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==History==

The first seed accelerator was [[Y Combinator (company)|Y Combinator]], started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2005, and then later moved to Silicon Valley by [[Paul Graham (computer programmer)|Paul Graham]].<ref name="accelerating-studies" /> It was followed by [[TechStars]] (in 2006), [[Seedcamp]] (in 2007), [[AngelPad]] (in 2010), Startupbootcamp (in 2010), Tech Wildcatters (in 2011), several accelerators of [[SOSVentures|SOSV]], Boomtown Boulder (in 2014) and [[Antler (companyventure capital firm)|Antler]] (in 2017).<ref name="gilani4">{{cite web|last=Gilani|first=Aziz|title=Incubators in US and Europe - Speed and scale in capital formation|url=http://www.slideshare.net/dgiluz/accellerators-in-us-and-europe/4|publisher=Kauffman Fellow Program|access-date=14 September 2012|author2=Dettori, Gianluca |date=Jul 16, 2011|page=4}}</ref>

In Europe, the first accelerator program was started by Accelerace in 2009 in Denmark (strongly subsidised by the Danish government) followed shortly after by Startup Wise Guys in 2012 in Estonia.