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List of Accelerators

  1. 10Xelerator
  2. 1440
  3. 1776
  4. 33entrepreneurs
  5. 500 Startups
  6. 9Mile Labs
  7. AIA Accelerator
  8. ARK Challenge
  9. AT&T Aspire Accelerator
  10. ATDC Community
  11. AZ TechCelerator
  12. AccelFoods
  13. Acceleprise
  14. Accelerate Baltimore
  15. Accelerate Genius
  16. Accelerate Tectoria Accelerator
  17. Accelerator Centre
  18. Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
  19. Airbus BizLab
  20. Alchemist Accelerator
  21. AlphaLab
  22. Amplify.LA
  23. Angel Capital
  24. Angelcube
  25. Angelpad
  26. Annual Business BootCamp
  27. Arizona Center for Innovation
  28. Arizona Furnace
  29. Arrowhead Tech Incubator 2016
  30. Aspire 3 Accelerator 2017
  31. Atlanta Ventures Accelerator
  32. AutoXLR8R
  33. Awesome Inc.
  34. Axel Springer Plug and Play
  35. B 4 Change Impact Accelerator
  36. B2B Acceleration Program
  37. B4C Social Venture Accelerator
  38. BBC Worldwide Labs
  39. BMW Startup Garage
  40. BRANDCELERATE
  41. BUNKER Labs New York
  42. Bank of Ireland Accelerator Programme
  43. Bantunium Labs Accelerator
  44. Barclays Accelerator
  45. Barclays New York Summer 2015
  46. Berkley Ventures
  47. Bessemer Business Incubation System
  48. Beta-i
  49. Beta.MN
  50. BetaFactory
  51. BetaSpring
  52. Betablox
  53. Betaspring RevUp
  54. Bethnal Green Ventures
  55. BioAccel
  56. BioInspire
  57. Bir 2015
  58. BitAngel Engagement Level
  59. BitAngels Startup Summer Program of 2013
  60. Bizdom
  61. Black Forest Accelerator
  62. Blue Startups
  63. Blueprint Health
  64. Bolt Boston
  65. Bonnier Accelerator
  66. BoomStartup
  67. BoomStartup Winter 2017
  68. Boomtown Accelerator
  69. Boomtown Health Tech
  70. Boost VC
  71. BootupLabs
  72. Brandery
  73. Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp
  74. Budweiser Dream Brewery
  75. Buildit
  76. BuiltinPGH Companies
  77. Business Innovation Center
  78. Business Opportunity Academy 2017
  79. Business Technology Development Center (BizTech)
  80. CLT Joules Energy Accelerator 2014
  81. CWI Ventures
  82. CWI Ventures Application
  83. CableLabs Technology Tours 2016
  84. Capital Factory
  85. Capital Innovators
  86. Capital Investment Network (Startups)
  87. Caroline Plouff
  88. Catalyst Partners
  89. Cause Collective : Social Innovation Lab
  90. Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation
  91. Chain Reaction Innovations 2017
  92. Chemical Angel Network
  93. Chinaccelerator
  94. Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence
  95. Citi Accelerator
  96. Citrix Startup Accelerator
  97. Claremont/Upland Makerspace Fablab
  98. Climate Ventures 2.0 Accelerator
  99. Co.Lab accelerator
  100. Code for America Accelerator
  101. Cohab's Traxtion Point
  102. Collision Conference Investors
  103. Common Bond
  104. Communitech Hyperdrive
  105. Conquer Accelerator
  106. Coolhouse Labs
  107. CuriousMinds Incubator / Accelerator
  108. CyberTECH San Diego
  109. DBS Accelerator
  110. DPD Last Mile labs
  111. DV X Labs
  112. Dat Ventures
  113. Decatur-Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center
  114. Deep Space Ventures
  115. Demo Accelerator 2016- 2017
  116. DeveloperTown
  117. Difference Engine
  118. Digital Malaysia Corporate Accelerator Program
  119. Digital Media Zone Incubator/Accelerator
  120. Disney Accelerator
  121. DogFish Accelerator
  122. Domi Station
  123. Dotforge accelerator
  124. Dream Funded
  125. DreamIT Health
  126. DreamStart - Free Mentoring Program
  127. Dreamit Ventures
  128. Ducky Diggy Lloyd
  129. E-Capital Summit
  130. EC Mentor Skills Inventory
  131. EIGERlab
  132. ETRAC
  133. EY Startup Challenge
  134. Eco Holding
  135. Eleven Startup Accelerator
  136. Emerge Xcelerate
  137. EnterpriseWorks Incubation Program
  138. Entrepreneur Development Center
  139. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
  140. Environmental Business Cluster
  141. Equity Legal
  142. Excelerate Labs
  143. Execution Labs
  144. Exhilarator
  145. Extreme Startups
  146. Extreme University
  147. FOOD-X
  148. Factory45
  149. Fargo Startup House 2014-2015
  150. FastTrack Propero Healthcare
  151. FbFund
  152. Female Propeller for High Flyers
  153. FinTech Innovation Lab
  154. FinTech Studios 2015
  155. Fintech Founders Club #2
  156. First Growth Venture Network
  157. Fishbowl Labs AOL
  158. Flagship Enterprise Center
  159. FlashStarts
  160. Flashpoint
  161. Flat6 Labs
  162. Fledge9
  163. Flextronics Lab IX
  164. Food Future Scale-up Accelerator 2017
  165. Food System 6 (FS6) Accelerator
  166. FoodForwardX
  167. Fortify Ventures
  168. Founder Institute
  169. FounderFuel
  170. FoundersPad
  171. Fownders Accelerator
  172. French Accelerator 2016
  173. Fund the Food
  174. Fuse Corps Host
  175. GAKKEN Accelerator Program
  176. Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center
  177. Game CoLab Incubator Program 2014
  178. GameFounders
  179. GammaRebels
  180. Gazelle Lab
  181. Gener8tor
  182. German Accelerator Life Sciences
  183. German Accelerator Tech
  184. Global Accelerator Network 2015
  185. Good Works Houston Lab
  186. GoodCompany Ventures
  187. Google Launchpad Accelerator
  188. Grants4Apps Accelerator
  189. GreenStart
  190. Greenlite Labs
  191. GrowLab
