The startup accelerator remains one of tech's most popular ways to get a business up and running. Would-be founders can take some comfort in an annual effort by a team of researchers to classify the best of the bunch. And the group takes into account a range of quantitative factors and feedback scores to tap the leaders in a crowded category of startup support. For the second year in a row, SARP ranked the accelerators by tiers rather than a numerical ranking. The big winners are AngelPad and Y Combinator, for which the researchers created an entirely new tier, "Platinum Plus."

Source: Forbes June 07, 2017 16:41 UTC