accelerator-portfolio-leadslisted

# Accelerator and Portfolio Lead Generation Portfolio pages are curated, public, dated lists of companies that have money and are expected to spend it quickly. Somebody else did the diligence and published the result. The unusual advantage is stage precision. A batch has a start date, a demo day and a funding event, which means you can target companies at a known point in their lifecycle rather than guessing. ## Who actually buys Almost always the founder, at this stage. | Stage | Who decides | What they need | |---|---|---| | Pre-accelerator | Founder | Nothing. No money | | In-programme | Founder | Building the product. Focused, hard to reach | | Demo day to +3 months | Founder | Everything at once. Money just arrived | | Post-seed, 6-18 months | Founder, first function hires | Scaling systems | | Series A+ | Function heads appear | Real budgets, real processes | **The window three weeks to three months after demo day is the best one.** The round has closed, the announcement rush has died down, and the founder is spending on go-to-market. **In-programme founders are the worst target.** They're in the most intense three months of their company's life and everything not related to the programme is noise. ## Where these leads live | Source | What it gives you | Quality | |---|---|---| | Accelerator batch and company directories | Cohort, date, sector, one-line description | Very high | | VC portfolio pages | Stage, sector, sometimes investment date | Very high | | Dem