  192. Growth Hacking Accelerator 2015
  193. Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  194. H-Farm Ventures
  195. HACKT Mission for International Founders
  196. HAXLR8R
  197. HCC Entrepreneurship Launchpad
  198. HIGHLINE Academy
  199. HUB
  200. HUBB Accelerator
  201. HUBB GTLA 2016
  202. HackFWD
  203. Hatch
  204. Health Wildcatters
  205. Health accelerator
  206. Healthbox
  207. Hero City Co-Working Space
  208. High Street Startups Accelerator
  209. Highway1
  210. Honda Xcelerator
  211. Houston Technology Center
  212. Hub Ventures
  213. HugeThing
  214. I/O ventures
  215. ICONYC labs
  216. IDC Elevator
  217. INcubes Funnel and Accelerator 2014/2015
  218. INcubes Online Form
  219. INcubes Startup Visa
  220. Illumina Accelerator
  221. Illuminator, New York Accelerator 2015
  222. Imagine K12
  223. Immokalee Business Development Center
  224. Impact Engine
  225. Impact USA - 2017
  226. Incubate Miami
  227. Infuse Accelerator
  228. Ingenuity Partner Program
  229. InnoSpring
  230. Innov&Connect
  231. Innov8 for Health
  232. Innova Memhis Application
  233. InnovateOC
  234. Innovation Depot
  235. Innovation Pavilion
  236. Innovation Showcase Winter 2017
  237. Insight Accelerator Labs
  238. Intel Education Accelerator
  239. Investment Preparedness Lab
  240. Invoke Collective
  241. Iowa Startup Accelerator
  242. JFDI.Asia
  243. JFE Accelerator SF
  244. JLAB
  245. Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator
  246. Jolt
  247. JumpSchool
  248. JumpStart Foundry
  249. Jumpstart! Boulder
  250. JusticeXL
  251. Kairos Boston Spring Program
  252. Kaplan EdTech
  253. Kick
  254. Kick Boise
  255. Kick LA
  256. Kick Victoria
  257. Kicklabs
  258. Kinetiq Labs
  259. L-SPARK Accelerator
  260. LAUNCH incubator
  261. LAUNCHub
  262. LI TechCOMETS
  263. LabFunding Project Accelerator 2014
  264. Labs Venture Accelerator
  265. Launch Chapel Hill
  266. Launch Memphis
  267. LaunchBox Digital
  268. LaunchHouse
  269. LaunchPad PEI
  270. LaunchSpot
  271. Launch_Academy
  272. Launchpad Digital Health, LLC
  273. Launchpad LA
  274. Launchpad Long Island
  275. Le Camping
  276. Leading Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program
  277. Lean Launch Ventures
  278. LearnLaunchX
  279. Lemnos Labs
  280. Life Changing Labs
  281. LiftOff Health Incubator
  282. Lightbank Start
  283. LightningLab
  284. Lowe's Accelerator
  285. MACH37
  286. MACH37 Spring
  287. MIT SA+P venture accelerator
  288. MITA Institute Accelerator
  289. MTGx MediaFactory
  290. Mac6
  291. Madworks Governance Accelerator
  292. Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development - Top Gun Program
  293. Matter
  294. Maven Ventures Fund & Incubator
  295. Media Camp
  296. Melbourne Accelerator Program
  297. Memphis BioWorks
  298. Merck Accelerator
  299. MergeLane 2017 Accelerator
  300. Mergelane
  301. Metavallon
  302. Microsoft Accelerator
  303. MindTheBridge
  304. Momentum
  305. MuckerLab
  306. Muru-D
  307. My5ive Accelerator 2016
  308. N-Motion
  309. NDRC (LaunchPad / VentureLab)
  310. NEXT Dashboard
  311. NMotion
  312. NY Digital Health Accelerator
  313. NY Fashion Tech Lab 2017
  314. NYC ACRE
  315. NYC SeedStart
  316. Nalukai
  317. Nashville Entrepreneur Center
  318. Nebula Shift
  319. Nephoscale IaaS
  320. Nest New York
  321. New Ventures Group
  322. New York Digital Health Accelerator
  323. NewME Accelerator PopUps
  324. NewMe
  325. Next media accelerator
  326. NextHIT
  327. NextStart
  328. Nike+ Accelerator
  329. Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET)
  330. Northern England
  331. Nxtp.labs
  332. OCTANe Launch Pad
  333. OMNIVERSIS, LLC
  334. Oasis 500
  335. Open Education Challenge
  336. OpenFund
  337. Orange Fab
  338. Orange Works
  339. Orion Startups
  340. Oxygen Accelerator
  341. PIE
  342. Patriot Boot Camp
  343. Pearson Catalyst for Education
  344. Pipeline H2O
  345. Pitney Bowes Inc
  346. Plarium Labs
  347. Plug In South LA
  348. Plug and Play
  349. Plum Alley Investments 2016
  350. Points of Light
  351. Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)
  352. Portland Seed Fund
  353. PowerHaus
  354. Preccelerator® Program 2016
  355. ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator
  356. Project Entrepreneur 2016/17
  357. Project Healtchare
  358. Project Lift
  359. Project Music
  360. Project Skyway
  361. Propeller Venture Accelerator
  362. Prosper Capital Accelerator
  363. Proton Enterprises
  364. Pushstart Accelerator
  365. Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator
  366. Queen Creek Business Incubator
  367. R/GA Accelerator
  368. R/GA Marketing Tech Venture Studio
  369. RAIN Incubator/Accelerator
  370. RJI Investment Group
  371. Rackspace Startup $24k Program
  372. Reach
  373. RetailXelerator
  374. Rock Health
  375. Rocket Fuel Labs Application
  376. Rockstart Accelerator
  377. RunUp Labs
  378. Runway
  379. Runway IoT Accelerator 2015
  380. SAP Startup Focus Program
  381. SKTA Innopartners Innovation Accelerator
  382. SPACELAB Tech Accelerator
  383. SPARK
  384. SPARK Holyoke
  385. SPH Plug and Play
  386. SURF Incubator
  387. SaltMines Group Start-Up Studio
  388. ScaleTown
  389. Seamless IoT 2016
  390. Searchcamp
  391. Seed Hatchery
  392. SeedSpot
  393. SeedStartup
  394. SeedSumo
  395. Seedcamp
  396. Seedrocket
