IoT Product Startup Incubators and Accelerators

Alchemist IoT Accelerator

Location: San Francisco Area
Length: 6 Months

Description:
"An Accelerator Focused on Enterprise-Monetizing, IoT Seed Ventures for a New Connected World."

Portfolio:

• Sensely

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Alumni / Details

• The average ask is 5.0%
• The program has a "tuition" charge (roughly $1k / founder / month) -- we'll provide additional capital in the note to cover the tuition charge if you like. The average cash investment is $28K (net of the additional cash provided to cover the tuition fee).

Bolt

Location: Boston
Length: 6 Months

Description:
"Bolt is built from the ground up to help hardware entrepreneurs build physical products better, faster and more cost-effectively."

Portfolio:

• Blabdroid
• PetNet
• Subsidense

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• "Sufficient seed capital to last the program"
• Full-time engineering & design staff
• 24x7 shop & office access
• Domestic engagement with Dragon Innovation
• $100k line of credit for electronic components

R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator (With Techstars)

Location: New York
Length: 3 Months (Up to 10 Companies)

Description:
"The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator is a three-month, immersive, mentor-driven program for ten tech startups. Show us how you combine hardware, data, digital services, and innovative design—anything that adds to the ever-growing Internet of Things—and your company could go from startup to success story.."

Portfolio:
- N/A

Team // Blog

• Each company will receive $20,000 (For 6% equity) - And an option to accept a $100,000 convertible debt note
• Design and development support from experienced R/GA designers and developers who’ve built connected devices and services.
• Access to prototyping equipment, which includes Makerbot printers

Highway1 & PCH Accelerator

Location: San Francisco
Length: 4 Months

Description:
The Highway1 Incubator is part of PCH, a global supply chain company.

PCH Accelerator (After Seed round) "assists start-ups to rapidly and efficiently develop their qualified hardware products from concept to commercial readiness, as well as scale their supply chain to grow with customer demand." - More

Portfolio:

• Meta Watch
• Lively
• Lark

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• Seed Funding of $20,000 in return for 3-6% equity
• An inside view into the supply chain and manufacturing infrastructure in China
• 24x7 shop & office access
• Office & machine shop space in San Francisco with access to over $3M worth of equipment

Lemnos Labs

Location: San Francisco
Length: Flexible (Average is 6-9 Months)

Description:
"Lemnos Labs, a hardware incubator based in San Francisco, provides mentorship and resources to talented engineers with innovative ideas and a passion for making things"

Portfolio:

• Local Motion
• Sproutling
• Airware

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• Typically invest up to $100K (in exchange for a 2-10% equity stake)
• Access to prototyping & testing facilities
• Warehouse space
• Introductions to suppliers

Plug and Play IoT

Location: Silicon Valley
Length: 12 Week

Description:
"Plug and Play provides seed funding, world class mentorship, and an unparalleled network of corporate partners. Plug and Play portfolio startups have gone on to raise over $2 Billion in venture funding."

Portfolio

• AngelCam
• EnergyAware
• Atlas Wearables

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• Potential Funding from Plug and Play Ventures (the accelerator is stage agnostic, so funding opportunities for seed and early stage companies)
• Financials N/A

Thingcubator

Location: Toronto
Length: N/A

Description:
"THINGcubator is a venture of Nuvisto Inc. created in association with Canada's top Universities along with the support of a network of industry partners, technology entrepreneurs, business advisors, and financial investors."

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• Rock Health
• Zahn Center
• Microsoft Ventures - Home Automation
  

Europe

Breed Reply

Location: London, Munich, Milan
Length: 12 Months

Description:
"Breed reply is the advanced incubator for startups delivering 'internet of things' solutions responding to the real needs of people and companies"
- Part of Reply Group

Portfolio:

• Cocoon
• Greeniant
• Sensoria

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• Funding (minorty investment) - Financials N/A

• Details

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Springboard IoT (Techstars London)

Location: London and Cambridge
Length: 13 weeks

Description:
"Springboard IoT will bring the core methodologies used by Springboard Web & Mobile to massive success with entrepreneurs, partners and also corporates that have pre-existing experience within this sector to create the world's first accelerator bootcamp programme for the Internet of Things."

Portfolio:

• Playground Energy
• Responsive Sports
• TapTo

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• £5,000 per founder (to a maximum of three founders) for which we will accept 6% of founder shares per startup (NOT per founder).
• $150k of free services
• Free office space

Startupbootcamp

Location: Currently in Berlin, Amsterdam, Dublin, Copenhagen, Haifa, Barcelana, and London
Length: 3 Months

Description:
"Startupbootcamp runs accelerator programs throughout the year in different cities across Europe, and with a different focus in each. Some of the programs are open to all type of applications, whereas our vertical program in Dublin/London focuses on Digital Health, and the program in Copenhagen focuses on Mobile."

Portfolio:

• LocalSensor
• Viewsy
• Poikos

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• €15,000 cash (8% equity)
• 6 months co-working space
• € 450,000 in free services from partners (eg free server space and software)
• "the platform to pitch to over 400 investors at Investor Demo Day"

Industrio

Location: Trento, Italy
Length: 6 Months

Description:
"Industrio Ventures is the launchpad for hardware, industry & technology startups and is based in Italy. We select and put together the best talents working on hardware with a unique technology prototyping platform that allows to develop technology products and go to market faster and cheaper."

Team // Blog

• Seed fund of €50.000 (composed by cash for the team, services, access to industry partner facilities and prototyping tools in Italy, US and China for %15 equity

• Launchpad Competition

Asia

HAXLR8R

Location: Shenzhen & San Francisco
Length: 111 days

Description:
"HAXLR8R is a new kind of accelerator program.
For people who hack hardware and make things."

Portfolio:

• Spark Devices
• Vibease
• Melon

- Full Company List

Team // Blog

• $25,000 Funding (for 6%-10% of common stock) = 'Ignite Fund' gets an extra $25,000 in the form of a convertible note.
• Office space
• "Lending you a hand on the hardware side with tooling and services"

Movida

Location: Tokyo
Length: 6 Month

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