1) HAX
SOSV's hard tech pre-seed program is called HAX. Startups apply to HAX with their first prototype, information about their customers, and their vision.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: San Francisco
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Cyril Ebersweiler, Sean O'Sullivan
- Number of investments: 465
- Number of exits: 10
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 26
You can find their website here.
2) Expert Dojo
Expert Dojo puts money into startups in the pre-seed and seed stages that have a product, a plan for getting it to market, and the potential to grow quickly.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Santa Monica
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Brian Mac Mahon
- Number of investments: 102
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 13
You can find their website here.
3) H-FARM
H-FARM is an innovation platform that helps young people and companies learn about the digital world and create new business models. It also helps them learn how to use technology.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Italy
- City: Roncade
- Started in: 2005
- Founders: Giuseppe Miroglio, Maurizio Rossi, Riccardo Donadon
- Number of investments: 87
- Number of exits: 15
You can find their website here.
4) Sputnik ATX
Sputnik ATX is a venture capital fund and startup accelerator that gives money to maker-founders in their early stages of business.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Austin
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Joe Merrill, Oksana Mindyuk Malysheva
- Number of investments: 55
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 13
You can find their website here.
5) Overkill Ventures
Overkill Ventures is an angel fund based in the Nordics that invests in CEE and Nordics pre-seed b2b tech startups.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Latvia
- City: Riga
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: David Ventzel, Dmitry Saikovsky, Peter Marculans
- Number of investments: 29
- Number of exits: 2
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
6) Founders
Founders helps start-ups get off the ground and grow into full-fledged businesses when they get enough interest.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Denmark
- City: Copenhagen
- Started in: 2012
- Founders: Joshua Karjala-Svendsen, Peter Heering, Sebastian Stockmarr, Simon Sylvest, Stefano Zorzi, Ulrik Trolle
- Number of investments: 27
You can find their website here.
7) 70Ventures
70V helps B2B startups increase their revenue.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Lithuania
- City: Vilnius
- Started in: 2019
- Founders: Gytenis Galkis, Jean-Baptiste Daguene, Per Møller
- Number of investments: 14
You can find their website here.
8) HUB612
HUB612 helps more than 50 tech startups working in the fields of digital transformation, Fintech, and InsurTech.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Lyon
- Started in: 2016
- Number of investments: 12
You can find their website here.
9) RealCoAccelerator
RealCo is a Texas-based long-term accelerator that invests in, incubates, and speeds up B2B technology startups.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: San Antonio
- Founders: Chris Saum
- Number of investments: 02
You can find their website here.
10) Gema Ventures
Gema Ventures is a business-to-business (B2B) startup accelerator.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Brazil
- City: São Paulo
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Luisa Ribeiro
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
11) Edencia
The goal of Once upon a time is to give people the tools they need to start B2B SaaS companies at scale.
Details of the startup:
- Country: France
- City: Paris
- Started in: 2013
- Founders: Stéphane Paillard
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
12) Fincite Ventures
Fincite Ventures is a technology co-founder of startups in the fields of financial marketplaces or asset management.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Germany
- City: Frankfurt
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Ralf Ruben Heim
- Number of investments: 01
You can find their website here.
13) Blue Lake
Blue Lake invests in and helps out great immigrant founders in the UK who are in the pre-seed and seed stages of their business.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United Kingdom
- City: London
- Started in: 2019
You can find their website here.
14) Youngstown Business Incubator
YBI's main goals are to build successful digital businesses, encourage women and minorities to start their own businesses, and improve advanced manufacturing technologies.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Youngstown
- Started in: 1995
You can find their website here.
15) Flywheel New Ventures
Flywheel New Ventures 2020 is a venture capital fund for companies in their early stages. It is run by New Ventures Accelerator.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Winston Salem
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Peter Marsh
- Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12
You can find their website here.
16) 511 Capital
511 Capital is a mix of an incubator for new businesses and a private equity firm.
Details of the startup:
- Country: United States
- City: Evanston
- Founders: Russell Potterfield
You can find their website here.
17) 5Desire
5 Desire is an incubator that works to improve the startup environment in Vietnam and encourage people to start their own businesses.
Details of the startup:
- Country: Vietnam
- City: Ho Chi Minh City
- Started in: 2011
- Founders: Nguyen Pham
You can find their website here.