[sjaakkkkk]

Hi HN,

Creator of Accelerat.io here. Just launched today and would love to get your feedback.

I built this site because when I was applying to accelerators some months ago I wasn't really sure which ones to apply to as there were so many of them but so little transparency about how valuable they really are. We all know Y Combinator is good, but how about all those others out there?

For the interested, the site's built in Python/Flask, custom design on top of Bootstrap (inspired by ProductHunt and NomadList), and makes heavy use of the DataTables.js plugin, which had been awesome so far.

Would love to answer any questions you may have and of course, if you've been through an accelerator first hand, I'd love to include your experience on our site.

[rajington]

Really great site. The call to actions in-line is kind of distracting though, may be necessary to get enough volume but it's annoying until then. You could have the footer information be at the top and then remove the call to actions mixing with the data.

[sjaakkkkk]

I agree it's can be a bit annoying, but as you mention it's a trade-off we intentionally chose for: we can only succeed when people add accelerators and reviews and this seemed a good way to grab some attention. Will be monitoring how succesful it actually is and if I could make it less intrusive or better targeted.

[ssharp]

Thanks for making this!

One suggestion: Average funding could become distorted from big rounds, particular big later rounds. It might be helpful to include median funding and/or break out by seed, series a, etc.

[jedc]

He gets that data from Seed-DB (http://www.seed-db.com) where you can see the detailed data, and median data where that number is meaningful.

[_manuels_]

This project is malicious fraud! I was expecting a Yelp for particle accelerators! ;)