Accelerator Seed List (Data)

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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. Catalyst Partners

88. Cause Collective : Social Innovation Lab

89. Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation

90. Chain Reaction Innovations 2017

91. Chemical Angel Network

92. Chinaccelerator

93. Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence

94. Citi Accelerator

95. Citrix Startup Accelerator

96. Claremont/Upland Makerspace Fablab

97. Climate Ventures 2.0 Accelerator

98. Co.Lab accelerator

99. Code for America Accelerator

100. Cohab's Traxtion Point

101. Collision Conference Investors

102. Common Bond

103. Communitech Hyperdrive

104. Conquer Accelerator

105. Coolhouse Labs

106. CuriousMinds Incubator / Accelerator

107. CyberTECH San Diego

108. DBS Accelerator

109. DPD Last Mile labs

110. DV X Labs

111. Dat Ventures

112. Decatur-Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center

113. Deep Space Ventures

114. Demo Accelerator 2016- 2017

115. DeveloperTown

116. Difference Engine

117. Digital Malaysia Corporate Accelerator Program

118. Digital Media Zone Incubator/Accelerator

119. Disney Accelerator

120. DogFish Accelerator

121. Domi Station

122. Dotforge accelerator

123. Dream Funded

124. DreamIT Health

125. DreamStart - Free Mentoring Program

126. Dreamit Ventures

127. Ducky Diggy Lloyd

128. E-Capital Summit

129. EC Mentor Skills Inventory

130. EIGERlab

131. ETRAC

132. EY Startup Challenge

133. Eco Holding

134. Eleven Startup Accelerator

135. Emerge Xcelerate

136. EnterpriseWorks Incubation Program

137. Entrepreneur Development Center

138. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

139. Environmental Business Cluster

140. Equity Legal

141. Excelerate Labs

142. Execution Labs

143. Exhilarator

144. Extreme Startups

145. Extreme University

146. FOOD-X

147. Factory45

148. Fargo Startup House 2014-2015

149. FastTrack Propero Healthcare

150. FbFund

151. Female Propeller for High Flyers

152. FinTech Innovation Lab

153. FinTech Studios 2015

154. Fintech Founders Club #2

155. First Growth Venture Network

156. Fishbowl Labs AOL

157. Flagship Enterprise Center

158. FlashStarts

159. Flashpoint

160. Flat6 Labs

161. Fledge9

162. Flextronics Lab IX

163. Food Future Scale-up Accelerator 2017

164. Food System 6 (FS6) Accelerator

165. FoodForwardX

166. Fortify Ventures

167. Founder Institute

168. FounderFuel

169. FoundersPad

170. Fownders Accelerator

171. French Accelerator 2016

172. Fund the Food

173. Fuse Corps Host

174. GAKKEN Accelerator Program

175. Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center

176. Game CoLab Incubator Program 2014

177. GameFounders

178. GammaRebels

179. Gazelle Lab

180. Gener8tor

181. German Accelerator Life Sciences

182. German Accelerator Tech

183. Global Accelerator Network 2015

184. Good Works Houston Lab

185. GoodCompany Ventures

186. Google Launchpad Accelerator

187. Grants4Apps Accelerator

188. GreenStart

189. Greenlite Labs

190. GrowLab

191. Growth Hacking Accelerator 2015

192. Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

193. H-Farm Ventures

194. HACKT Mission for International Founders

195. HAXLR8R

196. HCC Entrepreneurship Launchpad

197. HIGHLINE Academy

198. HUB

199. HUBB Accelerator

200. HUBB GTLA 2016

201. HackFWD

202. Hatch

203. Health Wildcatters

204. Health accelerator

205. Healthbox

206. Hero City Co-Working Space

207. High Street Startups Accelerator

