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Top 25 Biotech accelerators based in the United States

Name: Biotech accelerators based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 1,558 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,558 biotech accelerators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 28,246 professional contacts across them, including 7,186 with verified work emails. San Francisco is the largest hub.

This list covers biotech accelerators headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest biotech accelerators based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,558 biotech accelerators based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to biotech accelerators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Y Combinator	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	3,283 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Techstars	Indirect evidence	New York City, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	1,803 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Caris Life Sciences	Indirect evidence	Irving, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,556 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Caris Life Sciences® (Caris) is the leading next-generation TechBio company and precision medicine pioneer that is actively developing and delivering innovative solutions to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Founder Institute	Indirect evidence	Palo Alto, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	1,246 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Recursion	Indirect evidence	Salt Lake City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	793 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recursion (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Ginkgo Bioworks	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	787 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ginkgo Bioworks builds the tools that make biology easier to engineer for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Flagship Pioneering	Partial evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	753 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple transformative human health and sustainability…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Biotechnology Innovation Organization	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	695 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BIO is the premier biotechnology advocacy organization representing biotech companies, industry leaders, and state biotech associations in the United States and more than 35…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Nucleate	Partial evidence	Boston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	424 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nucleate is a free, trainee-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of biotech leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Alchemist Accelerator	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	321 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	NEO	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	221 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Neo is a diverse mentorship community, startup accelerator, and VC fund.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Unchained Labs	Indirect evidence	Pleasanton, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	219 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here's the deal.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Activate	Indirect evidence	Berkeley, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	204 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Activate is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to turning scientific discoveries into real-world impact.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Gener8tor	Partial evidence	Madison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	180 contacts →
	Partial evidence “gener8tor fosters innovation ecosystems through its accelerator programs, venture funds, and skills-based workforce initiatives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	ATDC	Indirect evidence	Atlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	179 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a startup incubator that helps technology entrepreneurs in Georgia launch and build successful companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Automated Engineering Services, INC	Partial evidence	Vista, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	171 contacts →
	Partial evidence “AES (Automated Engineering Services) is a full end-to-end partner for biotech and biopharma manufacturing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	STÄMM	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	170 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Stämm is a biotechnology company dedicated to making biomanufacturing easy, scalable, sustainable, and repeatable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Nautilus Biotechnology	Indirect evidence	San Carlos, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	155 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Born from the founders’ recognition that their diverse but complementary skills and experiences would enable them to successfully address challenges that others had not, Nautilus…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	SKU	Partial evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	153 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SKU is an accelerator program for stellar consumer product startups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Iluma Alliance	Indirect evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	152 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an Alliance inspired by the purpose of positively impacting people's lives through nutrition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Longfellow Real Estate Partners	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	150 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Scientific innovation isn’t born in vacuum.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Alloy Therapeutics, INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	141 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alloy Therapeutics is a Product Development Organization dedicated to helping the global scientific community make better medicines together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Silicon Catalyst	Partial evidence	Santa Clara, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	126 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Silicon Catalyst is the only incubator + accelerator focused on the Global Semiconductor Industry including Chips, Chiplets, Materials, IP and Silicon fabrication-based Photonics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Atlas Venture	Partial evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	123 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Atlas Venture is a leading biotech venture capital firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	SOSV	Indirect evidence	Princeton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	119 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SOSV is the most active deep tech venture capital firm globally, investing at pre-seed (or at startup inception) supporting visionary founders intent on making a profound impact…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: biotech accelerators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names biotech accelerators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of biotech accelerators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name biotech accelerators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Biotech accelerators based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

25.4%Verified-email coverage

18.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

6.2%Largest-city concentration · San Francisco

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,010

11-50

409

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,558 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among biotech accelerators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “biotech accelerators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names biotech accelerators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among biotech accelerators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 7,186 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names biotech accelerators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many biotech accelerators are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,558 biotech accelerators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Y Combinator, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most biotech accelerators?

San Francisco leads with 96 headquartered companies, followed by New York (86) and Boston (72).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 7,186 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,558 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.