Techstars

New York, New York
TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program. The group offers seven TechStars programs in top startup locations (Boston, Boulder, New York City, Seattle, London, Chicago & Austin), on a regular schedule. TechStars invests $118K in each company it funds through $18K in seed funding and an optional $100K convertible debt note. TechStars itself is backed by over 75 different venture capital firms and angel investors who are vested in their success. The program also provides three months of intensive mentorship, perks, and the chance to pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists at the end of the program. After 90 days with Techstars, the program's companies average over $2M in follow on investment and more than 35 of them have already been acquired.
Founded:2006
Firm Location:New York, New York • Los Angeles, California • Chicago, Illinois • Austin, Texas • Seattle, Washington • Denver, Colorado • Boston, Massachusetts • Atlanta, Georgia • Miami, Florida • Tulsa, Oklahoma • Carlsbad, California • Boulder, Colorado • Paris, France • London
Investor Firms That Co-Invest with Techstars
CSC Venture CapitaleonCapitalWonder VenturesMontage VenturesBrainchildLaunchPadResults JunkiesDouble DownCaffeinated CapitalAccelerator VenturesInterWestScout VenturesAudrey CapitalGSV AccelerationE-MergeStructure CapitalGovTech FundGraph VenturesJavelin Venture PartnersK9 VenturesMozilla VenturesBlumberg CapitalDrummond Road CapitalSocial CapitalLightbankCota CapitalScribble VenturesHyde Park Venture PartnersIA VenturesK5 VenturesSocial LeverageFounder CollectiveMagical CapitalKRM Interests LLCHearst Media fundBoxGroupMI VenturesLazerow VenturesGoat CapitalAngelPadQuiet CapitalBam VenturesKapor CapitalExpon CapitalSandwith VenturesHarrison MetalFika VenturesVayner RSECapital FactoryTechSquare LabsMatchstick VenturesSpero VenturesHaystackHack VCBoston Seed CapitalAtland VenturesE14 FundTechstars AtlantaGotham Gal VenturesCraft VenturesPartech VenturesOffline VenturesKW Angel FundAltaclub VCSilverton PartnersReal Estate Tech Rolling FundMoxxie VenturesAngel investorXG VenturesThird Kind VenturesTekton VenturesTenOneTen VenturesTech Square VenturesScienceUnpopular VenturesLombardStreet Ventures10X CapitalOutlander Labsgener8torAir Force Accelerator Powered by TechstarsFabric VenturesInventus Capital PartnersDN CapitalBonfire VenturesAutoTech VenturesElefundMATH Venture PartnersFoundry GroupTrinity VenturesCultivation Capital01 AdvisorsAmplify PartnersClimate CapitalOperator PartnersAndreessen HorowitzGeneral CatalystiNovia CapitalFounders FundLightspeed Venture PartnersSV AngelGolden VenturesAdvancit CapitalNextGen Venture PartnersNextView VenturesDigital Currency GroupNext Frontier CapitalWGI GroupNeu Venture CapitalZigg CapitalSerena VenturesMCJ CollectiveAccomplice VCTMVFuture ShapeNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Wollef VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)20VCExpaCoinFundJude Gomila Rolling Fund#ANGELS (Hashtag ANGELS)BenchmarkAdverb VenturesVillage GlobalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalGreycroftSummit PartnersAcadian VenturesRedpoint VenturesSequoia CapitalShrug CapitalSocial StartsTrue VenturesUlu VenturesUncork CapitalGFT VenturesInterplay VenturesColor CapitalDaffyShkuri VenturesFlucas VenturesAcequia CapitalAlpine Space VenturesPowerhouse CapitalUnderdog LabsCatapult Ventures (catapult.vc)Flex CapitalSamsung NEXT VenturesThe General PartnershipLavrock VenturesApollo Health VenturesLOI VentureFirstMark CapitalBaukunstUnion Square Ventures2.12 AngelsD.F.A. CapitalMerak VenturesBowery CapitalSignal Peak VenturesBalderton CapitalInnovation EndeavorsPractical Venture CapitalElephant PartnersOne Way VenturesFounders Co-op2048 VenturesPlug & Play VenturesTCG (The Chernin Group)Corazon CapitalBetaworks VenturesLong Journey VenturesGrotech VenturesMetaProp VenturesThrive CapitalMiramar VenturesMenlo VenturesChicago VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersPolaris PartnersSOSVLiquid 2 VenturesPrecursor VenturesSlow VenturesEpisode 1 VenturesInnovent Capital GroupWorkLife VenturesFreestyle CapitalLAUNCHLowercarbon CapitalFirst Round CapitalAlumni Ventures GroupCurran Rosschou Venture CapitalENIAC VenturesSusa VenturesTribe CapitalB Capital GroupStreamlined VenturesEverywhere Ventures (The Fund)Y CombinatorAfore CapitalStellar CapitalCurie.BioCollaborative Seed & Growth PartnersZINC
Techstars Team
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Tre Baker
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
Investors in United States
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Andres Barreto
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
Investors in Brazil, Investors in Argentina, Investors in Colombia, Investors in Mexico (Mexico), Investors in United States
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David Cohen
Techstars·Managing Partner
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $100K - $3.0M
Investors in New York (NY)
Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Pre-seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in Social Networks (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in Social Networks (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Series A), Investors in Developer Tools (Series A), Investors in SaaS (Series A), Investors in Social Networks (Series A), Investors in Colorado / Utah (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists)
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Andrew Davis
Techstars·Principal
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
Investors in Global
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Kendra Dixon
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
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Jordan Fliegel
