# The Accelerator

> The Accelerator is a VC fund in Calgary backing Legal and Blockchain. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-accelerator_
- Website: https://x.com/TheAccelerator_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAccelerator.Tech

The Accelerator is a seed accelerator that delivers curriculum, services, seed money, mentors, and connections to startups through programs. The company's goal is to help entrepreneurs to create something impressive enough to raise money on a larger scale and introduce it to later-stage investors, or occasionally even acquirers.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for The Accelerator. Shizune tracks 3 team members at The Accelerator. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/the-accelerator-8eec?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 100% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 100% |
| Network Security | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pieter Boekhoff | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pieter-boekhoff |
| Samantha Begelfor | Venture Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samantha-begelfor |
| Thomas Battle | Community Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-battle |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intelli Network | Intelli Network is a user-friendly application, utilizing peer-to-peer intelligence sharing to maintain a database of information, disseminated through the app in real-time. The Intelli token is a utility token used in the network to facilitate the decentralization of intelligence sharing. Token holders will be able to access hourly updatedsummarized crime reports for their location, viewed on a convenient, easy-to-use map updated in real-time. The Intelli token is also used as a transactional piece for unidentified users who provide useful and verified crime reporting. Users providing reports will be allocated an amount of Intelli tokens to their Intelli Wallet, which will vary according to a particular group of metrics, creating an economy incentivizing reports for any and all crime as well as public safety concerns that may normally go unreported, unrecognized, and therefore unaddressed. All users are anonymous, can submit and view crime tips in any location. Intelli publisher program helps local news agencies and smaller publishers to post their original content and breaking stories to a truly local network of users. | $90K | Pre-Seed | Sep 30, 2018 | https://x.com/intelli_network |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does The Accelerator invest in?

The Accelerator invests primarily in Legal, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Accelerator?

Public channels for The Accelerator include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at The Accelerator?

The team at The Accelerator includes Pieter Boekhoff (Founder), Samantha Begelfor (Venture Manager) and Thomas Battle (Community Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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