AngelPad

AngelPad is a seed-stage accelerator with offices in New York City and San Francisco. It selects a small group of teams every six months and works closely with them through an intensive three-month programme. It acts as the first investor in the companies it takes on.

What AngelPad offers

• Accelerator programme — a 12-week course where founders work in the AngelPad offices alongside the team.
• Product and market guidance — help with finding product-market fit, defining a target market and getting first validation.
• Fundraising preparation — coaching for investor meetings and raising the next round.
• Seed investment — the firm invests first in each company it accepts.

Who it works with

Startups come from almost any technology area, including SaaS, marketplaces, core technology, advertising, APIs, mobile, healthcare, AI, data and B2B or B2C products. The firm says most are based in San Francisco and New York and aim at large markets.

Key facts

• Based in: New York and San Francisco
• Founded: 2010
• Intake: about 15 teams every six months, from roughly 2,000 applicants
• Alumni: more than 150 companies launched
• Recognition: ranked first in the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project each year since 2015, according to its own site