Accelerator Comparator
Compare 400+ startup accelerators and their deal terms
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Accelerator Comparator - Compare 400+ startup accelerators and their deal terms

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Compare 400+ startup accelerators side by side by cheque size, deal terms, stage, industries, focus, and program details. See how much equity they will cost you at a $5M, $10M, or $20M next-round valuation. Free, no signup required!

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 We built the Accelerator Comparator because comparing accelerator offers is way harder than it should be. The headline investment amount is usually easy to find. The difficult part is understanding what the actual deal means for your cap table, especially when SAFEs, caps, MFNs, and fixed equity are involved. So we put 400+ startup accelerators into one comparison tool. You can compare up to 4 programs side by side across: • cheque size • deal terms • stage • industries • investment focus • program details The feature we’re most excited about is Compare Terms. Select at least 2 accelerators and we estimate how much equity each deal could translate into if your next priced round happens at a $5M, $10M, or $20M valuation. It’s completely free and doesn’t require an OpenVC account. This is still an early version. Some accelerator profiles are incomplete, some data may need updating, and we know the comparison table is pretty information-dense. So we’d especially love feedback on: - What data are we missing? - Which filters would make this more useful? - Is the comparison table too dense? - Which accelerators should we add next? Steph & Lucas

 is back! Awesome work!

Maker

  I was busy building but I never left 😭😭😭

 it would be awesome if this offered the ability to put in your sector or industry and only show the accelerators that fit your stage.

Congrats Steph & Lucas. This feels very on brand for you guys haha. Take some annoying fundraising task people are doing manually in spreadsheets and just make a tool for it.

Maker

 hey thanks Marie! Yeah, the truth is most founders honestly don't even do the maths at all. So at least now, there's no excuse ^^

Félicitations for a super useful tool - will definetely use it in Europe where it is much needed!

Maker

 Thanks Rodrigue! Yes, use it in Europe, in Asia, on Antartica if you want, we got pretty extensive coverage!

There are some holes in the data but honestly that’s expected. Half these accelerators don’t explain their terms clearly themselves. As long as it’s obvious what’s missing I’m fine with it.

Maker

 Good catch. and yes, we can't invent data that doesn't exist. Instead, we just show the dollar amount (when available) and leave the equity column marked as "Not disclosed". Still better than zero info.

I literally had a spreadsheet like this when I was looking at accelerators 😂 Obviously much worse than this and I had to fill everything manually.

Yeahhhhhhhhh. Also, thank you for not making me create an account before I can see anything. I kept waiting for the signup modal.

Standard terms like YC $125k for 7% plus $375k uncapped MFN are easy to index from public FAQ. Real problem starts by month two with long tail of 400+ programs where "official" terms shift between cohorts, like mandatory fees taken directly from cash, warrant coverage, and side-letter rights that never appear on marketing sites. Scraped FAQ data gets stale fast, founder-submitted term sheet verification is only thing that keeps next-round dilution models honest)