Deep tech accelerators in North America

288 programs. Terms, equity and the next deadline for each, checked against the official pages.

The terms

Median check: $100k
Median equity: 6.5%
Open now: 28
Next deadline: 30 Oct 2026

Open now

Innovation Crossroads · Oak Ridge, US · — · No equity · 24 months · Closes 30 Oct 2026
The Activate Fellowship · US · $300k · No equity · 24 months · Closes 30 Oct 2026
Chain Reaction Innovations · Lemont, US · — · — · 24 months · Closes 30 Oct 2026
George Shultz Innovation Fund · Chicago, US · $250k · — · — · Closes 1 Nov 2026
Crucible Ignitor · US · — · — · 11 weeks · Closes 3 Dec 2026
INVENT Startup Internships · US · — · — · — · Closes 22 Jan 2027
Antler Residency · US · $1M · — · 12 weeks · Rolling admissions
Antler Residency · New York, US · $1M · — · 13 weeks · Rolling admissions
Austin Technology Incubator · Austin, US · — · 2% · — · Rolling admissions
CITRIS Foundry · Berkeley, US · $5k · No equity · 6 months · Rolling admissions
IndieBio · San Francisco, US · $550k · 10% · — · Rolling admissions
PearX · US · $2M · 7% · 12 weeks · Rolling admissions
Venture Lab Accelerator · Cincinnati, US · $10k · No equity · 10 weeks · Rolling admissions
Actuator · Springfield, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Rolling admissions
Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials Pilot Program · Berkeley, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Builder application · Salt Lake City, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
EntryPoint · Boston, US · — · — · 13 weeks · Rolling admissions
Future Climate Venture Studio · US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
GIA Austin Acceleration Programme · Austin, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Iowa G2M Accelerator · US · — · — · 6 months · Rolling admissions
NSF I-Corps · Baton Rouge, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
NSF I-Corps at UF Regional Course · Gainesville, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Rolling admissions
NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region · US · — · — · 4 weeks · Rolling admissions
NSF I-Corps Regional Program · Salt Lake City, US · — · — · 5 weeks · Rolling admissions
NVIDIA Innovation Lab · US · — · — · 8 weeks · Rolling admissions
Pioneering Deep Tech Institute · Salt Lake City, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Technology Incubator · Akron, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Third Derivative Accelerator · US · — · — · 18 months · Rolling admissions