  397. Seeqnce
  398. Sequoia Apps
  399. Serval Ventures
  400. Shenzhen Valley Ventures Incubator
  401. Shoals Entrepreneurial Center
  402. Shopper Futures Accelerator
  403. Shotput Ventures
  404. Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
  405. SigmaLabs Accelerator
  406. Silicon Valley Incubator & Accelerator
  407. SixThirty
  408. SixThirty CYBER Spring 2017
  409. SixThirty Spring 2017
  410. Sixers Innovation Lab
  411. Skywalker Accelerator
  412. SmartHealth Activator
  413. Smashd Labs
  414. SoCo Nexus Accelerator Spring 2017
  415. Social Enterprise Challenge
  416. Socratic Labs
  417. SparkLabs
  418. Sparkgap
  419. Sports Tank
  420. Springboard
  421. Sprint Accelerator
  422. Sprint Accelerator 2017
  423. Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator
  424. SproutBox
  425. SproutCamp
  426. Starburst Aerospace Accelerator
  427. Start Path Europe
  428. Start'inPost
  429. StartEngine
  430. StartFast Venture Accelerator
  431. Starta Accelerator Winter 2017
  432. Startl
  433. Startmate
  434. Startup Accelerator
  435. Startup Front
  436. Startup Next & GAN
  437. Startup Orange County Accelerator
  438. Startup Quest: Virtual Startup Incubator
  439. Startup Runway Atlanta Spring 2017
  440. Startup Wise Guys
  441. Startup Zone PEI
  442. Startup52X Accelerator
  443. StartupCity
  444. StartupHighway
  445. StartupHouse Foundry program
  446. StartupMinds Accelerator
  447. StartupMonthly
  448. StartupNLA Catalyst Startup
  449. StartupReykjavik
  450. StartupYard
  451. Startupbootcamp
  452. Straight Shot
  453. Summer@Highland
  454. Surge
  455. SynBio axlr8r
  456. TEB Incubation & Acceleration Center
  457. THRIVE Accelerator III
  458. THRIVE Open Innovation
  459. TIM#WCAP Accelerator
  460. TLabs
  461. TMCx Accelerator Digital Health 2017
  462. Tallwave
  463. Tampa Bay Innovation Center
  464. Tampa Bay Wave
  465. Tandem
  466. Tandem Mobile Accelerator
  467. Target India Accelerator
  468. Tech Nexus
  469. Tech Wildcatters
  470. Tech Wildcatters Gauntlet
  471. Tech2020
  472. TechLaunch
  473. TechRanch
  474. TechSquareLabs
  475. Techstars
  476. Techstars Music
  477. Techstars Music Accelerator 17
  478. Telenet Idealabs
  479. Telluride Venture Accelerator
  480. Telluride Venture Accelerator 2017
  481. TenX
  482. The ARK Challenge
  483. The Alchemist Accelerator
  484. The Ark
  485. The Bakery
  486. The Batchery
  487. The Brandery
  488. The Bridge
  489. The Center For Technology Enterprise & Development
  490. The Chaser
  491. The Company Lab (CO.LAB)
  492. The Draper FinTech Connection
  493. The Factory
  494. The Greatest Pitch
  495. The Harbor Accelerator
  496. The Incubator
  497. The Iron Yard
  498. The Mediapreneur Incubator
  499. The Morpheus
  500. The New York Venture Summit
  501. The Next Step: from idea to startup
  502. The Pool Co Working Space
  503. The Refiners Application
  504. The Refinery
  505. The Unilever Foundry, Pilot
  506. The Venture Center's Pre-Accelerator I
  507. The Vine OC
  508. The Vogt Awards
  509. The Yield Lab
  510. The eFactory Accelerator
  511. The eFactory Accelerator Spring 2017
  512. Think Big Partners 2013 Application
  513. Think Big Partners Accelerator
  514. TiE Angels
  515. Tigerlabs Digital Health Accelerator
  516. Tigerlabs Health
  517. Tolstoy Summer Camp
  518. TopSeedsLab
  519. Travel Startups Incubator
  520. Travelport Labs Accelerator
  521. Travelport Labs Incubator
  522. Triangle Startup Factory
  523. Tumml
  524. Tune Labs
  525. Twin Cities Accelerator 2016
  526. UCIS B2B Matchmaking
  527. US Startups 2017
  528. UW-Whitewater Launch Pad Accelerator
  529. Umbono
  530. Unbank.ventures FinTech Incubator
  531. University Technology Park
  532. Unreasonable Institute
  533. UpTech
  534. Upstart Accelerator
  535. Upstart Accelerator 2017
  536. Upstart Labs
  537. Upstart Memphis
  538. Uptima Business Bootcamp
  539. Upwest Labs
  540. VANTEC
  541. VC FinTech Accelerator
  542. VSL FinTech Rolling Admission
  543. Velocity Indiana Accelerator
  544. Velocity Venture Catalyst
  545. Venture Hive
  546. Venture I
  547. VentureOut's Enterprise Tech Expedition
  548. VentureTech.net
  549. Venturegeeks
  550. Vet-Tech Accelerator
  551. VetTechTrek
  552. VictorySpark
  553. Village Capital
  554. Village Cultivators
  555. Village Member Discounts
  556. Village Verified
  557. Village88 Techlab
  558. Virtual Incubator & Crowdfunding Network
  559. Volkswagen ERL Technology Accelerator
  560. WHLabs
  561. Wasabi Ventures Academy
  562. Wayra
  563. Wellness Accelerator
  564. Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator
  565. Wireless IoT
  566. Women Innovate Mobile
  567. XLR8HI
  568. XLerateHealth
  569. XTRATOS
  570. Xcelerate
  571. Xlerate Health
  572. Y Combinator
  573. Y&R SparkPlug 2017
  574. YEurope
  575. YLE Media Startup Accelerator Program
  576. Yahoo Ad Tech Program
  577. Yangler (online accelerator)
  578. Year of the Startup
  579. Yetizen Accelerator
  580. You Is Now
  581. Z80 Labs
  582. ZIP Launchpad Admission
  583. ZeroTo510
  584. Zone Startups Calgary
  585. designX 2017
  586. eMerging Ventures
  587. ezone
  588. gener8tor
  589. i360accelerator
  590. iAccelerator
  591. iStart Jax
  592. iStart Valley
  593. iVentures10
  594. ignite100
  595. innovyz start
  596. tekMountain Accelerator

