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Accelerators, Incubators & Co-Working Space
| 500 Startups |
a seed fund and startup accelerator based in San Francisco, California, which provides early-stage companies with funding ranging from $10K to $250K via seed investments, a startup accelerator program, and new micro-fund models like the Twilio Fund |
| AngelPad |
a mentorship program based in San Francisco, California, and founded by a team of ex-Googlers to help technology startups build better products, attract seed funding and grow more successful businesses |
| Blackbox Mansion |
a live+work seed accelerator based in Atherton, California, where entrepreneurs traveling to Silicon Valley can stay for up to 3 weeks |
| dogpatch labs |
created by Polaris Venture Partners to connect entrepreneurs and help founders conceive and launch startups |
| First Floor Labs |
provides free office space and support at AOL in Palo Alto, California for entrepreneurs in their accelerator class |
| The Founder Institute |
a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch technology companies through their four month pre-seed incubator program |
| Founders Den | a shared office space and prive club for experienced entrepreneurs and their friends |
| Greenstart | a San Francisco-based accelerator which offers seed investment of $25,000 to $100,000 and mentorship for companies focused on the cleantech space |
| Hacker Dojo | a community center for hackers and thinkers to meet, discuss, learn, create, build and play located in Mountain View |
| The Hub (Bay Area) |
co-working space in San Francisco and Berkeley |
| i/o ventures |
an early stage startup program based in San Francisco that focuses heavily on mentorship |
| Irish Innovation Center |
provides an environment for like-minded entrepreneurs to gain access to venture firms, bankers, customers, suppliers and employees that will enable their companies to grow and flourish |
| Kicklabs San Francisco |
a co-working space for start-up companies in the heart of San Francisco, which accepts equity for tenancy |
| Mission * Social | workspace for social enterprises in San Francisco, providing affordable office space, shared resources, and the opportunity for informal dialog and collaboration among the organizations |
| NewMe Accelerator | a 12 week immersive residential tech start-up accelerator for businesses that are led by under-represented minorities (African-Americans, Latinos & Women) in the technology industry |
| NextSpace | the "workplace for the new economy"; a coworking space, with offices in San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles |
| pariSoma | a collaborative loftspace for coworking and events in the SoMa district of San Francisco |
| Plug and Play Tech Center |
a startup ecosystem offering office space, data center, and other startup services located in Sunnyvale, Palo Alto and Redwood City |
| Rezerv.it |
a coworking office space providing entrepreneurs, freelancers, telecommuters, and start-ups and techies with essential physical and virtual office needs |
| Rock Health |
a group of dedicated individuals working to catalyze innovation in the interactive health space through a seed-accelerator program based in San Francisco, California |
| Runway |
a venture creation program that enables an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch in six months |
| Startup House |
launching soon - located at 880 Harrison St in San Francisco, Startup House is the brainchild of Elias Bizannes |
| StartX |
a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education |
| TechStars |
an accelerator serving Boston, Boulder, Seattle and NYC that provides $18,000 in seed funding and mentorship |
| Teens in Tech |
provides tools and resources to young entrepreneurs world-wide to help encourage entrepreneurship at a young age |
| Y Combinator |
one of the best known incubators, providing 3 months of intensive training and an investment of on average $18,000 |
| YouWeb Incubator |
entrepreneurs interested in consumer internet, social and mobile computing sectors are offered a salary and benefits to come up with ideas, build technologies and products and launch their company over the course of a year |
Other Interesting Start-Up Related Links
| AngelList |
a community of startups and angel investors |
| Astia |
a community of experts committed to building women leaders and accelerating the funding and growth of high-potential, high-growth, women-led startups |
| Band of Angels |
a seed funding organization in the Silicon Valley comprised of a formal group of more than 120 former and current high tech executives who are interested in investing their time and money into new, cutting edge, startup companies |
| FundingUniverse |
connects entrepreneurs and investors online, and also includes information on meetings where people in the funding food chain can meet face-to-face |
| go BIG Network |
allows startup companies, funding sources, advisors, and service providers to post requests for help on-line and have those requests routed to other members of the Network who can help them |
| Investors Circle |
a San Francisco network focusing on small companies that address social and environmental issues, such as organic agriculture or sustainable forestry |
| Lending Club |
an online financial community that brings together creditworthy borrowers and savvy investors, replacing the high cost and complexity of bank lending |
| Mashable |
one of the top sources for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture |
| Microsoft BizSpark | a global program that helps fast-track the success of early stage technology startups by providing (free) valuable resources including software, support & marketing visibility |
| ProFounder | an online crowdfunding platform that provides tools for entrepreneurs to raise investment capital from their communities |
| Prosper |
a peer-to-peer lending marketplace with more than 1,010,000 members and over $210,000,000 in funded loans |
| RaiseCapital.com |
an online community, where entrepreneurs can display their business ideas and capital needs to investors |
| SDForum |
an integrated network of the business and technology community fostering innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership within the Silicon Valley ecosystem of individuals and businesses participating in emerging technologies |
| SCORE |
a nonprofit organization formed in 1964 to help small businesses by providing free & confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs |
| Silicon Valley Small Business Development Centers |
an organization offering services for present and potential small business owners, such as no-charge expert consulting, low-cost training, information resources, events and seminars |
| StartUpers! |
a job posting board for those looking to get involved in a startup either as a co-founder or as an early employee/consultant |
| SVASE |
a nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping technology entrepreneurs – from the idea through product launch – build successful businesses, across a variety of technology driven industries (Clean Energy, Digital Media, Life Sciences, Mobility, Security, Software, Semiconductors and more. |
| StartupDigest |
a free curated weekly email of upcoming technology and entrepreneurship events in your area |
| TechCrunch |
a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news |
| The Funded |
an online community of over 14,500 CEOs, Founders and entrepreneurs to discuss fundraising, rate and review investors, and discuss strategies to grow a start-up business |
| Watermark |
a community of exceptional women leaders seeking to grow their personal impact in their professions and in society |
| Women's Initiative |
a Bay Area non-profit which provides high-potential, lower-income women the training, resources and on-going support to start and grow their business |
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