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Non equity assistance

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

724
Investors
10
Investor types
100
Rows shown
0%
Of all investors

Most active non equity assistance

By recorded investments
100 rows
# Name Type Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Y Combinator Startup accelerator Mountain View, United States 8,719 3,692 783 79
2 Techstars Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New City, United States 6,842 3,391 638 108
3 MassChallenge Startup accelerator Boston, United States 3,225 1,037 267 15
4 Plug and Play Startup accelerator, Co-working space, University program, Venture capital firm Sunnyvale, United States 2,592 352 230 104
5 TIPS Program Startup incubator Gangneung, South Korea 1,922 1,120 62 1
6 US Department of Energy Government investment office Washington, United States 1,460 1,336 193 0
7 Venture Kick Startup incubator Schlieren, Switzerland 1,459 1,342 82 4
8 Wayra Corporate venture arm Madrid, Spain 1,139 82 57 4
9 Goodwater Capital Venture capital firm Burlingame, United States 838 106 38 20
10 Creative Destruction Lab Entrepreneurship program, University program Toronto, Canada 788 215 87 0
11 FasterCapital Startup accelerator, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm Dubai, United Arab Emirates 734 612 3 87
12 SkyDeck Berkeley Startup accelerator Berkeley, United States 700 126 44 0
13 Startupbootcamp Startup accelerator London, United Kingdom 620 58 56 43
14 gbeta Startup accelerator Madison, United States 533 373 18 51
15 Draper Associates Venture capital firm San Mateo, United States 522 140 78 11
16 MedTech Innovator Startup accelerator Los Angeles, United States 444 242 28 9
17 Ontario Centres of Excellence Startup accelerator, Angel group, Venture capital firm Toronto, Canada 434 18 64 15
18 KB Investment Private equity firm, Venture capital firm Seoul, South Korea 423 78 33 16
19 Dreamit Ventures Venture capital firm Philadelphia, United States 421 86 62 9
20 StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Palo Alto, United States 344 6 84 4
21 Fonds de solidarité FTQ Venture capital firm Montréal, Canada 325 135 79 19
22 SVG Ventures Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Los Gatos, United States 300 203 15 5
23 DMZ Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Toronto, Canada 288 37 41 0
24 Innovation Endeavors Venture capital firm Palo Alto, United States 285 77 59 0
25 NGC Ventures Fund of funds, Venture capital firm Singapore, Singapore 262 42 6 10
26 EvoNexus Startup accelerator, Startup incubator La Jolla, United States 258 2 48 0
27 Microsoft Accelerator Startup accelerator Redmond, United States 232 6 49 0
28 Ukrainian Startup Fund Government investment office Kyiv, Ukraine 225 184 3 0
29 Jump Capital Venture capital firm Chicago, United States 202 69 48 11
30 XRC Ventures Venture capital firm New York, United States 184 85 15 1
31 JioGenNext Startup accelerator Ghansoli, India 182 83 19 0
32 Centech Startup accelerator, Entrepreneurship program, University program Montréal, Canada 181 173 6 0
33 Founder Friendly Labs Startup accelerator San Francisco, United States 176 3 35 1
34 Startup Braga Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Braga, Portugal 163 48 3 1
35 Parallel18 Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Entrepreneurship program, Startup incubator, Venture capital firm, Venture debt fund San Juan, Puerto Rico 161 87 2 0
36 Microsoft for Startups Startup accelerator, Entrepreneurship program Redmond, United States 155 52 11 0
37 Marc Bell Ventures Private equity firm, Venture capital firm Boca Raton, United States 147 0 48 1
38 U.S. Small Business Administration Government investment office Washington, United States 142 118 1 0
39 SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Entrepreneurship program, Startup incubator Leipzig, Germany 142 15 13 0
40 Startup Studio Indonesia Entrepreneurship program Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia 141 137 2 0
41 AUC Venture Lab Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Cairo, Egypt 139 2 2 0
42 Redstone.VC Venture capital firm, Venture debt fund Berlin, Germany 138 56 12 24
43 Maine Angels Angel group Portland, United States 137 1 13 14
44 Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Los Angeles, United States 136 31 3 12
45 ASU Venture Devils Startup accelerator, University program Tempe, United States 131 0 2 0
46 Main Street Capital Private equity firm Houston, United States 130 61 27 31
47 DLabs Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Hyderabad, India 129 9 4 0
48 FinTech Sandbox Startup accelerator Boston, United States 126 30 27 3
49 ATDC Startup incubator, University program Atlanta, United States 120 19 12 0
50 Google Launchpad Accelerator Startup accelerator Mountain View, United States 117 105 32 0
51 IMPACT Accelerator Startup accelerator Madrid, Spain 113 30 8 0
