a comprehensive list of places to learn, network, work, and incubate your startup in San Francisco Bay Area
Incubators/Accelerators
500 Startups: 4-month accelerator programs in Mountain View
Angel Pad: 10-week intensive mentorship session to a dozen carefully selected startups
Founders Space: dedicated to helping exceptionally talented entrepreneurs reach their full potential
Rocket Space: start up co-working and shared space
Alchemist Accelerator: exclusively for startups whose revenue comes from enterprises, not consumers
Topline: built-in marketing and sales accelerator
Founder Institute: four-month, part-time program, you can “learn by doing” approach
Plug and Play: jack of all trades: funding, investment, incubators, & co-working
Upwest Labs: 4 month program for Israel’s best entrepreneurs
Matter: five month accelerator program
Sky Deck: the first in-house public research university accelerator programs
Tumml: four month program for companies solving urban issues
Y Combinator: twice a year they invest a small amount of money ($120k) in a large number of startups (most recently 85)
Women’s Start Up Lab: 2 week and 2 month programs for female founders
Learn/Network/Demo
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center: empowers economically diverse women & men to be entrepreneurs
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center: non-profit organization designed to educate, innovate, and connect aspiring and current entrepreneurs
La Cocina: cultivating food entrepreneurs
Black Founders: creating an ecosystem that stimulates tech entrepreneurship and fosters economic growth
The Passion Company: inspire and enable a world where everyone is following their passions
General Assembly SF: free and paid classes for entrepreneurs
Cascade SF: community of product designers joined together to transform technology
Founders Network: peer mentorship for founders
Code Chix: fosters continuous learning through chapter events and workshops
Codess: community for female coders initiated by Microsoft
Data Driven Women: networking series and speaker event that brings together women (& men) passionate about building a stronger female tech community
Lean In Circles: monthly roundtable at your home, a brown-bag lunch series at work, or even a virtual meet-up with people from around the world
Girls in Tech (SF Circle): meet, mentor, and recruit women in tech
Tech Liminal: technology-focused community space
Up Global: organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, grassroots leadership, and strong communities
Berkley Startup Cluster: events, resources, and co-working space
Dev Bootcamp: first short-term, immersive bootcamp that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers in 19 weeks
Co-founders Lab: networking events to find a co-founder
800 Birds: network, learn and monthly demo days
Creative Convergence Silicon Valley: 2-day event with speakers, interactive demos and networking
VC Taskforce: events, networking opportunities, and pitch/demo days
Founder Showcase: startup events helping seed-stage startups learn, launch and network
Pitchforce: monthly fundraising event for companies in software, social, mobile, big data, consumer web, finance/payments, clean tech, biotech or medtech sectors
SF New Tech: technology event and networking mixer for people who can’t get enough of technology
Startup Pitch Night: network, learn and pitch your startup
Impact Hub: membership community taking action to drive positive social and environmental change
Finovate: leading showcase of new innovations financial services technology
Competitions
Startup Battlefied (techcrunch): compete for a $50k 1st prize and lots of press attention
Launch Festival: few different competitions to fit your startup, compete to win cash prizes
Tech Co: winners receives up to $250k and a place in the accelator program
UC Berkley Startup Competition: cash prizes and mentorship for student entrepreneurs
A Place to Work
Sudo Room: creative community and hackerspace in Oakland, $60 suggested donation per month
We Work: $45 flexible/$450 Full Time
20 Mission: 41-room community for art and technology creators in the heart of the Mission District
Parisoma: open space $345 per month, goes up to $3,500 for a private office
Sandbox Suites: starts at $75 per month, up to $2,750 per month
Breather: book a room all over the city to work (private, not co-working)
Next Space: day pass $25, $375 per month (cafe seating), $650 (work station), $1300 (office)
Bespoke SF: trifecta of coworking, demo, and event spaces strategically
located at Westfield San Francisco
Makeshift Society: $15 day pass, goes up to $350 for access 5 days a week
Sphere Pad: day pass $18, $230 for a community desk, $550 for a permanent desk
1920c: flexible pricing — $5 per hour, $25 for a day, $375 for full time monthly, and $500 for a dedicated desk (other options available)
Ziploft: desks at $500 a month
Connections Sf: pricing options from $100 per month and up to $1,700 a month
Make Space: pop-up creative spaces offering a change in your daily routine and a kinder relationship to “work”
Workshop Cafe: great location, food, coffee, and a place to work
Tech Shop Sf: a community-based workshop and prototyping studio on a mission to democratize access to the tools of innovation
Hatch: pricing unavailable on the website
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