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:#NextHIT: http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/ | :#NextHIT: http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/ | ||
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:#Amplify: http://amplify.la/ | :#Amplify: http://amplify.la/ | ||
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:#New York Startup Lab: http://nystartuplab.com/ | :#New York Startup Lab: http://nystartuplab.com/ | ||
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+ | *Some locations return more viable results for a similar sample size. For example, New York returned 9 valid accelerators, whereas Los Angeles and Houston both returned 5 actual accelerators out of the first 20 results: an 80% difference. Some optimization may come from identifying which locations return more accelerators upon searching. |
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Contents
- 1 Pre-existing Data
- 2 Sources
- 3 Source Evaluations
- 3.1 Source: http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
- 3.2 Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all
- 3.3 Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
- 3.4 Source: https://www.f6s.com/programs?type
- 3.5 Source: http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/
- 3.6 Source: https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/
- 3.7 Source: https://www.corporate-accelerators.net/database/
- 3.8 Source: https://github.com/florianheinemann/www-corporate-accelerators-net/blob/master/_data/Accelerators.json
- 3.9 Source: https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-a-comprehensive-list-of-startup-incubators-and-accelerators-in-the-US
- 4 List of Sources Obtained from Various Google Searches
Pre-existing Data
Sources
(Obtained from List of Accelerators)
- http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
- http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators, http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all
- https://www.f6s.com/programs?type
- http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/?utm_content=35401577&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
- https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/
(Obtained from Google search: "Accelerator Database")
- seed-db is the first result that pops up
- https://www.corporate-accelerators.net/database/
- https://github.com/florianheinemann/www-corporate-accelerators-net/blob/master/_data/Accelerators.json
- Quora: https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-a-comprehensive-list-of-startup-incubators-and-accelerators-in-the-US"
- By the 5th or 6th search result, the utility diminished greatly
Other ways used to find Accelerators (listed below "List of Sources Obtained from Various Google Searches"):
- Type in generic location + "accelerators" (e.g. Houston Accelerators)
- Looked at roughly the first 20 results
- Used three locations as examples of accelerators that pop up
Source Evaluations
Source: http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
- Opened source website
- Copied Information under "All Accelerator Programs" to TextPad, already sorted. Returned 190 results
- Each link on parent list leads to individual home page url of accelerator
- Used sample size of 20 links, determined 16 to be accelerators, 2 to be incubators, 2 to be inactive or broken links
- Many accelerators do not include founding date, most recent accelerators from around 2013-2014 (as determined from home page)
Review
- Reliable source for specific URLs to older accelerators, not very helpful for more specific information.
- Web crawling seems improbable because information is not readily available from source. Can potentially mine staff information or contact information from associated "about" page in the home url
Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all
- Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 235 results.
- Clicking on the accelerator name itself links to a page with all of its associated startups, up until 6/2016 cohort
- Startup table includes:
- "state"
- "company name"
- "website and CrunchBase links"
- "cohort date"
- "exit value"
- "funding".
- Many entries for "exit value" are missing, some values for "funding" are missing
- On original seed-db webpage, each accelerator has a link to its associated home page url
- From the table, each listed entry was an accelerator, although 24 accelerators out of 235 were classified as "dead"
- Along with the home url, each accelerator table includes the following:
- Status
- Program (name)
- Location
- Country
- Number of companies
- Cumulative exit values
- Cumulative funding
- Average funding for startups
- Median funding for startups
- Many entries for "median funding" are left empty, as well as entries for all types of funding on the bottom half of the table
Review
- Reliable source for accelerators, includes list of accelerators both dead and active, as well as their associated start-ups
- Web crawling potential is promising; startup table is located within the source for each webpage. Can also mine any category from the accelerator table
- Overall very extensive data for accelerators that are included on the list, but after cross-referencing from other sources shows that seed-db is lacking many newer accelerators; list is not all-inclusive.
- Includes regional distributions for accelerator groups as well. For example, rather than just "Techstars", the group is broken into Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, etc.
