Every accelerator list on the internet sucks - so I made a better one… i will not promote

r/ycombinator doesnt like posts about other accelerators so reposting here Having personally participated in two accelerators in the past - it was a critical lifeline in starting a company for the first time I was suggesting a few programs to new founders and realized every accelerator list I can find is horrible. **So I made a list with the key components:** * Accelerator name and application link * number of alumni companies * Program leader (with LinkedIn link) * Typical deal terms * Program fee (irrespective of investment) * Program length * Cohorts/batches per year * Company type focus (if any) * Acceptance rate * HQ location * In person vs virtual * Top 3 alumni * number of exits **Scoring system:** Then I applied a weighted average rating to score each program objectively and ranked them based on… 1. Investment terms 2. Top alumni/exits 3. % of companies who raised a next round 4. Quantity and prestige of their network 5. Misc (program fees, flexibility, etc) **Observations:** * some of the best programs are relatively new like Sequoia Arc, Speedrun, Disney Accelerator * the best programs are free (top-25 are 3x more likely to have no fees or equity requirements for participating) * better programs are transparent: top 50 were 4x more likely to share at least one of deal terms, alumni deal conversion, program fees * CA is king: 48 programs were non-US based but 15 of the top 25 were based in CA * YC is one of one \##Full List in comments Hope it’s helpful! NOTE: If you think of good nominations to be added or edits that are verifiable from factual information sources - let me know in the comments and I'd love to add/update them. Any additions I will run through the calculator I made so no guarantees they will break into the top 100 - this eliminates any bias. To the gods: i will not promote