Startup accelerators in California
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
306
Startup accelerators in California
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100 rows
| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | 8,719 | 3,692 | 783 | 79 |
| 2 | 500 Global | Palo Alto, United States | 3,424 | 579 | 469 | 52 |
| 3 | Plug and Play | Sunnyvale, United States | 2,592 | 352 | 230 | 104 |
| 4 | Cleantech Open | Palo Alto, United States | 860 | 323 | 34 | 9 |
| 5 | LvlUp Ventures | Los Angeles, United States | 768 | 113 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | SkyDeck Berkeley | Berkeley, United States | 700 | 126 | 44 | 0 |
| 7 | Alchemist Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | 653 | 115 | 69 | 38 |
| 8 | LAUNCH | San Francisco, United States | 621 | 197 | 67 | 24 |
| 9 | NFX | San Francisco, United States | 495 | 227 | 60 | 19 |
| 10 | MedTech Innovator | Los Angeles, United States | 444 | 242 | 28 | 9 |
| 11 | StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) | Palo Alto, United States | 344 | 6 | 84 | 4 |
| 12 | Founder Institute | Palo Alto, United States | 339 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Mucker Capital | Venice, United States | 329 | 92 | 31 | 23 |
| 14 | Expert Dojo | Santa Monica, United States | 321 | 135 | 6 | 11 |
| 15 | SVG Ventures | Los Gatos, United States | 300 | 203 | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | South Park Commons | San Francisco, United States | 294 | 33 | 27 | 0 |
| 17 | SAP.iO | San Francisco, United States | 278 | 186 | 55 | 0 |
| 18 | EvoNexus | La Jolla, United States | 258 | 2 | 48 | 0 |
| 19 | Neo | San Francisco, United States | 236 | 44 | 16 | 2 |
| 20 | Orange DAO | San Francisco, United States | 231 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 21 | Amino Capital | Palo Alto, United States | 187 | 31 | 30 | 16 |
| 22 | AngelPad | San Francisco, United States | 183 | 9 | 44 | 2 |
| 23 | Founder Friendly Labs | San Francisco, United States | 176 | 3 | 35 | 1 |
| 24 | MAGIC Fund | Los Angeles, United States | 175 | 6 | 21 | 16 |
| 25 | Expa | San Francisco, United States | 147 | 22 | 20 | 11 |
| 26 | Berkeley SkyDeck Fund | Berkeley, United States | 144 | 18 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator | Los Angeles, United States | 136 | 31 | 3 | 12 |
| 28 | Upekkha Vertical AI Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | 123 | 98 | 4 | 5 |
| 29 | Google Launchpad Accelerator | Mountain View, United States | 117 | 105 | 32 | 0 |
| 30 | The House Fund | Berkeley, United States | 114 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| 31 | 500 Mena | San Francisco, United States | 112 | 78 | 6 | 52 |
| 32 | Rothenberg Ventures | San Francisco, United States | 103 | 5 | 39 | 0 |
| 33 | Desafia | San Francisco, United States | 100 | 93 | 10 | 0 |
| 34 | Plug and Play Insurtech | Sunnyvale, United States | 98 | 51 | 29 | 104 |
| 35 | Founders, Inc. | San Francisco, United States | 96 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | CITRIS Foundry | Berkeley, United States | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Cedars-Sinai Accelerator | Los Angeles, United States | 94 | 38 | 14 | 2 |
| 38 | Aurelia Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | 91 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 39 | Fusion | Santa Monica, United States | 89 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 40 | Starburst Accelerator | Los Angeles, United States | 88 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
| 41 | Gold House | Los Angeles, United States | 88 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 42 | Batchery | Oakland, United States | 84 | 76 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Highway1 | San Francisco, United States | 83 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| 44 | Nex Cubed | San Francisco, United States | 79 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 45 | Sozo Ventures | Redwood City, United States | 75 | 19 | 16 | 6 |
| 46 | Peachscore | Los Angeles, United States | 70 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 500 Global | San Francisco, United States | 64 | 4 | 9 | 52 |
| 48 | Disney Accelerator | Los Angeles, United States | 63 | 40 | 11 | 0 |
| 49 | MARL 5G Accelerator | Fremont, United States | 59 | 44 | 1 | 3 |
| 50 | One Mind Accelerator | Rutherford, United States | 57 | 49 | 3 | 8 |
| 51 | Leap Venture Studio | Los Angeles, United States | 57 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | Draper University Ventures | San Mateo, United States | 57 | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | GSD Venture Studios | Menlo Park, United States | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Imagine K12 | Redwood City, United States | 54 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| 55 | Consortium For Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics | Los Angeles, United States | 53 | 42 | 2 | 4 |
| 56 | Worklife | San Francisco, United States | 53 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 57 | Health Engine | Berkeley, United States | 48 | 47 | 1 | 3 |
| 58 | The Refiners | San Francisco, United States | 46 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 59 | Singularity University Ventures | Mountain View, United States | 42 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 60 | Illumina Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | 41 | 28 | 2 | 1,031 |
| 61 | VIVE X | San Francisco, United States | 40 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| 62 | Envestnet Yodlee Incubator | Redwood City, United States | 38 | 1 | 9 | 37 |
| 63 | Citrix Startup Accelerator | Santa Clara, United States | 34 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 64 | Luma Launch | Santa Monica, United States | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Black Founders Fund | Mountain View, United States | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | HAX Boost | San Francisco, United States | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 67 | Yellow | Los Angeles, United States | 31 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 68 | AI Grant | San Francisco, United States | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Apple's Impact Accelerator | Cupertino, United States | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Bishop Ranch Intelligence Innovation Accelerator | San Ramon, United States | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Vodafone Ventures | Redwood City, United States | 29 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 72 | Avanta Ventures | Palo Alto, United States | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 73 | Motus Ventures | Redwood City, United States | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 74 | MiLA Capital (Make in LA) | Los Angeles, United States | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 75 | Matter | San Francisco, United States | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 76 | Ying Fund | Los Angeles, United States | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 77 | Nex Cubed Digital Health | San Diego, United States | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 78 | Tumml | San Francisco, United States | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 79 | co.lab | San Francisco, United States | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Google for Startups Accelerator Canada | San Francisco, United States | 26 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | super{set} | San Francisco, United States | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 82 | Fast Forward | San Francisco, United States | 25 | 23 | 0 | 5 |
| 83 | Launchpad LA | Santa Monica, United States | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 84 | PULSAR | Hermosa Beach, United States | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Silicon Catalyst | Santa Clara, United States | 24 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 86 | Campus | Mountain View, United States | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | LG Nova | Santa Clara, United States | 23 | 21 | 3 | 12 |
| 88 | Illumina | San Diego, United States | 23 | 5 | 7 | 1,031 |
| 89 | AWS Healthcare Accelerator | Stanford, United States | 22 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
| 90 | Hult Prize Foundation | San Francisco, United States | 22 | 17 | 0 | 268 |
| 91 | Black Ambition | Oakland, United States | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | i5invest | San Francisco, United States | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 93 | GitHub Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Matter Venture Partners | Manhattan Beach, United States | 21 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 95 | The Long Beach Accelerator | Long Beach, United States | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | COLABORATIVOx | San Francisco, United States | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Draper Goren Holm | Santa Monica, United States | 20 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 98 | Z Fellows | San Francisco, United States | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | i/o Ventures | San Francisco, United States | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 100 | Ladies Who Launch | San Francisco, United States | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
Table 1. Startup accelerators in California, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 306.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 306 startup accelerators in California, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/california-united-states/