When you think of startup accelerators, Y Combinator certainly has the buzz and backing by some serious investors. But is it the best out there?
Tech Cocktail, Kauffman Foundation and the Kellogg School of Management aimed to answer that question by coming out with the 2011 USA Startup Accelerator Rankings. The study was led by Aziz Gilani from investment firm DFJ Mercury with participation from Professor Yael Hochberg and MBA Candidate Kelly Quann from Northwestern University.
The rankings were compiled through numerous interviews with VC’s, Angels, and program graduates. The accelerator programs were then ranked using a three tiered methodology. From the rankings, “It weighed 25 percent by qualified financing events (i.e. companies that got funded after completing the program), 50 percent by the success of the companies that came out of an accelerator and finally 25 percent on accelerator program characteristics (i.e. money startups receive, equity accelerator takes, with a bonus for the size of the alumni base). Each accelerator was put through this methodology and then the rankings were generated.”
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Author: Gregory Gomer