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $120K - $500K
Investors in Los Angeles (CA), Investors in New York (NY), Investors in Boston (MA)
Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) (Pre-seed), Investors in E-commerce (Pre-seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Pre-seed), Investors in Fashion (Pre-seed), Investors in FinTech (Pre-seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Pre-seed), Investors in Gig Economy (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Wellness & Fitness (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) (Seed), Investors in E-commerce (Seed), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Seed), Investors in Fashion (Seed), Investors in FinTech (Seed), Investors in Food and Beverage (Seed), Investors in Gig Economy (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Wellness & Fitness (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Series A), Investors in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) (Series A), Investors in E-commerce (Series A), Investors in Entertainment & Sports (Series A), Investors in Fashion (Series A), Investors in FinTech (Series A), Investors in Food and Beverage (Series A), Investors in Gig Economy (Series A), Investors in Marketplaces (Series A), Investors in Wellness & Fitness (Series A), Investors in Boston / New England (Other Lists), Investors in Female Investors (Other Lists), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in New York City (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in diverse founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who invested in female founders (Other Lists), Investors in Investors who were founders (Other Lists)
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Saba Karim
Techstars·Venture Partner
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $1K - $120K
Investors in California, Investors in Global
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Matt Kozlov
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $120K - $120K
Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Analytics (Pre-seed), Investors in AR/VR (Pre-seed), Investors in Hardware (Pre-seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Pre-seed), Investors in Health IT (Pre-seed), Investors in IoT (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Analytics (Seed), Investors in AR/VR (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Seed), Investors in Health IT (Seed), Investors in IoT (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed), Investors in TransportationTech (Seed), Investors in AI (Series A), Investors in Analytics (Series A), Investors in AR/VR (Series A), Investors in Hardware (Series A), Investors in Health & Hospital Services (Series A), Investors in Health IT (Series A), Investors in IoT (Series A), Investors in Robotics (Series A), Investors in Space (Series A), Investors in TransportationTech (Series A), Investors in Los Angeles / Southern California (Other Lists)
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Ryan Kuder
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
Investors in AI (Pre-seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Pre-seed), Investors in Enterprise (Pre-seed), Investors in Hardware (Pre-seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Pre-seed), Investors in Robotics (Pre-seed), Investors in SaaS (Pre-seed), Investors in SMB Software (Pre-seed), Investors in Space (Pre-seed), Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Consumer Internet (Seed), Investors in Enterprise (Seed), Investors in Hardware (Seed), Investors in Marketplaces (Seed), Investors in Robotics (Seed), Investors in SaaS (Seed), Investors in SMB Software (Seed), Investors in Space (Seed)
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Raphaele Leyendecker
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $1M
Investors in Paris (France)
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Taylor McLemore
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $120K - $120K
Investors in Denver (CO)
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Brenden Overton
Techstars·Associate
Sweet spot: $20K
Range: $20K - $100K
Investors in Seattle (WA)
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Greg Raiz
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $25K
Range: $10K - $100K
Investors in Boston (MA)
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Jason Seats
Techstars·Partner
Sweet spot: $1
Range: $1 - $1
Investors in AI (Seed), Investors in Cloud Infrastructure (Seed), Investors in Data Services (Seed), Investors in Developer Tools (Seed)
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KJ Singh
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $120K - $120K
Investors in New York (NY)
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Eduard Steimle
Techstars·Investor
Sweet spot: $100K
Range: $20K - $300K
Investors in London
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Caroline Tosbath
Techstars·Associate
Sweet spot: $120K
Range: $20K - $120K
Investors in Austin (TX)
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Alifya Valiji
Techstars·Associate
Sweet spot: $1M
Range: $100K - $10.0M
Investors in Boston (MA), Investors in New York (NY)
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Evan DiLeo
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0
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Nicole Glaros
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0
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Brad Schnitzer
Techstars·Investor
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0
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Tyler Scriven
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0
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Sunil Sharma
Techstars·Managing Director
Sweet spot: $0
Range: $0 - $0
Investors in Global