Accelerators and incubators · No company needed
Accelerators for AI and tech builders, narrowed to funding you can take as an individual. Eligibility gates shown per programme.
27 programmes
Sector-agnostic pre-seed cohort of two to three founders building breakthrough technology, investing up to $1M as equity or a convertible note over three months.
Three-month in-person batch in San Francisco; YC invests $500,000 in two safes, $125,000 of it for a fixed 7%.
$250,000 on a no-cap no-discount MFN SAFE for AI-native product startups, plus $600,000 in Azure and partner credits.
INR 360,000 Talent Investment stipend during team formation, then $125,000 on a post-money SAFE for 8%; 24 weeks split between Bangalore and San Francisco.
£6,000 Talent Investment stipend during team formation, then $125,000 on a post-money SAFE for 8%; 24 weeks split between London and San Francisco.
Three-month online programme to find a co-founder and build an MVP, paid for by the participant (EUR 1,000+VAT); top teams can pitch for a convertible investment up to EUR 100,000.
Three-month hybrid pre-seed programme for Indian and Indian-origin AI founders, investing up to $1M-$2M as equity or a convertible note alongside Google's AI Futures Fund, plus up to $350,000 in Google compute credits.
Twelve weeks in person in San Francisco; $500K for 10% upfront on a SAFE plus a further $500K committed to the next round within 18 months.
$400K upfront for 7% on a standard SAFE plus $600K guaranteed in the next external round; eight-week in-person bootcamp then open-ended residency.
$250K on an uncapped, no-discount MFN SAFE plus a large compute credits package; Conviction publishes no equity percentage, so the stake is unknown.
Six months inside the SPC community to ideate and validate, with no cost and no equity taken; rolling admission.
Seed equity investment of $500K to $5M per company, with an eight-week immersion once a year and open-ended platform support; no equity percentage published.
First cheque of $350K to $1.25M at pre-seed on Seedsummit standard terms; Seedcamp publishes no fixed equity percentage.
Twelve weeks in person in NYC; up to $500K guaranteed, of which Betaworks Ventures invests up to $250K on an uncapped SAFE at a 25% discount and takes a 5% common stock stake.
Six-month cohort taking roughly 20 startups every six months; the SkyDeck Fund invests $210,000 for 7.5%, against a $7.5K programme fee.
Four-month in-person programme in Palo Alto; $150,000 investment for a 6% stake, subject to terms and diligence.
Fourteen-week programme investing a fixed $125K for 7% equity, taking only seven companies per cohort.
$120,000 invested per company over a twelve-week programme in San Francisco or New York; AngelPad does not publish the equity percentage it takes.
$100k for 7.5% on a standard post-money SAFE, for pre-seed B2B software companies that have raised under $500k and have an MVP in market.
An eight-week virtual founder programme for pre-seed teams building on Base, with a $10k grant on admission and a $50k investment for a minimum of three teams.
Six-month AI accelerator investing $125K for 7% equity, with a $25,000 participation fee that is deductible from the investment.
Bi-annual open call for pre-seed and seed founders, built around a four-day Arc Intensive; Sequoia publishes no standard cheque size or equity percentage.
Virtual incubation for AI and ML startups at T-Hub's MATH centre of excellence, offering compute, tooling and mentorship; no investment amount, equity or fee is published.
A residency for repeat founders taking ten teams per batch; HF0 publishes no investment amount or equity percentage on its own site, so both are left unknown.
£125,000 for 8.5% equity plus £85,000 via a convertible note, against a £40,000 service fee; eight-week London residency.
Initial commitment typically $500K to $1M plus $650K in partner credits, no programme fee; monthly cohorts of up to three months in San Francisco, New York City or Austin.
National innovation challenge with the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub for AI-native fintech serving India's self-help groups; offers pilots, mentoring and network access, with no cash award published.