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NVIDIA Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Hardware & IoT · Hardware

NVIDIA is a computing platform company innovating at the intersection of graphics, HPC and AI. The company specialises in the manufacture of graphics processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices. The company is a major supplier of integrated circuits used for personal computer motherboard chipsets, graphics processing units (GPUs), and game consoles.
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In StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index, NVIDIA ranks #142 globally and #57 in the United States. It ranks #20 in the Hardware & IoT industry and #3 in the Hardware subindustry.

Global
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#142
Industry
Hardware & IoT
#20
Subindustry
Hardware
#3
National · United States
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#57
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Key metrics

NVIDIA Startup Activity Metrics

NVIDIA has supported 222 startups through programs and investments, with those companies raising a combined $281 billion over the last ten years. The company currently operates 8 active startup programs.

Overview

Explore NVIDIA's investments, startup programs, and corporate open innovation activity

NVIDIA has deployed more than $271 million in startup investments through NVentures and partnership programs, strengthening its position as one of the leading innovation-driven corporations globally.

The company currently runs 8 active startup programs supporting 222 startups worldwide across industries such as Ecommerce & Retail, Edtech, Energy & Environment, and Fintech. Its venture arm NVentures has invested in over 222 startups since it was founded in 2021.

The corporate-innovation activity is concentrated in Software & Data, Hardware & IoT, and Healthtech, categories where NVIDIA's scale provides outsized leverage to early-stage startups.

Activity breakdown

Where NVIDIA-associated startups operate

Sector, HQ-city and program-location breakdowns for the startups associated with NVIDIA. Unlock the full breakdown with StartupBlink Pro.

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Programs & CVC

NVIDIA Startup Programs and Corporate Venture Capital initiatives

NVIDIA engages startups through 8 active programs, supporting 222 startups in total based on our database.

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Agentic AI Unleashed - AWS & NVIDIA Hackathon
Startup Activation · est. 2025
Startup Activation Program
Online hackathon co-hosted by AWS and NVIDIA for developers building agentic AI applications deployed on Amazon EKS or SageMaker endpoints.
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HackAI - Dell and NVIDIA Challenge
Startup Activation · est. 2024
Startup Activation Program
Devpost hackathon co-hosted by Dell and NVIDIA for generative-AI projects built with NVIDIA AI Workbench.
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HP & NVIDIA Developer Challenge
Startup Activation · est. 2025
Startup Activation Program
Devpost challenge co-hosted by HP and NVIDIA with USD 70k in prizes for developers building AI applications on HP AI Studio; US residents only.
Mellanox Capital
Mellanox Capital
Corporate Venture / Investment · est. 2014
Investment Program
Mellanox Capital is the venture capital arm of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. It specializes in investments in startups. The firm seeks to invest in technology companies developing hardware, sof
NVentures
NVentures
Corporate Venture / Investment · est. 2021
Investment Program
NVentures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on innovations in various sectors. NVentures is the venture capital arm of NVIDIA.
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NVIDIA GTC AI Conference
Ecosystem Activation · est. 2009
Ecosystem Activation Program
NVIDIA's flagship AI conference convening developers, researchers, investors and startups; GTC 2026 drew 30k+ attendees from 190 countries with 240+ Inception startups showcasing.
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NVIDIA GTC Hackathons
Startup Activation
Startup Activation Program
Series of short on-site hackathons NVIDIA runs during GTC (2-6 hours each) on GB10 systems and NVIDIA Nemotron; open to GTC pass holders with hardware prizes.
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NVIDIA Ideathon
Startup Activation · est. 2017
Startup Activation Program
Global AI and deep-learning ideathon run by NVIDIA on HackerEarth challenging teams to show human-AI collaboration on grand-challenge problems.
Nvidia Inception
Nvidia Inception
Startup Access · est. 1993
Startup Access Program
Inception nurtures dedicated and exceptional startups who are revolutionizing industries with advances in AI and data science. This virtual accelerator program helps startups during critical
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NVIDIA Inception Showcase
Ecosystem Activation
Ecosystem Activation Program
Competitive recognition program for NVIDIA Inception member startups; ~500 companies evaluated on technical excellence and industry relevance and 10 named Honored Enterprises.
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List of Startups

Top startups associated with NVIDIA

NVIDIA's top 5 associated startups have raised 66% of the $281 billion raised in the last ten years across all 222 associated startups, led by OpenAI at $79.6 billion. NVIDIA is associated with 218 active startups and 4 exits. NVentures supports the largest number of startups, with 222 associated startups.

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Startups associated with NVIDIA
StartupSB ScoreIndustryHQ cityLink Type to CorporationLinked via
OpenAIOpenAISB 1000Software & DataSan FranciscoDirect InvestmentNVentures
xAIxAISB 891Software & DataPalo AltoDirect InvestmentNVentures
RevolutRevolutSB 838FintechLondonDirect InvestmentNVentures
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Corporate Startup Activity Index · 2025

Global Corporate Open Innovation Rankings

Explore the top 372 corporations in StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index. NVIDIA ranks #142 globally and #57 in the United States. It accounts for 0.4% of the measured corporate startup activity in the Hardware & IoT industry and 0.2% of the activity generated by corporations in the United States. Unlock more granular data on each corporation with StartupBlink Pro.

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