208. Highway1

209. Honda Xcelerator

210. Houston Technology Center

211. Hub Ventures

212. HugeThing

213. I/O ventures

214. ICONYC labs

215. IDC Elevator

216. INcubes Funnel and Accelerator 2014/2015

217. INcubes Online Form

218. INcubes Startup Visa

219. Illumina Accelerator

220. Illuminator, New York Accelerator 2015

221. Imagine K12

222. Immokalee Business Development Center

223. Impact Engine

224. Impact USA - 2017

225. Incubate Miami

226. Infuse Accelerator

227. Ingenuity Partner Program

228. InnoSpring

229. Innov&Connect

230. Innov8 for Health

231. Innova Memhis Application

232. InnovateOC

233. Innovation Depot

234. Innovation Pavilion

235. Innovation Showcase Winter 2017

236. Insight Accelerator Labs

237. Intel Education Accelerator

238. Investment Preparedness Lab

239. Invoke Collective

240. Iowa Startup Accelerator

241. JFDI.Asia

242. JFE Accelerator SF

243. JLAB

244. Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator

245. Jolt

246. JumpSchool

247. JumpStart Foundry

248. Jumpstart! Boulder

249. JusticeXL

250. Kairos Boston Spring Program

251. Kaplan EdTech

252. Kick

253. Kick Boise

254. Kick LA

255. Kick Victoria

256. Kicklabs

257. Kinetiq Labs

258. L-SPARK Accelerator

259. LAUNCH incubator

260. LAUNCHub

261. LI TechCOMETS

262. LabFunding Project Accelerator 2014

263. Labs Venture Accelerator

264. Launch Chapel Hill

265. Launch Memphis

266. LaunchBox Digital

267. LaunchHouse

268. LaunchPad PEI

269. LaunchSpot

270. Launch_Academy

271. Launchpad Digital Health, LLC

272. Launchpad LA

273. Launchpad Long Island

274. Le Camping

275. Leading Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program

276. Lean Launch Ventures

277. LearnLaunchX

278. Lemnos Labs

279. Life Changing Labs

280. LiftOff Health Incubator

281. Lightbank Start

282. LightningLab

283. Lowe's Accelerator

284. MACH37

285. MACH37 Spring

286. MIT SA+P venture accelerator

287. MITA Institute Accelerator

288. MTGx MediaFactory

289. Mac6

290. Madworks Governance Accelerator

291. Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development - Top Gun Program

292. Matter

293. Maven Ventures Fund & Incubator

294. Media Camp

295. Melbourne Accelerator Program

296. Memphis BioWorks

297. Merck Accelerator

298. MergeLane 2017 Accelerator

299. Mergelane

300. Metavallon

301. Microsoft Accelerator

302. MindTheBridge

303. Momentum

304. MuckerLab

305. Muru-D

306. My5ive Accelerator 2016

307. N-Motion

308. NDRC (LaunchPad / VentureLab)

309. NEXT Dashboard

310. NMotion

311. NY Digital Health Accelerator

312. NY Fashion Tech Lab 2017

313. NYC ACRE

314. NYC SeedStart

315. Nalukai

316. Nashville Entrepreneur Center

317. Nebula Shift

318. Nephoscale IaaS

319. Nest New York

320. New Ventures Group

321. New York Digital Health Accelerator

322. NewME Accelerator PopUps

323. NewMe

324. Next media accelerator

325. NextHIT

326. NextStart

327. Nike+ Accelerator

328. Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET)

329. Northern England

330. Nxtp.labs

331. OCTANe Launch Pad

332. OMNIVERSIS, LLC

333. Oasis 500

334. Open Education Challenge

335. OpenFund

336. Orange Fab

337. Orange Works

338. Orion Startups

339. Oxygen Accelerator

340. PIE

341. Patriot Boot Camp

342. Pearson Catalyst for Education

343. Pipeline H2O

344. Pitney Bowes Inc

345. Plarium Labs

346. Plug In South LA

347. Plug and Play

348. Plum Alley Investments 2016

349. Points of Light

350. Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)

