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Prepared for Maddie C. | Delivered December 11, 2019
Accelerator Application Statistics
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Goals
To gain application statistics or reports for TechStars, YCombinator, 500 startups, SkyDeck, Indie Bio, AngelPad, Merge Lane, Boom Town, Plug & Play and Backstage Capital.
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Early Findings
Analyzing TechStars's
blog
did not reveal much information on its applications. Most of the postings are general information about applications opening, closing dates or founders that were ultimately chosen.
The numbers available from TechStars are the number of founders they have
helped
not the number of applications received.
YCombinator offers some limited statistics on its applications.
45%
of accepted startups had at least one previously-rejected application.
One article states that YCombinator receives over
10,000
applications for each batch, with only 130-150 being accepted.
In a 2015
interview
, YC's COO stated the accelerator's acceptance rate was around 1.5%. In 2005, there were 60 applications for 8 openings. In 2015, there were 7,000 for 106 spots.
Another
interview
with an admissions officer did not reveal any more relevant statistics.
Another interview gives some limited data on accepted applications but not only the applicant pool as a whole.
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