IndieBio (SOSV life sciences programme)
IndieBio
Status not published
Batch-based with published application deadlines, historically two batches a year across the SF and NY sites.
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%.
SOSV / IndieBio
private · supranational
Deadline: cutoff — Batch-based with published application deadlines, historically two batches a year across the SF and NY sites.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: health, agri, deeptech, climate
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
Biology-based startups: synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, food and agriculture biotech, therapeutics, climate biotech. Accepts very early teams, including academics pre-incorporation.
Source. https://indiebio.co/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked