Are Accelerators making a genuine impact

on the ventures they support?

Hundreds of accelerators around the world are working to support and grow early-stage ventures.

GALI exists to investigate their effectiveness.

Individual Organization Impact

Helps programs track their impact on the

ventures they support

Big Picture Data

Provides aggregated venture data for deeper

sector research

Status Quo

Organizations consider themselves lucky if they are able to collect consistent follow-up data from their portfolio ventures.

GALI Difference

Yearly follow-Up surveys with both groups are the key difference of our data collection efforts.

175+ Program with ventures in over 150 countries

Global Sample Outcomes

Across the board, ventures who participate in accelerator program have higher financial outcomes.

Participated

Rejected

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Average Philanthropy

Change

Average Equity Change Average Revenue Change

Sub-Saharan Africa Landscape

Most ventures had earned revenue and hired employees, but fewer had raised funding.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Sample

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Equity Philanthropy Revenue Employees

The Global Accelerator Learning Initiative has been made possible by its co-creators and founding sponsors, including the U.S. Global Development Lab at the U.S.

Agency for International Development, Omidyar Network, The Lemelson Foundation and the Argidius Foundation. Additional support for GALI has been provided by

the Kauffman Foundation, Stichting DOEN, and Citibanamex.

To learn more about GALI, please visit www.galidata.org