Project Summary

This project will be used to determine which accelerators are the most effective at churning out successful startups, as well as what characteristics are exhibited by these accelerators. First, we need to gather as much data as we can about as many accelerators as we can in order to look at factors that differentiate successful vs. unsuccessful ventures. Next, we need to create a web crawling program which will gather information about accelerators across the world by accessing their websites and extracting information. I believe that our overall goal with this research project is to gain insight into the methods of successful accelerators, as well as to find out what exactly differentiates very successful accelerators from dead accelerators.

Helpful Links: http://seedrankings.com/

Sources

Summary: These are sources obtained from List of Accelerators and other Google searches. We will evaluate these sources by looking at the number of accelerators they supply (as most of them are lists) and then also taking a look at the type of information they provide about each accelerator. Key data points are cohort-related data, startup-related data, and logistics of the accelerator. Better sources supply more information that the URL alone.

(Obtained from List of Accelerators and various Google searches)

(Obtained from Google search: "Accelerator Database")

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
  • Type in a specific state + "accelerator" + "list" (e.g. Texas accelerator list) to search for more relevant lists
  • Once again, looked at roughly the first 20 results

Source Evaluations

Summary: These evaluations couple with each of the sources above. The evaluations provide instructions for obtaining the information listed, as well as a general review of how useful the data seems. The review serves to determine whether a crawler would be suitable for obtaining information from the source autonomously.

