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Top 3 startups Accelerators results comparison
1. 500 Startups
5 notable exits >$100M:
- MakerBot, acq'd by Stratasys (SSYS) for $402M in
June 2013.
- Wildfire Interactive, acq'd by Google for $350M in July
2012.
- Viki, acq'd by Rakuten for $200M in Sept 2013.
- Behance, acq'd by Adobe for ~$150M in Dec 2012.
- Simple, acq'd by BBVA for $117M in Feb 2014.
2. Y-Cobminator Startups
- AirBnB is valuated over $10 billion
- Dropbox is valuated over $10 billion
- Stripe is valuated over $1 billion
- Heroku acquired by Salesforce for $212
- OMGPop acquired by Zynga for $180 in
cash
3. Techstars
- SendGrid valuaded $1 billion
- DigitalOcean $153 million
-Socialthing acquired by AOL for
a rumored $5-10 million