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    John Q · · 1 min read

    What's with all these new accelerators in Southeast Asia? Do we really need them?

    This year alone we’re seeing so many new accelerators launch in SEA, particularly Singapore. It feels like a case of deja vu again, cos back when JFDI launched, there was a similar wave? And guess what, most of these accelerators died out. Now we’re seeing another wave, with folks like muru-d, MaGIC Accelerator Program, Rockstart, and l337 Ventures all doing their thing. I’m really skeptical if these guys are adding value to the ecosystem. I don’t see all the top startups at the moment (Grabtaxi, Tokopedia) coming out of these accelerators, so will startups succeed because of accelerators, or in spite of them?

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