Cohorts of 2008

Companies whose accelerator cohort started in 2008. 57 companies.

CompanyClusterProgramStatusLast signal
BackType

BackType was an analytics company acquired by Twitter in 2011

B2B SaaSsocial media analyticsY CombinatorS08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
Cloudant

NoSQL Database-aaS. Acquired by IBM in 2014. Now IBM Cloud Data…

Data for AIdistributed database infrastructureY CombinatorS08Acquired2026-08-23
JustSpotted

Acquired by Google in 2011

Consumerreal-time content search and aggregationY CombinatorS08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-17
Posterous

Dead simple blogs by email

Consumeremail-based blogging and content sharingY CombinatorS08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-17
280 NorthDeveloper toolsWeb application framework and IDEY CombinatorW08Acquired2026-08-23
A Thinking Ape

We build communities through massively multiplayer mobile games

Consumermultiplayer mobile gamingY CombinatorW08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
Heroku

Enabling developers to build and run applications in the cloud.

Developer toolsCloud application platform and deploymentY CombinatorW08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
Machine Zone

Pioneers of mobile social gaming.

Consumermobile social gamingY CombinatorW08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-17
Omnisio

Edit and enhance online video. Acquired by Google in July 2008.

Consumervideo editing and annotationY CombinatorW08Acquiredchecked 2026-08-17
altvia

Altvia | Fund Management Software For Fundraising, IR & Deal Teams

B2B SaaSFund management and investor relationsTechstarsTS 2008Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
DailyBurn

Daily Burn - Thousands Of Workouts, Stream Video Anywhere

Consumerfitness streaming platformTechstarsTS 2008Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
Foodzie

Home - Foodzie

ConsumerFood discovery marketplaceTechstarsTS 2008Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
StepOut

Stepout - Online Dating

Consumeronline dating platformTechstarsTS 2008Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23
Using Miles-TechstarsTS 2008Acquiredchecked 2026-08-23