North American Partners

LatAm Startups is a movement helping startups to scale. Their focus is North America entering through Canada and Latin America entering through Pacific Alliance countries as a first alternative, following by Brazil and Argentina-Uruguay as a second and third alternative respectively

The Advanced Energy Centre is a neutral third party that, through its programs and projects, contributes to thought leadership in the energy industry. The AEC was founded in February 2014. It is a partnership between MaRS Discovery District (one of the world's largest urban innovation centre), the Ontario Ministry of Energy, and the private sector. Their mission is to foster the adoption of innovative energy technologies in Ontario and Canada, and to leverage those successes and experiences into international markets.

MassChallenge is the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet. No equity and not-for-profit, they are obsessed with helping entrepreneurs across any industry. They also reward the highest-impact startups through a competition to win a portion of several million dollars in equity-free cash awards. Through their global network of accelerators in Boston, London, Jerusalem, Lausanne and Mexico City and unrivalled access to their corporate partners, they can have a massive impact - driving growth and creating value the world over.

IA is an Austin-based startup accelerator program focused solely on non-US citizen startups founders that provides access to seed funding and the unique services you need to grow your startup in the United States. Key services: 1. US network of investors, mentors, customers & partners 2. One-on-one coaching designed for foreign founders in the US 3. Relocation & expansion support 4. Funding

The AngelHack HACKcelerator is an early accelerator program that transitions startups from concept stage to MVP with early traction in 12 weeks and currently has a portfolio valued at $38MM+ across 110+ companies. Recent Success Stories: - Testlio: $6.25MM Series A in April 2016 - Airpost.io: Acquired by BOX in February 2015 - Osper: Raised $10MM in funding in Jun 2014 - Appetas: Acquired by Google in May 2014 - Slick Login: Acquired by Google in Feb 2014 Success Statistics: - Out of 109 accelerated teams, 56 are active / (51.38%) - Out of 56 active teams, 25 raised funds / (44.64%) - Out of 56 active teams, 13 have been accepted into later-stage accelerator (23.2%) - Out of 56 active teams, 4 have been acquired (7.14%)

Agora Partnerships strives to accelerate the shift to a more sustainable, equitable, and abundant world that supports entrepreneurs intentionally working to create social impact. Through the Agora Accelerator they provide high-potential, early- and growth-stage companies solving social and environmental challenges with in-depth consulting support and access to mentors, investors, and a global community of peers.

NRI Startup India, an US based organisation, which provides a platform to startup companies across the globe and supports them in exploring the global market. NRI Startup India is offering end to end services for international technology startups companies. The organization aims to support the transition of the startup companies by providing: 1) Funding from Seed to Series A 2) Market intelligence and briefing 3) Work space and business operations support 4) Mentoring and networking opportunities The organization has office in USA and in India and also has members in Germany, London, Singapore and Toronto. They are also partnering with multiple incubators, universities, and investor's groups globally to reach out to all the potential startups where they can invest and also plan to organize an exchange program where they would be inviting startups from across the globe to be a part of their International Innovation Centre (coming up at Gift City, India) & vice versa.

The Sendgrid Accelerate Program has been specially crafted for top tier startups, accelerators, VCs and incubators. As a dedicated team of business and technical experts that live and breathe startups, the SendGrid Community Development Team is here to help founders and their companies grow faster and smarter by providing comprehensive support, networking, and resources including access to SendGrid’s world class email deliverability platform and engagement tools. Although Denver based, they have established themselves all around the world.

Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to build their business.

Global family of 15 vertically-oriented, mentor driven accelerator programs.

StartEd exists to advance the army of education innovators solving the world’s largest problems in education. StartEd does so by creating edtech incubators, accelerators, and innovation festivals for organizations aiming to be the catalyst for their education innovation ecosystem.

Our Accelerators offer 3-month intensive boot camps for the most innovative Edtech startups to refine their companies in a mentor-driven program. Our Incubators are communities of education innovators around the globe who share facilities and a virtual community, host speaker series', and learn from each other.

About NYU Edtech Accelerator, powered by StartEd

The NYU Edtech Accelerator, hosted in partnership with StartEd, is New York's premier EdTech Accelerator-- a three month intensive, deep immersion accelerator program and community for education startups who are guaranteed $20,000 but can receive up to $170,000 in financing plus mentorship from industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs, and investors. The Accelerator works with any founder solving a problem in pre-kindergarten, K-12, HigherEd, corporate learning, or adult learning. All entrepreneurs passionate about solving these problems, including solo founders and non-profits, are encouraged to join the community, virtually or in-person in Manhattan.

