The Impact Investing industry has seen an increasing number of accelerators, incubators and entrepreneurship programs emerge for startups and entrepreneurs to gain exposure, become more productive, or make connections.
It is still hard for Impact Investing startups to get noticed by VCs, but these programs are proving to be extremely useful for startups looking for capital and other help.
That's why we've compiled a list of the 61 best accelerators and incubators in the Impact Investing industry.
61 Impact Investing Accelerators and Incubators 1) Y Combinator Y Combinator is a business accelerator that invests twice a year in a diverse variety of startups.
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Country: United States City: Mountain View Started in: 2005 Founders: Jessica Livingston, Lucas Thomaz, Paul Graham, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell Number of investments: 4,129 Funding amount: $120,000 Number of exits: 389 Equity Taken: 7% Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
2) Capria Ventures Capria leads and collaborates with the broadest network of fund managers in emerging markets to produce superior returns and expanded impact.
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Country: United States City: Seattle Started in: 2015 Founders: Dave Richards, David Riley, Jack Knellinger, Will Poole Number of investments: 11 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 3 You can find their website here
3) Branded Strategic Hospitality Branded Strategic Hospitality is a hospitality investment and solutions firm that makes use of its ecosystem of venues.
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Country: United States City: New York Started in: 2017 Founders: Dean Palin, James Frischling, Michael Schatzberg Number of investments: 26 You can find their website here
4) Madrona Venture Labs Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that creates businesses from the ground up.
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Country: United States City: Seattle Started in: 2014 Founders: Sam Clark Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here
5) InnoEnergy InnoEnergy is the European innovation engine for sustainable energy.
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Country: The Netherlands City: Eindhoven Started in: 2010 Founders: Diego Pavía Number of investments: 127 Number of exits: 2 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 5 You can find their website here
6) Huddle A company that serves as a coworking incubator.
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Country: India City: Haryana Started in: 2017 Founders: Ishaan Khosla, Rakesh Bhatia Number of investments: 11 You can find their website here
7) Gayo Capital Investing in the Winner of Tomorrow
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Country: Singapore City: Singapore Started in: 2020 Founders: Edward Ismawan Chamdani, Ishara Yusdian Number of investments: 10 You can find their website here
8) Alphacap Berhad Alphacap invests in exceptional entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology that will usher in the next era of innovation.
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Country: Malaysia City: Puchong Started in: 2016 Founders: Jeh Shyan Wong, Jeh Shyan Wong, Rayson Wong Number of investments: 16 You can find their website here
9) The Baobab Network The Baobab Network is a tech accelerator in Africa that supports early-stage startups.
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Country: Kenya City: Nairobi Started in: 2015 Founders: Toby Hanington, Tom Fairburn Number of investments: 18 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here
10) Seedstars Seedstars is a global venture capital firm with over 50 portfolio businesses that invest in early-stage tech startups in emerging nations.
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Country: Switzerland City: Geneva Started in: 2012 Founders: Adrien de Loes, Michael Weber, Pierre-Alain Masson Number of investments: 77 Number of exits: 2 You can find their website here
11) Conscious Venture Lab We establish companies based on the power of purpose at Conscious Venture Lab, a four-month immersive accelerator with a curriculum and mentors.
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Country: United States City: Baltimore Started in: 2013 Founders: Jeffrey Cherry, Zach Gottlieb Number of investments: 12 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 16 You can find their website here
12) nfinitiv funding We don't just invest; we do a lot more. We recognize that money alone is insufficient.
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Country: Luxembourg City: Luxembourg Started in: 2017 Number of investments: 7 Number of exits: 3 You can find their website here
13) Decelera Decelera focuses on creating differentiating value for its stakeholders by using a deceleration process.
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Country: Spain City: Mahón Started in: 2014 Founders: Marcos Martín, Ricard Garriga Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 2 You can find their website here
14) Satria Daulat Global, PT The Green & Gayo Capital Initiative at Ideosource focuses on impact portfolio management and investment.
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Country: Indonesia City: Jakarta Started in: 2020 Founders: Edward Ismawan Chamdani, Ishara Yusdian You can find their website here
15) Skyland Ventures Skyland Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps companies with business development, recruitment, and management.
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Country: Japan City: Tokyo Started in: 2012 Founders: Yoshihiko Kinoshita Number of investments: 60 Number of exits: 2 You can find their website here
16) Katapult Ocean Katapult Ocean conducts accelerator programs and impact funds that invest in the world's most innovative blue economy impact-tech firms.
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Country: Norway City: Oslo Started in: 2018 Founders: Anders Lier, Haakon Brunell, Maren Hjorth Bauer, Tharald Nustad Number of investments: 18 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
17) Extreme Venture Partners Extreme Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in start-ups, early stage companies, and seed stage companies.
