space in SoHo for recent alumni founders, with desks for up to a year, workshops, mentors in residence and pitch practice. It gives no funding and takes no equity.
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Founder membership at Communitech, the Waterloo Region tech hub in Kitchener, for companies building and selling their own technology products, from idea stage to more than $1 million in annual revenue.
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The University of Washington's multi-industry incubator for early-stage startups in greater Seattle and the UW community, with desks, offices, wet and dry labs, coaching and workshops. It takes no equity.
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The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute's 15-week student startup accelerator for founders already building, testing or selling. Teams that finish both sprints can receive non-dilutive, non-competitive grant funding.
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Company Ventures' year-long, rent-free and equity-free residency in Midtown Manhattan, which began as Grand Central Tech, gives founders building AI companies dedicated workspace and a founder community.
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Connect's no-cost advising programme for San Diego innovation founders in life sciences and technology who have already made progress growing and funding their company. It takes no equity and charges no fees.
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Georgia Tech's 12-week summer programme in which student, alumni and faculty teams build their startups with US$5,000 in seed funding, coaching, legal and accounting help and co-working space, ending at Demo Day.
US$5k invested · equity not published
A 24-month incubation programme for Hong Kong digital tech companies under seven years old, with up to HK$500,000 in financial assistance, a HK$200,000 rental subsidy and three intakes a year.
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A healthcare-focused incubator in Bengaluru, rooted in Dayananda Sagar Institutions, running pre-incubation (PACE), two-year incubation (GALLOP) and acceleration (EMERGE) for health and medical device startups.
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The University of Michigan's summer accelerator for early-stage, tech-enabled startups founded by U-M Ann Arbor alumni or upcoming graduates, pairing weekly mentor check-ins with a paid team of student interns.
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Montreal innovation hub, partnered with Concordia University, offering free programmes from a six-week systems-mapping course to a 12-week validation intensive and growth coaching. No equity taken; IP stays with founders.
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Eighteen-month Toronto incubator for seed-stage software startups with recurring revenue, taking 2.5% in common shares and charging no fees. Accepts global founders, with virtual participation available.
Funding not published · 2.5% equity
Cornell's year-long, for-credit student accelerator in Ithaca, run by Entrepreneurship at Cornell and the Student Agencies Foundation, with alumni advisers, co-working space and a spring demo day. It takes no equity.
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Princeton's Keller Center runs a nine-week summer accelerator for teams of Princeton students, with a US$5,000 stipend per team member, campus housing and meals, a business expense account, co-working space and mentors.
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The University of Illinois Research Park's incubator in Champaign for early-stage technology companies from the university and the wider community, with wet labs, offices and an entrepreneur-in-residence team.
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Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures' startup support for companies built on Johns Hopkins technologies, with affordable space in Baltimore innovation hubs, legal and accounting help, fundraising support and networking.
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IIT Delhi's industry-interface body runs the institute's incubator for technology-driven startups, offering subsidised workspace, prototyping facilities, mentoring and access to grant, debt and equity support.
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Geneva incubator with more than 30 years of activity, supporting over 300 startups in Geneva from idea to company.
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A Coimbatore-based innovation and venture platform for hardware-first startups in India, offering incubation-acceleration, lab and pilot-production access, corporate partnerships and grants or seed investment.
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The University of Tokyo's nine-month, equity-free program for early teams with a UTokyo-linked co-founder, offering free private offices, weekly batch meetings and support toward a first equity raise.
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Nonprofit climatetech incubator with campuses in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Houston, giving member startups labs, prototyping space and a machine shop, plus introductions to corporate partners, investors and mentors.
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Buenos Aires company builder and fund for Latin American science-based startups in agrifood, bio-industry, health and deep biotech; it pairs research teams with business co-founders, then invests in the strongest.
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Gujarat University's startup council in Ahmedabad, offering zero-cost incubation, co-working, mentoring and access to non-dilutive seed support and government schemes for tech and non-tech startups.
