A Kaufmann fellow named Azia Giliani has come up with a list of the top 15 accelerators in the U.S. Two are in Silicon Valley, two are in the Dallas-Austin corridor, but only one in Boston, or New York.
http://techcocktail.com/top-15-us-startup-accelerators-ranked-2011-05#.T6BAf-tSS68
| 1 | TechStars Boulder | Boulder | CO |
| 2 | Y Combinator | Silicon Valley | CA |
| 3 | Excelerate Labs | Chicago | IL |
| 4 | LaunchBox Digital | RTP | NC |
| 5 | TechStars Boston | Boston | MA |
| 6 | Kicklabs | Silicon Valley | CA |
| 7 | TechStars Seattle | Seattle | WA |
| 8 | Tech Wildcatter | Dallas | TX |
| 9 | DreamIt Ventures | Philadelphia | PA |
| 10 | Brandery | Cincinnati | OH |
| 11 | Capitol Factory | Austin | TX |
| 12 | NYC Seedstart | New York | NY |
| 13 | Betaspring | Providence | RI |
| 14 | Boom Startup | Salt Lake City | UT |
| 15 | AlphaLabs | Pittsburgh | PA |