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Country: Canada City: Toronto Started in: 2007 Founders: Imran Bashir, Ken Teslia, Ray Sharma, Sunil Sharma Number of investments: 72 Number of exits: 14 You can find their website here
18) Fashion For Good Fashion For Good is a global effort that aims to improve the quality of all fashion.
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Country: The Netherlands City: Amsterdam Started in: 2016 Number of investments: 18 Number of exits: 1 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
19) Dream Incubator Dream Incubator is a strategic consulting and business development agency that assists businesses in their expansion and success.
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Country: Japan City: Tokyo Started in: 2000 Founders: Koichi Hori Number of investments: 85 Number of exits: 20 You can find their website here
20) FoodFutureCo FoodFutureCo is a scale-up accelerator for existing, mission-driven food companies.
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Country: United States City: New York Started in: 2015 Founders: Shen Tong Number of investments: 37 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 20 You can find their website here
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21) IMPACT Accelerator Our objective is to assist entrepreneurs, businesses, and institutions in transforming themselves to become more competitive in the digital age.
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Country: Spain City: Madrid Started in: 2014 Founders: Lars Brøndum Petersen, Michael Kleindl, Nacho Pinedo, Sanyu Karani, Tomasz Mazuryk Number of investments: 105 Number of exits: 4 You can find their website here
22) COLABORATIVOx Open Innovation & Impact Technology
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Country: United States City: San Francisco Started in: 2012 Founders: Alfredo Montoya Number of investments: 16 Number of exits: 1 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 24 You can find their website here
23) Ship2B Ship2B is an impact investing instrument that supports economic and social enterprise profitability.
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Country: Spain City: Barcelona Started in: 2013 Founders: Clara Navarro, Maite Fibla, Xavier Pont Number of investments: 29 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
24) Chobani Food Incubator Chobani Incubator is a program for businesses that want to fix broken food systems so that more people can eat better food.
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Country: United States City: New York Started in: 2016 Founders: Hamdi Ulukaya Number of investments: 37 You can find their website here
25) MAZE We collaborate with impact ventures and investors at MAZE to grow effective solutions to social and environmental issues.
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Country: Portugal City: Lisboa Started in: 2013 Founders: Antonio Miguel, Luís Fonseca Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
26) GLOCAL We are Latin America's first 100% focused Agrifoodtech Acceleration Fund with a triple effect vision.
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Country: Argentina City: Rosario Started in: 2016 Founders: Bernardo Milesy Number of investments: 11 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
27) LaunchHouse LaunchHouse is a lean startup accelerator situated in Ohio that provides education, funding, coaching, and networking opportunities.
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Country: United States City: Highland Started in: 2010 Number of investments: 41 You can find their website here
28) Upaya Social Ventures Upaya creates work for the poorest of the poor by investing in and consulting on small enterprises.
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Country: United States City: Seattle Started in: 2011 Number of investments: 12 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
29) Algorand Europe Accelerator The Algorand Europe Accelerator is a startup accelerator for decentralized application developers and entrepreneurs.
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Country: United Kingdom City: London Started in: 2020 Number of investments: 2 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
30) RevUp Capital RevUp Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in and supports revenue-generating B2B and B2C businesses.
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Country: United States City: Providence Started in: 2015 Founders: Allan Tear, Bill Cesare, Melissa Withers Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here
31) Just Business It is a social change firm that invests in and incubates lucrative and forward-thinking companies committed to making a positive influence on the world.
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Country: United States City: San Francisco Started in: 2006 Founders: David Batstone, Mark Wexler Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here
32) Pangea accelerator Pangea is a startup accelerator and investment platform that connects African startups with funding, expertise, and networks.
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Country: Norway City: Oslo Started in: 2016 Founders: Jonas Tesfu Number of investments: 4 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 15 You can find their website here
33) ABN AMRO & Techstars Future of Finance Accelerator The Future of Finance Accelerator by ABN AMRO and Techstars is a program that focuses on entrepreneurs in all sectors of FinTech.
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Country: The Netherlands City: Amsterdam Number of investments: 10 You can find their website here
34) BERRIUP Berriup is a business accelerator that encourages funding, mentoring, and follow-up.
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Country: Spain City: Donostia-san Sebastián Started in: 2015 Founders: Alvaro Bilbao, Gabriel Benguría, Pablo Ayala, Pedro Muñoz-Baroja Number of investments: 21 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 17 You can find their website here
35) NESsT NESsT creates long-term social companies that address pressing social issues.
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Country: United States City: San Francisco Started in: 1997 Founders: Nicole Etchart You can find their website here
36) Nextgrid Investing in Artificial Intelligence Startups, Talent, and Ecosystems to Quicken the Pace of Innovation
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Country: Poland City: Warsaw Started in: 2019 Founders: Mathias Asberg, Sandra Kublik Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 10 You can find their website here
37) HiiL Justice Accelerator We are the world's only accelerator dedicated to innovating justice and achieving SDG16.