Source: http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html

  1. Opened source website
  2. Copied Information under "All Accelerator Programs" to TextPad, already sorted. Returned 190 results
  3. 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

  1. Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 235 results.
  2. Clicking on the accelerator name itself links to a page with all of its associated startups, up until 6/2016 cohort
  • Startup table includes:
  1. "state"
  2. "company name"
  3. "website and CrunchBase links"
  4. "cohort date"
  5. "exit value"
  6. "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:
  1. Status
  2. Program (name)
  3. Location
  4. Country
  5. Number of companies
  6. Cumulative exit values
  7. Cumulative funding
  8. Average funding for startups
  9. 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.
  1. Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 239 results.
  2. 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

  1. On the webpage, set "Type" to "Accelerator/Program", set "Location" to "North America", and set "Invest in Country" to "United States" to return results
  2. Highlighted results and scrolled down until all results found; copied results to TextPad
  3. In TextPad, sorted out lines with "by", as well as miscellaneous categories such as dates and dollar signs through Regular Expressions
  4. 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:
  1. Dollar value per team
  2. Equity
  3. Application Site
  4. 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/

  1. Selected region of US and Canada
  2. Scrolled down to the section labeled "Top 20 Active Accelerators" and selected "see the full list" near the bottom of the listed accelerators
  3. 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:
  1. Name and URL
  2. 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/

  1. Scrolled down to the section labeled "Startup accelerators in Boston"
  2. Copied text beginning from "MassChallenge" (the first paragraph was just a general definition of startups) and continued to copy until "Startup Incubators in Boston"
  3. 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:
  1. Name and URL
  2. Capital requirements
  3. Application periods and requirements
  4. 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/

  1. Copied and pasted table into Microsoft Excel (Data was already sorted into categories so no need for TextPad)
  2. Table returned 72 references (but there was a link to the bottom to a larger database)
  • The table itself includes:
  1. Major Company
  2. Accelerator
  3. Funding
  4. Equity
  5. Website
  6. Details
  • The "Details" link led to a variety of other information including:
  1. Status (Active or Inactive)
  2. Locations
  3. Funding
  4. Equity
  5. Term
  6. Cohort Based? (Regular or Irregular)
  7. Pitch Day
  8. Office Space
  9. Powered by
  10. Support Offered?
  11. Launch year
  12. Focus Areas
  13. 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

  1. This source is a .json file from the previous database
  2. 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:
  1. NAICS and NAICS sector
  2. Classification
  3. Sector Description
  4. Term
  5. Goal
  6. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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

Summary: These accelerators are taken from a specific Google search rather than a list. The idea is to compile a list of Google searches that return relevant results of accelerators. This will aid in the creation of a future web crawler.

From "Location + Accelerator"(Only individual results, not lists)

Houston Accelerators

  • Examples of single accelerators found
  1. TMCx: http://www.tmc.edu/innovation/innovation-programs/tmcx/
  2. RED labs: http://redlabs.uh.edu/8
  3. SURGE accelerator: https://kirkcoburn.com/
  4. OwlSpark: http://owlspark.com/
  5. NextHIT: http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/

Los Angeles Accelerators

  1. Amplify: http://amplify.la/
  2. Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/
  3. Chicklabs: https://www.chicklabsllc.com/
  4. Disney Accelerator: https://disneyaccelerator.com/
  5. Launchpad: https://launchpad.la/

New York Accelerators

  1. DreamIT Ventures: http://www.dreamit.com/#meaningful-experience
  2. Women Innovate Mobile: http://www.wim.co/
  3. Techstars NYC: http://www.techstars.com/programs/nyc-program/
  4. Entrepreneurs Roundtable: http://eranyc.com/
  5. FirstGrowthVC: http://venturecrush.com/fg/
  6. New York Digital Health Accelerator: http://digitalhealthaccelerator.com/
  7. Grand Central Tech: http://www.grandcentraltech.com/
  8. Accelerator Corp: http://www.acceleratorcorp.com/
  9. 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.

From "State+Accelerator+List"

New York Accelerator List

California Accelerator List

Texas Accelerator List

Colorado Accelerator List

Washington Accelerator List

Oregon Accelerator List

Notes:

  • Seed-DB appears for almost all of the search results
  • Acceleratorinfo appears for most of the search results
  • There are multiple cumulative reports of incubators per location, but not for accelerators
  • Most regionalized accelerator lists deal with either an article or a ranking of a particular amount of accelerators in the area
  • Many results returned nationally ranked lists of accelerators, such as the Forbes list of "Top Accelerators" or something along the lines of "Best Accelerators in the US". The connection is that perhaps one accelerator mentioned on the list may be located within the searched state.
  • There are also a few results for actual particle accelerators that must be sorted out (i.e. superconducting super collider)

Individual Accelerator Evaluations

Summary: The purpose of this section is to create instructions for each accelerator on how to find cohort information from their URLs. Along with specific instructions for obtaining the cohorts for each accelerator chosen, there should be a list of easy-to-obtain and relevant statistics regarding the accelerator, such as information about its team, location, etc. The variable statistics list is cumulative, whereas the cohort directions are unique per the accelerator.

