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Accelerators

Illumina Accelerator

Status

Status not published

Historically ran two funding cycles per year at its Bay Area and Cambridge (UK) sites. The dedicated accelerator page was not reachable at the time of checking.

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Amount
Not published

Six-month genomics startup programme providing seed investment, sequencing capacity, lab space and Illumina expertise. Investment terms are negotiated per company and are not published.

Funder

Illumina, Inc.

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Historically ran two funding cycles per year at its Bay Area and Cambridge (UK) sites. The dedicated accelerator page was not reachable at the time of checking.

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

Genomics-focused startups; participation requires being on-site at an Illumina Accelerator location.

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Source. https://www.illumina.com/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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