This document summarizes several accelerators located in the United States that are relevant for Finnish startups, including 500 Startups, Blackbox Connect, LACI, Land in Chicago, Nordic Innovation House's TINC program, Nordic Innovation House New York, Plug and Play Tech Center, TechStars, Y Combinator, and Global Foundry. It provides details on the programs offered, locations, industries supported, and Finnish startups that have participated in some of the accelerators.

1. Accelerators in the US
Tonxu - September, 2017
September 2017

2. ACCELERATORS
500 Startups
Blackbox
LACI – Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
LandInChicago
Nordic Innovation House’s TINC Program
Nordic Innovation House New York
Plug and Play Tech Center
TechStars
Y Combinator
Global Foundry
Others

3. Headquarter Mountain View, CA
Description 4-month seed programs in Mountain View and San Francisco and other foreign
locations. It does seed and early stage venture investments. 500 Startups invest $150K in
exchange for 6%. They also charge $37.5K fee for participation in the 500 Seed Program.
Finnish Company Alumni Top Hatch, Usetrace, YOU App
Other Alumni Twilio, MakerBot, Credit Karma, Grab, Udemy
Website https://500.com
Twitter @500Startups
500 STARTUPS

4. Headquarter Palo Alto, CA
Description Two-week residential program in Silicon Valley, open to global startups founders
seeking to hone their craft of entrepreneurship, amplify their drive, and fortify the foundation of
their startup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-SuX3dS0c8
Finnish Company Alumni Cozify, FastFingers, M2 Talent, MAZHR, SportConnect, Zero
Keyboard, FingerMe
Website http://blackbox.vc/programs/connect/
Twitter @blackboxvc
BLACKBOX CONNECT

5. LACI – LA CLEANTECH INCUBATOR
Headquarter Los Angeles, CA
Description Cleantech business incubator to accelerate development of cleantech startups by
offering flexiible office space, CEO coaching, mentoring and access to growing network of
experts and capital.
Finnish Company Alumni Altum Technologies, Citynomadi, CleanVision, Ekorent,
Heliostorage, Ladimo, Noiseless, Acustics, Residentia, Sofi Filtration, Solved
Website http://laincubator.org/
Twitter @LandInChicago
LACI – LA CLEANTECH INCUBATOR

6. Headquarter Chicago, IL
Description 12-week market entry program exclusively to bring Finnish growth companies tot
he US market using Chicago and its technology hub, 1871.
Program Kicks off twice a year in April and October
Finnish Company Alumni Nooa, Redland, Qentinel, Viima Solutions
Website http://www.landinchicago.com
Twitter @LandInChicago
LAND IN CHICAGO

7. Headquarter Palo Alto, CA
Description Nordic Innovation House’s 4-week accelerator program in Palo Alto for Nordic
tech startups to validate product and market fit.
Åse Pettersen, Program Manager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOhIgIFi24
Sean Percival, Mentor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MqvugVwNks
Program Kicks off twice a year in April and October.
Company Alumni FlowMotion, Kahoot!, Wacthbox
Website http://www.nordicinnovationhouse.com
Twitter @Innorhouse
NORDIC INNOVATION HOUSE - TINC

8. Description The Nordic Innovation House in New York offers soft landing to high quality
Nordic companies in an early growth phase providing fast and easy access to the US market
with reduced risk.
Entrepreneurial Marketing Program: Intense and action-oriented sales- and marketing
program for companies ready to scale, needing to strengthen their skills within sales,
marketing & branding. Program runs over 8 months (2 weeks in New York, 6 month follow up)
with learning from successful and well-renowned experts.
Website www.nordicinnovationhouse.com/apply-ny
Twitter @Innorhouse
NORDIC INNOVATION HOUSE – NEW YORK

9. Headquarter Sunnyvale, CA
Description 12-week industry specific programs throughout the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B8H8jvBL3U
Sectors FinTech, Brand & Retail, IoT, Media, New Materials & Packaging, Health & Wellness,
Travel & Hospitality, Insurance, Mobility, Supply Chain & Logistics, Food, Energy &
Sustainability
Finnish Company Alumni Sift (previously ShopInbox founded by Janne Salminen)
Website http://plugandplaytechcenter.com/startups
Twitter @PlugandPlayTC
PLUG AND PLAY TECH CENTER

10. Headquarter Boulder, CO
Description 12 weeks on-site in several countries and cities like Austin, Boston, Atlanta,
Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Toronto, Dubai, Berlin
Sectors Advertising, consumer, data & analytics, e-commerce, education, entertainment,
hardware, IoT, Music, AI, AR, VR, healthcare Cedars-Sinai etc.
Finnish Company Alumni GetJenny
Other Alumni Sphero, Twilio, Uber
Website http://www.techstars.com
Twitter @techstars
TECHSTARS

11. Headquarter Silicon Valley, CA
Description Startup accelerator based in Mountain View, CA. Twice a year they invest a
small amounbt of money ($120K) in a large number of startups that move to Silicon Valley for
3 months. The YC partners work closely with each company to get them into the best
possible shape and refine their pitch to investors.
Finnish Company Alumni Kippt, Sudden Coffee (Kalle Freere), Helix Technologies
Other Alumni Airbnb, Dropbox, Justin.tv, Stripe, Reddit, Weebly
Website http://www.ycombinator.com/
Twitter @ycombinator
Y COMBINATOR

12. Offices Employees in 7 states and Offices in 4 - Texas Massachusetts, Missouri and Virginia
Description Offers advice and mentoring for startups entering the US marketplace.
More info: info@global-foundry.com
GLOBAL FOUNDRY

13. Alchemist http://alchemistaccelerator.com
AngelPad https://angelpad.org
Disney Accelerator https://disneyaccelerator.com
Dodger Accelerator http://dodgersaccelerator.com
Salesforce Incubator http://www.salesforce.com/campaigns/incubator
Etc.
For application deadlines, follow @Tonxu @TekesStartup
MORE ACCELERATORS

14. Tonxu
Thuong.tan@tekes.fi
+1 408 464 2988
Twitter: @Tonxu @TekesStartup
Mari Isbom
Mari.isbom@tekes.fi
+358 50 557 7859
CONTACT INFORMATION