=List ==As of 05/21/2018 the Google Sheet Workbook has been downloaded to the E drive. The now Excel Workbook is saved at E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Summer 2018\Accelerator Master Variable List.xlsx. This is now the master file.===1. 10Xelerator
Google Master Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=0*Cross-reference sheet with data from Peter's old accelerator consolidation file ("accelerator_data_noflag" and "accelerator_data" in "All Relevant Files") and fill in missing data*Variables that are 100% NOT in these 2. 1440files:**Cohort Breakout?**Subtype**Designed for Students?**Campuses**Stage**Software Tech**What stage do they look for?
3TODO: McNair/Projects/Accelerators/Fall 2017/unfound_founders.txtA 0 means we don't have founder data for that accelerator.Specs: A tab delimited text file with the following fields: Accelerator First Name Last Name LinkedInURL(if possible)Getting the LinkedInURL will ensure accuracy, but will work without it. 1776
4. 33entrepreneurs
5. 500 Startups*Shrey: Find "demo day" keywords, so that we can search AcceleratorName Year Keyword and get back potential demo day pages
6. 9Mile Labs
7. AIA ==AcceleratorType project==
8File to edit is called "Accelerator type list". Located in the folder E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2018\Grouping project of ListOfAccs. More systematic information and instructions are in"Instructions for Accelerator type project" in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2018\Grouping project of ListOfAccs. ARK Challenge
9NOTE: until we get through all 270 accelerators, we will just categorize each accelerator into the following three categories as quickly as possible with short notes in teh "other info" column for these; once we have this, we will go back through the ones that aren't categorized and add notes to the "other info" column. AT&T Aspire Accelerator
10. ATDC Community
11Type list:*Private*Corporate*Academic Note: if DEAD, noted here. AZ TechCelerator
12. AccelFoods
13. AccelepriseOther info:*nonprofit? (y/n)
14. Accelerate Baltimore*Subtype abbreviations:**S: for if a social entrepreneurship initiative**I: for if an incubator**A: for an angel group**F: for foreign**C: for in coworking space/hub/etc**V: for if part of venture fund**G: for if government funded/partnered**T: for international
15. Accelerate Genius
16 Note: subtypes (from individual text files in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Code+Final_Data) were only found for 23 of the 270 accelerators. These accelerators were initially intended to be removed from the master list. Remaining subtypes are currently being added. Accelerate Tectoria Accelerator
17. Accelerator Centreother info:
18international offices, founders, industries, org type, program duration, or other interesting, easily accessed variables. Additional information is especially important for accelerators that have no other subtype abbreviation listed. Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)
19. Airbus BizLab
20. Alchemist Accelerator===Steps to research an accelerator===
211. AlphaLabCopy/paste URL listed in Accelerator type list file into google. If website is insufficient, try googling: the name of the accelerator the name of the accelerator + "crunchbase" the name of the accelerator + "nonprofit"
22. Amplify.LAthe above steps sometimes lead to other helpful databases/news articles
232. Note whether: 1) Academic/Corporate/Private 2) For Profit/Nonprofit. Sometimes this isn't directly stated but can be inferred through their description of, say their investment process. If they don't address this at all it's probably For Profit. 3) subtype (S, I, A, F, C, V, G, T). 4) Additional, easily-accessed info. Number 4 is really important if there's no subtype. Angel Capital
24All 270 need to be done by the end of the semester. Angelcube
25. Angelpad
26Type list file saved as "Accelerator type list" in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Grouping project of ListOfAccs.The list of ListofAccs, from which we drew Accelerator type list, should have no matches with any of the flagged accelerators in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Code+Final_Data. There are 23 matches though. So all subtypes must be searched and entered manually. Whether some were a nonprofit was listed in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Spring 2017\Grouping project of ListOfAccs, called "whether nonprofit...". Accelerators with no info there on whether nonprofit need to have info entered manually. Annual Business BootCamp
27. Arizona Center for Innovation=Funded By Accelerators=
28. Arizona FurnaceReference the like-named portion in [[Crunchbase Data#Funded by Accelerators|Crunchbase Data]]
29=End of Semester Report=The end of semester report will focus on ranking accelerators and environments based on the variables we have gathered. Our primary form of categorization will be ranking individual accelerators based on their venture capital raise rate. We can probably generate information over time for accelerators and the amount of VC they raised to get a sense of what locations have developed in the past five years from the dates of transactions recorded by SDC. To obtain these rankings, we will identify which cohorts companies were trained in, as well as complete details of the accelerator and the details of cohort companies. We will focus only on accelerators because there are many other entities in each ecosystem. We will also utilize information on IPO or acquisition by companies, obtained through Crunchbase, to gain some sense of how successful startups emerging from a particular accelerator are. To obtain the data over time, we will need to fill out the cohort date information column in our cohort data, which will require the help of either Crunchbase or the Wayback machine for older accelerators. In ranking the accelerators across regions, we can also track industry-specific hotspots for accelerators such as medicine in Memphis or technology in San Francisco. Arrowhead Tech Incubator 2016
30. Aspire 3 Accelerator 2017To complete the report, we need to fill information in:*Industry and focus*Location*Name, description*Matched VC data*Founder information (maybe)
31=Overview=This project is developing broad and near-population data on accelerators and their cohort companies. The objective is to identify which cohorts of which accelerators a cohort company was trained in, obtain details of the accelerators, and obtain details of the cohort companies, including information about any venture capital investment that the cohort company might have received and any IPO or acquisition the company may have experienced. Atlanta Ventures Accelerator
32The primary use of this data is for an academic paper detailed on the [[Matching Entrepreneurs to Accelerators and VCs (Academic Paper)]] page. AutoXLR8R
33. Awesome IncHowever, this project can also provide useful data to other academic papers ([[Urban Start-up Agglomeration]], [[Hubs (Academic Paper)]], and [[Hubs Scorecard (Academic Paper)]]), projects ([[Houston Entrepreneurship]]) and blog posts (under the [[Emerging Ecosystems]] umbrella project).
