Programs that take cohorts of early-stage founders, give them money, and run them through a fixed-length curriculum. Filter by status (open / closed / rolling), tier, or location. Source: Consequential Physics, last refreshed July 2025.
Led by Garry Tan · Mountain View, CA, USA
Grandaddy pre-seed accelerator
$125k for 7% plus $375K uncapped MFN SAFE
Batch runs October to December, application deadline 8pm PT August 4th, decision by September 5th
Led by David Cohen · Boulder, CO, USA
a16z accelerator for technology x entertainment
Up to $1M at variable terms
Expanded from games focus
Led by Cait Brumme · Boston, MA, USA
Pre-seed & Seed-stage, from one of the biggest VCs
Variable terms
Arc Fall ‘25 will kick off in October. Word is no longer a full program
Led by Alfred Lin · San Francisco, CA, USA
City & subject-based programs
$20k for 6%, plus an optional $100k convertible note
Many different city and subject accelerators with different dates
Led by Christine Tsai · San Francisco, CA, USA
Both flagship & city-based programs
$112.5k for 6% ($150k minus $37.5k program fee)
Terms include “right to make a follow-on investment of an additional $500,000 or 20% of your next priced round of $1,000,000 or more, whichever is lower”. Terms listed are for Flagship program.
Led by Darren Sandberg · Philadelphia, PA, USA
$500,000 for 8%
Led by Rajan Anandan · Bengaluru, India
Up to $3 million for up to 15%
Led by Saeed Amidi · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Investment terms not public.
Led by Ashley Francisco · San Francisco, CA, USA
Not able to obtain information.
Led by Ruchi Sanghvi · San Francisco, CA, USA
$400,000 for 7%
Led by Willson Cuaca · Jakarta, Indonesia
Investment terms not public.
Led by Duncan Turner · Shenzhen, China
$400,000 for 16-20%
Led by Carlos Eduardo Espinal · London, United Kingdom
£120,000 for 7.5%
Led by Ravi Belani · San Francisco, CA, USA
$25K for 5%
Led by Po Bronson · San Francisco, CA, USA
$275K for 8%
Led by Nektarios Liolios · Amsterdam, Netherlands
$40K for 8%
Led by Caroline Winnett · Berkeley, CA, USA
Pre-seed accelerator run by UC Berkeley Haas Business School
$200k for 7.5% SAFE
Appear to have strong preference for UC Berkeley affiliated companies, but unclear if affiliation is a requirement. “Fund will also invest up to 10% of your first institutional funding round”
Led by Jason Gray · San Francisco, CA, USA
Early stage talent program
$12k talent grant, non-guaranteed 8% equity grant plus up to $250k uncapped
only invests in YC companies
Led by Jason Calacanis · San Francisco, CA, USA
$100K for 6%
Led by Michael Cardamone · New York City, NY, USA
$100K for 7.5%
Led by William Bao Bean · Princeton, NJ, USA
$250,000 for 8%
Led by Alice Bentinck · London, United Kingdom
$125K for 8%
Led by James Currier · San Francisco, CA, USA
$120K for 8%
Led by Jonathan Axelrod · New York City, NY, USA
$100K for 8%
Led by Magnus Grimeland · Singapore
$250,000 for 9% + matches 1:1 additional capital raised up to $250,000
Led by Kyle Wong · Palo Alto, CA, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Stephan Apel · London, United Kingdom
Up to $100K stipend
Led by Nguyen Minh Tuan · Tokyo, Japan
Investment terms not public
Led by Erik Rannala · Santa Monica, CA, USA
$100K for 10%
Led by Michael Batko · Sydney, Australia
$120K for 8%
Led by inQ CHOI · Seoul, South Korea
$50K for 7%
Led by Lea Gabrielle Potts · Boston, MA, USA
$20,000 grant
Led by Andrew Chen · SF Bay + Los Angeles, CA, USA
$500,000 for 10%
Led by Dawn Lippert · Oakland, CA, USA
“for startups that monetize from enterprises”
Average of $25k net (minus tuition fees) for 5% equity grant
Has tuition fee, equity exchanged as a grant, unclear on exact terms. “Most Alchemist companies grant 5.0% of equity, but Alchemist has flexible terms.”
Led by Malaika Judd · Dublin, Ireland
€100k uncapped with 20% discount
Led by Thomas Korte · San Francisco, CA, USA
Investment terms not public.
Led by Aaron Block · New York City, NY, USA
$150,000 for 6%
Led by Mendel Chuang · San Francisco, CA, USA
Investment terms not public
Led by Carolyn Dawson · London, United Kingdom
Investment terms not public
Led by Aaron Tainter · Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Up to $100,000 for unknown terms
Led by Nirdesh K Gupta · Los Angeles, CA, USA
$100,000 for unknown terms
Led by Ryan Dings · Eindhoven, Netherlands
Investment terms not public
Led by Bonnie Rosen · Los Angeles, CA, USA
Investment terms not public
Led by Jacob Colker · Seattle, WA, USA
Up to $500,000 for unknown equity
Led by Aneel Ranadive · San Francisco, CA, USA
Led by Dave Fontenot · San Francisco, CA, USA
wsda
don't apply if you don't have revenue
Led by John Borthwick · New York City, NY, USA
Thematic investment and residency program
$250k from BetaWorks on an uncapped SAFE w/ 25% discount, plus a 5% common stock take, plus up to $250k from syndicate at same terms and discount
Last batch focused on AI interfaces
Led by Cristobal Alonso · Tallinn, Estonia
£100K for 9%
Led by Paul Grand · Los Angeles, CA, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Ramez El-Serafy · Cairo, Egypt
$150K for 6%
Led by Allie Burns · Washington, DC, USA
Investment terms not public.
