Ad Astra | Accelerator | ? | mentoring, investment | San Diego based accelerator focused on female-led startups |
The Brink SBDC | Accelerator | Free (plus low-cost training) | consulting services and training | University of San Diego based accelerator offering business consulting and training to entrepreneurs. |
CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center | Accelerator | Free | office space, mentoring, community resources, access to investors | A business accelerator exclusively for low to moderate income and diverse founders. |
Eli Lilly Gateway Labs | Accelerator/Incubator | ? | lab space, access to Eli Lilly expertise | An accelerator based on giving participants access to Eli Lilly scientists and executives.
San Diego campus slated for mid-2024 |
EvoNexus | Incubator | 1-5% equity for $0 | office space, mentoring, access to capital | San Diego based non-profit incubator focused on software, hardware, and life science startups |
Exo Incubator | Virtual/IP Pool | Negotiated | mentoring, shared expertise/IP, access to capital | Virtual incubator focused on exosome and extracellular vesicle IP, technologies and companies |
Founder Institute - San Diego | Accelerator | $1299 + 4% equity for $0 investment | mentoring; help with fundraising | Accelerator with shared equity program (paid out from 4% equity buy in); 3.5 month program |
JLABS | Incubator | ? | lab space, office space, shared facilities, office management | J&J operated biotech and medical device incubator; founded in San Diego with multiple locations throughout North America |
Launch Factory | Incubator | n/a | funding, space, mentoring | San Diego based "reverse" incubator - they come up with the ideas and then hunt for the entrepreneurs to run it. |
LaunchPad | Incubator | ? | office space, back-office support, legal advice | San Diego based incubator run by the law firm Procopio, with an obvious focus on legal support. They support a broad array of industries including the life sciences. |
LogicBoost Labs | Accelerator | 20% equity for $150k-$300k | mentoring; in-house sales, marketing, and engineering resources | San Diego based B2B SaaS accelerator |
Murrieta Genomics | Incubator | ? | lab space; access to NGS equipment; industry contacts | Murrieta based incubator focused on genomics startups. |
PSE Lab | Incubator | ? | mentorship; legal and financial advice; access to local experts | The "Policy and Strategy Entrepreneurship Lab" is a San Diego based program run by UCSD. |
StartR | Accelerator | Free* | office space, mentoring | San Diego based accelerator run by UC Rady School of Management; free for Rady students and alumni; 6 month program |
Illumina Accelerator | Accelerator | 8% equity for $0 investment | office space, lab space, sequencing reagents/instruments, expertise, access to capital | San Francisco based accelerator run by Illumina; focused exclusively on genomics startups; 6 month program |
YCombinator | Accelerator | 7% equity for $120k investment | mentoring, capital | The original accelerator, based in Silicon Valley; mostly focused on technology, but lately have been moving into the life sciences; 3 month program |