Executive Summary

• Seed-DB, an online database that tracks accelerator activity, indicates that the number of active accelerator programs (some of which have multiple locations globally) has grown to 220, from basically just one, Y Combinator, in 2005.
• According to the Global Venture Capital Insights and Trends 2014 report by Ernst & Young, the angel and incubator participation rate at the startup investment stage nearly doubled in the US between 2007 and 2013, growing from 13.7% to 25.5%. In Europe, the increase was even more significant, up from 4.6% in 2007 to 26.8% in 2013.
• Data from the Price water house Coopers MoneyTree report show that the number of venture capital deals in the US increased by 38% from 2009 to 2014, while the capital put to work was up 144%, from $20.3 billion in 2009 to $49.5 billion in 2014.