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Accelerators

Google for Startups Accelerator

Status

Status not published

Cohort-based, run regionally as Accelerator Americas, Accelerator Europe/Middle East/Africa and Accelerator Asia Pacific. Deadlines are published per regional cohort on the regional pages; none is published on the umbrella page.

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Amount
Not published

No cash and no equity: 'Equity-free support for the duration of the program'. Benefits are mentoring from Google teams, technical bootcamps, early access to AI products via Trusted Tester and EAP, Cloud TPU access and, for eligible startups, unspecified 'product credits'. Google does not publish a credit value, so the amount is null.

Funder

Google LLC

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Cohort-based, run regionally as Accelerator Americas, Accelerator Europe/Middle East/Africa and Accelerator Asia Pacific. Deadlines are published per regional cohort on the regional pages; none is published on the umbrella page.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Cohorts of 10-15 startups. Specific stage, sector and country criteria are set per regional cohort and are not published on the umbrella page.

How to apply

  1. Select the regional accelerator (Americas, EMEA or APAC) and check its open cohorts. — link
  2. Apply online during the cohort window.
  3. Selected cohorts of 10-15 startups take part in remote and in-person 1:1 sessions, group learning and sprint projects.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://startup.google.com/programs/accelerator/

"Equity-free support for the duration of the program"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: startup.google.com

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