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Accelerators & Incubators

Midwest startup accelerators and incubators — program announcements, cohort news, demo days, and the organizations helping founders launch across the region.

Accelerators & Incubators

German American Chamber of Commerce visits the Midwest from North Rhine Westphalia Midwest

Is this German region a mirror image of the Midwest?

StartMidwest Cintrifuse Startup Fellows Cohort 2026

Startup Ecosystems Don't Grow by Accident, but by Developing Builders.

StartMidwest the Midwest Dairy Accelerator in Chicago has chosen six startups for latest cohort

Midwest Dairy Accelerator presents six startups for 2026 cohort

StartMidwest Mondelez announces nine startups for CoLab 20206

Mondelēz selects nine startups for CoLab Tech 2026 accelerator

Rev1 Ventures spins out R1 Capital as a standalone venture firm in Columbus, Ohio

Red Bull Basement World Final decided after Detroit pitch event

Scott Litman and Dan Mallin with winner Dori Jones of AcQumen Medical at the Minnesota Cup in 2025

Five Exits, One Partnership: The Playbook Behind Minnesota’s Quiet Power Duo

Purdue Innovates Accelerator

Purdue Innovates launches second accelerator cohort

StartMidwest - 1871 Chicago - Old Chicago Stock Exchange Building

BMO and 1871 open applications for WMNfintech in Chicago

StartMidwest Do Midwest Ecosystems have an Identity Problem?

Do Midwest Ecosystems have an Identity Problem?

John Deere announces new cohort of 2026 startup collaborators

Why More Healthcare Professionals Should Be Building Startups

Lilly and Indiana University Expand Clinical Trial Access and Innovation

StartMidwest Usher and Big Sean to Fund $1 Million Detroit Incubator for Young Creators

Usher and Big Sean to Fund $1 Million Detroit Incubator for Young Creators

StartMidwest author Sebastian Penix asks WTF is an Ecosystem anyways?

WTF is an Ecosystem anyways?

StartMidwest Angel Investing: who is on the sidelines that ought to be in the game?

Angel Investing: who is on the sidelines that ought to be in the game?

StartMidwest Not for Profit opens 'House of Innovation' to Foster Social Sector Startups

Not for Profit opens 'House of Innovation' to Foster Social Sector Startups

Indiana Bioscience Innovation: IU LAB and Plug and Play Cohort

StartMidwest - Fashion entrepreneurship and startups in Columbus Ohio

New innovation hub boosts fashion entrepreneurship in Columbus

Midwest Dairy Accelerator highlights innovation in legacy industry

Why I Built Free Resources for Chicago Founders

StartMidwest Ohio startup Lighthouse Avionics wins Accelerator place

Ohio startup Lighthouse Avionics wins Accelerator place

Why Chicago is pushing its chips all in on quantum

StartMidwest - Cintrifuse innovation - Cincinnati City as a Lab

Cincinnati: City-as-a-Lab

University of Chicago and IBM launch first Quantum Startup Accelerator.

Henry Ford Health and Michigan State Launch $10m Innovation Hub

StartMidwest - 7 million Illinois incubator

Illinois commits $7 million to modernize tech incubators and boost innovation

Centrepolis Make It in Michigan grant deadline extended