Alternatives to Y Combinator

The top Accelerator companies similar to Y Combinator, ranked by relevance (named competitors first, then how closely their sectors overlap) and our 0-100 AI-readiness score. Each links to a full profile with funding and team.

Company	Sector	HQ	Funding	Score
Entrepreneur First	Company Builder	London, United Kingdom	$90.0M	70
TETechstars	Venture Capital	Boulder, USA	$63.0M	54
STStation F	Venture Capital	Paris, France	$63.0M	52
Entourage	Venture Capital	Ghent, Belgium	$63.0M	47
Protocol	Agentic AI	San Francisco, United States	$3.2M	47
FOFounders House	Venture Builder	Helsinki, Finland	—	40
PIPioneer	Founder Community	San Francisco, United States	—	38
TETechBuddy	Startup Accelerator	Stockholm, Sweden	$561K	32
Lost Astronaut	Venture Capital	Vilnius, Lithuania	—	27
YEP Accelerator	Startup Accelerator	San Francisco, USA	$50K	27
Dahlgren Capital	Venture Capital	Stockholm, Sweden	—	26
TETeam Scaleup	Venture Capital	London, United Kingdom	—	25
Plug and Play Tech Center	Venture Capital	Sunnyvale, United States	—	23
Rose Rock Bridge	Energy	Tulsa, USA	$2.0M	16
Nailab Accelerator	Startup Accelerator	Nairobi, Kenya	—	16
Blue Lake VC	Venture Capital	London, United Kingdom	—	10
Fábrica de Startups Brasil	Startup Accelerator	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	—	8
VEVenture for Africa	Startup Accelerator	Nairobi, Kenya	—	7
STStartUp HUB Poland	Startup Accelerator	Warsaw, Poland	—	6
FCFCJ Venture Builder	Venture Builder	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	—	6
Usina de Startup	Startup Accelerator	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	—	—
IAiAccelerate	Incubator	Wollongong, Australia	—	—
Darwin Startups	Accelerator	Florianópolis, Brazil	—	—
FOFounders Fund	Venture Capital	San Francisco, USA	$19.9B	85
Index Ventures	Venture Capital	London, United Kingdom	$9.1B	85
Carta	Financial Services	San Francisco, USA	$1.7B	76
TPG	Private Equity	Fort Worth, United States	$63.0M	70
LALakestar	Venture Capital	Berlin, Germany	$1.5B	70
GSR	Venture Capital	Menlo Park, United States	$1.1B	70
Crunchbase	Data	San Francisco, United States	$106.5M	70
Equitybee	Fintech	Palo Alto, United States	$83.1M	68
Seedcamp	Venture Capital	London, United Kingdom	$219.8M	66
Crowdcube	Fintech	Exeter, United Kingdom	$63.0M	63
TRTributary Group	Venture Capital	Austin, USA	$63.0M	62
Coatue	Venture Capital	New York, United States	$65.0M	61
startup	Data as a Service	San Francisco, United States	$106.5M	61
Valar AI	Fintech	תל אביב - יפו, Israel	$2.4B	61
CB Insights	Business Data	New York, United States	$132.0M	61
SESeries X Capital	Venture Capital	Mountain View, United States	$300.0M	61
Bpifrance	Venture Capital	Maisons-Alfort, France	—	60
Accrete Health Partners	Venture Capital	Covington, USA	$63.0M	60
Turbine.co	Fintech	New York, United States	$21.8M	60
NONorrsken	Venture Capital	Stockholm, Sweden	$63.0M	60
Mattermark	Sales Intelligence	San Francisco, United States	$15.8M	60
SPSPRIND	Artificial Intelligence	Europe	$125.0M	60
ACActivate	Venture Capital	India	$75.0M	60
Seraphim Space	SpaceTech	London, United Kingdom	$100.0M	59
Founders Factory	Venture Capital	London, United Kingdom	$63.0M	55
ICICONIQ Capital	Venture Capital	San Francisco, United States	$10.0B	55
RERevival Healthcare Capital	Venture Capital	Charleston, USA	$63.0M	55
Red Cell Partners	Venture Capital	McLean, USA	$91.0M	55
Overbay Capital Partners	Financial Services	Toronto, Canada	$63.0M	55
ZEZero Gravity Capital	Venture Capital	Bratislava, Slovakia	$63.0M	55
SV Angel	Venture Capital	San Francisco, USA	$63.0M	54
Industry Ventures	Venture Capital	San Francisco, United States	$7.0B	54
Alliance Ventures	Corporate VC	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$606.6M	54
Wind Capital	Venture Capital	Paris, France	$57.2M	54
ACActuate Energy	Energy Storage	Dallas, USA	$63.0M	53
SESemper	Fintech	—	$7.5M	53
Montis VC	Venture Capital	Warsaw, Poland	$54.0M	53