Alchemist Accelerator

About Alchemist Accelerator

Alchemist Accelerator is a San Francisco accelerator founded in 2012 that works only with enterprise and B2B startups. With more than 515 alumni companies, 70-plus acquisitions, and billions in combined portfolio value, it is one of the better-known global accelerators for founders building products that sell to other businesses, and Indian founders with enterprise ambitions apply regularly.

Its six-month programme is built specifically for companies selling to businesses rather than consumers, with a heavy emphasis on customer development, enterprise sales, and go-to-market execution, supported by a dense network of enterprise technology leaders, senior executives, and investors. Startups take funding in exchange for equity and gain access to Alchemist's corporate-partner network of potential first customers.

The core programme runs two cohorts a year, each lasting six months and ending in a Demo Day attended by hundreds of investors and corporate partners, with structured workshops on enterprise sales, pricing, customer discovery, and fundraising, plus cloud credits, legal support, and co-working space in San Francisco. Its corporate-partner network can supply warm introductions to large enterprises that would be hard to land alone.

The alumni list includes LaunchDarkly (feature management, valued above $3 billion), Rigetti Computing (quantum computing), and the India-origin MoEngage (customer engagement), with over 70 companies acquired in all. The accelerator is a clear fit for Indian founders building B2B and enterprise products who want direct access to the US enterprise market; teams should be at the MVP or early-customer stage and ready to commit to the full six months. For Indian B2B founders it offers a direct pipeline to US enterprise buyers, investors, and corporate networks. It is online at alchemistaccelerator.com.

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