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Eindhoven deep tech venture builder running a 12-month programme that pairs vetted co-founders with technologies at TRL 3 and above, backed by its €11M PreSeedXL fund.
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Hong Kong Science Park's incubation programme for biotech startups, with access to up to HK$6 million in funding, lab and co-working space at preferential rates, and core biomedical facilities.
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A three-year on-site incubation programme at Hong Kong Science Park for tech startups with a market-validated prototype, offering up to HK$1.29 million in funding, a rental subsidy, labs and mentorship.
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A one-year deep tech incubation programme run by the University of Hong Kong with Hong Kong Science Park for HKU-linked teams, with up to HK$1.39 million in funding support and market validation training.
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The DST-supported, not-for-profit incubator at IIT Hyderabad, backing deeptech startups from idea to growth stage through pre-incubation, incubation and accelerator programmes such as AISEA.
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The Darden School's full-time summer incubator in Charlottesville for UVA student, alumni and faculty founders, with mentorship, workshops, peer collaboration and grant funding, ending in a Demo Night.
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Italian incubator for high-tech startups, offering consultancy, training, mentoring and fundraising support from business model to launch, open to anyone founding a technology-based startup.
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A tech startup incubator near Ahmedabad supported by the Gujarat and Indian governments, running programmes from idea stage (Idea Catalyst) through a seed-stage accelerator, with access to grants and seed investment.
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Northeastern University's student-run venture accelerator for ventures of Northeastern students, staff and alumni, with advisers, workshops and non-equity grants across three stages: Ready, Set and Go. No fees and no equity.
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Tec de Monterrey's equity-free, hybrid soft-landing accelerator for 10 edtech startups entering Mexico, with in-person weeks in Mexico City and Monterrey, pilot chances at the Tec and a Demo Day at the IFE EdTech Summit.
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Nairobi innovation hub, part of CcHub, offering startup support and incubation, coworking, and partner-funded programmes such as the Spark Accelerator with Safaricom, M-PESA Africa and Sumitomo Corporation.
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IIIT Delhi's incubation centre takes technology and deep-tech startups year-round for physical or virtual incubation, with labs, mentoring, prototype grants and access to government seed schemes.
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Not-for-profit company set up under IIM Calcutta that supports startups through pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration, and works with state governments across East and North-East India.
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IIM Lucknow's incubator at its Noida campus runs a 24-month incubation programme for technology-led startups, with mentoring, labs, investor access and assured seed funding for a quarter of each cohort.
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IIM Ahmedabad's incubator, renamed IIMA Ventures in 2024, supports early-stage founders with mentoring, workspace and programme-linked grants, debt or equity, with a focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
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The business incubator of IIM Kozhikode, with centres in Kozhikode and Kochi, running a fee-based incubation programme for startups with a proof of concept plus sector programmes and seed fund schemes.
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IISc's domain-agnostic deep science and deep tech incubator, run by FSID as successor to the Society for Innovation and Development, backs IP-based startups with seed funding of up to ₹1 crore, labs and mentoring.
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The nodal incubator at IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai, supporting deep tech ventures from the institute and outside founders for 18 months with lab access, services, mentoring and seed fund access.
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Technology business incubator at IIT Mandi's Kamand campus, running idea, prototype and investment-readiness programmes and channelling government grants and seed funds to early-stage startups.
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The University of Queensland's 12-week accelerator for early-stage startups with a UQ-affiliated founder, investing A$15,000 per startup on a SAFE from UniQuest, paid in three milestone tranches.
A$15k invested · equity not published
Three-month equity-free accelerator for Imperial College London student, researcher and recent-graduate teams, ending in a grand final with a £100,000 prize fund.
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Dubai incubator with four centres (tech, media, design and science) offering workspace, labs and studios, subsidised business setup and advisory sessions to startups based in or moving to the UAE.
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Universidad del Desarrollo's semester incubator for student and recent-alumni ventures, with workshops, mentoring and pitch sessions over three stages, and a TEC track for technology prototypes.
