SOSV SF & SOSV NY (formerly IndieBio)
SOSV San Francisco, New York, United States · open to applicants worldwide
SOSV's deep-tech programmes in San Francisco and New York (the former IndieBio): up to $550K pre-seed via a SAFE, up to six months' residency with labs and co-working, and a dedicated investor team helping toward seed and Series A. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
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About
What it offers: Up to $550K pre-seed SAFE.
Also: up to six months' residency with labs (BSL1/BSL2, chemistry, food production), equipment and co-working; dedicated team of 3–4 investors meeting weekly; access to SOSV's 2,700+ co-investors.
Who can apply: Deep-tech teams (therapeutics, health, food, materials, energy, AI/compute and more); anyone from anywhere can apply; at least two co-founders needed to be funded; US incorporation advised; in-person bootcamps.
Rolling admissions; one SOSV application lets you choose New York, San Francisco or both. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal.
What to prepare: online application, deck.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-31): “Now accepting applications (By the way, we’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis)”
Who can apply
- Open to founders
- Deep-tech teams (therapeutics, health, food, materials, energy, AI/compute and more); anyone from anywhere can apply; at least two co-founders needed to be funded; US incorporation advised; in-person bootcamps.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal).
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to SOSV without your tap.
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