Accelerators Chosen (Format = Name (source))

  1. Blue Startups (http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html)
  2. Launchpad LA (http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html)
  3. Y Combinator (http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators)
  4. FlashPoint (http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all)
  5. Prosper Accelerator (https://www.f6s.com/programs?type)
  6. Axel Springer Plug and Play (http://www.axelspringerplugandplay.com/)
  7. Techstars (http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators)
  8. Startmate (http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators)
  9. Capital Factory (http://blog.shedd.us/321987608/)
  10. OwlSpark (Google search: "Houston + accelerators")

Accelerator: Blue Startups (http://bluestartups.com/)

Finding the cohort:

  1. Navigated to "Track Record" page under the "Home" tab; found total number of graduated cohorts to be 7
  2. Navigated to "Portfolio" tab. Tab includes list of all seven graduated cohorts along with companies emerging from each one. Each cohort is listed under a separate page (ex. "Cohort 1", "Cohort 2", etc) and at the bottom of each cohort page, there is a link to the other 6. Each company has a short description along with its URL.
  3. An "Alumni News" page at the bottom of "Portfolio" includes articles pertinent to graduated startups.
  4. Unfortunately does not include the date and year of each cohort class, but perhaps could cross-reference with other sources.

Accelerator: Launchpad LA (http://launchpad.la/)

Finding the cohort:

  1. Navigated to "Companies" in the top of the homepage
  2. "Companies" returns all companies backed by Launchpad LA based on their class year and number (cohort)
    • Also sorted by active startups vs. inactive startups
  3. At the bottom of the "Companies" tab, there is a statistical layout returning values for the number of companies started by Launchpad during its time as an accelerator (2012-present), as well as the total funding funneled into the accelerator.

Accelerator: Y Combinator (http://www.ycombinator.com)

Finding the cohort:

  1. Scrolled down on the home page and clicked on a link entitled "See all companies".
  2. Navigated to a drop down menu named "All Batches", and clicked on it to expand the list.
  3. List is made up of dates ranging from 2005-2016, and these dates return lists of launched companies including most but not all of their URL's, as well as their launch year.

Accelerator: Flashpoint (http://flashpoint.gatech.edu/)

Finding the cohort:

  1. On upper right corner after animation, there is a tab sign which lets you navigate to a page labeled "Teams"
  2. The "Team" page has each batch of companies emerging from Georgia Tech, although it does not include the dates or cohorts of these companies. For example, "Batch 1" at the top of the page just lists the companies in the batch without URLs or any additional information.
  3. On the "Application" page on the tab near the top, there is information regarding Batch 7, which begins early 2017. Suggests that batch 6 either ended spring 2016 or fall 2016.

Accelerator: Prosper Women Entrepreneurs (http://www.prosperstl.com)

Finding the cohort:

  1. Navigated to "Accelerator" tab and clicked "Companies" when prompted with the drop down menu.
  2. This tab returned all of the launched company logos which then redirected to the company's home page when clicked.
  3. No other relevant form of information such as date launched or cohort was included on this page.

Accelerator: Axel Springer Plug and Play(http://www.axelspringerplugandplay.com/)

Finding the cohort:

  1. Clicked on the "Companies" tab on the home page and was directed to the middle of the page which included a short list of current companies.
  2. Clicked on the "All Companies" link which returned a page filled with startup logos and brief descriptions of those startups. When clicked, each logo serves to redirect to that startup's home page.
  3. Companies were not sorted by cohort or in any other relevant way.

Accelerator: Techstars (http://www.techstars.com)

Finding the cohorts:

  1. Navigated to the Accelerators tabs and clicked "Companies" on the drop down menu.
  2. Firstly, this returns a table comprised of a long list of different classes from different areas separated by years.
  3. Upon scrolling down further, each of these classes is broken down by the startups that graduated from them. It also includes information such as how much was invested in each startup, as well as whether or not the startup was acquired, is active, or failed.

Accelerator: Startmate (http://www.startmate.com.au)

Finding the cohorts:

  1. Navigated to the "Startups" tab, which returned a page of all startups that have graduated from Startmate.
  2. Startups are separated by year of graduation, and each company is linked on this page.
  3. It appears as if each year, 1 cohort is taken through the accelerator.

Accelerator: Capital Factory (https://capitalfactory.com/accelerate/)

Finding the cohorts:

  1. Navigated to the startups tab, which returned a long list of companies that were accelerated by Capital Factory.
  2. Each logo for the startups served as a link to their respective websites.
  3. There was no evidence or mention of any cohorts.

Accelerator: OwlSpark (http://entrepreneurship.rice.edu/accelerator/)

Finding the cohorts:

  1. Navigated to the "Startup Teams" tab, which returned a page that included links to 4 "Classes".
  2. Each class link i.e. (Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4) returned links to each startup that graduated from the program.
  3. These classes signify cohorts.

