Techstars is a Boulder, Colorado, United States based entrepreneur network and accelerator founded in 2006 by Brad Feld, David Brown, David Cohen, and Jared Polis.
The network has three programs namely Techstars startup programs, Techstars mentorship-driven accelerator programs, and Techstars corporate innovation partnerships. It allows entrepreneurs to learn, gain experience, and get funding through its network and invests in early-stage ventures.
The notable investment portfolio of Techstars includes Axle, Eddy Travels, Electric Visionary Aircrafts, GetHenry, Pairi, Pepper, Sensgreen, Serendipia Life, The Porch Pod, Urban SDK, etc.As of February 2020, Techstars has made 2,404 investments and had 470 exits.
Techstars companies
Timeline
Techstars launch their new branding.
Techstars and Starburst Announce Space-Focused Accelerator Program With U.S. Government And Corporate Consortium
The program will be based in Los Angeles and will focus on the next generation of space technology companies and related frontier technologies..
Techstars is incorporated
Techstars is incorporated by its founders David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld and Jared Polis
First idea for Techstars
Founding email from David Cohen to David Brown with original idea for Techstars.
Funded Companies
A cloud communications platform for building SMS, Voice & Messaging applications on an API built for a global scale that was founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
An app that aggregates social media data to produce a real-time map of sickness.
Distil Networks is an American cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
DataRobot sells a machine learning platform that helps users build and deploy accurate predictive models. The Boston-based company was founded in 2012 by Jeremy Achin.
Moni is a mobile money transfer app for iOS and Android based out of London, England. It was launched to the general public by Laurence Aderemi and Fernando Saturno in 2015.
Deep 6 AI is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Wout Brusselaers.
Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and delivers medical products.
Memgraph is an in-memory Cypher-compatible graph database.
Baby monitors to track a baby's heart rate and oxygen levels, and stream video and audio to phones
An insurance technology company offering a platform for cleaning relevant data for the insurance industry.
A loyalty rewards software company. It was acquired by Oracle on November 8, 2019.
Haiku Deck is a company that provides a web or iOS app for creating presentations, founded by Adam Tratt, Kevin Leneway, and Kyle Kesterson.
Opus 12 is a company developing CO2 recycling devices that turn CO2 into chemicals and fuels.
Terrene is an artifical intelligence company founded by Kash (Khashayar) Pourdeilami, Francois le Roux and Cameron Mills.
Jukely is a company that offers memberships for the consumption of concerts, parties, and other musical events
Kapost is a Boulder, Colorado-based company founded by Nader Akhnoukh.
Ambassador is a company founded by Jeff Epstein.
A container farming technology company. Its headquarters are located in Boston, Massachusetts and the company was founded in 2010.
Aazzur is a Berlin-based financial technology company founded by Philipp Buschmann.
Next Big Sound provides a dashboard, charts, and reports to monitor popularity, activity, and metrics for musicians, albums, authors and books across social media, sales and events.
Company developing quantum-resistant encryption for protection against code-breaking quantum computers and quantum-resistant signature schemes for secure blockchain deployment.
EverTrue is a Boston-based company founded by Eric Carlstrom, Brent Grinna and Jesse Bardo.
Associated investment funds
Accelerator batches
3rd cohort of Amazon + Techstars powered accelerator focused on voice and other new technologies.
People
Aaron O'Hearn
Employee
Adam Haun
Employee
Ajay Chainani
Employee
Aldo Aguirre G
Employee
Alex Baldwin
Employee
Alex Iskold
Employee
Alexandre SAGAKIAN
Employee
Ali Berman
Employee
Amos Schwartzfarb
Employee
Andrew Carton
Investor
Andy Aguiluz
Employee
Andy Sack
Employee
Andy Sack
Founder
Anna Barber
Employee
Annie Lydens
Employee
Ari Newman
Employee
Ash Kaluarachchi
Employee
Aziz Gilani
Investor
Ben Huh
Mentor
Bilal Memon
Employee
Biren Gandhi
Investor
Blake Yeager
Employee
Bob Crimmins
Advisor
Bob Mason
Advisor
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Axle
Eddy Travels
Electric Visionary Aircrafts
GetHenry
Pairi
Pepper
Sensgreen
Serendipia Life
The Porch Pod
Urban SDK
News
References
Company attributes
Venture Capital Firm attributes
Other attributes
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Contributors
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Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 2
Lax Mariappan
Technopreneur, Open source enthusiast, author, speaker. Co-founder of Eternus Global. Crafting applications for the medical industry. - 3
Edita Rexha
Economist - 4
Julius John Villarisco
Every day is a new learning for me, new opportunity every time. Never limit my self, think outside the box. - 5
Aime Anne Nisay
QA Engineer of web and mobile applications - 6
Neelam Jhaveri
Techno Geek + Gamer + Fashionista + Sense of Humor = It's ME - 7
Dawson Sewell
Seeking to explain science and technology through simple writing. - 8
Charlie Hilton
Learning... - 9
Brien Buckman
Building Companies - 10
Henry Ogolla
Passionate about reading and writing.