Accelerator · California, United States
Plug and Play
Plug and Play runs three-month, industry-specific accelerator programmes that connect startups with corporate partners for pilots and business development. It takes no equity, and each batch ends with an expo or summit.
Status unknown Run by Plug and Play Tech Center
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- not published
- Instrument
- No investment
- Equity taken
- None (equity-free) No equity requirement for the accelerator programmes
- Programme fee
- not published
- Duration
- not published
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- Hybrid
- Stages
- Seed, post-seed
- Sectors
- AI, Fintech, Insurtech, Health tech
- Open to founders from
- Anywhere
- Perks
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- Private one-to-one pitch meetings with corporate partners
- Access to Plug and Play co-working spaces
- More than 800 events a year
Three-month programmes run by industry vertical and focused on business development with corporate partners. The Fall 2026 Silicon Valley batches had 140 startups from 20 countries and territories across 13 programmes, including Fintech, Insurtech, Health & Longevity and Enterprise & AI.
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published. In 2026 the spring Silicon Valley batches ended at a summit in May and the fall batches present at the Silicon Valley November Summit on 3 to 5 November 2026.
Usual timing: In 2026 the spring Silicon Valley batches ended at a summit in May and the fall batches present at the Silicon Valley November Summit on 3 to 5 November 2026.
Who can apply
- Stage: seed, post-seed
- Founders from anywhere can apply
The programme does not publish eligibility rules on the pages we read. Check its site before you apply.
What founders should check
- The programme says it takes no equity. Still read the agreement for warrants, revenue shares or rights in a later round.
- It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
- It mixes remote and in-person sessions in California. Ask how much time on site it expects.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published. In 2026 the spring Silicon Valley batches ended at a summit in May and the fall batches present at the Silicon Valley November Summit on 3 to 5 November 2026.
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