Top 8 startup accelerators to raise fund

Top 8 startup accelerators to raise fund


Shresth Jindal August 2, 2020

If you are an entrepreneur who is looking to raise fund for your startup, Accelerators listed below can provide you with the fund you require to take your business to the next level. I have also mentioned their sweet spot so that you can choose the accelerator accordingly.


Y Combinator

Y Combinator is a pioneer in the startup accelerator space. Each year the accelerator funds a group of new startups with $120k. A number that was lowered to reduce friction between founders. So far, the companies it has been involved with have a combined valuation of over $100B.

  • Number of investments: 1,834
  • Number of exits: 192
  • Location: Mountain View, California, USA
  • Some of the most notable include: Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Twitch, Coinbase, and Weebly.

Check out their website here.

Dorm room fund

Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation. Built by students and powered by First Round, we provide founders with a strong network of investors, world-class mentors, and a $20,000 check

  • Number of investments: 145
  • Number of exits: 10
  • Location: Greater Philadelphia Area, Great Lakes, Northeastern US
  • Some of the most notable include: Sleek, Fuego, Macro, Pilota

Check out their website here.

Techstars

Techstars helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow.

Techstars mentorship-driven Accelerator Program supercharges success and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships helps brands create world-changing products and services. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1 billion.

  • Number of investments: 2,873
  • Number of exits: 235
  • Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
  • Some of the most notable include: Bench ,Digital Ocean, FullContact ,Graphic.ly ,IntenseDebate ,Mocavo

Check out their website here.

Startup chile

Start-Up Chile is a public business accelerator for startups that want to use Chile as a platform to go global. It is one of the biggest and most diverse accelerators in the world. Start-Up Chile has a large portfolio, receiving up to 160 startups per year. This deal flow is represented by 2 distinct programs based on the stage of the startup: TSF: Pre-acceleration program for startups with female founders and Seed for startups with less than three years of development.

  • Number of investments: 858
  • Number of exits: 24
  • Location: Latin America
  • Some of the most notable include: Boki, Volvero, moodbit, Spot, Publica.la

Check out their website here.

Alchemist

Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises (not consumers). The accelerator backs teams with distinctive technical founders, and provides $36K notes, a fellowship of high potential founders, highly sought after mentors, customer development, and a structured path to fundraising. The program runs for 6 months and is based in Silicon Valley.

  • Number of investments: 207
  • Number of exits: 20
  • Location: San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
  • Some of the most notable include: Privacera, Utrust, LongGood Meditech, Beecanvas

Check out their website here.

MuckerLab

MuckerLab is the operating and acceleration platform of Mucker Capital.

MuckerLab is a mentorship-driven, pre-seed startup accelerator focused on working with a small number of exceptional technology entrepreneurs to help them launch and scale their businesses through collaborative ideation, productization, go-to-market, marketing, user acquisition, sales, legal guidance, and fundraising.

  • Number of investments: 9
  • Number of exits: 0
  • Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
  • Some of the most notable include: Team kitchens, Cher, Elude, ResortPass, Reel

Check out their website here.

Gener8tor

Gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. Three times a year we invest $100K in each of five startups who receive a concierge experience during our 12-week accelerator program. gener8tor supports the growth of these startups through our network of experienced mentors, technologists, corporate partners, angel investors and venture capitalists.

Gener8tor invests in high-growth startups, including software, IT, web, SaaS, life science, MedTech, e-commerce and hardware. Accepted startups receive $100K and 12 weeks of mentorship-driven programming. gener8tor is a proud member of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN).

Gener8tor is a GOLD-tier accelerator in the U.S. as ranked by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project.

  • Number of investments: 111
  • Number of exits: 4
  • Location: Great Lakes, Midwestern US
  • Some of the most notable include: Neer, Fiveable, Cloudux, Altin labs, Last lock

Check out their website here.

Amplify.LA

Amplify is a pre-seed fund in Venice, CA dedicated to backing strong teams at the earliest stages and supporting from the first check to exit. The firm was founded in 2011 and has backed dozens of companies, which together have raised over half a billion dollars in funding, with exits to Apple, Google, FanDuel and others.

  • Number of investments: 131
  • Number of exits: 15
  • Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
  • Some of the most notable include: Tapcart, Goodfair, Ready.set.food,

Check out their website here.