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What does Techstars invest in?
Techstars invests most often at Seed and Venture (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology.
Techstars highlights
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230 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Venture: 62% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 792 rounds, median $150K
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75 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Techstars is the accelerator and investor for founders who do more faster.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Artificial IntelligenceInformation Technology
- Based in
- Boulder, United States
- Cold pitches
- Accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first2,988 appearances
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178 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration8 named
AWAndrew William ClelandChief Investment OfficeriForm ADV
CDCohen DavidChief Executive OfficeriForm ADV
DBDavid BrownManaging Director of the Manager of the ManageriFiling they signed
DCDavid CohenManaging Director of the Manager of the ManageriFiling they signed
JSJason SeatsManaging Director of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JGJonathan Glendon GeehanChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
MSMark SolonManaging Director of the Manager of the ManageriFiling they signed
MSMelissa Scheble WestbrookGeneral CounseliForm ADV
We also hold 69 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$1.9Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Techstars Central, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 162948
Funds they back
2 fund commitments on record
- Managers
- 2
Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.
Managers it backs most
Most recent commitments
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
23 of 30 we have independently watched raise
ChainalysisClasspassDatarobotDegreedDigitaloceanDoorGingerGlossgeniusJumpcloudNewselaOpenloophealthOutreachOwletcarePillpackPreplyRemitlySalesloftScopelySendbirdSendgridTwelveTwilioUberAlloyApply TodayBrand GuidelinesFlyziplineSelfShipvehoTradingview
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed75 in all
ONtheGO PlatformsBought by Atheer LabsUndisclosedDec 2015
SpryBought by WebbMasonUndisclosedNov 2015
UvizeBought by Greenwood HallUndisclosedOct 2015
Inside SocialBought by Simply MeasuredUndisclosedSept 2015
WeDeliverBought by DelivUndisclosedJun 2015
Next Big SoundBought by Pandora MediaUndisclosedMay 2015
RevealBought by RhapsodyUndisclosedApr 2015
FetchnotesBought by DrifttUndisclosedApr 2015
IMRSVBought by Kairos AR$2.7MApr 2015
StreamlineBought by MEDOVEXUndisclosedMar 2015
Mortar DataBought by DatadogUndisclosedFeb 2015
SocialCrunchBought by TastebudUndisclosedJan 2015
VidmakerBought by YouTubeUndisclosedDec 2014
Spill IncBought by KanjoyaUndisclosedDec 2014
RevolvBought by Nest LabsUndisclosedOct 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
UP GlobalUndisclosedJun 2015
NameLayerUndisclosedSept 2013
Techstars Chicago (Formerly Excelerate Labs)UndisclosedFeb 2013