34This project needs the results of the [[Industry Classifier]], [[Whois Parser]], and other tools. Axel Springer Plug and Play
35. B 4 Change Impact Accelerator=Current Project Write-Up=
36==Things To Do==*Obtain all URLs for accelerators in order to run through the Wayback Machine to find out when they started.*Match Crunchbase Data with our Accelerator List to see if they have any accelerators that we do not.*Obtain an example of accelerator that started early and has multiple companies but does not separate them into cohorts and figure out a way to determine which companies went through each cohort. B2B Acceleration Program
37==What Each File in the "Accelerator" Folder on the RDP Contains==*"Accelerator List Sources" (Folder) - This folder contains most of the sources that we pulled accelerator names from at the very beginning of the project.*"Code+Final_Data" (Folder) - This folder contains Peter's code for pulling the data from the text files in the "Data" folder.*"Crunchbase Snapshot" (Folder) - This folder contains the data we obtained from Crunchbase. There is a massive amount of data which we will need to sort through to find useful information and hopefully match that data with our current cohort data.*"Data" (Folder) - This folder contains all of our data on accelerators including cohort information and the html files of each cohort page. I would estimate that it is about 95% clean currently.*"Data - Copy" (Folder) - This is just a copy of our current "Data" folder.*"Data_Copy" (Folder) - This is a copy of our original "Data" folder before we did any manual cleaning.*"Enclosing_Circle" (Folder) - This folder seems to contain some data on VC but I'm not sure how it pertains to the Accelerator project. B4C Social Venture *"F6S AcceleratorHTMLs" (Folder) - This folder contains the HTML pages of all the pages on the F6S website. We used it to add more potential accelerators to our list.*"Google_SiteSearch" (Folder) - This folder contains Python code for Google searches.*"Industry_Classifier" (Folder) - This folder seems to contain Python code but I'm not sure what for.*"Matcher" (Folder) - This folder contains the Matcher.*"Python WebCrawler" (Folder) - This folder contains code that is a work in progress for pulling descriptions from accelerator websites. It is Jeemin's project.*"Cleaned Cohort Data Copy" (Excel File) - This file contains a copy of our cleaned cohort data.*"Cleaned Cohort Data" (Excel File) - This file contains the most current, completely cleaned data on cohort company information.*"NormalizeFixedWidth" (PL File) - This is the normalizer.*"PortCoNames" (TXT File) - This file contains all of the names of the cohort companies as well as the accelerator they went through.*"VC Data" (Excel File) - This file contains all of the names of the companies that have ever received VC funding.*"VC_Data" (TXT File) - This file contains that non-normalized data of all of the VC information.*"VC_Data_Names" (TXT File) - This file contains all of the names of companies that have received VC funding.*"VC_Data_Names_Matched_PortCoNames" (Excel File) - This file contains all of the cohort companies that have also received VC funding. Still needs to be sorted through.
