Healthcare company-building profile
IndieBio San Francisco (now SOSV SF)
SOSV
AcceleratorVC-backed programInvestor backedActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- VC-backed program
- Organization
- SOSV
- Organization type
- Investor backed
- Location
- San Francisco, California
- Company stage served
- Pre-seed to Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- Not publicly documented
- Investment or funding offered
- Not publicly documented
- Published investment terms
- Not publicly documented
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2014
Public description
About the program
IndieBio launched in San Francisco in 2015 as one of the first accelerators to pair wet-lab space with pre-seed investment for scientist-founders. Companies join a cohort-based program with bench space, mentorship and follow-on introductions to investors. In March 2026 SOSV renamed the San Francisco program SOSV SF to reflect an expansion beyond biology into AI, energy and materials. SOSV reports that 310 IndieBio graduates raised $3.6 billion between 2015 and 2025.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
BiotechTherapeuticsSynthetic biologyFood and agriculture technologyDeep tech
- Category: VC-backed program
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Sean O'Sullivan — Founder and Managing General Partner, SOSV
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats); Perfect Day; NotCo; The EVERY Company (formerly Clara Foods); CATALOG
Sources
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