351. Portland Seed Fund

352. PowerHaus

353. Preccelerator® Program 2016

354. ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator

355. Project Entrepreneur 2016/17

356. Project Healtchare

357. Project Lift

358. Project Music

359. Project Skyway

360. Propeller Venture Accelerator

361. Prosper Capital Accelerator

362. Proton Enterprises

363. Pushstart Accelerator

364. Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator

365. Queen Creek Business Incubator

366. R/GA Accelerator

367. R/GA Marketing Tech Venture Studio

368. RAIN Incubator/Accelerator

369. RJI Investment Group

370. Rackspace Startup $24k Program

371. Reach

372. RetailXelerator

373. Rock Health

374. Rocket Fuel Labs Application

375. Rockstart Accelerator

376. RunUp Labs

377. Runway

378. Runway IoT Accelerator 2015

379. SAP Startup Focus Program

380. SKTA Innopartners Innovation Accelerator

381. SPACELAB Tech Accelerator

382. SPARK

383. SPARK Holyoke

384. SPH Plug and Play

385. SURF Incubator

386. SaltMines Group Start-Up Studio

387. ScaleTown

388. Seamless IoT 2016

389. Searchcamp

390. Seed Hatchery

391. SeedSpot

392. SeedStartup

393. SeedSumo

394. Seedcamp

395. Seedrocket

396. Seeqnce

397. Sequoia Apps

398. Serval Ventures

399. Shenzhen Valley Ventures Incubator

400. Shoals Entrepreneurial Center

401. Shopper Futures Accelerator

402. Shotput Ventures

403. Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator

404. SigmaLabs Accelerator

405. Silicon Valley Incubator & Accelerator

406. SixThirty

407. SixThirty CYBER Spring 2017

408. SixThirty Spring 2017

409. Sixers Innovation Lab

410. Skywalker Accelerator

411. SmartHealth Activator

412. Smashd Labs

413. SoCo Nexus Accelerator Spring 2017

414. Social Enterprise Challenge

415. Socratic Labs

416. SparkLabs

417. Sparkgap

418. Sports Tank

419. Springboard

420. Sprint Accelerator

421. Sprint Accelerator 2017

422. Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator

423. SproutBox

424. SproutCamp

425. Starburst Aerospace Accelerator

426. Start Path Europe

427. Start'inPost

428. StartEngine

429. StartFast Venture Accelerator

430. Starta Accelerator Winter 2017

431. Startl

432. Startmate

433. Startup Accelerator

434. Startup Front

435. Startup Next & GAN

436. Startup Orange County Accelerator

437. Startup Quest: Virtual Startup Incubator

438. Startup Runway Atlanta Spring 2017

439. Startup Wise Guys

440. Startup Zone PEI

441. Startup52X Accelerator

442. StartupCity

443. StartupHighway

444. StartupHouse Foundry program

445. StartupMinds Accelerator

446. StartupMonthly

447. StartupNLA Catalyst Startup

448. StartupReykjavik

449. StartupYard

450. Startupbootcamp

451. Straight Shot

452. Summer@Highland

453. Surge

454. SynBio axlr8r

455. TEB Incubation & Acceleration Center

456. THRIVE Accelerator III

457. THRIVE Open Innovation

458. TIM#WCAP Accelerator

459. TLabs

460. TMCx Accelerator Digital Health 2017

461. Tallwave

462. Tampa Bay Innovation Center

463. Tampa Bay Wave

464. Tandem

465. Tandem Mobile Accelerator

466. Target India Accelerator

467. Tech Nexus

468. Tech Wildcatters

469. Tech Wildcatters Gauntlet

470. Tech2020

471. TechLaunch

472. TechRanch

473. TechSquareLabs

474. Techstars

475. Techstars Music

476. Techstars Music Accelerator 17

477. Telenet Idealabs

478. Telluride Venture Accelerator

479. Telluride Venture Accelerator 2017

480. TenX

481. The ARK Challenge

482. The Alchemist Accelerator

483. The Ark

484. The Bakery

485. The Batchery

486. The Brandery

487. The Bridge

488. The Center For Technology Enterprise & Development

489. The Chaser

490. The Company Lab (CO.LAB)

491. The Draper FinTech Connection

492. The Factory

493. The Greatest Pitch

494. The Harbor Accelerator

495. The Incubator

496. The Iron Yard

497. The Mediapreneur Incubator

498. The Morpheus

499. The New York Venture Summit

500. The Next Step: from idea to startup

501. The Pool Co Working Space

502. The Refiners Application

503. The Refinery

504. The Unilever Foundry, Pilot

505. The Venture Center's Pre-Accelerator I

506. The Vine OC

507. The Vogt Awards

508. The Yield Lab

509. The eFactory Accelerator

510. The eFactory Accelerator Spring 2017

511. Think Big Partners 2013 Application

512. Think Big Partners Accelerator

513. TiE Angels

514. Tigerlabs Digital Health Accelerator

515. Tigerlabs Health

516. Tolstoy Summer Camp

517. TopSeedsLab

518. Travel Startups Incubator

519. Travelport Labs Accelerator

520. Travelport Labs Incubator

521. Triangle Startup Factory

522. Tumml

523. Tune Labs

524. Twin Cities Accelerator 2016

