
За все 10-15 лет существования акселераторов через них прошло 9 единорогов, 8 из которых через YCombinator и 1 через 500Startups.
Кажется, что статистика говорит нам – если вы хотите искать единорогов, то акслератор – это последняя вещь, об открытии которой вы должны при этом подумать.
Для справки (все равно будете спрашивать в комментах):
500 Startups:
– Twilio, IPO June 2016, $1B+
Y-Combinator:
– Airbnb: The peer-to-peer home rental service is worth $25 billion, after a $1.5 billion raise in June.
– Dropbox: The cloud storage service is worth $10 billion, off the back of a $250 million funding round last year.
– Docker: The enterprise-focused open-source “container” startup raised $95 million in April, valuing the company at $1 billion.
– Machine Zone: The game developer was reportedly valued at $3 billion following a raise last year.
– Stripe: The online payments processor is said to be valued at $5 billion following a recent raise.
– Instacart: The crowdsourced grocery delivery startup is thought to be valued at $2 billion, following a big raise back in January.
– Zenefits: The human resources (HR) software startup raised a whopping $500 million in May, bringing the company value to $4.5 billion.
– Twitch: The esports streaming company is actually now an Amazon subsidiary following its acquisition by the Internet giant last year.