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The University of Sydney's 14-week accelerator for startups with at least one university-affiliated founder, with weekly in-person sessions, mentoring, a demo day and a A$5,000 equity-free grant on completion.
A$5k grant · equity-free
HEC Paris incubator based at Station F, running a four-month renewable programme in French or English, on site or remote, with three intakes a year and 18 to 24 projects selected per batch.
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Vienna business incubator for research- and technology-based startups, founded in 2002, running the AplusB SCALEup incubation programme and the STARTKapital funding instrument.
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Injini's eight-month programme for idea-stage teams in nine Southern African countries building AI tools for African classrooms: a five-month venture build for 12 teams, then incubation and an equity-free seed grant for five of them.
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Birmingham nonprofit tech incubator offering incubation offices of 200 to 3,000 sq ft, coworking and community memberships, the five-week Voltage idea-stage programme and the Boost growth track for startups with an MVP.
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The University of Illinois Gies College of Business's 10-week summer accelerator for student-owned startups, with up to US$20,000 in non-dilutive funding and stipends, mentors and workshops. It takes no equity.
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Nonprofit shared-lab facility in Kendall Square, Cambridge, renting permitted lab and office space, shared equipment and operations support to early-stage life-science startups, from single-scientist teams upward.
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Harvard Innovation Labs' eight-month online accelerator for pre-seed and seed ventures, for-profit or nonprofit, founded and led by alumni of any of Harvard's 13 schools, wherever they are based.
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A nonprofit incubator on Stony Brook University's campus that leases office suites and wet labs to early-stage technology companies, with access to university research facilities, mentoring and training.
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Free membership at the MaRS Centre in Toronto for Canadian-incorporated startups with a prototype, MVP or validated technology, with no fixed timeline. Applicants usually hear back within about a week.
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Nonprofit robotics hub in Boston that hosts resident startups on month-to-month terms, with desks, labs and offices, prototyping tools, robot hardware and introductions to investors and sponsors. It takes no equity.
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Chicago not-for-profit healthcare incubator with a free Flex membership for online resources and a paid Select membership adding mentors, an executive-in-residence, fundraising support and co-working. It takes no equity.
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The University of Melbourne's startup accelerator gives each team A$20,000 in equity-free funding, desk space at Melbourne Connect and weekly coaching from experienced founders.
A$20k grant · equity-free
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship's nine-month, in-person programme for current Duke students running a venture, with mentor meetings, executive coaching, US$5,000 in progress-based funding and alumni connections.
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MEST's fully sponsored, residential programme in Accra trains West and East African software developers to build AI startups over seven months, then incubates selected ventures with up to US$100,000 in pre-seed investment.
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Chicago hardtech innovation centre where physical-product startups rent workspace and use shared prototyping labs, mentors and supplier networks, with a separate six-month accelerator that invests for equity.
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The Martin Trust Center's full-time summer accelerator for MIT student founders, with US$75,000 in equity-free funding, partner perks and a September demo day at MIT in Cambridge.
US$75k grant · equity-free
MIT's educational programme for student-led ventures at any stage, with group and paired mentoring, expert access and up to US$25,000 in cumulative non-dilutive funding. New teams join in fall, spring or summer cycles.
Funding not published · equity-free
The University of Maryland's technology startup incubator in College Park, offering wet labs, offices and co-working space with mentoring from staff and entrepreneurs-in-residence. It takes no equity; companies pay below-market rent.
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Nasscom's deeptech startup programme, launched in 2017, running Launchpad, a year-round virtual incubation for early-stage deeptech startups, and DTC Accelerate, a 20-week cohort programme ending in a demo day.
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A 12-month programme that turns research from Singapore's universities and research institutes into deep tech startups, with a four-month bootcamp, eight months of incubation and funding on a convertible loan.
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Enterprise Ireland's national entrepreneur development programme, delivered at 18 locations, moving from part-time workshops to a six-month full-time phase with a €17,500 tax-free stipend and no equity taken.
€17.5k grant · equity-free
Newlab admits critical-technology startups as members of its 84,000 sq ft hub in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, offering desks, prototyping labs, pilot projects with industry and government partners, and links to investors.