38==Process==After accumulating the massive amount of data on accelerators, their cohorts, and their html files, we began cleaning those text files, which are located in the "Data" folder within "Accelerators". After going through the first round of cleaning, we ran a code through the cohort data which put all of that information into an Excel document called "Cleaned Cohort Data". There were still some mistakes in the cohort information unfortunately, which we fixed within the Excel file itself. Therefore, there are some text files within the "Data" folder that do not match with the "Cleaned Cohort Data" file. If we were to run the cohort code through the "Data" folder, we would get something that does not match with the "Cleaned Cohort Data" file, which is problematic. The solution to this (other than manually cleaning the text files again) would be to write a code from the "Cleaned Cohort Data" file which would allow us to clean the data in the "Data" folder through the format of the Excel file. We have also matched all of the cohort companies with our list of all companies that have received VC funding. BBC Worldwide Labs
39. BMW Startup Garage=Current To Do=
40#Work on the [[Crunchbase 2013 Snapshot]]#Match cohort companies to VC-backed portfolio companies#Refine our data to work out which cohort each cohort company was a member of, cohort start dates and locations, etc. BRANDCELERATE#Make a list of top accelerator lists (e.g., http://tech.co/top-startup-accelerators-ranked-2012-08) and check that we have those accelerators
41. BUNKER Labs New York=End of Semester Notes=
42*We have compiled a very long list of accelerators from many different databases. Bank For the past couple of Ireland weeks, everyone in the center has been going through this list, 20 at a time, classifying each one as an accelerator or not an accelerator, and then proceeding to gather data on the accelerator using the process outlined below. This process went very smoothly. We have successfully gone through about 80% of the list. We are still missing information on the last hundred or so names. All of the collected data is located on the RDP, within the "Accelerators" folder under "Data" or on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=1132417337 "Accelerator ProgrammeMaster Variable List" Google sheet].*We have listed all of the startups from the accelerators that have break out cohorts on their website on the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ikuxYwp9JIRrjz4qQcbdwTpbHOne-q2PterYTjzofjw/edit?ts=5aa2f1f9#gid=1132417337 "Accelerator Master Variable List" Google sheet]. This contains the following information in the "Cohort List (new)" sheet: accelerator name, year, cohort name, company name, description, founders, category/sector, and location. *Next steps include going through the demo day pages that have been downloaded and writing notes on the different types if possible (see [[Demo Day Page Google Classifier]]).
45The files we used to match are located in the E drive. Barclays New York Summer 2015We used the matcher to match our portfolio company names from the cohort file located in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators. *The files used to matching are located E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Matcher*Portco is the name of the companies pulled from the cohort file*AccCo includes both the cohort company name, along with the name of the accelerator itself*In the matcher, the inputs are the PortCo names, as well as the VC data from our pull in SDC*The outputs include the AccCo_VC data located in E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators which give a lot of information on the matches, including::*name of the match itself:*number of investments:*dates that the company received its investments
46. Berkley Ventures==SDC Pull==
47We accessed SDC platinum and pulled information on round-based funding that all registered companies received from between the years 1999 to 2017. Bessemer Business Incubation System
48. Beta-iThe receipt is as follows:
49Session Details---------------Request Hits Request Description 0 - DATABASE: Portfolio Companies (VIPC) 1 96155 Venture Related Deals: Select All Venture Related Deals 2 79572 Round Date: 1/1/1999 to 3/1/2017 (Custom) (Calendar) 3 Custom Report: VC Data (Columnar) - Save As: E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\VC Data. Betatxt�Billing Ref # : 2054025Capture File : riceuniv.MN2054025Session Name :
50. BetaFactoryThe VC data pull includes the following variables:
51. BetaSpringCompany Name Date Company Date Company Company Company City Company Street Address, Line 1 Company Street Address, Line 2 Total Known Company Industry Sub-Group 3 Company Industry Major Group Round Company Stage Level 3 Round Amt, Round Amt,
52. Betablox==3 files==
53For each accelerator in the list, put files in E:\Projects\Accelerators\Data*AcceleratorName. Betaspring RevUptxt - copy and paste the variables below into a (tab-delimited) txt file and complete*AcceleratorName.cohort - your cohort text file (see below)*AcceleratorName.html (possibly automatically with a folder too) - save a copy of the html of the cohort page
54==. Bethnal Green Venturestxt Variables==
55. BioAccel Name Score Flag CohortURL Address Duration Vintage Industry Description Equity NonProfit Notes
56. BioInspire
57Try to get '''Name, Score, Flag, Cohort URL and Address''' for all. ONLY GRAB OTHER VARIABLES IF EASY. Just leave things blank if you can't find them quickly. Bir 2015
58'''If the score is 0, or the flag is S, I, A, or F just stop''' - don't bother downloading a cohort list, saving an HTML file, etc. If possible, do stick a very brief description of the problem in the notes field. BitAngel Engagement Level
59Notes:*Score: is 0-1 where 0 is definitely not an accelerator, 1 is definitely an accelerator*Flag: (leave blank if not needed), if multiple then separate by comma**S for social entrep**I for incubator**A for an angel group**F is for foreign**C for in coworking space/hub/etc**V for if part of venture fund**D is for Dead*Put just the root URL in Cohort URL if there isn't a Cohort page*Duration: in wks (months x 4. BitAngels Startup Summer Program 33 and round)*Vintage is year of 2013first cohort if possible*Industry is industry focus but only if clear focus*Equity is a number (don't put %) or Y/N*Notes is only there if need it. Particularly try to use this field to note discards.
