Accelerators in Ohio
72 programs. Terms, equity and the next deadline for each, checked against the official pages.
The terms
- Median check
- $15k
- Median equity
- 6.25%
- Open now
- 8
- Next deadline
- 17 Nov 2026
Open now
- Trailblazer Software Accelerator · Cleveland, US · — · — · 12 weeks · Closes 17 Nov 2026
- BuildX Accelerator · Columbus, US · $15k · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Venture Lab Accelerator · Cincinnati, US · $10k · No equity · 10 weeks · Rolling admissions
- Aspiring Entrepreneur · Akron, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Rolling admissions
- Global Entrepreneur In Residence · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Lightship Bootcamp · US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Next Level Business Incubator · Akron, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
- Technology Incubator · Akron, US · — · — · — · Rolling admissions
Rolling or opening later
- Emerging Founder Residency · Cincinnati, US · $300k · 10% · 12 months · Dates not published
- Founder Institute Cincinnati · Cincinnati, US · — · 2.5% · — · Dates not published
- I-Corps @ Ohio · Cleveland, US · $15k · No equity · 7 weeks · Dates not published
- Lumos Accelerator · Columbus, US · $20k · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
- Quantum Innovation Catalyzer Program · Cleveland, US · $250k · — · 12 months · Dates not published
- Startup Fellows - Builder Track · Cincinnati, US · $10k · No equity · 11 weeks · Dates not published
- TechGrowth Ohio · Athens, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Venture Lab · Cincinnati, US · — · No equity · — · Dates not published
- Venture Studio by Comeback Capital · Cincinnati, US · $100k · — · 16 weeks · Dates not published
- 11000 Cedar · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- AccelerateHer · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Alloy Growth Lab · Norwood, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Alloy Startup Incubator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Bounce Incubator · Akron, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Cleveland Clinic Innovations Incubator · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Cleveland Incubator · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Columbus Incubator · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Concept to Customer Bootcamp · Columbus, US · — · — · 2 weeks · Dates not published
- Creative Incubator · Dayton, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Cultivate US · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Customer to Capital Accelerator · Columbus, US · — · — · 14 weeks · Dates not published
- CWRU i-Corps@NCATS · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- CWRU LaunchNET · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Digital Pre-Accelerator · Cincinnati, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Engine Technology · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- EO Cincinnati Accelerator · Cincinnati, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Findlay Kitchen · Cincinnati, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Findlay Launch · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 15 months · Dates not published
- Findlay Launch · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 9 weeks · Dates not published
- Findlay Learn - Growing into a Storefront · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 6 weeks · Dates not published
- gBETA Cincinnati · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 7 weeks · Dates not published
- Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center Incubator · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Grassroots Microschool Mentorship · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 9 months · Opens 1 Dec 2026
- Landing Zone Advanced Manufacturing Market Entry Lab · Youngstown, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- LaunchNET Kent State · Kent, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- LIFTOFF · East Liverpool, US · — · — · 10 weeks · Dates not published
- Money Matters · Youngstown, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Dates not published
- MORTAR Entrepreneurship Academy · Akron, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Dates not published
- MORTAR Entrepreneurship Academy · Cincinnati, US · — · — · 15 weeks · Dates not published
- MORTAR Entrepreneurship Academy · Columbus, US · — · — · 15 weeks · Dates not published
- NEO LaunchNET · Elyria, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- NOVA: Newcomer Opportunities for Venture and Acceleration · Cleveland, US · — · — · 16 weeks · Dates not published
- Ohio AI Accelerator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Ohio AI Accelerator - Startups Track · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Rev1 Labs · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Rev1 Ventures Studio · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- STRIDE Accelerator · Akron, US · — · — · 20 weeks · Dates not published
- Synthe6 Materials Accelerator · Akron, US · — · — · 12 months · Dates not published
- Techstars Columbus Powered by The Ohio State University · Columbus, US · — · — · 13 weeks · Dates not published
- The Innovation Center · Athens, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Venture Development Studio · Columbus, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Venture Lab NEXT · Cincinnati, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Women of Color: Access to Capital Bootcamp Program · Cincinnati, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- YBI ENGINE Tech Incubator · Youngstown, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- YBI Incubation Program · Youngstown, US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Youngstown Business Incubator · US · — · — · — · Dates not published
- Marcus M. Greene Fund for Entrepreneurship Program · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Closed 9 Oct 2026
- Big Idea Grant · Cleveland, US · $1.5k · No equity · — · Closed 11 Sep 2026
- Morgan Startup Grant · Cleveland, US · $3k · No equity · — · Closed 11 Sep 2026
- Trailblazer HealthTech Accelerator · US · — · — · 12 weeks · Closed 2 Aug 2026
- CDL-Cleveland Healthcare Delivery · Cleveland, US · — · — · — · Closed 24 Jul 2026
- Weston Summer Accelerator · Cleveland, US · — · — · 8 weeks · Closed 1 May 2026
- OhioXcelerate · Canton, US · — · — · 4 weeks · Closed 12 Mar 2026
- Venture Velocity Program · Cincinnati, US · $250k · — · 8 weeks · Closed 1 Nov 2025