21 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators In Phoenix [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 20th, 2022

Are you looking for an accelerator program in Phoenix?

Did you know that according to the U.S. Census Bureau Phoenix ranks No. 7 among U.S. cities with the most startups?

If you're starting a startup in Phoenix, you might be wondering what startup accelerators or incubators exist in the area. Here's the full list:

Startup Accelerators & Business Incubators In Phoenix

#	Accelerator/Incubator	Funding	Location	Apply
1	The Armory	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
2	BioAccel	$5K-$100K	Phoenix	Apply
3	Level Up +	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
4	The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
5	EO Accelerator	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
6	Fennemore	Not Disclosed	Phoenix, ...	Apply
7	Invest SW	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
8	Mission Create	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
9	Seed Spot	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
10	Coplex Ventures	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
11	Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program	$30K	Phoenix	Apply
12	Stealthmode Partners	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
13	Game CoLab	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
14	Community Entrepreneurship Center	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
15	ASU ScaleU	$500-$2,500	Phoenix	Apply
16	Avnet Innovation Lab	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
17	RISN Incubator	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
18	The Fuerza Local Business Accelerator	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
19	Maricopa SBDC	Not Disclosed	Mesa, Pho...	Apply
20	Greater Phoenix Score	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply
21	Greater Phoenix Economic Council	Not Disclosed	Phoenix	Apply

21 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators In Phoenix [2024]

1. The Armory

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Businesses owned by Veterans
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

The Armory incubator program helps veterans build, launch and scale successful startup ventures in the industry. This program provides selected veteran entrepreneurs with business resources, coworking space, startup skills, mentorship, education about various business topics, and support to make ventures investment-ready.

Apply to The Armory, or learn more ➜

2. BioAccel

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Life-Science Businesses
Investment Size: $5K-$100K
Program Length: 12 Months

BioAccel hosts a business program to help early-stage life-science startups introduce new technologies, commercially viable products & medical devices and contribute to the diversified economic growth of the region. They provide bioscience entrepreneurs with business training, education, workshops, mentorship, funding opportunities, prototype development, product validation, and solutions to industry-driven challenges.

Apply to BioAccel, or learn more ➜

3. Level Up +

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Varies

Level Up+ program organized by Co+Hoots is a business incubator program that provides entrepreneurs with business strategies, tactical, and supportive guidance to take businesses to the next level. This program also provides entrepreneurs with various resources, capital, connections, and solutions to business issues essential to convert business ideas into a million-dollar company. They offer an opportunity to founders to learn how to run a business, test ideas & launch the same, and grow & scale business ventures.

Apply to Level Up +, or learn more ➜

4. The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI)

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Technology, Bioscience, Medical Devices, and Cleantech
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI) runs an incubator program that provides entrepreneurs and founders with business training, guidance, and resources, to grow and scale in the industry. They provide them with learning, training & networking opportunities, and assistance to launch innovative business ideas into the market, necessary to move to the next level of success.

Apply to The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation (CEI), or learn more ➜

5. EO Accelerator

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

EO Accelerator organizes programs to empower entrepreneurs and provide them with resources, networking, and growth opportunities to grow and succeed. This program acts as a catalyst for early-stage entrepreneurs to catapult startup businesses to the next level. They also provide them with business-building skills, learning experiences, and tools to transform and grow businesses in the industrial ecosystem of Phoenix.

Apply to EO Accelerator, or learn more ➜

6. Fennemore

Location: Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Bakersfield, Reno, Tucson, and more.
Industry: Legal Services
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program: Not Disclosed

Fennemore is a venture accelerator program where entrepreneurship and innovation are appreciated and valued. They provide efficient and straightforward business-oriented solutions to facilitate the success of startup businesses. Legal professionals and experts provide startups with the knowledge and access to legal business services and help them launch a successful business enterprise. The meaningful business practice of Fennemore covers the field of real estate, public offerings, estate planning, finance, intellectual property, and many more.

Apply to Fennemore, or learn more ➜

7. Invest SW

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Invest SW hosts a program to assist and support emerging startups and growth companies to take businesses to the next level through business advice, business information, education, key business insights, training, legalities, and fundraising opportunities. They also accelerate the growth of the business by offering various business resources and organizing pitching events.

Apply to Invest SW, or learn more ➜

8. Mission Create

Location: Phoenix
Industry: No-Profit Business Organizations
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Mission Create runs an incubator program to help entrepreneurs successfully start and scale their non-profit business organizations. This program assists founders in carrying on administrative tasks, legal compliance, fundraising, provides them with connection-building opportunities with mentors and industry experts.

Apply to Mission Create, or learn more ➜

9. Seed Spot

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 6 Weeks

Seed Spot hosts an accelerator program to support and empower diverse and impact-driven entrepreneurs. They assist both adult and youth entrepreneurs and provide them with various business resources, mentorship, knowledge about the fundamentals of running a successful business, networking opportunities, capital sources, business strategies, and growth opportunities.