60==. Bizdomcohort files==
61Your . Black Forest Acceleratorcohort files must:*Be tab delimited txt*Have a header*The first column must be the portfolio company name*Grab as many columns as you can easily (and name them)
62. Blue Startups==Standardized format for text files==
63. Blueprint HealthInformation Text file*1 tab only after each category*No spaces after commas for flags or industry*For duration put only a number in weeks but do not write "weeks"*Equity is either only a number (no percent sign) or a Y/N
64. Bolt Boston
65Cohort Text file*1 tab between each column*Titles of each column on top*Make a new category for "Cohort Number" and write either "1 2 3 4 etc. Bonnier Accelerator"*Matthew: 1-225 (done) Shrey: 226-550 (done)
66. BoomStartup==Link to Crunchbase API application==
67https://about. BoomStartup Winter 2017crunchbase.com/forms/research-access-apply/ (Does not work anymore)
68https://data. Boomtown Acceleratorcrunchbase.com/v3/docs/using-the-api (Has new instructions for application)
69. Boomtown Health Tech70. Boost VC71. BootupLabs72. Brandery73. Brooklyn Beta Summer Camp74. Budweiser Dream Brewery75. Buildit76. BuiltinPGH Companies77. Business Innovation Center78. Business Opportunity Academy 201779. Business Technology Development Center (BizTech)80. CLT Joules Energy Accelerator 201481. CWI Ventures82. CWI Ventures Application83. CableLabs Technology Tours 201684. Capital Factory85. Capital Innovators86. Capital Investment Network (Startups)87. Catalyst Partners88. Cause Collective : Social Innovation Lab89. Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation90. Chain Reaction Innovations 201791. Chemical Angel Network92. Chinaccelerator93. Cisco Entrepreneurs in Residence94. Citi Accelerator95. Citrix Startup Accelerator96. Claremont/Upland Makerspace Fablab97. Climate Ventures 2.0 Accelerator98. Co.Lab accelerator99. Code for America Accelerator100. Cohab's Traxtion Point101. Collision Conference Investors102. Common Bond103. Communitech Hyperdrive104. Conquer Accelerator105. Coolhouse Labs106. CuriousMinds Incubator / Accelerator107. CyberTECH San Diego108. DBS Accelerator109. DPD Last Mile labs110. DV X Labs111. Dat Ventures112. Decatur==Sign-Morgan County Entrepreneurial Center113. Deep Space Ventures114. Demo Accelerator 2016- 2017115. DeveloperTown116. Difference Engine117. Digital Malaysia Corporate Accelerator Program118. Digital Media Zone Incubator/Accelerator119. Disney Accelerator120. DogFish Accelerator121. Domi Station122. Dotforge accelerator123. Dream Funded124. DreamIT Health125. DreamStart - Free Mentoring Program126. Dreamit Ventures127. Ducky Diggy Lloyd 128. E-Capital Summit129. EC Mentor Skills Inventory130. EIGERlab131. ETRAC132. EY Startup Challenge133. Eco Holding134. Eleven Startup Accelerator135. Emerge Xcelerate136. EnterpriseWorks Incubation Program137. Entrepreneur Development Center138. Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator139. Environmental Business Cluster140. Equity Legal141. Excelerate Labs142. Execution Labs143. Exhilarator144. Extreme Startups145. Extreme University146. FOOD-X147. Factory45148. Fargo Startup House 2014-2015149. FastTrack Propero Healthcare150. FbFund151. Female Propeller for High Flyers152. FinTech Innovation Lab153. FinTech Studios 2015154. Fintech Founders Club #2155. First Growth Venture Network156. Fishbowl Labs AOL157. Flagship Enterprise Center158. FlashStarts159. Flashpoint160. Flat6 Labs161. Fledge9162. Flextronics Lab IX163. Food Future Scale-up Accelerator 2017164. Food System 6 (FS6) Accelerator165. FoodForwardX166. Fortify Ventures167. Founder Institute168. FounderFuel169. FoundersPad170. Fownders Accelerator171. French Accelerator 2016172. Fund the Food173. Fuse Corps Host174. GAKKEN Accelerator Program175. Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center176. Game CoLab Incubator Program 2014177. GameFounders178. GammaRebels179. Gazelle Lab180. Gener8tor181. German Accelerator Life Sciences182. German Accelerator Tech183. Global Accelerator Network 2015184. Good Works Houston Lab185. GoodCompany Ventures186. Google Launchpad Accelerator187. Grants4Apps Accelerator188. GreenStart189. Greenlite Labs190. GrowLab191. Growth Hacking Accelerator 2015192. Gulf Coast Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship193. H-Farm Ventures194. HACKT Mission for International Founders195. HAXLR8R196. HCC Entrepreneurship Launchpad197. HIGHLINE Academy198. HUB199. HUBB Accelerator200. HUBB GTLA 2016201. HackFWD202. Hatch203. Health Wildcatters204. Health accelerator205. Healthbox206. Hero City Co-Working Space207. High Street Startups Accelerator208. Highway1209. Honda Xcelerator 210. Houston Technology Center211. Hub Ventures212. HugeThing213. I/O ventures214. ICONYC labs215. IDC Elevator216. INcubes Funnel and Accelerator 2014/2015217. INcubes Online Form218. INcubes Startup Visa219. Illumina Accelerator220. Illuminator, New York Accelerator 2015221. Imagine K12222. Immokalee Business Development Center223. Impact Engine224. Impact USA - 2017225. Incubate Miami226. Infuse Accelerator227. Ingenuity Partner Program228. InnoSpring229. Innov&Connect230. Innov8 for Health231. Innova Memhis Application232. InnovateOC233. Innovation Depot234. Innovation Pavilion235. Innovation Showcase Winter 2017236. Insight Accelerator Labs237. Intel Education Accelerator238. Investment Preparedness Lab239. Invoke Collective240. Iowa Startup Accelerator241. JFDI.Asia242. JFE Accelerator SF243. JLAB244. Jaguar Land Rover Tech Incubator245. Jolt246. JumpSchool 247. JumpStart Foundry248. Jumpstart! Boulder249. JusticeXL250. Kairos Boston Spring Program251. Kaplan EdTech252. Kick253. Kick Boise254. Kick LA255. Kick Victoria256. Kicklabs257. Kinetiq Labs258. L-SPARK Accelerator259. LAUNCH incubator260. LAUNCHub261. LI TechCOMETS262. LabFunding Project Accelerator 2014263. Labs Venture Accelerator264. Launch Chapel Hill265. Launch Memphis266. LaunchBox Digital267. LaunchHouse268. LaunchPad PEI269. LaunchSpot270. Launch_Academy271. Launchpad Digital Health, LLC272. Launchpad LA273. Launchpad Long Island274. Le Camping275. Leading Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program276. Lean Launch Ventures277. LearnLaunchX278. Lemnos Labs279. Life Changing Labs280. LiftOff Health Incubator281. Lightbank Start282. LightningLab283. Lowe's Accelerator284. MACH37285. MACH37 Spring286. MIT SA+P venture accelerator287. MITA Institute Accelerator288. MTGx MediaFactory289. Mac6290. Madworks Governance Accelerator291. Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development - Top Gun Program292. Matter293. Maven Ventures Fund & Incubator294. Media Camp295. Melbourne Accelerator Program296. Memphis BioWorks297. Merck Accelerator298. MergeLane 2017 Accelerator299. Mergelane300. Metavallon301. Microsoft Accelerator302. MindTheBridge303. Momentum304. MuckerLab305. Muru-D306. My5ive Accelerator 2016307. N-Motion308. NDRC (LaunchPad / VentureLab)309. NEXT Dashboard310. NMotion311. NY Digital Health Accelerator312. NY Fashion Tech Lab 2017313. NYC ACRE314. NYC SeedStart315. Nalukai316. Nashville Entrepreneur Center317. Nebula Shift318. Nephoscale IaaS319. Nest New York 320. New Ventures Group321. New York Digital Health Accelerator322. NewME Accelerator PopUps 323. NewMe324. Next media accelerator325. NextHIT326. NextStart327. Nike+ Accelerator328. Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET)329. Northern England330. Nxtp.labs331. OCTANe Launch Pad332. OMNIVERSIS, LLC333. Oasis 500334. Open Education Challenge335. OpenFund336. Orange Fab337. Orange Works338. Orion Startups339. Oxygen Accelerator340. PIE341. Patriot Boot Camp342. Pearson Catalyst for Education343. Pipeline H2O344. Pitney Bowes Inc345. Plarium Labs346. Plug In South LA 347. Plug and Play348. Plum Alley Investments 2016349. Points of Light350. Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)351. Portland Seed Fund352. PowerHaus353. Preccelerator® Program 2016354. ProSiebenSat.1 Accelerator355. Project Entrepreneur 2016/17356. Project Healtchare357. Project Lift358. Project Music359. Project Skyway360. Propeller Venture Accelerator361. Prosper Capital Accelerator362. Proton Enterprises363. Pushstart Accelerator364. Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator365. Queen Creek Business Incubator366. R/GA Accelerator367. R/GA Marketing Tech Venture Studio368. RAIN Incubator/Accelerator369. RJI Investment Group370. Rackspace Startup $24k Program371. Reach372. RetailXelerator373. Rock Health374. Rocket Fuel Labs Application375. Rockstart Accelerator376. RunUp Labs377. Runway378. Runway IoT Accelerator 2015379. SAP Startup Focus Program380. SKTA Innopartners Innovation Accelerator381. SPACELAB Tech Accelerator382. SPARK383. SPARK Holyoke384. SPH Plug and Play385. SURF Incubator386. SaltMines Group Start-Up Studio387. ScaleTown388. Seamless IoT 2016389. Searchcamp390. Seed Hatchery391. SeedSpot392. SeedStartup393. SeedSumo394. Seedcamp395. Seedrocket396. Seeqnce397. Sequoia Apps398. Serval Ventures399. Shenzhen Valley Ventures Incubator400. Shoals Entrepreneurial Center401. Shopper Futures Accelerator402. Shotput Ventures403. Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator404. SigmaLabs Accelerator405. Silicon Valley Incubator & Accelerator406. SixThirty407. SixThirty CYBER Spring 2017408. SixThirty Spring 2017409. Sixers Innovation Lab410. Skywalker Accelerator411. SmartHealth Activator412. Smashd Labs413. SoCo Nexus Accelerator Spring 2017414. Social Enterprise Challenge415. Socratic Labs416. SparkLabs417. Sparkgap418. Sports Tank419. Springboard420. Sprint Accelerator421. Sprint Accelerator 2017422. Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator423. SproutBox424. SproutCamp425. Starburst Aerospace Accelerator426. Start Path Europe427. Start'inPost428. StartEngine429. StartFast Venture Accelerator430. Starta Accelerator Winter 2017431. Startl432. Startmate433. Startup Accelerator434. Startup Front435. Startup Next & GAN436. Startup Orange County Accelerator437. Startup Quest: Virtual Startup Incubator438. Startup Runway Atlanta Spring 2017439. Startup Wise Guys440. Startup Zone PEI441. Startup52X Accelerator442. StartupCity443. StartupHighway444. StartupHouse Foundry program445. StartupMinds Accelerator 446. StartupMonthly447. StartupNLA Catalyst Startup448. StartupReykjavik449. StartupYard450. Startupbootcamp451. Straight Shot452. Summer@Highland453. Surge454. SynBio axlr8r455. TEB Incubation & Acceleration Center456. THRIVE Accelerator III457. THRIVE Open Innovation458. TIM#WCAP Accelerator459. TLabs460. TMCx Accelerator Digital Health 2017461. Tallwave462. Tampa Bay Innovation Center463. Tampa Bay Wave464. Tandem465. Tandem Mobile Accelerator466. Target India Accelerator467. Tech Nexus468. Tech Wildcatters469. Tech Wildcatters Gauntlet 470. Tech2020471. TechLaunch472. TechRanch473. TechSquareLabs474. Techstars475. Techstars Music476. Techstars Music Accelerator 17477. Telenet Idealabs478. Telluride Venture Accelerator479. Telluride Venture Accelerator 2017480. TenX481. The ARK Challenge482. The Alchemist Accelerator483. The Ark484. The Bakery485. The Batchery486. The Brandery487. The Bridge488. The Center For Technology Enterprise & Development489. The Chaser490. The Company Lab (CO.LAB)491. The Draper FinTech Connection492. The Factory493. The Greatest Pitch494. The Harbor Accelerator495. The Incubator496. The Iron Yard497. The Mediapreneur Incubator498. The Morpheus499. The New York Venture Summit500. The Next Step: from idea to startup501. The Pool Co Working Space502. The Refiners Application503. The Refinery504. The Unilever Foundry, Pilot505. The Venture Center's Pre-Accelerator I506. The Vine OC507. The Vogt Awards508. The Yield Lab509. The eFactory Accelerator510. The eFactory Accelerator Spring 2017511. Think Big Partners 2013 Application 512. Think Big Partners Accelerator513. TiE Angels514. Tigerlabs Digital Health Accelerator515. Tigerlabs Health516. Tolstoy Summer Camp517. TopSeedsLab518. Travel Startups Incubator519. Travelport Labs Accelerator520. Travelport Labs Incubator521. Triangle Startup Factory522. Tumml523. Tune Labs524. Twin Cities Accelerator 2016525. UCIS B2B Matchmaking526. US Startups 2017527. UW-Whitewater Launch Pad Accelerator528. Umbono529. Unbank.ventures FinTech Incubator530. University Technology Park531. Unreasonable Institute532. UpTech533. Upstart Accelerator534. Upstart Accelerator 2017535. Upstart Labs536. Upstart Memphis537. Uptima Business Bootcamp538. Upwest Labs539. VANTEC540. VC FinTech Accelerator541. VSL FinTech Rolling Admission542. Velocity Indiana Accelerator543. Velocity Venture Catalyst544. Venture Hive545. Venture I546. VentureOut's Enterprise Tech Expedition547. VentureTech.net548. Venturegeeks549. Vet-Tech Accelerator550. VetTechTrek551. VictorySpark552. Village Capital553. Village Cultivators554. Village Member Discounts555. Village Verified556. Village88 Techlab557. Virtual Incubator & Crowdfunding Network558. Volkswagen ERL Technology Accelerator559. WHLabs560. Wasabi Ventures Academy561. Wayra562. Wellness Accelerator563. Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator564. Wireless IoT565. Women Innovate Mobile566. XLR8HI567. XLerateHealth568. XTRATOS569. Xcelerate570. Xlerate Health571. Y Combinator572. Y&R SparkPlug 2017573. YEurope574. YLE Media Startup Accelerator Program575. Yahoo Ad Tech Program576. Yangler (online accelerator)577. Year of the Startup578. Yetizen Accelerator579. You Is Now580. Z80 Labs581. ZIP Launchpad Admission582. ZeroTo510583. Zone Startups Calgary584. designX 2017585. eMerging Ventures586. ezone587. gener8tor588. i360accelerator589. iAccelerator590. iStart Jax591. iStart Valley592. iVentures10593. ignite100594. innovyz start595. tekMountain AcceleratorUps==
Ed - 1-10 (done)
Carlin - 11-20 (done)
Carlin - 21-40 (done)
Christy - 41-60 (done)
Avesh - 61-80 (done)
Eliza - 81-100 (done)
Meghana - 101-120 (done)
Peter - 121-140 (done)
Ramee - 141-160 (done)
Will - 161-180 (done)
Matthew - 181-200 (done)
Julia - 201-220 (done)
Peter - 221-240 (done)
Shrey - 241-260 (done)
Matthew - 261-280 (done)
Eliza - 281-300 (done)
Julia - 301-320 (done)
Shrey - 321-340 (done)
Carlin - 341-361 (done)
Julia - 362-380 (done)
Dylan - 381-393 (done)
Jake - 394-404 (done)
Dylan - 405-410 (done)
Avesh - 411-415 (done)
Dylan - 416-423 (done)
Peter - 424-460(done)
Carlin - 461-480 (done)
Peter - 481-490(done)
Julia - 491-510 (done)
Peter - 511-515 (done)
Julia - 516-529 (done)
Ben - 530-540 (done)
Shrey - 541-551 (done)
=List of Accelerators=
#10Xelerator
#1440
#1776
#33entrepreneurs
#3DS Princeton University Spring 2014
#500 Startups
#9Hive
#9Mile Labs
#AIA Accelerator
#BBC Worldwide Labs
#BMW Startup Garage
#BRANDCELERATEBrandcelerate#BUNKER Bunker Labs New York
#Bank of Ireland Accelerator Programme
#Bantunium Labs Accelerator
#BetaSpring
#Betablox
#Betaspring RevUp (DUPLICATE)
#Bethnal Green Ventures
#BioAccel
#Bonnier Accelerator
#BoomStartup
#BoomStartup Winter 2017(DUPLICATE)
#Boomtown Accelerator
#Boomtown Health Tech(DUPLICATE)
#Boost VC
#BootupLabs
#CLT Joules Energy Accelerator 2014
#CWI Ventures
#CWI Ventures Application(DUPLICATE)
#CableLabs Technology Tours 2016
#Capital Factory
#DreamIT Health
#DreamStart - Free Mentoring Program
#Dreamit Ventures(DUPLICATE)
#Ducky Diggy Lloyd
#E-Capital Summit
#Innov&Connect
#Innov8 for Health
#Innova Memhis ApplicationMemphis
#InnovateOC
#Innovation Depot
#Muru-D
#My5ive Accelerator 2016
#N-Motion(DUPLICATE)
#NDRC (LaunchPad / VentureLab)
#NEXT Dashboard
#NYC ACRE
#NYC SeedStart
#Nalukai
#Nashville Entrepreneur Center
#Nebula Shift
#Nest New York
#New Ventures Group
#New York Digital Health Accelerator(DUPLICATE)
#NewME Accelerator PopUps
#NewMe
#Northern England
#Nxtp.labs
#OCTANe Launch Pad#OMNIVERSIS, LLC
#Oasis 500
#Open Education Challenge
#OpenFund
#Orange Fab
#Plug and Play
#Plum Alley Investments 2016
#Points of Light#Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)#Portland Seed FundAccelerator
#PowerHaus
#Preccelerator® Program 2016
#Queen Creek Business Incubator
#R/GA Accelerator
#R/GA Marketing Tech Venture Studio
#RAIN Incubator/Accelerator
#RJI Investment Group
#Rackspace Startup $24k Program
#Reach
#RetailXelerator
#Rock Health
#Rocket Fuel Labs Application
#Rockstart Accelerator
#RunUp Labs
#Runway
#Runway IoT Accelerator 2015
#SAP Startup Focus Program
#SPACELAB Tech Accelerator
#SPARK
#SPARK Holyoke
#SPH Plug and Play
#SURF Incubator
#Shopper Futures Accelerator
#Shotput Ventures
#Sid Martin Biotechnology IncubatorInstitute
#SigmaLabs Accelerator
#Silicon Valley Incubator & Accelerator
#SixThirty
#SixThirty CYBER Spring 2017
#SixThirty Spring 2017
#Sixers Innovation Lab
#Skywalker Accelerator
#Springboard
#Sprint Accelerator
#Sprint Accelerator 2017
#Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator
#SproutBox
#Startl
#Startmate
#Startup Accelerator(DUPLICATE)
#Startup Front
#Startup Next & GAN
#Startup Orange County Accelerator
#Startup Quest: Virtual Startup Incubator#Startup Runway Atlanta Spring 2017
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.