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IIM Bangalore's incubator runs Launchpad, a five-month, largely online programme with two in-person bootcamps for sector-agnostic founders at the idea, prototype or MVP stage.
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A nine-week summer accelerator run by NYU's Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute for teams led by NYU students, faculty or staff, with a US$15,000 equity-free grant, mentors and co-working at the Leslie eLab.
US$15k grant · equity-free
NYU Tandon's network of Brooklyn incubators, started with New York City's economic development agency, hosting startups in AI, digital media, games and clean energy plus a lab for veteran-led businesses.
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startAD's 10-week incubator for student ventures at NYU Abu Dhabi, with mentoring, workshops and a Pitch Day where teams compete for cash prizes in front of investors.
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Free six-month incubation and acceleration cycles for young founders in Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta, with workshops, masterclasses, coaching and a graduation day with investors; costs are covered by the Dutch government and partners.
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Free six-month incubation programme in Lagos for 20 young founders per cohort, part of a Dutch government initiative, with workshops, coaching, incubator space and funding for prototype development.
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Free six-month incubation programme in Johannesburg for young South African founders in the green economy, with mentoring, technical training, corporate coaching and possible working-capital and prototype funding.
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Wet-lab and co-working space in Allston run by Harvard Innovation Labs for biotech and life-science ventures founded by Harvard students, alumni, faculty and postdocs, on month-to-month memberships.
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Technology business incubator at BITS Pilani's Pilani campus that channels government and institute funding schemes, accelerators, co-working space and mentoring to early-stage startups.
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Startup incubator of the Politecnico di Milano with calls for startups, students and researchers, offering structured incubation, go-to-market support, cash grants and in-kind services.
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Carnegie Mellon's Swartz Center incubator for teams with a CMU-affiliated founder, offering startup advice, micro-grants, incubator space and business connections to move research and ideas toward a company.
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A technology business incubator at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, offering space, prototype development, mentoring and seed and innovation fund support to IT, electronics, mechanical, nanotech and biotech startups.
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Purdue Innovates' three-month accelerator for Purdue-connected startups in any industry, with mentors, go-to-market and investor-readiness support and up to US$100,000 of investment through a SAFE.
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A free startup hub in Makati City offering co-working, mentorship, workshops, investor pitch sessions and a J.P. Morgan-backed incubation program for selected Philippine startups.
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Sandton-based business incubator running Prosperator programmes for existing businesses and new ideas, mostly as corporate-sponsored enterprise and supplier development, with equity investment for scaling firms through Partner Elite.
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University of Houston's free 12-week summer accelerator for teams that include a current student, faculty member or recent graduate, with a US$5,000 stipend per business, mentors, legal office hours and a demo day.
US$5k grant · equity not published
A membership business incubator in Ithaca run by Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement, with co-working, a prototyping shop, mentors and hardware accelerator tracks for companies in any industry.
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A one-year residency at Pittsburgh's Robotics Factory for founders advancing an entrepreneurial robotics concept, with prototyping equipment, staff support, robots and sensors for testing, and desk and assembly space.
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Seoul city's startup hub in Gongdeok, renting private offices to tech startups for two years, extendable to four, with incubation from a dedicated accelerator, investor links and demo days.
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Enterprise partnership of six UK research universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey) running business incubation centres across the south of England and Wales.
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Sharjah entrepreneurship centre running programmes from idea stage to growth, including the four-month Sharjah Startup Studio for early-stage founders and the ACCESS Sharjah Challenge for startups.
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IIT Kanpur's technology business incubator, set up with SIDBI in 2000, offers incubation space in Kanpur and Noida, lab access and mentoring, and runs government-backed programmes such as NIDHI EIR, GENESIS and BIRAC BIG.
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IIT Bombay's sector-agnostic incubator for IP-based, product-focused technology startups, offering up to three years of physical or virtual incubation with labs, mentoring and seed funding; outside founders can apply.
