An overview of startup accelerators and a brief introduction to the Iranian startup ecosystem.

1. An overview of startup accelerators
What are startup
accelerators?
By Masoud Hamidzadeh | October 2017

2. As startups begin to proliferate beyond the
traditional technology centers, regional and
national leaders are increasingly looking to
these companies as a source of economic
growth. As they do, officials are confronted
with the reality that innovation-driven
entrepreneurship differs markedly from
traditional small business activity, which
means that cultivation strategies are
radically different.
Accelerating growth: Startup accelerator programs
in the United States by Ian Hathaway

3. Classic Startups:
•You’re on your own
•Little help
•Fundraising sucks
•Figuring it out..
HP Garage
Apple’s GarageGoogle’s first office

4. Individual business timeline

5. Bridging the gap between ideas & results

6. A. Institutions supporting early stage startups:
•Incubators
•Accelerators
•Angel investors
•Early-stage venture capitalists
B. Co-Working Spaces

7. Startup accelerators support early-stage,
growth-driven companies through education,
mentorship, and financing. Startups enter
accelerators for a fixed-period of time, and
as part of a cohort of companies. The
accelerator experience is a process of
intense, rapid, and immersive education
aimed at accelerating the life cycle of young
innovative companies, compressing years
worth of learning-by-doing into just a few
months.

8. History
The first seed accelerator was Y
Combinator, started in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, in 2005, and then
later moved to Silicon Valley by Paul
Graham.
It was followed by Techstars In
2006, Techstars was founded
in Boulder, Colorado by David
Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and
Jared Polis.

12. Cohen, Susan (2013), “ What
Do Accelerators Do? Insights
from Incubators and
Angels,” Innovations, 8:3/4,
pp. 19-25.

13. What is the business and revenue
model of a business accelerator?

14. (a) Raise a private fund from angel investors and venture
capital firms.

15. (b) Recruit and then select a group of startups at the right
stage of development for admission to the program.

16. (c) Put the startups through an 8 to 12 week
development program that usually involves free
office space, mentors, research, development,
coaching, training, networking, investment pitch
practice, etc.

17. (d) Put on a Pitch Day where the startups make public
pitches to investors and the community.

18. (e) Soon thereafter, some of the startups will raise
some money. Hurray! Also, some of the startups will go
out of business, sooner or later. Ugh!

19. (f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.
(f) Some accelerators run a program once a year
and some do it multiple times per year.

20. (g) Eventually (1 to 5 years later...) a few of the startups
will get bought by larger companies, get re-capitalized
in some way, go through an IPO, or otherwise reach
liquidity for shareholders. The accelerator will then
liquidate its shares, pay back its investors their initial
capital and split the remaining profit between the
investors and the management of the accelerator.

25. Nopahub.com

26. http://accelerator.hostiran.net/

27. Thanks for your attention