Led by Steve Bowsher · Arlington, VA, USA
IQT does not follow the traditional accelerator model — it's a strategic investor for technologies meeting national-security needs.
Led by Joe Kirgues · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
$100K for 7%
Led by Rune Theill · Amsterdam, Netherlands
€165,000 for 8%
Led by Olivier Coupier · Lille, France
$120K for 8%
Led by Christian Klein · San Francisco, CA, USA
Investment terms not public.
Led by Bernard Moon · Seoul, South Korea
$100K for 6%
Led by Ben Huh · Undisclosed
$100K uncapped
Led by John Hartnett · Santa Clara, CA, USA
Investment terms not public
Led by Ruth Casselman · Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Investment terms not public.
Led by Matt Sodl · Palo Alto, CA, USA
Investment terms not public
Led by Thom Ruhe · Durham, North Carolina, USA
Various grant funding
Led by Atul Kamra · St Louis, Missouri, USA
Investment terms not public.
Led by Ashish Bhatia · Gurgaon, Haryana, India
$150,000 for 10%
Led by Glenn Argenbright · New York City, NY, USA
$200,000 for 15%
Led by Alex Chalmers · St. Louis, MO, USA
Up to $100,000 for unknown terms
Led by Scott Nissenbaum · Philadelphia, PA, USA
Matches 1:1 additional capital raised up to $1,000,000
Led by Adeo Ressi · Palo Alto, CA, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Michiel Scheffer · Brussels, Belgium
Grant up to £2.5M
Led by Kirill Varlamov · Moscow, Russia
Investment terms not public.
Led by Jean Charles Pomerol · Paris, France
Not able to obtain information.
Led by Andreas Iten · Zurich, Switzerland
Investment terms not public.
Led by Reza Satchu · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Does not invest.
Led by Krim Talia · Stockholm, Sweden
$20K for 4-6%
Led by Brian Mac Mahon · Santa Monica, CA, USA
$50K for 3.5%
Led by Abdullah Snobar · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Investment terms not public
Led by Manav Gupta · Hong Kong
Investment terms not public.
Led by Manoj Aheeray · Gurugram, Haryana, India
Investment terms not public.
Led by Joshua Baer · Austin, TX, USA
$100K for 7%
Led by Oh-Hyoung Kwon · Seoul, South Korea
Investment terms not public.
Led by Paul Miller OBE · London, United Kingdom
Investment terms not public
Led by Amey Mashelkar · Mumbai, India
Investment terms not public
Led by Filipe Garcia · Porto Alegre, Brazil
Investment terms not public
Led by Sophie Le Bricquir · Caen, France
Investment terms not public
Led by Toby Krout · Boulder, Colorado, USA
$20,000 for unknown percentage
Led by Kentaro Sakakibara · Tokyo, Japan
$20,000 for 5%
Led by Pano Anthos · New York City, NY, USA
$200,000 for 7%
Led by Prayank Swaroop · India
India focused
Up to $1M at variable terms
Led by Fernando G · Santiago, Chile
Up to $30,000 in grant funding
Led by Claudia Krywiak · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Investment terms not public.
Led by Federico Menna · Brussels, Belgium
Does not invest.
Led by Rory Moore · San Diego, CA, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Ian Roberts · Renens, Switzerland
Does not invest.
Led by Leo Junyoung Ahn · Seoul, South Korea
Investment terms not public.
Led by Kate Cornick · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Does not invest.
Led by Ken Hayes · Los Angeles, CA, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Brian Frumberg · New York City, NY, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Andrew Ryan · Austin, TX, USA
Investment terms not public
Led by Joe Kirgues · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Does not invest.
Led by Hesham Zreik · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Does not invest.
Created by Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross
$250k uncapped SAFE
Unclear if this program will continue after Nat Friedman joined Meta
Run by Allen Institute for AI
$50K-150K initial investment, unclear terms, additional investment right up to $500k
Teams also may get up to $1M in compute. Lots of “may” and “up to” and “optional” here.
Crypto accelerator
$450k for 9% SAFE with a 1:1.5 token side letter
Pre-seed program in cities around the world
$200k SAFE for 8%, possible additional $300k uncapped
Listed terms for US residency
Run by Sarah Guo, pre-seed and seed-stage for “AI-native” companies
$150k uncapped no discount MFN SAFE
In person retreat September 19-21, demo day in November
Program for Deep Tech, Life Sciences, Digital Tech
No fees or funding
B2B SaaS accelerator from Forum Ventures
$100k for 7.5%
Pre-seed residency
$100k-$250k for 3-5%
Terms appear to vary on both funding and equity
12 week residency for 2nd time founders
$1M uncapped SAFE plus 5% equity fee
Terms take 5% equity and the SAFE converts at terms of next financing. Application is open but no dates listed. Now appears to be seed stage focused.
Singapore based pre-seed incubator
$150k-$500k for between 10-15% SAFE
Batch runs February to May
Run by Jason Calacanis for "pre-Series A with some traction"
$125k for 7%
Additional terms for follow on investment. Next batch in August.
Pre-seed & Seed-stage
1.5% common stock grant plus $600k uncapped SAFE w/ time-limited $10M floor valuation
Complicated but good terms
Pre-seed to Seed-stage
$250k-$2M at variable terms
Pre-seed and Seed-stage program
Up to $1M uncapped SAFE
Pre-seed "pre-idea" program
$400k for 7% plus $600k in the following round
Batch starts beginning of October
Fintech pre-seed, run by Better Tomorrow Ventures
$500k for 10% on a SAFE
Unclear if this still runs
Up to $1M at variable terms
Unclear how hands on the program is