=Sources=
Summary: These are sources obtained from [[List of Accelerators]] , Crunchbase, 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)
*https://angel.co/accelerator-4(Does not work - seems to be replaced by https://angel.co/companies?company_types[]=Incubator )
(Obtained from Google search: "Accelerator Database")
*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
*Crunchbase has its own webpage with instructions for how we retrieve the data
=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: Crunchbase==
*All of the information for the Crunchbase documentation is located in the page [[Crunchbase 2013 Snapshot]] webpage, along with the documentation for how we determined the accelerator information.
#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
*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.
*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)
==Found through google searching accelerators found previously==
'''Found from googling YLE Media Startup Accelerator'''
*https://www.corporate-accelerators.net/database/index.html (DB of Corporate Accelerators 71-79 entries)
*http://startupaccelerator.vc/accelerator-corporate-innovation-sig/ (Database of Accelerators and Corporate Innovation 92 entries)
neither of these have had their entries added to list of accelerators
=Individual Accelerator Evaluations=
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 [https://www.f6s.com/developers/apis/deal-feed this page].
I (Peter) have emailed F6S to ask for a key directly at support@f6s.com. As of the end of the Fall 2016 Semester, they have not responded.
FUN FACT (MASS-RENAME FILES USING WINDOWS POWER SHELL):
The Parser for parsing the text files of accelerator data is located in:
E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data
The Parser for parsing the cohort files of accelerator data is also located in:
E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Code+Final_Data
This folder contains the Python parsers. The Final_data folder contains the tab-delimited text files of parsed data. final_accelerator_data.txt contains the generalized data saved in .txt files and final_cohort_data.txt contains the cohort data saved in .cohort.txt files.
All the files entitled accelerator_data are subsets of the final_accelerator_data.txt file, but each file contains only the accelerators that matched to the flag specified in the file title.
find_headers .py finds a set of the headers for all the cohort files from the seed list project.
==Google SiteSearch==
E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Google_SiteSearch
This folder contains code for a google search parser. The script sitesearch.py will search for a queried company and return a likely web address for that company.
This script takes a physical address and converts it into latitude and longitude coordinates. Should be used in conjunction with the Enclosing Circle program to find the concentration of accelerators.
E:\McNair\Software\CodeBase\EnclosingCircle.py
=Kauffman Foundation Incubator Proposal Information=
==Institutions==
Summary: F6S, Crunchbase, seed-db
Tools: Matcher - used to match lists of potential accelerators with our current list to identify duplicates/new matches (E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators)
===F6S===
F6S WebCrawler and F6S Parser - E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\F6S Accelerator HTMLs
We have the Crunchbase 2013 Snapshot which provided lots of new data on accelerators and incubators but we would love to use the Crunchbase API to get a current database snapshot that we could use to cross reference companies and add newly formed accelerator and incubator companies.
===AngelList===
===seed-db===
Obtained through www.seed.db/accelerators
===Global Accelerator Network (GAN)===
GAN Parser- E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Web Scraping for Accelerators\scrapeaccel.py
GAN Data- E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Web Scraping for Accelerators\GAN Accelerator Data
*Contains: Company Name, # of Companies Range, % of Companies Funded, Funding Raised by Companies, Employee Range, Exit Funding, Exit Date, Total Company Funding Raised, # of Mentors Range, % Equity, Location, Minimum Seed Capital Investment
==Cohorts==
*Cohorts obtained manually
*All Cohort txt files are saved under "E:\McNair\Projects\Accelerators\Data
Summary: Whois Parser, Geocode, Tools to determine industry, etc
===Whois Parser===
*Retrieves and parses Whois information. Specifically, takes a file with a column of domain names and populates the corresponding columns with information from the WhoIs API.
*Often used to obtain locations.
===Geocode===
Input: Company Address
Output: Directional Coordinates
*Used to obtain the locations of different Accelerators and Cohort companies.
===SDC Platinum Pull===
Used to obtain funding information and match companies that have gotten funding with companies that are Accelerator cohorts.
===Desired Information/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)
==Desired Tools/Information==
===Automating the Process of Obtaining Cohorts===
*Automating this process would save a lot of time and really progress the project.
===Obtaining More Details on Accelerators===
*Having the kind of thorough information on industry, companies, funding, location, exits, mentors, leadership, that we got for the GAN companies would be fantastic.