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Forbes published an analysis of startup accelerators in April 2012.<ref name="forbes1">{{Cite web |last=Tomio |first=Geron |date=April 30, 2012 |title=Top Startup Incubators And Accelerators |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2012/04/30/top-tech-incubators-as-ranked-by-forbes-y-combinator-tops-with-7-billion-in-value/ |website=Forbes |page=1}}</ref> Since 2010 there has been a substantial growth of [[Corporate Accelerator]] programs, which are sponsored by established organizations but follow similar principles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heinemann |first=Florian |date=June 17, 2015 |title=Corporate Accelerator database |url=https://corporate-accelerators.net/database/index.html}}</ref>

==Impact==

Whether or not accelerators increase the success of accelerated firms is still a subject of discussion. A number of studies have shown that accelerated cohorts perform better than non-accelerated firms, but this is potentially due to the selection effect of programmes. However, studies using [[regression discontinuity design]] show that accelerators can indeed have impact over and above their selection effect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=THE IMPACT OF BUSINESS ACCELERATORS AND INCUBATORS IN THE UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-impact-of-business-accelerators-and-incubators-in-the-uk}}</ref>

==Accelerators Exits==