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An Indian incubator and early-stage investor backing science and technology startups in energy, materials, food systems and health through themed challenges, catalytic grants, seed investment and incubation.
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A founder community and accelerator for Stanford-affiliated founders. Its three-month Full-Time Accelerator runs three cohorts a year and takes no equity and charges no fees.
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Incubator at IIT Kharagpur, set up in 1986, offering physical and virtual incubation for technology startups and small prototype grants for innovators from anywhere in India, with land at Gopali for agri-based startups.
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A residency for tech startups and scaleups at innovation hubs in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, combining desks or offices with mentoring, investor introductions and growth programs.
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Stellenbosch University's incubator for ventures from its researchers, students and alumni, running the 8-10 week Countdown feasibility programme and the 8-week Lift-Off investor-readiness programme, each ending in a pitch event.
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Innovate@BU's 10-week summer programme for early-stage BU student and recent-alumni ventures, with a stipend of up to US$10,000, twice-weekly workshops, mentors and a closing pitch to investors.
Funding not published · equity not published
Tsai CITY's full-time summer accelerator for Yale student-led ventures that already have a tested pilot and users, with US$20,000 in grant funding, a venture adviser, mentor board, workshops and a demo day.
US$20k grant · equity not published
Invent Penn State's 13-week full-time summer programme in State College for startups with a Penn State student founder, with a US$15,000 equity-free grant and funding for a one-semester intern.
US$15k grant · equity-free
Babson's 10-week, full-time summer accelerator for student ventures from Babson, Olin and Wellesley colleges, with free co-working space, on-campus housing and meals, workshops and adviser feedback. It takes no equity.
Funding not published · equity-free
A Hyderabad innovation hub set up with the Telangana government that runs incubation, co-working and cohort programmes such as Lab32, a 100-day market readiness programme for startups with an MVP.
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KAUST's six-month hybrid accelerator, run with SAB, gives teams US$40,000 after a bootcamp and up to US$100,000 more at an annual showcase, in non-dilutive funding; founders of any nationality can apply.
US$40k grant · equity not published
IIT Guwahati's incubator for technology-based startups, taking founders from an idea pitch to a working prototype with mentoring, infrastructure, residence and funding support, including soft loans.
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UConn's incubator renting wet labs and offices in Storrs and Farmington to startups, with venture support, entrepreneurs in residence and access to UConn researchers, plus a lower-cost LaunchPad coworking membership.
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Scottish Government startup programme delivered by CodeBase, with hubs from Inverness to the Borders, a hybrid 10-week accelerator called Catalyst and a self-paced online course. Free to join.
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Wayne State University's entrepreneurship hub in Detroit, offering tech founders the Start Studio and Scale Studio programmes, mentors-in-residence and low-cost co-working, alongside programmes for small businesses.
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Riyadh startup campus with three tracks for tech companies: an incubator taking ideas to a first prototype and market test, an accelerator for companies with sales, and a programme for stalled startups.
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Northwestern University's student startup hub in Evanston, with a Residency that gives teams desks, 24/7 access and an industry mentor, and a 10-week summer Jumpstart accelerator with funding.
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IIT Roorkee's DST-backed technology business incubator takes technology and engineering startups year-round, offering space, lab support, mentoring, IP and funding support, with a second campus in Greater Noida.
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Wits University's digital innovation precinct in Braamfontein runs a staged enterprise development path for digital entrepreneurs: a 12-week pre-incubation programme, then four-month start-up and scale-up programmes.
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Sixteen-week entrepreneurship programme at the University of British Columbia for researchers commercializing a discovery and students with a startup idea, run online weekly with four in-person sessions.
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University of Central Florida incubator with sites across Central Florida, offering workspace, mentors, business support and capital connections through tracks for launching, growing or relocating a business.
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A 22,000-square-foot incubator at Hyde Park Labs in Chicago, run by Portal Innovations with UChicago's Polsky Center, offering wet lab space, shared equipment and management support to early-stage science companies.
