Sean O'Sullivan, co-creator of street mapping on computers and co-coiner of the phrase "cloud computing", describes how his firm, SOSV, has achieved scale, becoming the third largest seed investor in the world by creating and running a handful of the world's leading accelerators in deep verticals like life sciences, hardware, and disruptive food; SOSV accelerators include IndieBio, HAX, Chinaccelerator and FOOD-X. SOSV's innovations in the accelerator model have paved its way to being recognized as the #1 global investor in hardware and life sciences, and the creator of the #1 accelerators in Asia.