Don't miss 1 Million Cups® Naples! Florida entrepreneurs and startups present their innovative businesses from 9-10 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month.

The coffee is free, provided by and paid for by sponsors. Just bring your questions and advice!

Naples' top business hub for stellar entrepreneurial results

The Naples Accelerator, located at 3510 Kraft Road, Suite 200, off Pine Ridge Road in the Kraft Office Center, is a public-private partnership between Collier County's Office of Business & Economic Development and non-profit Economic Incubators Inc. It's Southwest Florida's top business accelerator. Since it opened, it's assisted 121 companies and brought in more than $12.2 million in venture and capital investment. 

The 10,000-square-foot business accelerator provides companies with offices, conference rooms, virtual space, co-working, networking, mentoring and training to grow their startups and small businesses. It also brings businesses closer to sources of funding by offering its own venture funding angels, the Adrenaline Venture Fund, an affiliate of the Tamiami Angel Funds.

Now, it's also an event venue for  1 Million Cups® Naples, where entrepreneurs and startups pitch their businesses and products for six minutes to an audience of investors, startups, entrepreneurs, business people, the public and others from 9-10 a.m. the second Wednesday each month.

Our startups have received mentorship from industry leaders, pitched to numerous well-connected, successful CEOs and entrepreneurs and have gained access to numerous investors and sales leads. Read about one here. Our current members are local and global, coming from as far away as Finland, Norway, Hungary, Slovakia, Britain, Germany, France and the Ukraine to get their start in the Southwest Florida area.

Our members receive training from a variety of leaders in technology, business and public administration. We're partners with the Collier County Office of Business & Economic Development, Naples SCORE and the Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University. In addition, under a three-year agreement, experts from the University of Florida, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Southwestern State College and Hodges University will provide assistance to help grow our startups, as well as the culinary startups at the Florida Culinary Accelerator @ Immokalee.

Startups from the French government's incubator network, Retis and Val d'oise Technopole, have come for boot camps and to pitch services and products. They stay in touch with us through online workshops offered on GoToMeeting by the county's Office of Business & Economic Development.

Network and publicity:

Our clients gain access to an extensive network of entrepreneurs, developers and planners, including recurring opportunities to present and participate in various Southwest Florida events, conferences and workshops.

Accelerate your business:

Our members have access to:

• SBDC at FGCU and Naples SCORE representatives 

• The Adrenaline Venture Fund, the accelerator's group of angel investors

• global-support specialists

• business-plan specialists

• client-support specialists

• web-architecture specialists

• social-media advisors

Need more information?

Learn more about our options and pricing. Contact us for more information, a tour or to talk: info@naplesaccelerator.com, 239-249-5911 or call toll free, 855-949-5911

You can fill out an application here.

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Updated May 22, 2019