Accelerators in California
197 programs. Terms, equity and the next deadline for each, checked against the official pages.
The terms
- Median check
- $100k
- Median equity
- 6%
- Open now
- 24
- Next deadline
- 16 Oct 2026
Open now
- The 500 Fellowship · San Francisco, US · $1.05M · — · 17 weeks · Closes 16 Oct 2026
- Discovery Fellowship · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 12 months · Closes 16 Oct 2026
- UCLA Biodesign Discovery Fellowship · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 12 months · Closes 16 Oct 2026
- Clicks & Mortar · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Closes 21 Oct 2026
- Poseidon Fellows · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Closes 12 Nov 2026
- FAST California · US · — · — · 12 weeks · Closes 6 Jan 2027
- Solo Founders Program · San Francisco, US · $100k · 2.5% · 12 weeks · Closes 1 Feb 2027
- CSUSB Student Startup Program · San Bernardino, US · — · — · — · Closes 10 Apr 2027
- Aggie Venture Accelerator · Sacramento, US · $250k · — · 17 weeks · Rolling admissions
- Catalyst · San Francisco, US · $500k · — · 8 weeks · Rolling admissions
- CITRIS Foundry · Berkeley, US · $5k · No equity · 6 months · Rolling admissions
- SEED 2.0 · US · $7.5k · No equity · 8 weeks · Rolling admissions
- 2030 Ventures Accelerator · Newport Beach, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Rolling admissions
- Accelerator Fellowship · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 12 months · Rolling admissions
- Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials Pilot Program · Berkeley, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- FC Build · San Francisco, US · — · — · 16 weeks · Rolling admissions
- Frontier Residency · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Hero House Venture Building Program · Glendale, US · — · — · 16 weeks · Rolling admissions
- IncuGator · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Innovation Lab · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- National Security Entrepreneurs-in-Residence · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Pathway to Silicon Valley · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- The Alchemist Accelerator · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Traction Lab Venture Accelerator · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Rolling or opening later
- 108 Day “Create to Great” Startup Launch Bootcamp Program · Los Angeles, US · $18k · 3.6–6% · 15 weeks · Dates not published
- Accelerating Innovations to Market · San Diego, US · $60k · No equity · 12 months · Dates not published
- AGI Accelerator · US · $500k · — · — · Dates not published
- ASCEND · Sacramento, US · $3.5k · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Bakar Fellows Program · Berkeley, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Berkeley SkyDeck · Berkeley, US · $210k · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- Cal-Impact · Los Angeles, US · $100k · 9% · — · Dates not published
- Cal-Impact · Corona Del Mar, US · $250k · — · — · Dates not published
- Cedars-Sinai Accelerator+ · Los Angeles, US · $100k · — · 13 weeks · Dates not published
- Discipulus Cohort · El Segundo, US · $175k · — · 2 weeks · Dates not published
- EvoNexus Incubation Program · San Diego, US · — · 1% · 24 months · Dates not published
- EvoNexus Startup Technology Incubator · San Diego, US · — · 1% · 24 months · Dates not published
- Founders, Inc. · San Francisco, US · $250k · 4–7% · — · Dates not published
- Idea to Launch Bootcamp · Los Angeles, US · — · No equity · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- Incubation Pilots Program · Los Angeles, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Incubation Program · Los Angeles, US · — · 1.5–3% · 6 months · Dates not published
- Innovate Bay Incubator · Fremont, US · $20k · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Investment Readiness Engine · Sacramento, US · $100k · — · 9 months · Dates not published
- IRE · Sacramento, US · $100k · — · 9 months · Dates not published
- Learning Design Challenge · Stanford, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Leonhardt Launchpads by Cal-X Stars Business Accelerator · US · — · 9% · — · Dates not published
- Leonhardt’s Launchpads · Los Angeles, US · $100k · 9% · — · Dates not published
- Neo Residency · San Francisco, US · $750k · 5% · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- PledgeLA Founders Fund · Los Angeles, US · $25k · No equity · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Preccelerator Program · Santa Monica, US · $25k · 2.5–5% · 6 months · Dates not published
- SOSV SF · San Francisco, US · $550k · 10% · 16 weeks · Dates not published
- Startup UCLA Pre-Accelerator · Los Angeles, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Startup Ventura Accelerator · US · — · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
- Sunstone DTC Brand Lab · US · $100k · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- The CalXelerator 108 Day From Create to Great Accelerator · Los Angeles, US · $18k · 3.6–6% · 15 weeks · Dates not published
- ZIP Launchpad · San Diego, US · $3k · — · — · Opens 1 Jan 2027
- 805 Accelerator · Santa Barbara, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- 95th Percentile Accelerator · Menlo Park, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Accelerating Innovations to Market - National Security · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Adult Startup and Expansion Business Plan Development Program · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- AGI Compile Program · Hillsborough, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- AI Entrepreneurs at Berkeley Incubator · Berkeley, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
- Alchemist Kitchen Incubator Program · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Alchemist Microenterprise Academy · Sacramento, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Anderson Venture Accelerator · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Bakar Bio Labs · Berkeley, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Bakar Climate Labs Pilot Program · Berkeley, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Beyond Japan Program · La Jolla, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- BFG program · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 18 weeks · Dates not published
