Startup incubators in California
Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.
148
Startup incubators in California
100
Rows shown
8
Stages recorded
12
Other types here
100 rows
| # | Name | Location | Investments | Lead | Exits | People |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Park Commons | San Francisco, United States | 294 | 33 | 27 | 0 |
| 2 | SAP.iO | San Francisco, United States | 278 | 186 | 55 | 0 |
| 3 | EvoNexus | La Jolla, United States | 258 | 2 | 48 | 0 |
| 4 | AngelPad | San Francisco, United States | 183 | 9 | 44 | 2 |
| 5 | Expa | San Francisco, United States | 147 | 22 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | PreAngel | Sunnyvale, United States | 139 | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator | Los Angeles, United States | 136 | 31 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Idealab | Pasadena, United States | 102 | 14 | 40 | 16 |
| 9 | Founders, Inc. | San Francisco, United States | 96 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | CITRIS Foundry | Berkeley, United States | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Nvidia Inception | Santa Clara, United States | 93 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Batchery | Oakland, United States | 84 | 76 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | AI Fund | Palo Alto, United States | 63 | 22 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Restive | San Francisco, United States | 62 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Evolution Ventures | Cupertino, United States | 62 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Tess Ventures | Menlo Park, United States | 61 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 17 | Continue Capital | San Francisco, United States | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Consortium For Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics | Los Angeles, United States | 53 | 42 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Lighthouse Capital Partners | Menlo Park, United States | 53 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| 20 | UTA Ventures | Beverly Hills, United States | 46 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | InnoSpring Seed Fund | Palo Alto, United States | 44 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | Westlake Village BioPartners | Westlake Village, United States | 35 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 | Draft Ventures | San Francisco, United States | 35 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 24 | Vodafone Ventures | Redwood City, United States | 29 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 25 | Rainmakers | San Francisco, United States | 27 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Platinum Capital | Palo Alto, United States | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | super{set} | San Francisco, United States | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Silicon Catalyst | Santa Clara, United States | 24 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| 29 | i5invest | San Francisco, United States | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | COLABORATIVOx | San Francisco, United States | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Draper Goren Holm | Santa Monica, United States | 20 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | HMC INQ | Santa Monica, United States | 17 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 33 | West Health Investment Fund | La Jolla, United States | 16 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 34 | USC Viterbi Startup Garage | Los Angeles, United States | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | IBOS ventures | Los Angeles, United States | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | The Fabric | Sunnyvale, United States | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 37 | ideaTree Inc. | West Hollywood, United States | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Next 10 Ventures | Los Angeles, United States | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | OneValley | San Mateo, United States | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 40 | YouWeb | Mountain View, United States | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Natural Capital | Palo Alto, United States | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 42 | Metaform Ventures | Pleasanton, United States | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | ShangPharma Innovation | San Francisco, United States | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | HVF Labs | San Francisco, United States | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 45 | Haus Capital | Los Angeles, United States | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | SuperLayer | San Francisco, United States | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 47 | Techcode Accelerator | Mountain View, United States | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | 2080 Ventures | San Francisco, United States | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 49 | Imprint Lab | Long Beach, United States | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | OnePiece Labs | Santa Clara, United States | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Daemon Fund | Los Angeles, United States | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MBC BioLabs | San Francisco, United States | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 53 | Altered Ventures | Redwood City, United States | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Curious Minds | West Hollywood, United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Disruptive Labs | Santa Monica, United States | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 56 | Silicon Catalyst Ventures | Redwood Shores, United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | Krupy Capital | Santa Clara, United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Lagunita BioSciences | Menlo Park, United States | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Adventure Fund | Los Gatos, United States | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 60 | Silicon Catalyst Angels | Santa Clara, United States | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 61 | Two Coins Group | Los Angeles, United States | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Space Whale Capital | San Francisco, United States | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Talino Fintech Foundry | Los Angeles, United States | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Woodside Incubator | Palo Alto, United States | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Heights | Los Angeles, United States | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | B2 Founders | San Francisco, United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | Bitcoin Ai Startup Lab | San Francisco, United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 68 | FinRise | San Mateo, United States | 4 | 4 | 3 | 35 |
| 69 | Kamna Ventures | Pleasanton, United States | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 70 | SLS Journey | Los Angeles, United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | XO Ventures | West Hollywood, United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Annex Ventures Management LLC | Los Altos, United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | Optimista Capital | Los Angeles, United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Transitions First | San Francisco, United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 75 | Be Great Partners | Los Angeles, United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | Intelligent Beauty | El Segundo, United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Iterative Venture | San Francisco, United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | PINEAL Ventures | Los Angeles, United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | TiE | Santa Clara, United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 80 | Ankord Labs | Beverly Hills, United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | SEEDPANDA | Los Angeles, United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | The Qualcomm Design in India Challenge | San Diego, United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | L.A. Libations | El Segundo, United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | OnRamp Fund | Los Angeles, United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | RevHubOC | Irvine, United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Startup Garage | Irvine, United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Vebu Labs | El Segundo, United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Deviants Capital | El Segundo, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FinHub Global | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Infinite Decentralization Capital | Los Angeles, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Launch Accelerator | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MkII Ventures | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Moken | San Francisco, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | NESsT | El Cerrito, United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Science Blockchain | Los Angeles, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Ximyx | Palo Alto, United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | ADmyBRAND | San Francisco, United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | BlockHold Capital | Los Angeles, United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Branch Startup Studio | Irvine, United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | CalTestBed | Oakland, United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Table 1. Startup incubators in California, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 148.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 148 startup incubators in California, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/incubators/california-united-states/