Rolling or opening later

Startup Accelerator · Denver, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Opens 1 Nov 2026
Accelerating Innovations to Market · San Diego, US · $60k · No equity · 12 months · Dates not published
Aggie I-Corps · Las Cruces, US · $2k · No equity · — · Dates not published
AGILE Grants · Chapel Hill, US · — · No equity · 24 months · Dates not published
AlphaLab · Pittsburgh, US · $100k · 3% · — · Dates not published
Bow Capital Incubator · San Diego, US · $100k · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
BusinessSPACE - Track 1: Early-Stage Startups · Maui, US · $3k · No equity · 7 months · Dates not published
BusinessSPACE - Track 2: Experienced Businesses · Maui, US · $3k · No equity · 6 months · Dates not published
Charlotte Foundry · Charlotte, US · — · 10% · 6 months · Dates not published
Critical Materials Innovation Challenge · US · $100k · No equity · — · Dates not published
Discipulus Cohort · El Segundo, US · $175k · — · 2 weeks · Dates not published
Duality · Chicago, US · $50k · No equity · 12 months · Dates not published
Duality · Chicago, US · $50k · — · — · Dates not published
Founder Residency · Portland, US · $25k · No equity · 12 weeks · Dates not published
Great Plains I-Corps Hub · Omaha, US · $1k · No equity · 5 weeks · Dates not published
HAX · Newark, US · $550k · 10% · 16 weeks · Dates not published
HAX · Newark, US · $550k · — · 6 months · Dates not published
IN I-Corps Regional Course · US · $3k · No equity · 4 weeks · Dates not published
IndieBio · New York, US · $550k · — · 6 months · Dates not published
Lab Venture Challenge · Boulder, US · $125k · No equity · — · Dates not published
MassRobotics Resident Startup Program · Boston, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
mHUB Energy Tech Accelerator · US · $200k · 6.5% · 6 months · Dates not published
mHUB Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Accelerator · Chicago, US · $142.5k · 6.5% · 6 months · Dates not published
NSF I-Corps · US · $50k · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
NSF I-Corps · Binghamton, US · $3k · No equity · 4 weeks · Dates not published
NSF I-Corps Program · US · $50k · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
NSF I-Corps Site · Starkville, US · $5k · No equity · — · Dates not published
NSF I-Corps Teams · US · $50k · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
Ocean Enterprise Accelerator · Narragansett, US · $15k · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
Ohio University TVSF Program · Athens, US · $100k · No equity · — · Dates not published
ONAMI Accelerator · US · $100k · — · — · Dates not published
Orbital Edge Accelerator · US · $500k · — · — · Dates not published
PSU Innovation Challenge - Product Track · Portland, US · $1k · No equity · 10 weeks · Dates not published
Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program · Cleveland, US · $250k · — · 12 months · Dates not published
Robotics Factory Accelerate Program · Pittsburgh, US · $100k · 3% · 6 months · Dates not published
Rose Rock Bridge · Tulsa, US · $100k · No equity · 6 weeks · Dates not published
Rutgers Propelus I-Corps Program · New Brunswick, US · $3k · No equity · 4 weeks · Dates not published
SBIR START Grants · US · $500k · No equity · — · Opens 1 Feb 2027
SBIR START Program · US · $500k · No equity · — · Dates not published
SBIR Targeted Technologies (START) Grants · US · $500k · No equity · — · Opens 1 Feb 2027
SBIR/STTR Bootcamp · US · — · No equity · 9 weeks · Dates not published
Shell GameChanger Accelerator Powered by the National Laboratory of the Rockies · Golden, US · $250k · No equity · 24 months · Dates not published
SOSV NY · New York, US · $550k · 10% · 16 weeks · Dates not published
SOSV SF · San Francisco, US · $550k · 10% · 16 weeks · Dates not published
Tech Venture Workshop · New York, US · $2k · No equity · — · Dates not published
USC and Techstars Accelerator · Los Angeles, US · $220k · — · 13 weeks · Dates not published
Venture Catalyst Program · Tucson, US · $50k · No equity · — · Dates not published
VentureBridge Fellows Program · Pittsburgh, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
xTech Accelerator · US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
Accelerate · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Activate Fellowship · US · — · — · 24 months · Dates not published
Activate International · US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
Alchemist Flagship · San Francisco, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
ARID · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Ascend · US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
Ascent · Boulder, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Ascent Deep Tech Accelerator · Boulder, US · — · — · 17 weeks · Dates not published
ATDC Robotics & Automation Track · Atlanta, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Bakar Climate Labs Pilot Program · Berkeley, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Berkeley Gateway Accelerator · US · — · — · 21 weeks · Dates not published
Big Sky SBIR/STTR Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Blue Tech Accelerator · US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
Board Builder Bootcamp · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Boston Landing Core Program · Cambridge, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Bridge · US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
Carbon to Value Initiative · New York, US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
Carbon to Value Initiative · US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
Catalyst Lab Incubator · Bozeman, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
CCI Accelerator · US · — · — · 22 weeks · Dates not published
CDL Compute · Vancouver, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL Space · CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL Supply Chain · Montreal, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL-Atlantic Prime Stream · Halifax, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL-Montreal · Montreal, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL-Toronto · Toronto, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CDL-Vancouver · Vancouver, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
CITRIS Foundry Innovation Incubator · Berkeley, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
Cleantech Open Northeast · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
CMU Deep Tech Venture-Ready Program · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
CO.LAB Accelerator · Chattanooga, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Colorado Quantum Incubator · Boulder, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Columbia Lab-to-Market Accelerator Network · New York, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Commercial Space Accelerator · Kent, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Dates not published
CoMotion Labs · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Complexity Bridge Venture Studio Program · US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
Concept to Customer Bootcamp · Columbus, US · — · — · 2 weeks · Dates not published
Conquer Accelerator - Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab · CA · — · — · 8 months · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab - Manufacturing · Seattle, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab - Neuro Stream · Toronto, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab - Texas · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab - Wisconsin · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Creative Destruction Lab Vancouver · Vancouver, CA · — · — · — · Dates not published
Customer to Capital Accelerator · Columbus, US · — · — · 14 weeks · Dates not published
Daybreak Labs · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Daybreak Labs Incubator · Livermore, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Deep Tech Bootcamp · Boston, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Dates not published
Deep Tech Security Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Deep Tech Venture Studio Program · US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
DOE Boost · US · — · — · 18 weeks · Dates not published
DTSA · US · — · — · 6 months · Dates not published
Dual-Use Acceleration · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Earth & Science Systems · US · — · — · 8 months · Dates not published
Earth and Space Systems Accelerator · US · — · — · 8 months · Dates not published
Elevate Idaho · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Embers Xcelerator · US · — · — · 12 weeks · Opens 1 Nov 2026
Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Entrepreneurial Fellows Program · US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
ETC Venture Studio · Baltimore, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
etc. Accelerator · Milwaukee, US · — · — · 23 weeks · Dates not published
etc. Fellowship · Milwaukee, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Dates not published
eTIPS Incubator · San Bernardino, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Expanding Frontiers Accelerator · Brownsville, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Flagship Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Forge · Rolla, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Foundations Program · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Founder Fellowship: NYC · New York, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
Founder Platform · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
Future 50 Physical AI Builders · US · — · — · 13 weeks · Dates not published