##We realized this would be a bit biased because new companies won't have gone through so many rounds of VC and hence won't have been able to raise as much money. So this measurement wouldn't truly be an accurate estimate
##We also realized that the amount of VC investment can be arbitrary unless the company is eventually Acquired or IPOs for more value than the investment
#'''Acquis''':The relevant Acquisition data labeled with the accelerator name. The two columns at the beginning are redundant and just a safety for sql joining#'''IPOs''': The relevant IPO data labeled with accelerator name. The two columns at the beginning are redundant because of measures taken for sql again#'''Acquis and IPOs Clean''': A collection of where we had enough data to have an ROI statistic. On the right side of the sheet is a summary of what's there##ROI means return on investment. For our purposes it was the Acquisition or IPO value divided by total invested in the company#'''Top 100 VC''' A list of the top 100 VC companies from [https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242702 Entrepreneur's article here]#
=Criteria for being an Accelerator=