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12-week hybrid accelerator in Modesto, CA for circular bioeconomy startups, providing $100K total support including $15K non-dilutive grant, $35K investment, and $50K campus credits.
Accelerates commercialization of UC San Diego technologies with dual-use potential by providing funding, mentorship, and networks to help researchers and startups develop solutions for both civilian and defense applications, advancing them toward real-world deployment.
Learn more →A specialized JLABS residency in partnership with BARDA (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority) focused on medical countermeasures and pandemic preparedness technologies.
Learn more →A semester-based incubator program for founders aged 18+ to accelerate innovative ideas into reality. Through a semester course curriculum, students explore all steps to creating a startup: technical assistance, physical co-working space, subject matter expert and advisor sessions, and access to entrepreneurial resources. Also includes Youth Innovators Lab for ages 16–18. Past cohort graduates include smart business card companies and zero-waste product startups.
Learn more →Offers Cal Poly students and recent alumni a 12-week summer program to develop business models, receive mentorship, seed funding, and entrepreneurial training to launch scalable startups.
Learn more →An 11-week, no-cost and no-equity accelerator program for early-stage startups in the western US, run by the UCR Innovation Hub (I-HUB) as part of the Inland SoCal Accelerate Hub initiative funded by CalOSBA.
Learn more →\- Provides non-dilutive funding and commercialization support to small businesses developing innovative technologies through federal agency partnerships, helping them advance from concept to market with expert guidance and resources. \- Offers a nine-month accelerator to nurture and scale bioscience and healthcare innovations that improve health and wellness in Los Angeles communities, especially those impacted by limited access to new solutions. \- Delivers a nine-month immersive experience supporting innovators to pilot and expand solutions that boost community resilience and adaptability to weather disasters and environmental challenges at no cost.
Learn more →Accelerates early-stage ventures developing medical, digital health, and biotech solutions to address health challenges in Los Angeles, offering mentorship, strategic guidance, ecosystem connections, and non-dilutive funding to improve community health and equity.
Learn more →UC San Diego's top-ranked deep biotech accelerator at the Center for Novel Therapeutics. Supports disruptive life sciences and digital health startups across longevity, BioAI, quantum, AI drug discovery, regenerative medicine, genomics, food tech, and more. Weekly sprints, capital closing clinics, AMAs, and investor sessions. Portfolio has generated $2.3B+ in exits and funds raised.
Learn more →Offers personalized training, global market insights, intensive sales coaching, and legal support to help founders in sectors like clean tech, AI, and advanced manufacturing scale their startups, with opportunities for investor exposure and pitch development in Sacramento.
Learn more →Seed-stage funding and support program for genomics-focused startups. Offers access to Illumina sequencing systems and reagents, lab space, and business guidance. Evolved into Illumina Ventures Labs (2023) with a focus on company creation. Illumina for Startups Grants also available for proof-of-concept sequencing experiments. 74 companies invested 2014–2023, with portfolio raising $1.2B+ collectively.
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