Luis Barros

2017 Seed Accelerator Rankings released

Seed accelerators AngelPad and Y Combinator have landed the coveted top spots in the inaugural 2017 rankings from the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project, a benchmarking program run by entrepreneurship and management experts from Rice University, MIT and the University of Richmond.

Best startup accelerator programs in Europe

A startup accelerator program is an intensive business and personal development program which supports a small team of founders, usually with a business idea of their own. The support comes in a form of mentorship, affordable office spaces, and some starting capital.

EU Incubators and Accelerators Hatching Great Startups

All across Europe, incubators and accelerators have grown up to provide the support local entrepreneurs need to execute their ideas. Whether it’s funding, professional development or mentorship, these organisations are ready to give startup founders the tools they need.

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC)

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) is an investment agency that supports life sciences innovation, research, development and commercialization.

The MLSC is charged with implementing a 10-year, $1-billion, state-funded investment initiative. As a Founding Member & Senior Vice President of Investments and Industry at this Commowealth of Massachusetts initiative, Luis was on the team that oversaw a $500M Capital fund for incubator, accelerator and infrastructure which as of 2016, had funded 65 projects, $394M and ~1.3M sq. feet.

This is inclusive of the funding of Mass Challenge , world's largest Accelerator program, and Lab Central, a first-of-its-kind shared laboratory space designed as a launchpad for high-potential life-sciences and biotech startups

Disrupting the Disruptors: Startup Accelerators Feel Pressure to Evolve

Ten years ago startup accelerators were the tech high-priests who entrepreneurs looked to for advice and funding. Now their value proposition is evolving — and being questioned.

Accelerators: Getting up to speed

The biggest professional-training system you have never heard of

A Hard Look at Accelerators

In my third commentary arising from programming at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress last month, I share comments about evidence to determine the effectiveness of accelerators.

Startup Accelerators and Ecosystems: Complements or Substitutes?

In this paper, I explore the relationship between a startup'sfoundingregion, accelerator admission and startup performance

Global University Venturing

Global University Venturing is both a monthly magazine and website written for and about universities taking stakes in the spinout companies of staff and students. We help universities to share best practice and to connect with each other, with investors and with other useful parties in the innovation ecosystem.

GAN - Gloabl Accelerator Network

We are a network of the most respected accelerators around the world. GAN accelerators provide startups with the resources necessary to create and grow businesses, wherever they are.

Seed Accelerator Rankings Project (SARP)

The goal of the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project (SARP), now in its fourth year, is to encourage a larger conversation and research about the seed accelerator phenomenon, its effects, and its prospects for the future.

Surprise accelerator tops study of where best-funded startups come from

Y Combinator is generally acknowledged to be the accelerator program with the most successful startup alumni — including multi-billion dollar businesses like Airbnb, Stripe and Dropbox...

Global Accelerator Report 2015

Startup accelerators play a major role in today’s tech world and new accelerator programs are launched almost everyday. According to Natty Zola (TechStars, MD) they became, “a proven way to quickly grow a startup by learning from experts, finding great mentorship and connecting to a powerful network.

Top University Incubators and Accelerators (Europe)

The event highlighted best practices, hands-on-tools, analyses, success stories, and featured inspiring presentations that allowed those who attended to network, learn from each other and improve performance in order to enhance economic transformation and local, regional and national development.

Proof of Concept Centers in the United States: An Exploratory Look

In this paper we identify the population of 32 U.S. university-related Proof of Concept Centers (PoCCs), and we present a model of technology development that identifies the economic role of PoCCs within that model.