Entrepreneurship programs in California
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
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Entrepreneurship programs in California
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| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Founder Institute | Palo Alto, United States | 339 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | World Innovation Lab | Palo Alto, United States | 190 | 57 | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | ECMC Foundation | Los Angeles, United States | 122 | 98 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, United States | 120 | 69 | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | Batchery | Oakland, United States | 84 | 76 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Nex Cubed | San Francisco, United States | 79 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | Astellas Venture Management | Menlo Park, United States | 71 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 | Peachscore | Los Angeles, United States | 70 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | GSD Venture Studios | Menlo Park, United States | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bishop Ranch Intelligence Innovation Accelerator | San Ramon, United States | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | PULSAR | Hermosa Beach, United States | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Campus | Mountain View, United States | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | COLABORATIVOx | San Francisco, United States | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Wonderful Community Grants | Los Angeles, United States | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saya Bio | California City, United States | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Metaform Ventures | Pleasanton, United States | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Paris-Saclay Seed Fund | San Francisco, United States | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | King Philanthropies | Menlo Park, United States | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Google for Startups Women Founders Fund | Mountain View, United States | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | StartVenture | San Francisco, United States | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Talino Fintech Foundry | Los Angeles, United States | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | New Energy Nexus: CalSEED | Berkeley, United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Small Business Hero Day | Mountain View, United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Sunstone Community Fund | Irvine, United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Hope Ventures | Pasadena, United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Innovation Partnership Programme IPP | Mountain View, United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Enjoy The Work | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Moken | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | NESsT | El Cerrito, United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | SAP Startup Focus | Palo Alto, United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | New Generation Investments | South San Francisco, United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | QuickFire Challenge | San Diego, United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Beta University | Palo Alto, United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FoundersBoost Pre-Accelerator | Santa Monica, United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 | Go Global World | Palo Alto, United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Serbian Entrepreneurs | San Francisco, United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Spero Studios | San Francisco, United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Capital Unicorn | Irvine, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | M ACCELERATOR by M Studio | Los Angeles, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MedTech Color - Diversifying Medtech | Encino, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | META, VERSE, NFTS | Los Angeles, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | O2Founder | Palo Alto, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | SF Startup Labs | San Francisco, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | The Brenner Group | Menlo Park, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Wiase Capital | Palo Alto, United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table 1. Entrepreneurship programs in California, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 45.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 45 entrepreneurship programs in California, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/entrepreneurship-programs/california-united-states/