Apply to Seed Spot , or learn more ➜

10. Coplex Ventures

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 9-12 Months

Coplex organizes a program where the art of designing a business turned into a repeatable science through proven business methodologies and processes. They follow a stage-gated approach for building successful business ventures that include the discovery of business problems and their solutions, design & validation of the business model, investment opportunities, launch, and growth of companies.

Apply to Coplex Ventures, or learn more ➜

11. Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Bio Science Industry
Investment Size: $30K
Program Length: 4 Months

Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program offers personalized business education, membership, growth & networking opportunities to early-stage bioscience firms and empowers them to become investment-ready business firms. They also assist ventures in the niche of medical device & equipment, drug, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, chemicals, agricultural feedstock, research, and medical labs.

Apply to Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program, or learn more ➜

12. Stealthmode Partners

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 3 Months

Stealthmode Partners runs an accelerator program that focuses on helping entrepreneurs succeed in the industry. This program connects them to various business resources and experts, provides them one-on-one business coaching, and consultation services from experienced industry professionals.

Apply to Stealthmode Partners, or learn more ➜

13. Game CoLab

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Game Development Ventures
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Game CoLab organizes an accelerator program for empowering game developers and providing them a collaborative workspace, business education, networking opportunity with potential partners and investors, mentorship, business PR & marketing strategies, community building, fundraising, and business development opportunities.

Apply to Game CoLab, or learn more ➜

14. Community Entrepreneurship Center

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Community Entrepreneurship Center is a business program at the South Mountain Community College to assist student entrepreneurs and provide them with business education, tools, resources, services, collaborative workspace, career advice, training and workshops, conference rooms, mentoring & counseling from experts, and business loans.

Apply to Community Entrepreneurship Center, or learn more ➜

15. ASU ScaleU

Location: Phoenix
Industry: EdTech Ventures
Investment Size: $500-$2,500
Program Length: Not Disclosed

ASU ScaleU operates an accelerator program to assist EdTech business ventures in integrating, testing, and validating new business technologies at the nation's largest research university. This program provides businesses with the opportunity for funding, product development, customer acquisition, launching and evaluating educational technologies in a dynamic university environment.

Apply to ASU ScaleU, or learn more ➜

16. Avnet Innovation Lab

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Technology Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 12-18 Months

Avnet Innovation Lab runs a technology startup accelerator program to provide participants with funding, business knowledge, consultation, working space, one-on-one coaching & guidance, supply-chain technologies, the introduction of next-generation technologies, and assistance to bring business ideas into reality.

Apply to Avnet Innovation Lab, or learn more ➜

17. RISN Incubator

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Product Innovation
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

RISN Incubator program organized by Arizona State University and the City of Phoenix assists early-stage entrepreneurs in the niche of waste-to-product innovation business. This program provides them with an opportunity to grow, scale, and transform startups, test business concepts and products, build business firms, mentorship from experts, technical assistance, business strategies, and funding opportunities to push the business forward.

Apply to RISN Incubator, or learn more ➜

18. The Fuerza Local Business Accelerator

Location: Phoenix
Industry: Business owned by Micro Entrepreneurs
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 6 Months

The Fuerza Local Business Accelerator runs a 6-months long program to serve micro-entrepreneurs. This program provides them with business development strategies, education on various business topics such as marketing, planning, cash flow, and financial literacy, expert guidance, and opportunities to expand the business and contribute to the growth of the economy of Phoenix.

Apply to The Fuerza Local Business Accelerator, or learn more ➜

19. Maricopa SBDC

Location: Mesa, Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Maricopa Small Business Development Center (SBDC) organizes programs that help small businesses to launch, grow, and sustain themselves in the industry. They offer business counseling, classes & workshops, networking opportunities, and assistance to new and existing businesses in the industry.

Apply to Maricopa SBDC, or learn more ➜

20. Greater Phoenix Score

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Greater Phoenix Score hosts a business program to help entrepreneurs and startups increase their business profits, improve their business operations, and accelerate the growth of businesses. They assist them in starting, growing, and establishing a successful business firm. This program also provides them with mentorship, a plethora of business resources, training programs, and networking opportunities.

Apply to Greater Phoenix Score, or learn more ➜

21. Greater Phoenix Economic Council

Location: Phoenix
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed

Greater Phoenix Economic Council runs a business program to provide ventures with an opportunity to grow and advance in the industry. They also provide them with one-on-one business advice, advanced services, data-driven research, connection-building opportunities, and business strategies to accelerate the success of business ventures. This program assists businesses in the niche of aerospace, wearables, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, blockchain, financial services, healthcare, software, biomedical, and semiconductors.

Apply to Greater Phoenix Economic Council, or learn more ➜

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