Alchemist Accelerator

investment firm

About

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$2.10M
Industries
Apps,B2B,Enterprise Software,Medical,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2012
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Alchemist Accelerator, LLC.
Investor Type
Accelerate

Alchemist is a venture-backed accelerator focused on accelerating the development of seed-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises (not consumers). CB Insights rated Alchemist the top accelerator in 2016 based on median funding rates of its grads (YC was #2). The accelerator’s primary screening criteria is on teams, with primacy placed on having distinctive technical co-founders. The organization provides seed investment into companies it admits (typically $36K), and provides founders a structured path to traction, fundraising, mentorship, and community over the course of a 6 month program. Our backers include many of the top corporate and VC funds in the Valley -- including Khosla Ventures, DFJ, Cisco, GE, next47(Siemens), and Salesforce, among others. The accelerator seeds around 75 enterprise-monetizing ventures / year. Notable alumni include LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Quantum Computing, mPharma, Matternet, and Mightyhive.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
8
$9.10M
Alchemist Accelerator has raised a total of $9.10M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Sep 18, 2020 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Sep 18, 2020 Series Unknown 1 Volvo Cars Tech Fund Detail
Jan 23, 2019 Series Unknown $2.50M 1 Juniper Networks Detail
Mar 29, 2017 Series Unknown $2M 1 GE Digital Detail
Jan 18, 2017 Series Unknown $2.50M 2 Cisco Investments Detail
May 5, 2015 Seed Detail

Funds Raised

Announced Date Fund Name Money Raised
Sep 16, 2019 Alchemist Accelerator EU Fund l $1.40M
Jan 17, 2017 Alchemist Accelerator Nonlinear Fund I $3M
Jan 17, 2016 Alchemist Accelerator US Fund II $13M
Jan 20, 2012 Alchemist Accelerator US Fund I $8M

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
509
58
Alchemist Accelerator has made 509 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 14, 2022, when Segmed raised $5.23M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Nov 14, 2022 Segmed
Seed $5.23M Artificial Intelligence
Nov 8, 2022 KNOWRON
Seed €1.80M Artificial Intelligence
Jul 26, 2022 Popstox
Pre-seed Cryptocurrency
Jul 1, 2022 Ficus
Pre-seed $30K FinTech
May 12, 2022 Lendha
Pre-seed $60K Credit Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
5
14
Alchemist Accelerator is funded by 14 investors. Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Juniper Networks are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Volvo Cars Tech Fund Yes Series Unknown
Juniper Networks Yes Series Unknown
GE Digital Yes Series Unknown
Cisco Investments Yes Series Unknown
Mayfield Fund Yes Series Unknown
JCI Ventures Series Unknown
Salesforce Series Unknown
Siemens AG Series Unknown
SAP Series Unknown
Foundation Capital Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
119
Alchemist Accelerator has 119 current employee profiles, including Advisor Jackson Moses
Advisor
Employee
Board member
Executive

Exits

Alchemist Accelerator has had 51 exits. Alchemist Accelerator most notable exits include HR Messenger ,   Volansi

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Dec 5, 2022 HR Messenger M&A Artificial Intelligence Detail
Oct 11, 2022 Volansi M&A Delivery Detail
Oct 6, 2022 HyPoint M&A Aerospace Detail
Aug 3, 2022 Yaydoo M&A Artificial Intelligence Detail
Jul 1, 2022 SafetyTek Software M&A Document Management Detail