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Startup accelerators in Virginia

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

21
Startup accelerators in Virginia
21
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
5
Other types here
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 IQT Arlington, United States 388 84 116 0
2 Lighthouse Labs RVA Richmond, United States 92 45 8 3
3 The PenFed Foundation Alexandria, United States 38 26 0 0
4 757 Collab Norfolk, United States 22 22 1 1
5 SHRMLabs Alexandria, United States 16 1 2 0
6 DEV Capital Reston, United States 14 2 6 0
7 America's Seed Fund Alexandria, United States 9 2 0 0
8 IDEA Accelerator Arlington, United States 6 6 0 7
9 RISE Norfolk, United States 6 5 0 2
10 Covintus Tech Tank Richmond, United States 5 5 0 0
11 Openner Manassas, United States 4 4 0 2
12 434 Accelerator Charlottesville, United States 4 2 0 1
13 Future Capital Development Fund Richmond, United States 3 0 0 0
14 Startup Caucus Arlington, United States 3 0 0 0
15 National Security Innovation Network Arlington, United States 2 2 0 0
16 NSF Convergence Accelerator Alexandria, United States 2 2 0 0
17 Inova Personalized Health Accelerator Fairfax, United States 1 0 0 0
18 Spark* Australia Richmond, United States 0 0 0 0
19 Springboard Enterprises Life Science Track Mclean, United States 0 0 0 0
20 Startups Ignite Vienna, United States 0 0 0 0
21 xTechSearch Arlington, United States 0 0 0 0

Table 1. Startup accelerators in Virginia, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 21.

Investment stages

Among these 21
Seed investors13 Early stage investors9 Grant makers7 Late stage investors2 Convertible note investors2 Venture investors2 Debt investors1 Non equity assistance1

Other investors in Virginia

Venture capital firms122 Angel investors102 Private equity firms60 Investment partners25 Micro VC funds20

Startup accelerators elsewhere

California306 New York141 England140 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi90 Central Region73 Texas54 Ile-de-France52 Ontario49 Massachusetts43 Berlin34 Illinois34 Dubai31 Catalonia30 Colorado28 New South Wales28 Maharashtra27 Madrid26 Washington26 Hong Kong Island25 Karnataka25 Ohio25 Pennsylvania25 Sao Paulo25 Tel Aviv25
Cite: FundingWatcher, 21 startup accelerators in Virginia, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/accelerators/virginia-united-states/