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Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

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Past deals in Mobile

Iomob

Seed Round in 2022
Iomob Technologies OÜ is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia, that specializes in creating an open, decentralized mobility marketplace powered by blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, Iomob focuses on facilitating collaboration between various mobility providers, including established companies, startups, and public transit authorities, to enhance urban mobility systems. The company's platform integrates public transport with private mobility services, enabling a seamless and efficient experience for users. Through its innovative approach, Iomob aims to support the development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions, allowing residents and visitors to navigate cities more effectively and sustainably.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2022
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Afloat

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Mobile app connecting communities to each other and local businesses they love

Dapio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paymob is an innovative software development start-up company offering smart on-land payment solutions. The all-in-one Paymob solution empowers banks, fintechs and merchants with a bespoke payment infrastructure that includes a multi-banking payment gateway, stylish contactless payment terminals and certified ‘Tap-to-Phone’ mobile application that turns almost any modern smartphone into a contactless payment terminal. The server-based infrastructure software EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point-of-Sale) has been designed to efficiently integrate with existing banking systems or can be used as an independent payment processing solution which streamlines several processing centres and allocates the transaction to the cheapest provider.

Dapio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paymob is an innovative software development start-up company offering smart on-land payment solutions. The all-in-one Paymob solution empowers banks, fintechs and merchants with a bespoke payment infrastructure that includes a multi-banking payment gateway, stylish contactless payment terminals and certified ‘Tap-to-Phone’ mobile application that turns almost any modern smartphone into a contactless payment terminal. The server-based infrastructure software EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point-of-Sale) has been designed to efficiently integrate with existing banking systems or can be used as an independent payment processing solution which streamlines several processing centres and allocates the transaction to the cheapest provider.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2021
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Civic Champs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Champs, Inc. is a software developer that provides an application designed to assist nonprofit organizations in managing volunteer activities and tracking essential data for grant applications. The app utilizes geofencing technology to monitor volunteer check-ins and check-outs, streamlining the process of hour tracking and engagement. In addition to time management, the platform facilitates small donations, event scheduling, and mentorship tracking, while offering real-time data access and feedback mechanisms. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, with an additional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Civic Champs aims to reduce the administrative burden on nonprofits by automating volunteer management tasks. The application is available for download on both the App Store and Google Play.

Sēkr

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Octane Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Made by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, the Octane mobile application provides a video game like cruising experience, in addition to a map-based database of stunning routes and car-related events.

Embrace

Seed Round in 2019
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

Iomob

Seed Round in 2019
Iomob Technologies OÜ is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia, that specializes in creating an open, decentralized mobility marketplace powered by blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, Iomob focuses on facilitating collaboration between various mobility providers, including established companies, startups, and public transit authorities, to enhance urban mobility systems. The company's platform integrates public transport with private mobility services, enabling a seamless and efficient experience for users. Through its innovative approach, Iomob aims to support the development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions, allowing residents and visitors to navigate cities more effectively and sustainably.

QuickCarl

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Developer of a video chatting application intended to connect homeowners with home service professionals. The company's application puts the pro in home instantly so they can see what's going on and provide expert help and pros can assess your home repair problems and provide a cost estimate without spending the time and money required with in-home consultations, enabling customers to get real-time assistance from start to finish by contacting pro when one gets stuck or needs advice.

Dcoder

Pre Seed Round in 2019
At Dcoder(Techstars'19) we are making coding more accessible to the next generation of coders by building developer tools(IDEs) for mobile and tablets. So now you can code from the device in your pocket in 35+ programming languages.

Driver Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Driver is a hardware-free mobile app that allows users to video record their trip while receiving alerts when they are at risk of hitting another car or pedestrian, drifting out of their lane, falling asleep or getting too distracted - all for free. The app will also enable users to control their phone with their voice in order to enable safe consumption of original and partnership-based: entertainment, news, communications, traffic and augmented reality navigation.

