Techstars

Investor - Accelerator

Overview

Techstars is an international accelerator that focuses on seed and early stage Venture. The firm run a variety of three month accelerator programs in different locations which aim to provide entrepreneurs with to capital, mentorship, business development, customer acquisition and talent recruitment.

Country: United States

Founded: 2006

Headquarters: Boulder, Colorado

Investment Strategy

Geography

  • Africa
  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Europe

Sector Focus

  • Marketplace Lending
  • Funding Platforms
  • WealthTech
  • RegTech
  • Payments and Remittances
  • Infrastructure and Enterprise Software
  • Data and Analytics
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Blockchain

Investment Stage

  • Seed
  • Early Stage Venture
  • Series A

Summary

Techstars is an early stage investor and accelerator which aims to help entrepreneurs across the world succeed. The firm operates the Techstars Startup Program or the Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs to entrepreneurs at different stages. Through the different programs on offer Techstars aim to supercharge success, inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs. The firms accelerator portfolio is made up of more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1bn.

Through their Venture Capital fund the firm looks to make follow on investments in the most innovative and disruptive Techstars companies to fuel their success.

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Investments

Date

Name

Size

Round

Co-Investors

Sector

Country

July 2017

fraudmarc

Seed

United States

July 2017

Farmcrowdy

Seed

Funding Platforms

Nigeria

June 2017

ClauseMatch

$1.6m

Seed

  Seedinvest

RegTech

United States

June 2017

GreatHorn

$6.3m

Series A

  .406 Ventures

RegTech

United States

May 2017

Morty

$3m

Seed

  Thrive Capital

WealthTech

United States

April 2017

Invomatic

Seed

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

Colombia

April 2017

ScaleFactor

Seed

Infrastructure & Enterprise Sotware

United States

February 2017

Storj

$3m

Seed

  BnkToTheFuture

Blockchain

United States

February 2017

Salaryo

N/D

Angel

Marketplace Lending

United States

February 2017

RateGravity

N/D

Seed

WealthTech

United States

January 2017

Vaultoro

N/D

Seed

cryptocurrencies

United Kingdom

January 2017

B2B Pay

€196k

Non-Equity Assistance

  Nordea Accelerator

Payments & Remittances

Finland

January 2017

HealthcareTTU

$20k

undisclosed

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Marketplace Lending

United States

August 2016

Drizzle

$100k

Convertible Note

  Cox Enterprises

Payments & Remittances

United States

May 2016

Mantl

$300k

Convertible Note

Right Side Capital Management

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

July 2016

Preesale

$200k

Seed

  Cox Enterprises

Payments & Remittances

United States

March 2016

Orderly Health

$220k

Angel

Infrastructure & Enterprise Software

United States

March 2016

Wunder

$3.6m

Series A

  Fenway Summer Ventures

Funding Platforms

United States

March 2016

GreatHorn

$2.25m

Seed

  ff Venture Capital

RegTech

United States

February 2016

Chainalysis

$1.6m

Seed

  Point Nine Capital

RegTech

United States

September 2015

GreatHorn

$275k

Convertible Note

  Right Side Capital Management

RegTech

United States

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Key Employees

David Cohen
Founded and co-CEO

David Brown
Founder and co-CEO

Brad Feld
Co-Founder

Chris Adelsbach
Managing Director

Anna Barber
Managing Director, Los Angeles

Aldo Aguirre Gutiérrez
Regional Director, Americas