StartX

Founded by Cameron Teitelman in 2011, StartX is a non-profit business incubator associated with Stanford University. It began as a spin-off of Stanford Student Enterprises, the non-profit financial arm of the Associated Students of Stanford University, which sponsored earlier events called SSE Labs in 2009 and then SSE Ventures. The StartX incubator differentiates itself from other incubators in Silicon Valley in that it is an educational non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that takes no equity in the companies it helps start. At least one member of each company must have some Stanford connection, but undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff are involved in the seminars and advise program. In May 2012, StartX created a specialized track, called StartX Med, for medical-related startup companies. Later in September 2013, StartX along with Stanford Hospital and Clinics created a new Stanford-StartX fund to invest in current and alumni StartX companies.