Flawless App

Pre Seed Round in 2018
We believe, that everybody should become a better professional and achieve the very best we can. Every day, at every project, with every mobile app. We made Flawless for those, who like us, are obsessed with quality of mobile apps. Flawless App helps teams easily spot visual differences between design and implementation right inside iOS simulator. With Flawless App mobile teams can make polished and nice looking apps.Try free trial and make users happy with your mobile apps→https://flawlessapp.io/

Audience

Seed Round in 2018
Spark DJ's application uses AI to deliver live-curated music right from a mobile phone where party-goers can connect with the application using geolocation to submit their song requests, allowing DJs to keep a party going, delivering high quality music every time.

Audience

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Spark DJ's application uses AI to deliver live-curated music right from a mobile phone where party-goers can connect with the application using geolocation to submit their song requests, allowing DJs to keep a party going, delivering high quality music every time.

Kokko

Convertible Note in 2017
Kokko has created the first color-accurate mobile imaging technology that will revolutionize makeup discovery and purchase. A woman can use any Apple mobile device to take a selfie and get instant recommendations for products that best match her skin tone across many popular brands. Pre-selected looks matched to her skin tone featuring a complete suite of products will be added soon. For the first time, a woman can make color cosmetic purchases online with ease and confidence.

MIO Mobile Kiosk

Seed Round in 2017
MIO Mobile Kiosk provides autonomous robots for marketing and product distribution in public spaces. Its robots are sociable devices connected to an application that combine artificial intelligence to monitor the location of the user and act as per their demands based on real-time data, enabling users to get their tasks done quickly at parks, conferences and related events using smart multi-purpose robots.

Embrace

Seed Round in 2017
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

Hardbound

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Hardbound is a mobile app that aims to help users use their spare minutes by learning something new instead through its visual stories. The company creates interactive stories each week covering science, history, technology, business, and other topics.

MindMate

Convertible Note in 2016
MindMate Inc. designs and develops a mobile application for patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. It offers insight on mental stimulation; puzzles, games, and other mentally invigorating tasks; recipes and nutrition advice; exercises; and reminiscence therapy to store memories. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Hoard

Seed Round in 2016
Hoard’s app enables any smartphone user to easily and conveniently pick up deliveries and make exchanges of small items through registered third party operated “pickup-points.

MindMate

Pre Seed Round in 2016
MindMate Inc. designs and develops a mobile application for patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. It offers insight on mental stimulation; puzzles, games, and other mentally invigorating tasks; recipes and nutrition advice; exercises; and reminiscence therapy to store memories. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Embrace

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

GoalShouter

Seed Round in 2016
GoalShouter Srl provides an iPhone and Android-based mobile communication tool for the soccer community. Its application enables users to report everything that happens on the field; create a professional-quality live coverage with graphic content, statistical reports, and more; and share the content on Facebook, Twitter, and their Websites. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Milan, Italy.

Roomatic

Seed Round in 2015
Roomatic is a developer of an online application aimed at enhancing guest engagement in the hotel industry. The application enables hotel guests to communicate their needs conveniently through their smartphones, allowing them to order services like taxis or room service, and report issues directly. By collecting instant feedback from guests during their stay, Roomatic helps hotels address concerns promptly, thus improving overall guest satisfaction and minimizing negative reviews. This proactive approach enables hotels to refine their amenities and services based on customer input, ultimately enhancing their online reputation.

Stefan's Head

Seed Round in 2015
Stefan is a dealer of Things - exclusively through text-message.

TeskaLabs

Seed Round in 2015
TeskaLabs is a mobile application security provider. Businesses are moving away from the desktop world towards mobile. They need to improve employee productivity and satisfaction by adopting mobile applications. However, businesses are very far behind the consumer world when it comes to adopting mobile applications. The biggest reason is the mobile application security. Over two-thirds of large enterprises, 340 Fortune 500 companies, have been breached via mobile apps. This has cost them over 50 billion dollars every year. Mobile security is the fastest growing issue of cyber-security. We have built a cutting-edge technology that protects the entry point and the communication channel. It defends against almost every cyber-threat connected with data. Our technology is simple for application developers to implement, provides visibility to information security officers, and saves time for IT Admins. We also provide application security for Internet of Things (IoT).

