A virtual or remote accelerator is an emerging concept in the startup industry that enables founders from different geographical locations to network, learn, and build their startups together.
This article explores some of the remote startup accelerators available.
The 10 Remote Startup Accelerators
1) YCombinator
Sector: Accounting, Consulting, Finance, Virtual Currency, Software, Internet, Mobile, Healthcare, E-commerce
Funding: $150K
Noteworthy Startups: Airbnb, DoorDash, Stripe, Instacart, Brex, Coinbase, Reddit, Dropbox
Website: https://www.ycombinator.com/
2) Techstars
Sector: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Tech
Funding: $120K
Noteworthy Startups: Chainalysis, ClassPass, DataRobot, DigitalOcean, Outreach, Remitly, SalesLoft, SendGrid
Website: https://www.techstars.com/
3) Urban-X
Sector: Public Health, Safety, Food Waste, Water, Building Tech, City Infrastructure, Energy, Mobility, GovTech, Autonomous Vehicles, CleanTech, Tech, Construction, Fintech, Government, Real Estate, Smart Buildings, Transportation
Funding: $150K
Noteworthy Startups: Industrial/Organic, Evolve Energy
Website: https://www.urban-x.com/
4) Surge
Sector: Consumer Internet, DeepTech, Enterprise Software, Healthcare, FintTech, MedicalTech, Blockchain, D2C, Artificial Intelligence, Medical
Funding: No data
Noteworthy Startups: Kutumb, LambdaTest, BukuKas, Zenyum, Atlan
Website: https://www.surgeahead.com/
5) MVP Lab by Mozilla Builders Incubator
Sector: Search, Web Assembly, Artificial Intelligence, Messaging, Social Networking, Decentralized Web, Collaboration, Society, Decentralization, Surveillance Capitalism, Misinformation, Content, Internet, Browser Extensions, Open Source, Software, Web
Funding: $16K
Noteworthy Startups: Kapor Capital, CircleCI, Dark, Outliers Venture Capital, HeadsApp Inc
Website: https://builders.mozilla.community/
6) Faster Capital
Sector: Internet, Software, Healthcare, HR, Legal Tech, AdTech, Cloud
Funding: $20K - $2M
Noteworthy Startups: Nakkeb, 1-mo, TVlize, Dooet, FulHost
Website: https://fastercapital.com/
7) German Accelerator
Sector: Biotechnology, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Data Analytisc, FinTech, Digital Health
Funding: No data
Noteworthy Startups: BackHub, Bytro, CliqMeet, Contigua, HoneyTracks, ApiOmat
Website: https://nextstepasia.de/
8) Seed Ready
Sector: Information Technologies, Internet
Funding: Not available
Noteworthy Startups: TUBR, Topia.life, TRACX, Get My Equipment, Brokit
Website: https://www.seedready.org/
9) Alts Capital Online
Sector: Blockchain, Robotics, FinTech, Smart Cities, E-commerce, SaaS, EdTech, Logistics
Funding: $50K
Noteworthy Startups: Blockchain Labs, MiGood, Insurmatics
Website: https://www.altscapital.com
10) Future Founders
Sector: Education, Non Profit, Social Entrepreneurship
Funding: No data
Noteworthy Startups: Deliveree, Seed Slide, Omnipointment, Zcruit, Roo Storage
Website: https://www.futurefounders.com/
