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Programs catalogued
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Curated submissions from the FounderCal community.
| Name | Apply URL | Description | Terms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Park Commons Founder Fellowship | Pre-seed "pre-idea" program | $400k for 7% plus $600k in the following round | Batch starts beginning of October | |
| Grandaddy pre-seed accelerator | $125k for 7% plus $375K uncapped MFN SAFE | Batch runs October to December, application deadline 8pm PT August 4th, decision by September 5th | ||
 Conviction Embed | Run by Sarah Guo, pre-seed and seed-stage for “AI-native” companies | $150k uncapped no discount MFN SAFE | In person retreat September 19-21, demo day in November | |
 Berkeley SkyDeck | Pre-seed accelerator run by UC Berkeley Haas Business School | $200k for 7.5% SAFE | Appear to have strong preference for UC Berkeley affiliated companies, but unclear if affiliation is a requirement. “Fund will also invest up to 10% of your first institutional funding round” | |
| Crypto accelerator | $450k for 9% SAFE with a 1:1.5 token side letter | — | ||
 Alchemist Accelerator | “for startups that monetize from enterprises” | Average of $25k net (minus tuition fees) for 5% equity grant | Has tuition fee, equity exchanged as a grant, unclear on exact terms. “Most Alchemist companies grant 5.0% of equity, but Alchemist has flexible terms.” | |
 Soma Capital Fellowship | Pre-seed and Seed-stage program | Up to $1M uncapped SAFE | — | |
 AI2 Incubator | Run by Allen Institute for AI | $50K-150K initial investment , unclear terms, additional investment right up to $500k | Teams also may get up to $1M in compute. Lots of “may” and “up to” and “optional” here. | |
 Founders, Inc. Fellowship | Pre-seed residency | $100k-$250k for 3-5% | Terms appear to vary on both funding and equity | |
 LAUNCH Accelerator | Run by Jason Calacanis for "pre-Series A with some traction" | $125k for 7% | Additional terms for follow on investment. Next batch in August. | |
| Both flagship & city-based programs | $112.5k for 6% ($150k minus $37.5k program fee) | Terms include “right to make a follow-on investment of an additional $500,000 or 20% of your next priced round of $1,000,000 or more, whichever is lower”. Terms listed are for Flagship program. | ||
 Accel Atoms | India focused | Up to $1M at variable terms | — | |
 Forum Accelerator | B2B SaaS accelerator from Forum Ventures | $100k for 7.5% | — | |
 Village Global Velocity | — | Up to $1M at variable terms | Unclear how hands on the program is | |
 Antler Residency | Pre-seed program in cities around the world | $200k SAFE for 8%, possible additional $300k uncapped | Listed terms for US residency | |
 Iterative | Singapore based pre-seed incubator | $150k-$500k for between 10-15% SAFE | Batch runs February to May | |
| 12 week residency for 2nd time founders | $1M uncapped SAFE plus 5% equity fee | Terms take 5% equity and the SAFE converts at terms of next financing. Application is open but no dates listed. Now appears to be seed stage focused. | ||
| a16z accelerator for technology x entertainment | Up to $1M at variable terms | Expanded from games focus | ||
 The Mint | Fintech pre-seed, run by Better Tomorrow Ventures | $500k for 10% on a SAFE | Unclear if this still runs | |
| Pre-seed & Seed-stage, from one of the biggest VCs | Variable terms | A rc Fall ‘25 will kick off in October. Word is no longer a full program | ||
 AI Grant | Created by Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross | $250k uncapped SAFE | Unclear if this program will continue after Nat Friedman joined Meta | |
 PearX | Pre-seed to Seed-stage | $250k-$2M at variable terms | — | |
 Techstars | City & subject-based programs | $20k for 6%, plus an optional $100k convertible note | Many different city and subject accelerators with different dates | |
 NEO Accelerator | Pre-seed & Seed-stage | 1.5% common stock grant plus $600k uncapped SAFE w/ time-limited $10M floor valuation | Complicated but good terms | |
 Entrepreneur First | Early stage talent program | $12k talent grant, non-guaranteed 8% equity grant plus up to $250k uncapped | Terms are complicated, see explanation here . | |
 Betaworks Camp | Thematic investment and residency program | $250k from BetaWorks on an uncapped SAFE w/ 25% discount, plus a 5% common stock take, plus up to $250k from syndicate at same terms and discount | Last batch focused on AI interfaces |
Core Accelerators
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Crypto Accelerators
Specialized list focused on Web3 and crypto-native cohorts.
| Accelerator | Website | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| alliance.xyz | Deadline | |
 a16z Crypto Startup School | a16zcrypto.com | Deadline |
 Outlier Ventures Base Camp | outlierventures.io | Deadline |
 Binance Labs Incubation Program | labs.binance.com | Deadline |
| coinbase.com | Deadline | |
 Tachyon by ConsenSys Mesh | mesh.xyz | Deadline |
 IDEO CoLab Startup Studio | ideocolab.com | Deadline |
 HackVC Accelerator | hack.vc | Deadline |
| seedclub.xyz | Deadline | |
 Orange DAO Accelerator | orangedao.xyz | Deadline |
 SuperLayer | superlayer.io | Deadline |
 Multicoin Scout Accelerator | multicoin.capital | Deadline |