Curious

Seed Round in 2015
Curious is an "intelligent" offline search engine powered by SMS.

AppInsight

Seed Round in 2015
AppInsight is a software directory designed for UK-based enterprises, providing expert-vetted recommendations to help business owners select the most effective tools for their operations. As a member of the Middlestone Group, AppInsight supports businesses in achieving success by streamlining the process of identifying suitable software solutions. The platform leverages a curated approach to ensure that users access reliable and valuable applications tailored to their specific needs. This focus on quality and usability positions AppInsight as a vital resource for enterprises looking to enhance their operational efficiency through informed software choices.

Hot Hotels

Seed Round in 2015
Hot is a last minute Hotel Booking App that offers deep discounts on same day hotel rooms. The App is currently available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. For smartphone users, this is a quick, reliable and economic way to find a place to stay at short notice. For Hotels, this is great way to find last minute customers for unsold hotel rooms. Hot´s ambition is to provide a hotel for same day smartphone booking in every city in the world. Currently there are hotels available in 23 Countries and 167 cities. Locations are in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Founded in December 2011, the company is headquartered in Spain and remains fully owned by the company's founders.

Stefan's Head

Seed Round in 2015
Stefan is a dealer of Things - exclusively through text-message.

Testlio

Convertible Note in 2014
Testlio Inc. offers a comprehensive online mobile app testing solution designed to streamline quality assurance processes for businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Estonia, Testlio connects clients with a community of experienced and vetted testers through its end-to-end QA management platform. This platform integrates seamlessly with existing tools, providing high visibility throughout the testing process. Testlio's services include functional testing, localization, and detailed reporting, allowing companies to offload quality assurance tasks with flexible requirements. The company's ability to assemble dedicated QA teams that work globally and around the clock enables clients to meet deadlines and enhance product quality. Testlio's notable clients include Microsoft, Lyft, Salesforce, and CBS Interactive, among others.

Numerous

Seed Round in 2014
Numerous, Inc. develops a mobile dashboard/application that allows users to follow and share numbers (via Twitter, Facebook, and more). Its application also enables users to configure notifications to alert with changes or conversations. The company’s dashboard provides updates on stock prices, weather, steps taken, miles driven, calories consumed, event time, or distance from home. It offers its application on iPhone and iOS devices. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

MobileDay

Series A in 2014
MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

Sportsy

Seed Round in 2014
Sportsy is a mobile training platform that makes it fun for kids to learn, practice and become better at key skills in a variety of sports. Launching Sportsy Soccer in early 2014 in partnership with professional soccer players and top coaches, Sportsy is developing a series of training programs designed for players just starting out and those who want to take their skills to the next level. Using their iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad or Android device, players learn how to perform drills and take part in challenges to earn points and badges.

MartMobi Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is an innovative mobile technology company that enables the world’s leading eCommerce sites, Brands, Retailers to go instant mobile and tablet across all existing mobile platforms, enable seamless connectivity with their existing back-end systems, manage their own brand identity and all of this without the need to single line of code. developers use our API to build integration With offices in US, India, MartMobi provides wide reach with right local service and support across the globe.

MartMobi Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is an innovative mobile technology company that enables the world’s leading eCommerce sites, Brands, Retailers to go instant mobile and tablet across all existing mobile platforms, enable seamless connectivity with their existing back-end systems, manage their own brand identity and all of this without the need to single line of code. developers use our API to build integration With offices in US, India, MartMobi provides wide reach with right local service and support across the globe.

Pansieve

Seed Round in 2013
Pansieve is the maker of cuecard, a tool which brings together the power of mobile devices and web services to gather data on customized digital forms and consume the information on them. It transforms the field data gathering and processing activity into a powerful tool to keep a pulse on the business.

flck.me

Seed Round in 2013
flck.me develops smart phone based social networking application. The company is based in Seattle, Washington

Testlio

Seed Round in 2013
Testlio Inc. offers a comprehensive online mobile app testing solution designed to streamline quality assurance processes for businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Estonia, Testlio connects clients with a community of experienced and vetted testers through its end-to-end QA management platform. This platform integrates seamlessly with existing tools, providing high visibility throughout the testing process. Testlio's services include functional testing, localization, and detailed reporting, allowing companies to offload quality assurance tasks with flexible requirements. The company's ability to assemble dedicated QA teams that work globally and around the clock enables clients to meet deadlines and enhance product quality. Testlio's notable clients include Microsoft, Lyft, Salesforce, and CBS Interactive, among others.

