Santander’s Cultivate Small Business helps early-stage entrepreneurs build and sustain businesses in the food industry, with a focus on historically underserved founders in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods. The program is completely free for eligible entrepreneurs and provides a 12 week food-focused curriculum, mentorship, and capital grants. Applications are due TODAY, June 30. More information here.
The Access to Success Accelerator is for startups building solutions that help people with disabilities, including hardware, software or service-based innovations. To be eligible, you must have a minimal viable product, must have validated the problem, and must demonstrate co-creation with the disability community. Applications are due TODAY, June 30. More information here.
reSET Food Accelerator: Grow your food business. Amplify your impact. Join a community built to help you thrive. Connecticut’s food entrepreneurs are transforming the way we eat, work, and care for our communities. Whether you’re launching a shelf-ready product or scaling a service-based business, reSET’s Food Accelerator is here to help you build a profitable, sustainable, and purpose-driven venture. Applications are due July 10. More information here.
PharmStars is now accepting applications for its next virtual cohort, which begins September 10, 2025. The theme is “Innovations in Data Management and Insights.” Applications are welcome from startups with innovations in areas such as enterprise data management (including data collection, storage, or governance) or insight generation (including AI tools). Startups with a product or prototype related to the theme are encouraged to apply by July 13. More information here.
EForAll Roxbury Fall 2025 Business Accelerator: The Accelerator is a free, 12-week program offered twice a year in EforAll communities. It provides immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start or grow a business is encouraged to apply. Applications are due July 16. More information here.
EForAll Berkshire County Fall 2025 Business Accelerator: The Accelerator is a free, 12-week program offered twice a year in EforAll communities. It provides immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start or grow a business is encouraged to apply. Applications are due July 16. More information here.
EForAll Cape Cod Fall 2025 Business Accelerator: The Accelerator is a free, 12-week program offered twice a year in EforAll communities. It provides immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start or grow a business is encouraged to apply. Applications are due July 16. More information here.
The VentureWell Ocean Enterprise Accelerator is here to help innovators from across America turn their vision into reality by supporting the development, commercialization, and adoption of new ocean data technologies and services for economic and societal benefit to the U.S. and our growing blue economy. Whether you’re a student, researcher, entrepreneur, industry professional, or innovator passionate about building ocean solutions, this transformative national suite of programs is designed to equip blue innovators with the tools, resources, and support needed to turn bold ideas into impactful solutions. Applications are due July 21. More information here.
InnovateMass from MassCEC provides up to $350,000 in non-dilutive funding to startups embarking on climatetech pilot projects TRLs 5-8. Technical and business support benefits are also provided through the program’s technical advisor, MassVentures. In-state applicants may demonstrate their technology anywhere in the world. Out-of-state applicants with plans to demonstrate their technology in Massachusetts are also welcome to apply. Applications are due July 28. More information here.
EforAll Lynn Summer 2025 All Ideas Pitch Contest: Pitch Contests are fast-paced, fun community events that help early-stage entrepreneurs gain valuable exposure and feedback on a business idea. Great opportunity to network, validate a business idea, and compete to win a cash prize. It is free for entrepreneurs to apply and free for all to attend. Applications are due July 29. More information here.
GreenEdge Accelerator: Are you looking to break into the clean energy industry? The GreenEdge Accelerator equips you with the skills, connections, and funding readiness to scale your small business in Massachusetts’ thriving sustainability sector. They encourage all Massachusetts-based companies to apply, especially community-rooted MWBEs driving clean energy solutions. Apply by August 1 to take your business to the next level! More information here.
The SpringWell360 Health Equity Grant is a funding opportunity designed to support individuals and projects that are committed to advancing health equity. With a grant amount of $1,000, this program is open to students and professionals alike who are working to address health disparities and improve health outcomes in underserved communities. Applications are due August 1. More information here.
Rhode Island Fall 2025 Healthy Communities Pitch Contest: Pitch Contests are fast-paced, fun community events that help early-stage entrepreneurs gain valuable exposure and feedback on a business idea. Great opportunity to network, validate a business idea, and compete to win a cash prize. It is free for entrepreneurs to apply and free for all to attend. Applications are due August 14. More information here.
