Driving Innovation, Scaling Impact & Building Resilience.

Leading Cities' Key Programs

A Virtual Ecosystem

What is LaunchPad 11?

A Certified Education

What is LC Academy?

A World-Class Accelerator

What is AcceliCITY?

A Match-Making Investor Program

What is C.I.V.I.C.?

A No-Cost Pilot Program

What is AcceliGOV?

A Project Scaling Model

What is LC3?

Game-Changing Partnerships

Startups and organizations in our programs are driving real impact. Explore the breakthrough partnerships that have emerged from Leading Cities programs and see how innovation is shaping a more resilient future.

New Bedford, MA

& HAH Parking


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Why Innovation Needs Collaboration

The challenges we face—climate change, urban resilience, sustainable infrastructure—are too big for any one group to solve alone. True impact happens when entrepreneurs, cities, investors, and industry leaders work together, breaking down silos to drive real solutions forward.


Leading Cities bridges these connections, ensuring that groundbreaking ideas don’t just stay ideas—they become real-world solutions. Through our programs, we match innovation with opportunity, helping technologies get tested, funded, and scaled where they’re needed most.

Since its inception, Leading Cities has directly supported, mentored, and provided growth opportunities to hundreds of startups, driving real-world impact through innovation, collaboration, and strategic partnerships.

Our start-ups

have raised

Over $1.5 Billion

Our start-ups have created

Over 12,600 jobs

Our Start-Ups Have Earned

Over $2.2 Million

Leading Cities Impact