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Does anyone know if something similar exists at other universities (specifically curious about Stanford)?

eob 10y ago
Well Harvard iLab is a University-wide incubator that has its own building. They offer advising and limited resource support (e.g., a small lab filled with hardware hacking tools), but no funding as far as I'm aware.
hkmurakami 10y ago
StartX seems closest to what they describe. I believe Stanford also has funds for even earlier stage / younger teams, as well as domain specific programs like the one at the tomkat center for sustainable energy.
toufka 10y ago
The UC system has a biotech incubator, QB3. http://qb3.org/about http://qb3.org/about
gsjbjt 10y ago
The difference between this and most other incubators (at Stanford, Harvard iLab, etc as mentioned below) is that it's very specifically geared towards hard-tech startups that other investors typically shy away from because of the long time to market.
- icinnamon 10y ago
  Precisely. I'm asking if other hard-tech incubators exist at Stanford (and others)...
devarshar 10y ago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has iVenture Accelerator program. They have plenty have resources and offers financial support ($2500 per fellow and $10k per startup) and co-working space in the UIUC Research Park. They don't care if its hard-tech or not. Your company has to be good enough to qualify for their program. https://business.illinois.edu/iventureaccelerator/ https://business.illinois.edu/iventureaccelerator/
seb_lounis 10y ago
Check out Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - similar mission to support hard tech innovators. Applications open until midnight on Monday, October 31 cyclotronroad.org/apply
roye 10y ago
there's also a cornell-technion joint venture called the "Runway startup postdoc" aimed for new PhDs to transition to being founders: http://tech.cornell.edu/programs/startup-postdocs http://tech.cornell.edu/programs/startup-postdocs

eob 10y ago

Well Harvard iLab is a University-wide incubator that has its own building. They offer advising and limited resource support (e.g., a small lab filled with hardware hacking tools), but no funding as far as I'm aware.

hkmurakami 10y ago

StartX seems closest to what they describe. I believe Stanford also has funds for even earlier stage / younger teams, as well as domain specific programs like the one at the tomkat center for sustainable energy.

toufka 10y ago

The UC system has a biotech incubator, QB3. http://qb3.org/about http://qb3.org/about

gsjbjt 10y ago

The difference between this and most other incubators (at Stanford, Harvard iLab, etc as mentioned below) is that it's very specifically geared towards hard-tech startups that other investors typically shy away from because of the long time to market.

icinnamon 10y ago
Precisely. I'm asking if other hard-tech incubators exist at Stanford (and others)...

devarshar 10y ago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has iVenture Accelerator program. They have plenty have resources and offers financial support ($2500 per fellow and $10k per startup) and co-working space in the UIUC Research Park. They don't care if its hard-tech or not. Your company has to be good enough to qualify for their program. https://business.illinois.edu/iventureaccelerator/ https://business.illinois.edu/iventureaccelerator/

seb_lounis 10y ago

Check out Cyclotron Road at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - similar mission to support hard tech innovators. Applications open until midnight on Monday, October 31 cyclotronroad.org/apply

roye 10y ago

there's also a cornell-technion joint venture called the "Runway startup postdoc" aimed for new PhDs to transition to being founders: http://tech.cornell.edu/programs/startup-postdocs http://tech.cornell.edu/programs/startup-postdocs