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📣 ahmedaly

What are the alternative programs to Y Combinator?


My startup is an ecommerce chatbot b2b startup targeting the sellers in the middle east and emerging markets.

Ycombinator keeps rejecting my application, which is normal.

So I am interested to know what are the best accelerators and incubators alternative to ycombinator and has the same level?

  👤 cmuguythrow Accepted Answer ✓
Since you mention that money is the main thing you need, I think you are mostly looking for a "seed stage investor". Crunchbase has a list of a ton of those (802 total) that exist in the SF Bay Area. Looking at the full list requires a pro account, but a free trial is available.

https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/san-francisco-bay-area-seed-s...

👤 muzani
Techstars

500 Startups

In SE Asia, there a few smaller ones like JFDI, WTF, 1337, but the success rate is nowhere near YC. Many have tried but very few people can do accelerators, and it's just as draining as running a startup for the people who operate them.

👤 digital_voodoo
Maybe I'm missing something, but why do you find that rejection normal?
👤 zomglings
Depends on what you were hoping to get out of YC.

There likely isn't any alternative that will provide you the same value when fundraising.

👤 dclusin
Google search for ycombinator alternatives leads to answers on several social sites with interesting discussions.
👤 aliswe
Search for "middle east startup funding" ?

How much do you need? Any recurring revenue?

👤 emrah
How about https://tinyseed.com
👤 jamesmawm
Do Entrepreneur First and Antler count?
👤 cyrilbenson47
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