IDEA is entirely student-run! We have about 384 ventures going through the program and about 35 coaches advising these ventures through the process. Their experience is entirely managed by our team of 28 undergraduate students.

The Cincinnati Music Accelerator serves as an accelerator program for musicians, recording artists, DJ’s, and producers, helping them to develop their unique craft, while simultaneously educating them on how to monetize their talent and create a future with it.

VVM Startup Accerator is unique because we only run 3 days a month, allowing earlier stage companies, parents and others with “typical” 9-5 obligations to participate. We also offer equity-free funding to startups at the end of the program.

The UpRamp Fiterator, backed by CableLabs, was designed to connect radical entrepreneurs to the most powerful network in the world. We look for established, later-stage startups that are changing how the world connects and guide them to finding product-market fit in the cable & broadband industry.

Queen City Fintech provides fintech startups access to world class mentors, capital, and leading financial services organizations; all in the heart of global banking hub Charlotte, NC.

AgLaunch uses a farm-centric model to build and scale Ag-Tech innovations, incorporating the farmer as a partner, mentor, and platform for ground-truthing each technology. AgLaunch offers AgLaunch365, a year-long accelerator matched to the rhythm of the farm season.

At MuckerLab, our portfolio companies are our customers; therefore, customer satisfaction is key to long-term success as in any service business. As a result, our selection criteria are not solely based on whether we believe the company can generate a significant financial return in the long run.

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ZeroTo510 surrounds startups with medical device experts in the fields of reimbursement, FDA regulatory pathways, medical device commercialization, patent strategy, as well as mentors in the medical space.

The goal at Tetuan Valley is to accompany the entrepreneurs in their first steps and train them how to go from an idea to a real business that can be tested by forming a community of entrepreneurs who help each other.

CO.LAB is relaunching its GIGTANK accelerator program to bring together a cohort of six startups from the private sector. The program has researchers from the university setting that work with IoT, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Smart Cities, VR/AR, Big Data Analytics and E-Gaming technologies to apply a robust set of resources to scale projects.

TheHive is a 5-month program for entrepreneurs, new immigrants, and returning citizens to Israel with tools and mentoring to create and develop their startup in Israel.  We assist to scale the startup to the rest of the world.