52 Nashville Entrepreneur Center Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Entrepreneurship program Nashville, United States 109 95 5 4
53 DWF Labs Venture capital firm 109 37 4 8
54 Agility Capital Venture debt fund Santa Barbara, United States 107 1 45 1
55 Desafia Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm San Francisco, United States 100 93 10 0
56 Bigbang Angels Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Seoul, South Korea 98 45 2 5
57 Grand Central Tech Startup accelerator New York, United States 93 35 22 1
58 Aurelia Ventures Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Palo Alto, United States 91 3 4 2
59 SpeedUPAfrica Entrepreneurship program Ghana, Nigeria 89 2 4 0
60 IFB Innovationsstarter Venture capital firm Hamburg, Germany 88 35 6 4
61 Indico Capital Partners Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Lisbon, Portugal 82 56 5 8
62 Almaworks Startup accelerator New City, United States 82 11 2 4
63 Mana Up Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm Honolulu, United States 80 78 1 3
64 Centro de Incubação de Évora Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Entrepreneurship program, Startup incubator Évora, Portugal 73 3 9 0
65 PharmStars Startup accelerator Boston, United States 68 62 4 4
66 Hardware.co Startup accelerator Berlin, Germany 68 0 5 0
67 Vishal Rao Angel investor Austin, United States 67 1 6 0
68 UNICEF StartUp Lab Startup accelerator Accra, Ghana 66 65 0 0
69 Hub71 Startup accelerator Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 66 48 2 9
70 DEPO Ventures Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm Prague, Czech Republic 66 10 4 12
71 AWS Impact Accelerator Startup accelerator Seattle, United States 65 57 1 0
72 Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation University program Chicago, United States 65 37 4 0
73 MassChallenge Israel Startup accelerator Jerusalem, Israel 64 61 0 15
74 Databricks Ventures Corporate venture arm San Francisco, United States 64 15 13 0
75 Disney Accelerator Startup accelerator Los Angeles, United States 63 40 11 0
76 Greentown Labs Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Somerville, United States 60 56 2 10
77 Mentors Fund Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm Redwood City, United States 60 1 3 25
78 North Base Media Venture capital firm Singapore, Singapore 59 15 9 3
79 Startup Wise Guys SaaS Milan Startup accelerator Milan, Italy 59 11 2 37
80 Bcombinator Venture Partners Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Startup incubator, Micro VC fund, Venture capital firm Barcelona, Spain 59 8 0 0
81 The FIS FinTech Accelerator in Partnership with The Venture Center Startup accelerator Little Rock, United States 58 44 10 1
82 Flow Capital Venture debt fund Toronto, Canada 58 32 19 3
83 One Mind Accelerator Startup accelerator Rutherford, United States 57 49 3 8
84 Avant Global LLC Family office, Hedge fund, Private equity firm, Venture capital firm Las Vegas, United States 57 2 12 0
85 Fast Track Malmo Startup accelerator, Micro VC fund Malmö, Sweden 56 34 5 0
86 Hatzimemos / Libby Venture capital firm New York, United States 55 3 3 10
87 G-STARTUP Startup accelerator Tokyo, Japan 55 0 1 0
88 Queen City Fintech Startup accelerator Charlotte, United States 54 26 6 0
89 Africa Startup Initiative Startup accelerator Site, Congo, Democratic Republic of 52 34 0 1
90 Startup Lisboa Startup accelerator, Co-working space, Entrepreneurship program, Startup incubator Lisboa, Portugal 51 47 2 0
91 Creative UK Entrepreneurship program, Venture capital firm Bristol, United Kingdom 51 35 4 0
92 Ship2B Startup accelerator, Startup incubator, Venture capital firm Barcelona, Spain 50 30 3 5
93 IDB Lab Fund of funds, Venture capital firm, Venture debt fund Washington, United States 50 18 1 16
94 Golden Angels Investors Angel group Brookfield, United States 50 12 7 11
95 Nordic Capital Private equity firm Copenhagen, Denmark 50 12 26 160
96 Lair East Labs Startup accelerator, Venture capital firm New York, United States 49 20 1 5
97 Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio Government investment office, Venture capital firm Elyria, United States 49 13 1 0
98 ic@3401 Startup accelerator, Startup incubator, Startup competition Philadelphia, United States 49 1 12 0
99 StartLife Startup accelerator, Startup incubator Wageningen, The Netherlands 48 3 0 7
100 Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF) Startup accelerator Dubai, United Arab Emirates 46 44 1 0

Table 1. The 100 non equity assistance with the most recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 724.

By investor type

Startup accelerators237 Venture capital firms166 Startup incubators107 Angel investors70 Entrepreneurship programs66 Private equity firms55 Angel groups47 Family offices41 Micro VC funds40 Investment partners36
Cite: FundingWatcher, 724 non equity assistance, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/stage/non-equity-assistance/