QUBIC Labs Accelerator Cohort 2: QUBIC Labs brings together people, business, government, and academia to fuel a global hub for blockchain technology, development, and innovation. Through a unique combination of remote collaboration and intensive in-person sessions, you’ll experience a program that adapts to your needs while pushing you toward excellence. Applications are due August 15. More information here.
BOOST is an intensive 8 week program designed to ignite growth and equip pioneering built world startups with the right tools to transform the industry. BOOST surrounds founders with design, engineering, and construction experts, successful built world entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and leading academics. Startups will be launched into the built environment with direct access to jobsites, unparalleled operational knowledge, and an influential network of industry leaders. Applications are due August 19. More information here.
StartUp Rutland Accelerator is an annual startup accelerator based in Rutland, VT. Up to five companies from a range of verticals are selected from a competitive applicant pool to participate in the free seven-week program. StartUp Rutland Accelerator’s goal is that graduates will go on to participate in an investment accelerator or raise a seed round. Application deadline is August 31. More information here.
Startup Boston Week: Get ready to join the entire New England startup community for an unforgettable week from September 8th to 12th. This isn’t just another event – it’s where over 7,000 innovators, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from all walks of life come together to ignite ideas, share knowledge, and shape the future. More information here.
Boston AI Week: Join Boston’s vibrant AI community from September 26 to October 3, 2025, for Boston AI Week—a dynamic series of events exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and society. This week-long festival offers a platform to engage with cutting-edge technologies, innovative startups, strategic investments, and transformative businesses across Boston and Massachusetts. More information here.
Cape Cod Fall 2025 Blue Economy Pitch Contest: EforAll Pitch Contests are lively two-hour events that offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business idea to a friendly audience and receive valuable feedback from experienced judges. Business ideas across a wide range of industries are encouraged! A total of four cash prizes will be given out (1st place @ $1000, 2nd @ $750, 3rd place @ $500 as well as a $500 Fan Favorite prize). Deadline to apply: October 6. More information here.
ARPA-E SCALEUP Ready Program: The SCALEUP Program is ARPA-E’s early commercialization program designed to help teams turn their groundbreaking ideas into reality. During the SCALEUP Ready program, ARPA-E experts will provide guidance to awardees as they establish their business model, supply chain, and sales channels. Applications are now accepted on a rolling basis. More information here.
Accelerate Your Impact: Massachusetts Small Business Coaching Program: Boston Impact Initiative (BII) and Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) have partnered to offer entrepreneurs and small business owners coaching and resources to build sustainable and socially impactful businesses. More information here.
FinTech Sandbox is a nonprofit which enables financial technology entrepreneurs to build robust products by providing access to critical data, development tools and a curated network of customers, entirely for free. FinTech Sandbox is open to all startups innovating in financial services that can use financial data products we offer for product development and testing. The spirit of the program is to offer data to start-ups that could not otherwise afford it. More information here.
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. As one of the largest pre-seed investors in the world, they funded over 3,200 companies that have gone on to have a market cap of $79B+. Each company receives up to $120,000 in funding, and access to the worldwide network of investors, hands-on mentorship, and over $4M of perks. Applications are open year-round and will be considered on a rolling basis. Your application will be valid for 12 months from the date of application. More information here.
Through its 2030 Fund, MassCEC invests at the earliest stages of company development across the climatetech landscape. With a focus on tough tech and underserved sectors, MassCEC investments aim to advance clean technology, fill funding gaps, create green jobs, and leverage private capital throughout the Commonwealth. More information here.
P&G Ventures is an early stage startup studio within Procter & Gamble that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate billion dollar ideas that improve consumers’ lives. Focus areas include nontoxic home and garden, women’s health, anti-aging, daily wellness, and cleaning/sanitizing. More information here.
IFundWomen Boston is a crowdfunding ecosystem designed to help the women-led startups, small businesses, nonprofits, side hustles, and passion projects of Boston raise funds to launch and grow. Join iFundWomen if you are a Boston-area women-led startup to fundraise for your business and get your ideas launched. More information here.
AmplifyMass supports academic researchers and companies who need cost-share or adders for federal/non federal prime awards. AmplifyMass provides up to $300,000 for academic or company projects pursuing cost-share or adders for federal or non-federal prime awards (such as awards from ARPA-E, NSF, DOE, and USABC), or up to $100,000 for academic projects that are not tied directly to a prime grant. The program supports projects that aim to commercialize or substantially de-risk an innovation that falls within MassCEC’s mission. More information here.