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Yes, that's accurate. Techstars Chicago is an incubator called Excelerate that joined the "network". I think they're all run similarly, but Excelerate didn't ma
by mrkurt 12y ago
Yes, that's accurate. Techstars Chicago is an incubator called Excelerate that joined the "network". I think they're all run similarly, but Excelerate didn't magically become a premium accelerator by slapping the Techstars label on.
- joelrunyon 12y agoExcellerate was close to #3 or #4 incubator (depending on how you count) in the country before joining the TechStars crew.
- tptacek 12y agoHow do you count this? What's the rationale for saying that Excellerate was the next-best incubator after YC and 500s?
- seats 12y agoI don't know the methodology of the research but here is the coverage - http://tech.co/top-startup-accelerators-ranked-2012-08 http://tech.co/top-startup-accelerators-ranked-2012-08
- andrew_r_cross 12y agoForbes put together an analysis in 2012 (the last year Excelerate was still Excelerate) based on companies' exit price or price of most recent round. Excelerate came in No. 6. http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/04/30/top-tech-incubators-as-ranked-by-forbes-y-combinator-tops-with-7-billion-in-value/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/04/30/top-tech-i...