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Cleveland Small Business & Startup Resource Guide
Every accelerator, incubator, coworking space, funder and support organization worth knowing in Greater Cleveland — plus the daily news and events feeds we publish for founders here. Curated and kept current by CLIKT.
Start here: our Cleveland founder feeds
CLIKT curates Techstars Startup Digest Cleveland and publishes daily news and event roundups for Northeast Ohio founders. All free.
Startup Digest Cleveland
The Techstars-powered weekly digest of Cleveland startup events and reading, hand-curated by CLIKT's Joe Jurczyk.
Cleveland Startup News
Funding rounds, launches, hires and ecosystem news from across Greater Cleveland, updated daily.
Cleveland Startup Events
Pitch nights, meetups, workshops and demo days happening around Cleveland this week and next.
Ohio Startup News & Events
The same coverage widened to all of Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo and Youngstown.
Daily Founder Fuel
Three things every founder should see today, a two-minute read published every weekday morning.
U.S. Startup News & Events
National headlines and events for founders raising, hiring or selling outside the region.
Accelerators, incubators & innovation hubs
Structured programs, lab and maker space, and venture development support across Cleveland and Akron.
JumpStart Inc.
Northeast Ohio's anchor venture development organization. Runs accelerators including the Trailblazer software program, provides non-dilutive capital, mentorship and the Midtown Collaboration Center.
Bounce Innovation Hub
Akron's 300,000 sq ft innovation hub: accelerator programming, the PNC Startup Showcase, a prototyping lab, and coworking and office space for early-stage companies.
MAGNET
The Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network: product design, prototyping, operations consulting and workforce programs for manufacturers and hardware startups.
Sears think[box], CWRU
A seven-floor innovation center open free to the public: 3D printing, laser cutting, electronics, and an incubator floor for launching ventures.
Cleveland Clinic Innovations
The Clinic's commercialization arm: licensing, spinout formation and partnership pathways for medical device, diagnostic and digital health ventures.
CSU Entrepreneurship & Weston Ideation Lab
Cleveland State's startup sandbox: ideation space, mentoring, pitch competitions and microgrants for student and community founders.
DigitalC & MidTown Tech Hive
Community broadband nonprofit operating the MidTown Tech Hive on Euclid Avenue: affordable desk space and tech programming in the Health-Tech Corridor.
Health-Tech Corridor
The three-mile Euclid Avenue corridor connecting hospitals, universities and incubators, with a directory of lab, office and startup space.
Coworking & shared workspace
Day passes to private suites, from Ohio City to Akron.
COhatch
Community-first coworking with multiple Northeast Ohio locations, event space, meeting rooms and flexible month-to-month memberships.
Spaces Cleveland
Design-led coworking in the historic Western Reserve Building: hot desks, dedicated desks, private offices and meeting rooms downtown.
Regus Cleveland
Multiple downtown and suburban locations offering virtual offices, day offices and private suites on short terms.
E.V. Bishoff Shared Offices
Long-running Cleveland operator of furnished private offices and shared suites with receptionist services, month to month.
Bounce Coworking
Desks, private offices and lab space inside Akron's Bounce Innovation Hub, with direct access to its accelerator community.
CoworkingCafe: Cleveland
Side-by-side listings of Cleveland-area coworking spaces with current pricing, amenities and availability.
Small business assistance & counseling
Free and low-cost advising, training and certification help for Cleveland-area business owners.
Ohio SBDC at Cleveland State University
No-cost, confidential business advising for startups and existing businesses: financial projections, loan packaging, growth planning.
SCORE Cleveland
Volunteer executives offering free one-on-one mentoring plus a steady calendar of free and low-cost workshops.
Urban League of Greater Cleveland – MBAC
Ohio Minority Business Assistance Center services: MBE/EDGE certification, procurement access, financing guidance and entrepreneurship training.
Women's Business Centers of Ohio (ECDI)
Training, coaching and lending support for women-owned businesses, delivered statewide by ECDI with a Cleveland presence.
NEO Hispanic Center for Economic Development
Bilingual technical assistance, lending referrals and business development support for Hispanic-owned businesses in Northeast Ohio.
Greater Cleveland Partnership / COSE
The region's chamber of commerce and its small business arm: group benefits, advocacy, networking and the Solopreneurs program.
City of Cleveland Economic Development
Storefront renovation grants, gap financing, tax incentives and site selection help for businesses locating or expanding in the city.
Summit County Business Support
Akron-area entrepreneurial resources, development partners and financing programs from the county's economic development team.
Capital & funding
Angel networks, funds and lenders active in Northeast Ohio.
North Coast Ventures
One of the Midwest's most active angel groups, with 250+ investor members writing early-stage checks into regional startups.
JumpStart Capital & Programs
Non-dilutive grants, pre-seed investment and focused funds for tech, health and underrepresented founders in Northeast Ohio.
ECDI
CDFI providing SBA microloans and small business loans to Ohio entrepreneurs who don't yet qualify for conventional bank financing.
Fund for Our Economic Future
A philanthropic collaborative funding job creation, job access and job preparation work across the 18-county Northeast Ohio region.
Ohio Department of Development
State-level grants, loan programs, tax credits and the Minority Business Assistance Center network for Ohio businesses.
SBA Cleveland District Office
SBA 7(a) and 504 loan guarantees, disaster assistance, government contracting help and local lender referrals.
Community, events & local news
Where Cleveland founders actually meet, and where the region's business stories get told.
Startup Grind Cleveland
Local chapter of the global founder community: fireside chats with regional founders and investors, plus open networking.
OHTec
Northeast Ohio's technology trade association: talent programs, the Best of Tech awards and year-round member events.
Engage! Cleveland
Nonprofit connecting young professionals to the region through Cleveland Young Professionals Week and year-round programming.
MidTown Cleveland
Community development corporation behind much of the innovation district's real estate, programming and small business support.
Crain's Cleveland Business
The region's business daily: deals, real estate, health care and the reporting that drives most local startup coverage.
FreshWater Cleveland
Solutions-focused coverage of Cleveland development, entrepreneurship and neighborhood innovation.
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Get in touchKnow an organization that belongs on this list — or see one that's out of date? Let us know and we'll update it. Last reviewed September 2026.