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University of Florida incubator run at The Hub in Gainesville and Sid Martin Biotech in Alachua, offering offices, wet and dry labs, shared scientific equipment and advisers to UF-linked and outside startups.
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Lisbon startup hub running an early-stage incubation programme and a Scaling Up programme for growth-stage companies, plus thematic programmes.
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The University of Arizona's incubator network for science and technology startups in southern Arizona, with offices, wet and dry labs, a prototyping centre, expert advisers and student interns across several sites.
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A free 10-week accelerator for tech startups with at least one UNSW student, staff or alumni co-founder, investing A$100,000 per startup on a pre-money SAFE.
A$100k invested · equity not published
UNSW Founders' early-stage program for UNSW students, staff and alumni who identify as women, offered as a virtual cohort or a two-week in-person intensive, ending in a showcase with non-dilutive cash prizes.
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Free, equity-free incubator in Munich and Garching for early-stage tech teams, formerly called Xplore, with a part-time Creation Track and a full-time Growth Track of three months each, mostly attendable remotely.
Funding not published · equity-free
USC's cohort-based incubator for startups with at least one USC-connected founder, offering workspace, mentoring, grant opportunities and legal support for up to a year. It takes no fees or equity.
Funding not published · equity-free
Lima university-backed accelerator and first investor for first-time Latin American tech founders, running a 12-week accelerator with access to UTEC labs, engineering talent and investors, plus student incubation tracks.
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Utrecht incubator with free and paid programmes for scientists, students and founders, from Ready to Start through science, life science, tech and student validation tracks to The Foundership.
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University of Waterloo startup incubator, operating since 2008, that accepts applications all year and onboards new teams every two months.
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Technology incubator hosted by CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, offering resident and virtual incubation, lab and office space, seed funding schemes and equity investment for science-led startups.
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Arizona State University's extracurricular startup programme for student-led ventures, offering mentoring, workspace, workshops and pitch events where awards often range from US$1,000 to US$50,000.
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The Harvard Innovation Labs incubator for ventures led by Harvard students. It is self-paced, with i-lab coaches, mentor pairing and monthly panels where teams pitch to move through four stages toward investor readiness.
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A Chennai-based social enterprise incubator that backs market-based innovations in climate-smart agriculture, climate action, healthcare and livelihoods with seed funding, mentoring and market access.
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Nairobi-based incubator for African healthcare and life-sciences companies with an MVP and validated demand, offering seed funding and access to impact investors; applications are accepted year-round.
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Penn Venture Lab's semester-long accelerator for Penn student and alumni startups in Philadelphia and San Francisco, with up to US$10,000 in non-dilutive grants, a personal adviser and a desk in Tangen Hall.
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Halifax residency for Atlantic Canadian founders building AI companies, combining self-driven learning, founder meet-ups, coworking space and optional coaching. No cohort deadline; Volta does not fund founders directly.
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Delft tech incubator next to TU Delft running a Validation Program, an equity-free Accelerator Program and sector deep-dives. Reports more than 600 startups supported.
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Youngstown, Ohio, incubator for early-stage technology startups, with a SaaS cohort for software firms in five nearby counties and an additive manufacturing focus, offering mentoring, connections and facilities.
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London venture builder backing founders who start Science-for-Impact ventures in the UK, with a pre-seed investment of up to £250k and hands-on support across team, IP and fundraising for the first two years.
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We list 167 programmes: 1871, a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator), Accelerate Cambridge, Accelerator Centre, Agoranov, AIC-CCMB and 161 more. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
30 of the 167 say they take no equity: Andrews Launch Accelerator, ATDC (Advanced Technology Development Center), AUC Venture Lab, Bakar Bio Labs, Columbia Startup Lab and 25 more. 135 do not publish their equity terms.
Applications are open for a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator) (closes 28 October 2026), New Frontiers (closes 8 November 2026), HKU DeepTech100+ (closes 29 November 2026), Cyberport Incubation Programme (closes 1 December 2026), FoundX Founders Program (closes 1 December 2026) and 2 more. The deadlines page lists every date we track.
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