Source: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
- Very similar to "http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all", but contains large regional accelerators as groups, rather than individual accelerators. For example, Techstars appears only once.
- Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 239 results.
- Clicking on the accelerator name itself links to a page with all of its associated startups, up until 6/2016 cohort
- Startup table includes same information as previous source, "http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all". However, accelerators spanning across multiple regions have their startups located under one category on this webpage.
- On original seed-db webpage, each accelerator has a link to its associated home page url
- From the table, each listed entry was an accelerator, although 24 accelerators/groups out of 239 were classified as "dead"
- Along with the home url, each accelerator table includes the same information as the "http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all" source
Review
- Reliable source for accelerators, includes list of accelerators both dead and active, as well as their associated start-ups
- Web crawling potential is promising; startup table is located within the source for each webpage. Can also mine any category from the accelerator table
- Overall very extensive data for accelerators that are included on the list, includes large groups as well as individual accelerators. It seems that some accelerators missing from "http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all" are located here, since there are 239 returns rather than 235.
Source: https://www.f6s.com/programs?type
- On the webpage, set "Type" to "Accelerator/Program", set "Location" to "North America", and set "Invest in Country" to "United States" to return results
- Highlighted results and scrolled down until all results found; copied results to TextPad
- In TextPad, sorted out lines with "by", as well as miscellaneous categories such as dates and dollar signs through Regular Expressions
- Using the "More Info" line which held constant through the entire list, assigned a sequential number to the line (in order to determine the number of results)
- Obtained a grand total of 1467 results from the list
- Along with the name of the program/accelerator, the data included:
- Dollar value per team
- Equity
- Application Site
- Accelerator URL
- Many entries are not accelerators, from a quick glance through the results, there were various conferences, 3-5 days events, and written literature pertaining to accelerators as well
- From a sample size of the first 30 entries, determined 10 to be valid accelerators, 3 incubators, 6 conferences/weekends, and the rest to be miscellaneous entries such as startup events or "studios" (perhaps useful but not relevant to search)
- As we go down the list, the number of accelerators proportionately decreases. Can comfortably say that overall accelerator turnout from this website is much less than 33%, probably closer to 10-15%.
Review
- Potentially useful website if crawler could remove the clutter and target solely the accelerators; very useful for identifying new accelerators since data automatically sorted by date and location.
- Large list of sources includes many irrelevant results, such as conferences or weekends which are difficult to identify. The name of the sorting category itself, "Accelerator/Program" suggests that many of the results fall under the "Program" section rather than being valid accelerators.
- Potential site for identifying accelerators, but limited by in-site sorting; useful for URL and perhaps equity, but not very detailed information relating to the accelerator/program.
Source: http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/
- Selected region of US and Canada
- Scrolled down to the section labeled "Top 20 Active Accelerators" and selected "see the full list" near the bottom of the listed accelerators
- Copied resulting entries into TextPad and sorted out the numbers to leave only the name of the accelerator
- Obtained 100 results for different accelerators
- Accelerator lists included:
- Name and URL
- Number of Start-ups funded (2015 only)
- Accelerator list limited to 2015
Review
- Website provides its own evaluation of an accelerator's success based on various factors and provides data for larger trends.
- Usefulness is questionable because website does not provide much except the URL, and all of the entries are based on success in 2015.
- Other interesting data within website such as "Hot Markets", investment breakdowns by state, etc. All of this data is also limited to 2015.