- Blackbird Founders Fellowship · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- Bronco Ventures Accelerator · Santa Clara, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Business Accelerator · San Diego, US · — · — · 17 weeks · Dates not published
- Business Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Opens 1 Dec 2026
- Canadian Technology Accelerator - Silicon Valley Agentic Enterprise AI · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- CEI Venture Accelerator · Bakersfield, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- CEO Crash Course · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- CITRIS Foundry Innovation Incubator · Berkeley, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
- CleanStart Business Accelerator · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Climate Action Business Incubator · Irvine, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- Community Business Accelerator · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 16 weeks · Dates not published
- CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center Accelerator · San Diego, US · — · — · 17 weeks · Dates not published
- CSUF Startup Incubator · Fullerton, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- CYBER Hive · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Cyber Startups Program · Cupertino, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- CyberTECH Entrepreneur in Residence · San Diego, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- CyberTECH Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) · San Diego, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- Daybreak Labs Incubator · Livermore, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Deep Dive Accelerator · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Disney Accelerator · Glendale, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- DTSA · US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
- EO Accelerator · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Escondido AgX Business Incubator · Escondido, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- eTIPS Incubator · San Bernardino, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- EveryDay Creative - Accelerator · Sacramento, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- EveryDay Creative - Pitch Program · Sacramento, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- Female Founders Institute Program · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Flagship Accelerator · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Founder Sprint Studio · Venice, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- Founders Fund · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- FoundersBoost SoCal Consumer CommerceTech Accelerator · Glendale, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- FourthWave Accelerator · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- GateWay Program · Glendale, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Generative AI Startup Acceleration · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Global Innovation Program · La Jolla, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Global Market Navigator Program · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Government Immersion · Silicon Valley, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Grand Rounds · Orange County, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Hacker Dojo Accelerator · Santa Clara, US · — · — · 5 weeks · Dates not published
- Hardware Accelerator · San Francisco, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Heal.LA + Cal State LA BioSpace Program · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Health Tech Accelerator · Palo Alto, US · — · — · 1 weeks · Dates not published
- Healthcare AI Advanced Program · San Francisco, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- Horizon · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Horizon Accelerator · La Jolla, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
- Horizon Accelerator · San Diego, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
- Idea to Launch · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- Inception Studio Cohort Retreats · Silicon Valley, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Incubator · Berkeley, US · — · — · 17 weeks · Dates not published
- Innovate On The Lot · Burbank, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Investor Readiness · San Diego, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Dates not published
- JLABS San Diego · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- LA BioSpace Incubator · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- LA BioStart Boot Camp · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 5 weeks · Dates not published
- LA Rebuild Lab · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Launchpad · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
- LaunchPad SBDC · Newport Beach, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Learning Futures Summer Program · Stanford, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Dates not published
- Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Market Access Program · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 18 months · Dates not published
- Miracle's Young Adult Entrepreneur Program · Los Angeles, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Nest Accelerator Program · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- NExT Program · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Octane Mussallem Cardiovascular Accelerator · Newport Beach, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Online Accelerator Program · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
- Opportunity Gateway · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Pad-13 · Berkeley, US · — · — · 16 weeks · Dates not published
- Project Liftoff · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Raisable Robotics Track · San Francisco, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- Roseville AI Startup Accelerator · Roseville, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- Sacramento High-Growth Startup Lab & Incubator · Sacramento, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- San Diego Regional Innovation Cluster · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- SCALE · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 13 weeks · Dates not published
- SEED Lab · Palm Springs, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Showcase · Los Angeles, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- SI-START · San Diego, US · — · — · — · Dates not published