List of Promising Variables

  • Key People (founders, lead entrepreneurs, strategists, etc.)
  • Total number of launched companies
  • A FAQ for application details, accelerator vision, and
  • Funds raised per company (average)
  • Features offered by accelerator (perks, space, tools, etc)
  • General events hosted by the accelerator
  • (Success) stories for graduated start-ups

E-R Diagram (in list form) for Identifying Attributes to Pull from Accelerators

Summary: I will look at different entities within the accelerator page (e.g accelerators, cohorts, founders) and then find potential attributes that can be codified from those entities. Along with the attribute, we list a potential method for pulling that particular attribute.

Format:

Entity
  • Attribute - Possible sources/ways to get

Ed: "Be creative with finding new attributes to pull!"

List

Accelerators

  • Accelerator Name - Website, external database
  • Contact Form - General contact section in each website
  • Industry focus - can be pulled from description
  • Description - pulled from website itself
  • Takes equity? - Database or from "about" page
  • Non-profit? - Database
  • URL - Already have way of obtaining
  • DNS Registration Date - Already have way of obtaining
  • Address - Google Maps, maybe the website
  • Founding Date - Google Maps, website, server registration

Accelerators (1) has (n) Features

Features

  • Mentorship? - Description in website
  • Space Offered - Google Maps, Website description
  • Partnerships - Angel list, Same section as mentorship or events
  • Hosted Events - Calender

Accelerators (1) has (n) Founders

Founders

  • Name - Founders or Team Page
  • Title - Directly underneath or next to name
  • PhD? - Biography, webpage under name
  • Serial - Biography
  • Link back to "Accelerator Name" in Accelerators

Founders (n) has (n) Ventures

Ventures

  • Other Companies - Biography, webpage
  • Previous Companies - Biography
  • Net Worth - Forbes, Biography
  • Link back to "Name" in Founders

Accelerators (1) has (n) Cohorts

Cohorts

  • Date + Accelerator = Cohort ID - Database or Website
  • Number of Startups - Website, count from Startups
  • Cohort Number - Categorization on website, external database
  • Link back to "Accelerator Name"

Cohorts (1) has (n) Startups

Startups

  • Names - Website, external database
  • State of Inc - Angel List
  • URL - Angel List, website
  • Founding Date - Registration database, Angel List
  • Industry - startup description
  • Founding Location - Angel List
  • Current Location - Angel List
  • VC Raised to Date - SDC Platinum
  • Angel Funds Raised to date - Angel List

Variables which Distinguish Accelerator Websites

  • The word "Accelerator"
    • This word appears at least one time on the home page of the vast majority of accelerator websites. The word "Accelerator" appears either as a link to another page on the website or in a title on the homepage of the website. Not many other websites contain this word on their homepage, especially not if one Googles something generic such as "Accelerators in the US".
  • Fixed Term
    • Accelerators normally work with their cohorts for 3 months. This is a major factor which differentiates between an accelerator and any other member of a startup ecosystem. If on their website they mention either "3 months" or "12 weeks", it is extremely likely that the website belongs to an accelerator.
  • Cohorts, Portfolio, Class, or Companies
    • This is a potential variable that could link the websites of many different accelerators. The problem with the word "portfolio" is also used by numerous venture capital firms, which could potentially cause complications when attempting to pull only the sites of accelerators from a Google search. The word "cohort", however, would have an extremely high probability of identifying the website as belonging to an accelerator. The words "class" and "companies" are promising but do not offer certainty.
  • Equity, Investment
    • Although by itself, equity does not mean much, when paired with any of these other terms, it could potentially point to an accelerator. Most accelerators take equity in the form of common stock (6-8%), or they will ask for some alternate form of stake in the company.
  • Education and Mentorship
    • Accelerators differ from incubators and angel investors in that they emphasize the education of the potential startup. They offer advice and intense mentorship from more experienced entrepreneurs within their staff, as well as many networking opportunities with the outside world. This variable is more difficult to find on the website of the accelerator, but I believe that if the website includes numerous keywords such as "education", "mentorship", or "networking opportunities", it would be somewhat safe to assume that the website is owned by an accelerator.
  • Demo Day
    • This variable does not have tremendous potential in terms of crawling websites, but I feel that it is worth mentioning. Most accelerators "graduate" their cohorts with a demo day, which is a day when the startups present their company to potential investors. If the website contains the words "demo day", which is fairly uncommon, it could be a good source of accelerator identification.

A combination of any of these variables would certainly identify the current website as belonging to an accelerator.

Comprehensive List of Accelerators

All text files saved in "Accelerators" project on the McNair RPD.

  • Acc.Info: 190
  • SeedDB: 240
  • SARP: 59
  • Corp: 79
  • Total: 568 results

After removing duplicates and locations: 363 results

Doesn't count f6s, which returns 1170 results, roughly only 300 of which were accelerators. We created a crawler to sift through the webpages and parse HTML so we could identify the accelerators. Program and HTML saved on the Desktop.

