These Are the Top 20 US Accelerators

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/17/these-are-the-top-20-us-accelerators/

by ggonweb • 11 years ago

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acconrad• 11 years ago

No mention of YCombinator at all, including their reasoning to include or not include it. Seems really strange given that I've never heard of most of these accelerators, I would have figured it was YC and TechStars at the top, followed by some larger regional accelerators.

dalek2point3• 11 years ago

YC opted out. From the Forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2015/03/17/the-best...

Those strict criteria kept out one notable program: Y Combinator, which ranked #1 in 2014. Hochberg and Cohen note that Y Combinator, a pioneer whose graduates have included Dropbox, Airbnb, and Reddit, has “evolved” its model into that of a hands-off seed fund.
“Y Combinator is cashing in on the name it made for itself,” says Hochberg. “They’re talking about raising a multi-billion dollar late stage fund to take advantage of their model that selects great entrepreneurs rather than mold them.”
Other accelerators that remain on the rankings are more hands-on than Y Combinator, which by metrics alone would have ranked first again this year. Some entrepreneurs enjoy the relative freedom the program offers, versus highly structured programs elsewhere.

Syrup-tan• 11 years ago

But YCombinator was mentioned, albeit as "Y Combinator" instead of "YCombinator" (Making search a bit painful)

Notably absent in this year’s list are Y Combinator and RockHealth–both programs now classify themselves as seed funds rather than accelerators, and asked us to respect their evolution into a new model.
This, of course, is not a statement about efficacy of those programs – based on the 2013 data submitted to the rankings team, Y Combinator would still have topped the list if they had not transitioned models.

These Are the Top 20 US Accelerators

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