Accelerator Seed List (Data)
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Contents
Pre-existing Data
Sources
(Obtained from List of Accelerators)
- http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
- http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators, http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all
- https://www.f6s.com/programs?type
- http://gust.com/usa-canada-accelerator-report-2015/?utm_content=35401577&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
- https://bostonstartupsguide.com/guide/every-boston-startup-accelerator-incubator/
Source Evaluations
http://www.acceleratorinfo.com/see-all.html
- Opened source website
- Copied Information under "All Accelerator Programs" to TextPad, already sorted. Returned 190 results
- Each link on parent list leads to individual home page url of accelerator
- Used sample size of 20 links, determined 16 to be accelerators, 2 to be incubators, 2 to be inactive or broken links
- Each accelerator has an "about" page with information on staff, location, mission statement, philosophy, success, etc. Many links do not offer contact information but rather offer a form to submit.
- Many accelerators do not include founding date, most recent accelerators from around 2013-2014
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
http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators/all
- Opened source website
- Copied "Seed Accelerators" table to TextPad, data sorted itself into lines. Returned 235 results.
- Clicking on the accelerator name itself links to a page with all of its associated startups, up until 6/2016 cohort
- Startup table includes "state", "company name", "website and CrunchBase links", "cohort date", "exit value", and "funding". Many entries for "exit value" are missing, some values for "funding" are missing
- On original 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"
- Each accelerator has an "about" page with information on staff, location, mission statement, philosophy, success, etc. Many links do not offer contact information but rather offer a form to submit.
- Many accelerators do not include founding date, but table suggests that accelerators are as recent as 2016
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.
- 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.