Randomly Chosen Accelerators

  • TLabs
  • BetaSpring
  • The Unilever Foundry
  • AIA Accelerator
  • R/GA Accelerator
  • Zeroto510
  • Hub:raum
  • Orange Fab
  • Furnace
  • Launch Chapel Hill

Determining whether or not these are accelerators

Googled name of Accelerator and clicked on the first link

Looked for Variables which Distinguish Accelerator Websites

  • TLabs: Homepage states: "Leading Indian Tech Accelerator"; TLabs is an accelerator, but it is located in India.
  • Betaspring: Under the "About Betaspring" tab, it states that "Betaspring was among the first ten startup accelerators to launch worldwide".
  • The Unilever Foundry: Does not claim to be an accelerator, nor does it have information on the website about cohorts. This name was pulled from the source Corporate Accelerators.
  • AIA Accelerator: The word "accelerator" is included in the name. Under the "Overview" tab, it states that startups have received mentorship.
  • R/GA Accelerator: Under the "Overview" tab it states that the "R/GA Accelerator is designed for startups and... it is a three month, immersive, mentorship driven program".
  • Zeroto510: Website contains a "Portfolio Companies" tab which divides up the companies into cohorts. This identifies Zeroto510 as an accelerator.
  • Hub:raum: Offers accelerator and incubator programs; however, none are located in North America.
  • Orange Fab: States on the main page that "We're a 3-month accelerator program".
  • Furnace: "About" tab states that Furnace is "an innovative startup accelerator designed to form, incubate, and launch new companies". Concludes with a Demo Day
  • Launch Chapel Hill: Homepage states that they are "a startup accelerator". Also included on the homepage is a line that states "Applications for Cohort 7 are now open".

7/10 are accelerators located in the US.

2/10 are accelerators not located in the US.

1/10 is not an accelerator.

Steps for Extracting Cohort Information

  • TLabs: Clicked on the "Startup" tab and located a drop down menu entitled "Showing Startups from:". This menu separates startups into Batches ranging from 1-9. These batches are cohorts.
  • Betaspring: This website does not have a "Companies" or "Startups" tab. I clicked on their "Who" tab and noticed that within this section were two links called "Our portfolio" and "Our companies" which both linked to the same place. This place contained a list of the startups that Betaspring has funded, as well as links to each of the startup websites. The list was not separated into cohorts.
  • The Unilever Foundry: Does not have a "Startups" or "Companies" link on the website.
  • AIA Accelerator: Clicked on the "Startups" tab which returned a page with 5 companies and a bit of information on each of these companies. Also included the URL to each startup. However, the companies were not separated into cohorts, probably because there are so few of them.
  • R/GA Accelerator: Clicked on the "Alumni" tab and navigated down the webpage. Startups are separated by class, which means cohort in this case. Startup info contains link to demo day presentation as well as the startup url.
  • Zeroto510: Hovered over the "About Us" drop down menu and clicked on the "Portfolio Companies" link. Startups are separated by cohort, one for each year, starting from 2013.
  • Hub:raum: Clicked on the "Portfolio" tab. Directed to a page with many names of startups, as well as a brief description of what their company is about. Also includes a link to each startup's website. Startups are not separated into cohorts, but rather by investment by location, current participants, and alumni.
  • Orange Fab: Clicked on the "Startups" tab and was directed to a different page. Startups are not only separated into cohorts named "Seasons", but they are also separated by industry.
  • Furnace: Clicked on "Portfolio" tab, but unfortunately the website is broken and it returned an error in code.
  • Launch Chapel Hill: Clicked on the "Ventures" tab and was directed to a page in which all startups were separated into cohorts, and a brief description of the startup was provided underneath their logo.

Code

The directory for all data related to this project is located in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators

F6S Web Crawler

This is a python script using the selenium library that retrieves the html content of each page on F6S's North American Accelerator search results. The script is located in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs 

The script is titled f6s_crawler_gentle.py

When run, the script visits the F6S search page for North American Accelerator's and begins retrieving the HTML of each page in that search list. NOTE: Timing must be spaced out between all interactions with the browser. F6S has Captcha, and the program will fail if the site receives too many hit requests, or has any inkling that it is being probed by a bot.

The Accelerator HTML files are stored in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs\Accelerator_HTML_files

The Accelerator HTML files stored as text files are stored in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs\Accelerator_HTML_files_text

F6S Parser

The next step is to take the HTML files retrieved by the crawler and to parse them for necessary information. This parser should also determine whether or not the site is an accelerator site.

The code for the parser is located in

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs

It is titled f6s_parser.py

To run the code, open the file in Komodo and press play. If running from the command line, change to the correct directory and run the following comand:

python f6s_parser.py

The list of accelerators that passed through the parser is in the same directory:

E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs

The tab delimited text file is named AcceleratorList. The file contains the names of the accelerators that had the keywords listed in the file. Also, the file contains the run dates and location of the accelerator if it was listed on the f6s page.


F6S API

F6S has an API, but we have had no success getting a key to the API. The link to get a key to the API is on this page.

I (Peter) have emailed F6S to ask for a key directly at support@f6s.com.

FUN FACT (MASS-RENAME FILES USING WINDOWS POWER SHELL):

The following command allowed me to append ".txt" to all files in a folder once in the proper directory:

Get-ChildItem * | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.name + '.txt'}

To change file formats, Microsoft suggests:

Get-ChildItem *.txt | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.name -Replace '\.txt', '.log'}