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Country: The Netherlands City: The Hague Started in: 2005 Number of investments: 3 You can find their website here
38) HighTechXL HighTechXL is Europe's premier high-tech startup incubator.
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Country: The Netherlands City: Eindhoven Started in: 2016 Founders: Guus Frericks, Patrick Gabriels Number of investments: 2 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 12 You can find their website here
39) WorldStartup WorldStartup helps ventures focus on future solutions that have a positive impact grow faster.
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Country: The Netherlands City: Den Haag Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 48 You can find their website here
40) Schweizer Kapital Global Impact Fund AG Since the beginning of 2018, the first specialized impact investor for exclusively disruptive business models has been active in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
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Country: Switzerland City: Zürich Started in: 2018 Founders: Umut Ertan Number of investments: 2 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here
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41) Audacity Fund Reno The Community Foundation of Western Nevada's Audacity Fund Reno is a field-of-interest fund.
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Country: United States City: Reno Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here
42) Wigilabs Wigilabs assists its clients in achieving their business goals by utilizing digital platforms wisely.
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Country: Colombia City: Bogotá Started in: 2003 You can find their website here
43) The Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator Roux Institute Techstars collaborates with companies who are developing products in artificial intelligence and related fields.
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Country: United States City: Portland Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here
44) Vive.VC Vive.vc is a worldwide networked venture building ecosystem that invests in startups in their early stages.
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Country: United States City: Manassas You can find their website here
45) Angel Challenge Angel Challenge is a workshop-based program aimed at angel investors and entrepreneurs.
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Country: Norway City: Oslo Started in: 2015 Founders: Knut Wien, Maja Adriaensen, Thomas Berglund Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here
46) Collide Village Accelerator Program In Dallas, Texas, the Collide Village Accelrator Program (CVAP) is a milestone-driven seed stage startup accelerator.
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Country: United States City: Addison Started in: 2014 Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here
47) Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab Season 5 of Ubisoft Entrepreneurs will focus on two primary areas: blockchain and social entertainment.
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Country: France City: Paris Number of investments: 1 Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 30 You can find their website here
48) Eckert Life Science Accelerator The Eckert Life Science Accelerator is a Berlin-based life science incubator.
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Country: Germany City: Berlin Founders: Dr. Andreas Eckert Number of investments: 1 Number of exits: 1 You can find their website here
49) Bir Ventures Bir Ventures creates and commercializes knowledge-based technologies that tackle real-world challenges.
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Country: United States City: Bloomington Started in: 2012 Founders: Azeem Amir, Hassan Syed, Shahnawaz Khan Number of investments: 4 You can find their website here
50) Y&Archer Y&Archer is a startup accelerator that helps companies break into the worldwide market.
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Country: South Korea City: Seoul Started in: 2015 You can find their website here
51) Future Minds Accelerator Rio Tinto, BlueChilli, and Amazon Web Services have teamed up to form the Future Minds Accelerator.
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Country: Australia City: Perth Number of investments: 1 You can find their website here
52) Peracha Ventures Peracha is a global leader in the accelerator program for consulting and digital solutions firms.
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Country: Pakistan City: Karachi Started in: 2013 Founders: Sarah Peracha Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 4 You can find their website here
53) Biomimicry Startup Innovation The Biomimicry Startup Innovation creates, launches, and grows a sustainable startup using nature-inspired design.
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Country: United States City: Missoula You can find their website here
54) Greatness Collective Greatness Collective is a worldwide network of social entrepreneurs that connects leaders, opportunities, and people.
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Country: United States City: Solana Beach Founders: Michael Sh, Mike Sherbakov You can find their website here
55) Climbcrew Venture Capital Climbcrew invests in early-stage technology firms in the travel, retail, financial, and insurance industries.
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Country: Spain City: Valencia Started in: 2013 You can find their website here
56) Shona Shona is a startup accelerator that focuses on Eastern African startups.
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Country: Uganda City: Kampala Started in: 2013 Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here
57) Greenhouse Lab Greenhouse Lab is a female-led technology accelerator focused primarily on early-stage companies.
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Country: Nigeria City: Lagos Started in: 2018 Number of investments: 2 You can find their website here
58) OFF7 Ouest France's accelerator, OFF7, aims to assist French companies in running their businesses smoothly.
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Country: France City: Rennes Accelerator Duration (in weeks): 33 You can find their website here
59) SRCkode For entrepreneurs and startups, SRCkode is an agile consultant and accelerator.
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Country: Canada City: Vancouver Started in: 2017 You can find their website here
60) Motherland Motherland assists and supports startups with long-term objectives.
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Country: Germany City: Berlin Founders: Thomas Schindler You can find their website here
61) Giving Tech Labs Public Interest Fund I Impact Investing and Return on Social Investment are the focus of this fund (ROSOCI)
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Country: United States City: Seattle Started in: 2017 Founders: Luis J. Salazar, Shelly Cano Kurtz You can find their website here
