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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]], and Boomtown Boulder (2014).<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). Other accelerators followed shortly, including Ignite (Europe's first £1m tech accelerator programme) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/d4ae71fc-a703-11e4-9c4d-00144feab7de|title=Newcastle upon Tyne: lively city with a tradition of innovation|publisher=[[Financial Times]]|date=February 10, 2015|author=Tighe, Chris}}</ref> in the UK in 2011 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/ignite-accelerator-programme-returns-newcastle-14961398|title=Ignite Accelerator Programme Returns to Newcastle|publisher=[[Business Live]]|date=July 30, 2018|author=Manning, Jonathan}}}}</ref>after andby Startup Wise Guys in 2012 in Estonia.

With the growing popularity of seed accelerator programs in the US, Europe has seen an increase in accelerators to support a growing [[startup ecosystem]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2011/07/18/are-europes-accelerators-speeding-out-of-control|title=Are Europe's startup accelerators speeding out of control?|publisher=[[GigaOM]]|date=July 18, 2011|author=Johnson, Bobbie}}</ref>