Does your business need an accelerator?

Having been through one of the best accelerators (Techstars) and having interviewed at YC there are a few questions to be asking yourself as to whether your business should be joining an accelerator or not. You need to think hard.

What is best?

Well thats a good question and there are benefits and negatives both. For example you will be losing equity if you do join one as well as time but there are many positives. The positive being that it may help you to survive. An accelerator usually comes with a cash injection too as well as a great network of people and investors. These are all things which will help you to grow and survive a difficult period.

A startup will need pilots with corporates at some point as well as money to survive. Joining an accelerator will help you to do this.

What should i do?

Personally i would try to join top ones like YC or Techstars. YC has backed some of the worlds biggest companies like Coinbase and Airbnb.

Is Antler VC worth doing?

Is antler or any accelerator worth doing to start my company in 2026? (updated)

Entrepreneurs do need a lot of support and it’s not easy to build a company. The antler ecosystem is great and the networking with high caliber people is top-notch. If you are looking for an experience that combines motivation top MBA compared with seasoned entrepreneurs such as myself, (feel free to add me on LinkedIn) I would suggest going for antler.

FounderBountyVlad Kozul