Owlspark, the 90-day summer accelerator hosted by Rice University, is looking to create an accelerator network with other universities.
Owlspark hopes that a national university accelerator network comprised of programmes similar to the Houston, Texas, outfit will help stimulate discussion of best practice and issues faced by university accelerators, and fill the vacuum between programmes.
The accelerator is inviting other programmes from around the world to hold the proposed network’s first meeting at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres conference in October.
Kerri Smith, managing director of OwlSpark, said: “We plan to create a comprehensive database of university accelerators and invite these programs to join as founding members. The group would meet annually to share best practices, lessons learned, and network.”
