Lesson #204: Startup Accelerators by Industry

It has been interesting to watch the original "generalist" startup incubators and accelerator programs evolve into ones focused on various niche industry verticals.  Which to me, makes a ton more sense. Here is a list of some of the industry focused startup accelerators and incubators that I have learned about.

BIO TECH

University Technology Park (Chicago)

CLEAN TECH

Green Lite Labs (Boulder)

CONNECTED DEVICES/ INTERNET OF THINGS

R/GA Accelerator (New York) -  Part of Techstars (corporate backed by R/GA)

CONSUMER PRODUCTS

Incubation Station (Austin)

EDUCATION

Catalyst (Virtual) - Corporate backed by Pearson
Kaplan Ed Tech Accelerator (New York) - Part of Techstars (corporate backed by Kaplan)
Imagine K12 (Palo Alto)
Start 1 (New York)

ENERGY

Enviromental Cluster (San Jose)
Green Start (San Francisco)
NYC ACRE (New York)
Surge Accelerator (Houston)

ENTERPRISE/ BIG DATA

Accelerprise (Washington DC)
Citrix Startup Accelerator (Santa Clara) - Corporate backed by Citrix
Hive Data (Palo Alto)
Microsoft Accelerator (Seattle)
Tech Wildcatters (Dallas)
Techstars Cloud (San Antonio)

FINANCE

Barclays Accelerator (New York) - Part of Techstars (corporate backed by Barclays)
FinTech Innovation Lab (New York)
Innotribe (New York)

FOOD/ AGRICULTURE

Accel Foods (New York)
Canvas (Baltimore, Phoenix & Irvine) - Corporate backed by Marriott
Chobani Food Incubator (New York) - Corporate backed by Chobani
Coca-Cola Founders (San Francisco) - Corporate backed by Coca-Cola
Craft Catalyst (Atlanta)
Farm 2050 (Palo Alto)
Food Centricity (Los Angeles)
Food Hatch (Naples)
Food Innovation (New Jersey) - Affiliated with Rutgers University
Food-X (New York)
Forge Food (Portland)
Fund The Food (Toronto)
Good Food (Chicago)
NOFFN (New Orleans)
Royse Law Incubator (Palo Alto)
The Yield Lab (St. Louis)
World Food Center (Sacramento) - Affiliated with U-C Davis (corporate backed by Mars)

GOVERNMENT

Code for America (San Francisco)

HARDWARE

Alpha Lab (Pittsburgh)
Bolt (Boston)
Haxlr8r (San Francisco)
Highway 1 (San Francisco)
Lennos Labs (San Francisco)

HEALTHCARE

Blueprint Health (New York)
Dream It Ventures (Philadelphia)
Health Wildcatters (Dallas)
Healthbox (Chicago & Boston) - Corporate backed by Blue Cross Blue Shield
Matter (Chicago)
Rock Health (San Francisco)
The Iron Yard (Asheville)
Startup Health (New York)

MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT/NEWS

Disney Accelerator (Los Angeles) - Part of Techstars (corporate backed by Disney)
Matter (San Francisco)
Media Camp (San Francisco/Los Angeles) - Corporate backed by Turner/Warner Bros.
News Challenge (Miami)

MOBILITY/AUTOMOTIVE

Samsung Accelerator (Palo Alto & New York) - Corporate backed by Samsung
Sprint Accelerator (Kansas City, MO) - Focused on mobile health (corporate backed by Sprint)
Techstars Mobility (Detroit) - Corporate backed by Ford, Magna & Verizon
Volkswagen ERL Tech Accelerator (San Jose) - Corporate backed by Volkswagen

REAL ESTATE

NAR Reach (Chicago) - Corporate backed by National Association of Realtors

RETAIL

Plug and Play Retail (San Jose) - Affiliated with Clorox, Hershey, Hilton, Home Depot, J&J, Kohls, P&G, Panasonic, Pizza Hut, Sears, and Simon Malls

ROBOTICS

Qualcomm Accelerator (San Diego) - Corporate backed by Qualcomm

SOCIAL GOOD

Endeavor (Miami)
Fledge (Seattle)
Impact Engine (Chicago)
Unreasonable Institute (Boulder)

SPORTS

Nike+ Fuel Lab (Portland) - Part of Techstars (corporate backed by Nike)

TRAVEL

Travel Startups (Orlando)

I am sure there may be many others that I missed.  So, let me know if I have missed any important ones in the comments section below.

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