Helping founders find community and connections
WEDC's Inclusive Entrepreneurship Accelerator delivered through the Mid-Hudson Women's Business Center, providing advanced business training, coaching, and capital access support to established and growing entrepreneurs across Orange, Sullivan, Dutchess, Ulster, and Putnam Counties.
A state-funded seed-stage accelerator in Buffalo investing $5M annually (5 companies × $1M each) in exchange for 5% equity. Companies must relocate to Buffalo for one year and receive workspace, mentorship, and investor access.
Learn more →New York State-funded accelerator that invests $5M annually in 5 seed-stage startups, each receiving $1M in exchange for 5% equity. Companies must relocate CEO and 50% of staff to Buffalo for 12 months. Includes free workspace at Seneca One Tower, mentorship, access to 1,000+ investor network, and quality-of-life programming. Founded 2014; 74 portfolio companies; $1B+ raised by alumni; unicorn (ACV Auctions) and publicly traded companies in portfolio.
Learn more →The AgTech track of Rev's Prototyping Hardware Accelerator, providing agricultural technology hardware startups with specialized training, mentorship from agriculture industry experts, and connections to food and ag partners across Upstate NY.
Learn more →NYC's first AI-focused accelerator at NYU's Data Future Lab, a 4-month program run in partnership with ff Venture Capital that provides AI startups with $100,000 investment, computing resources, curated expert access, and a NYC cohort community.
Learn more →Pre-accelerator program at the University of Rochester equipping students with entrepreneurship fundamentals: systems thinking, customer discovery, strategy, and innovation. Uses Blackboard LMS for structured step-by-step guidance. Teams gain mentorship, access to a startup database, and a competition platform. Incorporated teams receive $5K investment.
Learn more →Columbia University's student-run 8-week startup accelerator for Columbia-affiliated founders. No equity, no fees, no IP taken. Weekly 3-hour Friday sessions plus workshops, mentor office hours, and speaker events. Mentors include multi-million dollar founders, VCs, and startup legal/finance experts. 70+ graduated companies raised $19M+; alumni accepted to Y Combinator and Techstars. Access to Columbia's $250K Venture Competition.
Learn more →BOC Network's implementation of the Ascend NYC program — a JPMorgan Chase-funded initiative connecting established Bronx-based minority-owned businesses with anchor institution procurement opportunities through a Money, Markets, and Management (3-M) framework.
Learn more →A cohort-based business growth accelerator in the Bronx for established minority-owned businesses, connecting them with anchor institution procurement opportunities, management education, and access to capital through a Money, Markets, and Management (3-M) model.
Learn more →JPMorgan Chase-funded collaborative that accelerates growth of local inner-city businesses through a holistic Money, Markets and Management (3-M) model. Developed by University of Washington Foster School of Business. Connects businesses to anchor institutions and helps localize supply chains.
Learn more →A NYC-based accelerator founded by Baltic American Chamber of Commerce, Orion Worldwide Innovations, and Cornell Tech, supporting Pre-Seed to Series A+ startups globally with high-touch investor relationships, training, and deal-making.
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