CoMotion Labs, part of CoMotion, provides a multi-industry labs system hosting startups inside and outside the UW community in IT, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Clean Tech and AR/VR. We average between 60 to 90 startups in our incubators at any given time. Our startups range from pre-seed to Series A, employing 2 to 15 people each, and are variously headed by students, faculty, and community leaders, with both new and seasoned entrepreneurs represented. CoMotion Labs removes barriers and increases connections to ensure our startups' optimal success in taking their innovations to impact.

Canadian Seed stage VC with 10 year top performance track record. Most active fund to support international startups.

"GWIC/Dub.Works is the first dedicated space on the George Washington University campus available to all students as a cross-departmental and multidisciplinary innovation center. The GWIC/Dub.Works environment promotes a climate for ideation, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. It leverages existing resources to engage students, faculty, staff and alumni to address critical problems and social good. We aid discussion around disruptive ideas, exposure to real world opportunities, and collaboration across all academic schools on campus."

Founders Space is a leading global incubator and accelerator. With over 50 partners in 22 countries, we’ve built an international community of startups. Founders Space is ranked a top 10 incubator in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc. Magazines.

BlueBox Ventures is a global platform that helps entrepreneurs be successful. We are an Accelerator that links corporations and startups.

NEXT Canada is a national, non-profit organization that develops exceptional talent to create world-class ventures and propel technology adoption. Founded in 2010 as The Next 36 by a group of pioneering business leaders and academics, NEXT Canada is today a leader in the delivery of cutting-edge programming designed to foster lifelong entrepreneurship in three streams: NextAI, Next 36 and Next Founders. Our programs, delivered through meaningful partnerships between government and the private sector, strengthen the foundations of Canada’s current and future health and prosperity.

Berkeley SkyDeck is UC Berkeley's largest startup accelerator, working with 100+ startup teams at any given time through our 6-month acceleration method. SkyDeck specializes in connecting promising international startups into both the UC Berkeley and Silicon Valley ecosystems to help them scale into top global companies. Our network of UC Berkeley faculty, 500,000+ living Cal alumni, and top tier venture capital firms like Sequoia, Mayfield, and Canvas provide startups with access and advice. Accepted cohort teams receive a $100,000 investment for 5% equity and over $400K in in-kind resources.

We are the largest global community of entrepreneurs and innovators using tech to expand human joy and possibility. We serve motivated and talented people building transformative tech worldwide by helping them find feedback, funding, and friends. We gather, connect, and inspire our community through our global ecosystem.

StartupMexico is Mexico's first innovation campus for entrepreneurs, a super hub that includes newly formed high-impact companies, seed capital funds, corporate implants, entrepreneurial services all under the same roof, concocting a new type of ecosystem-in-a-building that fosters collaboration, innovation, and a more competitive Mexico.

Gifted Citizen seeks to benefit humanity by freeing up creative potential and promoting innovation, through incentivizing Social Entrepreneurship projects that can have an impact on 10 million people over the next six years.

The DMZ is a world leading accelerator for tech startups in Canada. We help startups build great businesses by connecting them with customers, capital, experts and a community of entrepreneurs and influencers. For us, this means creating an environment where you can focus on scaling your business. We help with the rest.

The Techstars Sustainability Accelerator, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, will ensure that we innovate to make the world a better place to live. Techstars and The Nature Conservancy are seeking for-profit entrepreneurs with commercially viable technologies that can rapidly scale to help sustainably provide food and water and address global issues like climate change.

At Toronto Business Development Center (TBDC), we have been helping start-ups establish, grow and scale by offering variety of programs that provide access to a suite of resources and business services creating an ecosystem that aids high-potential start-ups to go-to market and scale

The Biomimicry Institute empowers people to create nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet. We envision a world in which people view nature not as a warehouse of goods but as a storehouse of knowledge and inspiration for sustainable solutions. Our goal is for biomimicry to become a natural part of the design process. To accomplish this, we run global Design Challenges, early-stage startup incubators, and provide equity-free funding for seed-stage startups.