ZinnStarter

Run by Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, San Jose State University.

ZinnStarter follows the academic year in San Jose, with mandatory bi-weekly accelerator meetings for its fellows; the 2025-2026 cycle opened applications on 1 December 2025, closed on 30 January 2026 and named fellows on 16 February 2026. Roughly $20,000 is distributed in total among about 10 teams, each team's share set after assessment, and no equity is taken. Generalist.

Investment

US$20,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

Not disclosed

Format

Not disclosed

Cadence

annual

Location

San Jose, United States

Sectors

• Generalist

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.sjsu.edu/svce/programs/zinnstarter.php read 2026-09-10 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, duration note, batch cadence, sectors, application url, contact email, status

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Last verified 2026-09-10.