Source: https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/
- Scrolled down to the section labeled "Startup accelerators in Boston"
- Copied text beginning from "MassChallenge" (the first paragraph was just a general definition of startups) and continued to copy until "Startup Incubators in Boston"
- After pasting in TextPad, I sorted the data to delete any characters after the "-" and added a sequential number at the beginning of each line
- Returned a total of 17 results for startups in Boston
- Accelerator list included:
- Name and URL
- Capital requirements
- Application periods and requirements
- Paragraph describing accelerator and its goals
Review
- Although the guide is dated, useful for identifying strong accelerator programs in Boston
- Limitation: only focuses on Boston, but the description is helpful in identifying the role of the accelerator
- Limited information on accelerator, not very useful by itself without information from the accelerator URL
Source: https://www.corporate-accelerators.net/database/
- Copied and pasted table into Microsoft Excel (Data was already sorted into categories so no need for TextPad)
- Table returned 72 references (but there was a link to the bottom to a larger database)
- The table itself includes:
- Major Company
- Accelerator
- Funding
- Equity
- Website
- Details
- The "Details" link led to a variety of other information including:
- Status (Active or Inactive)
- Locations
- Funding
- Equity
- Term
- Cohort Based? (Regular or Irregular)
- Pitch Day
- Office Space
- Powered by
- Support Offered?
- Launch year
- Focus Areas
- General Description
- Also Included a variety of data regarding the host company as well
Review
- Solid list for corporate accelerators and also includes a variety of information about the accelerator, the cohorts, etc. Some of the entries are international accelerators however so need to filter them out
- Only limited to 72 accelerators from major companies
Source: https://github.com/florianheinemann/www-corporate-accelerators-net/blob/master/_data/Accelerators.json
- This source is a .json file from the previous database
- After placing into TextPad, replaced each space with a ###, replaced each new line with a tab, and replaced each ### with a new line. Ultimately returned 80 results
- From the file, the .json includes:
- NAICS and NAICS sector
- Classification
- Sector Description
- Term
- Goal
- Partner
- Also includes most of the information from the previous source, since they are undoubtedly linked
Review
- Another solid list for corporate accelerators with some more information, but ultimately very similar to the previous source.
Source: https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-a-comprehensive-list-of-startup-incubators-and-accelerators-in-the-US
- Since we already looked at the first listed source (seed-db), I clicked on the second link "(by Robert Shedd) http://blog.shedd.us/321987608/" which took me to a page headed "Help for Startups! – A semi-complete list of startup accelerator programs" created by a blogger, Robert Shedd
- List included 102 entries by the blogger, each of which do look like an accelerator
- Upon immediate overview, noticed many results from previous sources were missing. Immediately noticed lack of "OwlSpark", the accelerator from Rice.
- Shedd only offers us the accelerator name plus its URL
Review
- Nice list to cross-reference with other sources but does not offer much new insight compared to more powerful engines such as seed-db\
List of Sources Obtained from Various Google Searches
From "Location + Accelerator"(Only individual results, not lists)
Houston Accelerators
- Examples of single accelerators found
- TMCx: http://www.tmc.edu/innovation/innovation-programs/tmcx/
- RED labs: http://redlabs.uh.edu/8
- SURGE accelerator: https://kirkcoburn.com/
- OwlSpark: http://owlspark.com/
- NextHIT: http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/
Los Angeles Accelerators
- Amplify: http://amplify.la/
- Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/
- Chicklabs: https://www.chicklabsllc.com/
- Disney Accelerator: https://disneyaccelerator.com/
- Launchpad: https://launchpad.la/
New York Accelerators
- DreamIT Ventures: http://www.dreamit.com/#meaningful-experience
- Women Innovate Mobile: http://www.wim.co/
- Techstars NYC: http://www.techstars.com/programs/nyc-program/
- Entrepreneurs Roundtable: http://eranyc.com/
- FirstGrowthVC: http://venturecrush.com/fg/
- New York Digital Health Accelerator: http://digitalhealthaccelerator.com/
- Grand Central Tech: http://www.grandcentraltech.com/
- Accelerator Corp: http://www.acceleratorcorp.com/
- New York Startup Lab: http://nystartuplab.com/
Review
- Some locations return more viable results for a similar sample size. For example, New York returned 9 valid accelerators, whereas Los Angeles and Houston both returned 5 actual accelerators out of the first 20 results: an 80% difference. Some optimization may come from identifying which locations return more accelerators upon searching.