525. UCIS B2B Matchmaking

526. US Startups 2017

527. UW-Whitewater Launch Pad Accelerator

528. Umbono

529. Unbank.ventures FinTech Incubator

530. University Technology Park

531. Unreasonable Institute

532. UpTech

533. Upstart Accelerator

534. Upstart Accelerator 2017

535. Upstart Labs

536. Upstart Memphis

537. Uptima Business Bootcamp

538. Upwest Labs

539. VANTEC

540. VC FinTech Accelerator

541. VSL FinTech Rolling Admission

542. Velocity Indiana Accelerator

543. Velocity Venture Catalyst

544. Venture Hive

545. Venture I

546. VentureOut's Enterprise Tech Expedition

547. VentureTech.net

548. Venturegeeks

549. Vet-Tech Accelerator

550. VetTechTrek

551. VictorySpark

552. Village Capital

553. Village Cultivators

554. Village Member Discounts

555. Village Verified

556. Village88 Techlab

557. Virtual Incubator & Crowdfunding Network

558. Volkswagen ERL Technology Accelerator

559. WHLabs

560. Wasabi Ventures Academy

561. Wayra

562. Wellness Accelerator

563. Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator

564. Wireless IoT

565. Women Innovate Mobile

566. XLR8HI

567. XLerateHealth

568. XTRATOS

569. Xcelerate

570. Xlerate Health

571. Y Combinator

572. Y&R SparkPlug 2017

573. YEurope

574. YLE Media Startup Accelerator Program

575. Yahoo Ad Tech Program

576. Yangler (online accelerator)

577. Year of the Startup

578. Yetizen Accelerator

579. You Is Now

580. Z80 Labs

581. ZIP Launchpad Admission

582. ZeroTo510

583. Zone Startups Calgary

584. designX 2017

585. eMerging Ventures

586. ezone

587. gener8tor

588. i360accelerator

589. iAccelerator

590. iStart Jax

591. iStart Valley

592. iVentures10

593. ignite100

594. innovyz start

595. 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)

• http://seedrankings.com/
• http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
• http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
• 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/
• http://www.builtinnyc.com/2016/06/03/accelerators-incubators-nyc
• http://www.represent.la/
• http://www.launch.co/blog/complete-list-of-incubators-and-accelerators-like-y-combinat.html
• https://angel.co/accelerator-4

(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
• By the 5th or 6th search result, the utility diminished greatly
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2015/03/17/the-best-startup-accelerators-of-2015-powering-a-tech-boom/#2f52fa7e34e4
• http://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/the-15-best-startup-accelerators-in-the-us.html
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2016/03/11/the-best-startup-accelerators-of-2016/#74086a7724f2
• https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/17/these-are-the-top-20-us-accelerators/
• https://www.nexpcb.com/blogs/news/the-hardware-incubators-accelerators-list

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

• http://www.ongridventures.com/resources/new-york-silicon-alley-resources/newyorkaccelerators/ (Ranks 14 accelerators)
• http://under30ceo.com/11-new-york-tech-incubators-and-accelerators-for-entrepreneurs/ (Ranks 11 accelerators)

California Accelerator List

• http://www.socaltech.com/the_complete_guide_to_southern_california_accelerators_and_incubators_part_i/s-0040924.html (Lists accelerators in Southern Cali)
• http://barberacorporatelaw.com/blog/2014/4/8/28-business-incubators-in-the-los-angeles-area (List of 24 accelerators near the LA area)

Texas Accelerator List

• http://www.austinstartuplist.com/incubators (List of accelerators in Austin, <5 results)
• http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2016/09/02/the-top-texas-healthcare-accelerators-and-incubators/ (Modest list of accelerators aiding in healthcare)
• http://realfoodmba.com/food-startup-accelerators/ (List of food-based accelerators, some of which are in Austin, others of which are international)

Colorado Accelerator List

• http://www.builtincolorado.com/2015/01/14/best-colorado-accelerators-your-startup (8 results)
• https://www.quora.com/What-accelerator-programs-are-located-in-Colorado (Quora inquiry yielding modest results)

Washington Accelerator List

• http://www.geekwire.com/2015/mapping-seattles-incubators-accelerators-and-co-working-spaces/ (Returns 14 results)

Oregon Accelerator List

• http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/subscriber-only/2016/01/15/incubators-and-accelerators.html (Returns list of 5 accelerators and details)
• http://www.oregon4biz.com/Innovate-&-Create/R&D-Business/Incubators/ (Returns list of 26 accelerators and incubators)

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'}