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Accelerators

IndieBio (SOSV life sciences programme)

IndieBio

Status

Status not published

Batch-based with published application deadlines, historically two batches a year across the SF and NY sites.

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Amount
$550,000

GIVEN: a pre-seed cheque within SOSV's stated range of up to USD 550,000, plus full wet-lab space, equipment and reagents in San Francisco or New York for the duration of the programme (a large in-kind component that is easy to undervalue). TAKEN: an equity stake agreed at investment. Follow-on investment from SOSV is common for companies that hit milestones.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

SOSV / IndieBio

private · supranational

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Batch-based with published application deadlines, historically two batches a year across the SF and NY sites.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Biology-based startups: synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, food and agriculture biotech, therapeutics, climate biotech. Accepts very early teams, including academics pre-incorporation.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

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Source. https://indiebio.co/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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