Ask HN: Active incubators in Southern California?

2 points by api 11y ago ↗ HN

I've found several incubators' sites in SoCal (LA and Orange County), but have heard conflicting things about how active they are. Some have told me they're sort of defunct, or not accepting new applicants, etc.

I'm curious about which incubators HNers might recommend down South. Not going to list what I've already found since I'd like to see what else people suggest. If anyone's enrolled in one, I'd love to hear a testimonial.

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byoung2 11y ago ↗

We interviewed with StartEngine, but weren't impressed. There is no actual structured program (e.g. office hours, dinners), their graduates have a poor track record of raising money, and they have had no successful exits.

byoung2 11y ago ↗

Here is a good resource to compare programs:

http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators

unholygoat 11y ago ↗

I remember reading a couple months ago in some blog post that there are 27 or so startup incubators here in southern california. That made me cringe as I scrolled through the list of people behind most of them & wondered who the hell they were and why many of the links on their sites didn't work (that was the case with probably 5 of them not to mention not a single allumni of their programs ever made it past that initial investment). :(

That being said there are a few ones that I see all the time & based on the track record of their applicants as well as the mentors/investors involved they'd be worth a shot:

- Amplify.la - launchpad.la - muchercapital.com

and not in the order.