StartX
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.
Funding not published · equity-free
Status unknown
University programme · Los Angeles, California, United States
USC Marshall Greif Incubator
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.
Status unknown Run by Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, USC Marshall School of Business
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- not published Grant funding opportunities and investor connections are arranged case by case; amounts are not published.
- Instrument
- not published
- Equity taken
- None (equity-free) Takes no equity
- Programme fee
- No fee Charges no fees
- Duration
- not published
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- In person
- Stages
- Idea, pre-seed
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- not published
- Perks
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- Workspace for qualifying teams
- Mentoring
- Grant funding opportunities
- Business and legal support services
Teams can use incubator resources for up to a full year while they stay actively engaged.
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published. Applications are accepted two to three times a year; the Fall 2026 cohort runs from mid-September to December 2026.
Usual timing: Applications are accepted two to three times a year; the Fall 2026 cohort runs from mid-September to December 2026.
Who can apply
- At least one founder connected to USC: students, alumni, faculty and staff are eligible
- Founders from outside USC may join a USC-connected team
- Stage: idea, pre-seed
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 charges no programme fee.
- It runs in person in Los Angeles. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published. Applications are accepted two to three times a year; the Fall 2026 cohort runs from mid-September to December 2026.
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