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Have fun figuring out which one it is: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
by kumarski 13y ago
Have fun figuring out which one it is: http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
- omegant 13y agoThe numbers are amazing, it really puts in to context the meaning of Venture Capital!. Just a bunch of accelerators are getting exits so far.
- jedc 13y agoThis is mainly because a) most accelerators are new so the companies haven't developed enough to exit and b) it takes time to build a program that reliably finds/develops companies that can exit.
- minimax 13y agoI think the bit from the letter about "billed as campus, community, accelerator, and more" will probably narrow it down. That seems like a pretty distinctive way to brand your accelerator.
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- varelse 13y agoWow, if I'm reading that table correctly, the odds of playing the slots are still better than funding startups blindly: http://wizardofodds.com/games/slots/ http://wizardofodds.com/games/slots/
- ajross 13y agoPresumably what you're talking about is the fact that the summed "exits" are less than the input investments. But it's not a steady state environment. Obviously exits are going to lag the investments by several years, and the rate of investment hasn't been constant -- it's been increasing steadily for several years itself. So you wouldn't expect to see a net profit. The real question, of course, is whether we should expect to see a net profit across the incubator/accelerator world at some point in the future, or if we're indeed in the bubble some of us think we are...
- jedc 13y agoHi, creator of Seed-DB here. I'd stress that "exit" values are just that... for known exits only. Even if companies have raised money at billion+ valuations, that number is going to be zero for them. Assuming a 2-10 year horizon for most companies between accelerator and exit, most companies still have a long way to go before they'll have a meaningful number hit the 'exit' column.
- throwaway98765 13y agohttps://angel.co/socraticlabs https://angel.co/socraticlabs seems to fit the bill. Of course, keep in mind that this could very well not be the accelerator.
- brandall10 13y agoYikes. I participated in that (briefly, went home after the first month) and thought this write-up seemed too familiar. On a positive note, The Alley is a way cool co-working space, I miss it dearly. Routine nightly events/speaking engagements were pretty awesome.
- brandall10 13y agoJust want to clear the air on this comment (apparently this led to some unintended backlash) - I participated as a consultant dev helping out a company there, I own no stake in the company and my view on the experience does not reflect the viewpoint of the company I was there for. I left on my own accord which had nothing to do with participation in the accelerator itself, the rest of the company remained thru the duration. With that out of the way, the "Yikes" was to the effect of "wow, that ended up in the worst way possible". The "too familiar" was noting some of particulars of the story, some of which 1) female led MP 2) extra month+ before demo day 3) some other particulars I won't care to name, but nothing to the degree as told in the story. Let's just say to point 3 I was expecting it to be more hands on, and from what I've learned since writing this comment it was. I have no issues/beef with the people involved, other teams, etc. I found everyone pleasant to deal with, and the nature of my involvement was as such that many issues going on behind the scenes weren't in my periphery anyway.
- Matt_Mickiewicz 13y agoFits the bill perfectly... it could have been the education start-up, seeking mentorship from the founder who was in that space.
- kfury 13y agoTheir 'Mentors' page is... interesting: http://socraticlabs.com/Mentors.html http://socraticlabs.com/Mentors.html