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Accelerators

Illumina Accelerator

Status

Closed for now

The funder has not said when this reopens.

Closed
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: Closed — Ended: in 2023 Illumina Accelerator joined Illumina Ventures and relaunched as Illumina Ventures Labs.

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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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.illumina.com/

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

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

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