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December 28, 2022

What does a startup accelerator actually do?

Half of UK unicorns attended an accelerator, should you?


Steph Bailey

9 min read

Arosha Brouwer, cofounder and CEO of Quan

When Y Combinator (YC), Silicon Valley’s famous startup school, was founded in 2005, it didn’t just propel the likes of Airbnb, Stripe and Coinbase to scaleup success — it paved the way for an ecosystem of startup accelerators.  

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Gauthier Van Malderen, CEO and founder of Perlego
Gauthier Van Malderen, CEO and founder of Perlego
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