Moni Technologies

Seed Round in 2013
Moni is a mobile money transfer platform that enables its users to transfer funds from their bank account directly into that of a recipient. The app lets a user choose who they want to send money to and then the amount they want to send. The user then puts in their bank details which they can either do manually or by quickly scanning their debit card using their mobile phone’s camera. The user must then choose how to send the money to the recipient: either to their bank account or to a mobile phone. If sent to the recipient’s bank account then the sender has to put in the recipient’s bank details. If the money is sent straight to the recipient’s phone, then the receiver can choose which bank account the money will go into and can put in the details him/herself. The sender is notified by text when the recipient has accepted the transfer and can track the progress of the transfer via the app and by SMS notifications. Moni was created by Fernando Saturno and Laurence Aderemi in 2013.

PayMins

Seed Round in 2013
PayMins provides an easy way to accept mobile phone payments. Backed by Telefonica.

Wifido

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Wifido creates a mobile application that is easy to control and manage to connect devices and sensors. It is Scandinavian design, sustainable, and future-proof. Wifido has a back-up battery to operate even in the event of a power failure. The 4G module also ensures the connection, and it is smart and secure to use. It is also expandable, it can be used to control homes. And it features more accessories and services. The device also records events, a built-in camera provides high-resolution images and recorded video from events that happen in homes. The camera detects movement and gives notifications if something moves in the room.

HighFive Mobile

Seed Round in 2013
HighFive Mobile, Inc. develops mobile application for health and fitness routines based on real life activities. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Moveline

Seed Round in 2012
Moveline Group, Inc., a technology company, provides a Web application for people preparing for a move. Its application enables users to gather information about the moving companies, compare prices, and make decisions about an upcoming move. The company’s application also allows users to make decision relating to the inventory. Moveline Group, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Burner

Angel Round in 2012
Ad Hoc Labs, Inc., a mobile software company, develops Burner, a smartphone number platform. It enables users to obtain and manage additional phone numbers for voice, SMS, and MMS communications, as well as allows users to get various numbers, and use each as a private line on iPhone or Android phones. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

XtGem

Pre Seed Round in 2012
XtGem provides an all-in-one solution for anyone looking to build a mobile site - from personal blogs to businesses wanting to grow and represent their brand in the mobile market. In addition to intuitive WYSIWYG-based tools, customers gain access to powerful developer features, including full source code editing support, cloud hosting and custom domain support.

Burner

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Ad Hoc Labs, Inc., a mobile software company, develops Burner, a smartphone number platform. It enables users to obtain and manage additional phone numbers for voice, SMS, and MMS communications, as well as allows users to get various numbers, and use each as a private line on iPhone or Android phones. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

MobileDevHQ

Seed Round in 2012
MobileDevHQ is an enterprise organic app marketing platform that offers mobile marketers with app store optimization (ASO) solutions. The platform enables app marketers to analyze and optimize the app store presence of an app, track an app’s relevant search ranking queries in an app store, discover top chart rankings, analyze keywords, and receive daily email updates. It helps them increase organic downloads in iStore and Google Play. MobileDevHQ was launched in February 2012 and its operations are based in Washington, United States.

EveryMove

Series A in 2012
EveryMove is a web-based application for individuals and companies to empower, capitalize on, and follow fitness-focused lifestyles. Available on both Android and iOS platforms, the EveryMove smartphone application facilitates cross-platform communication in order for users to take part in fitness challenges, network with other health enthusiasts, use personal fitness data to incentivize employer rewards programs, share their results with one another, etc.

Moveline

Seed Round in 2012
Moveline Group, Inc., a technology company, provides a Web application for people preparing for a move. Its application enables users to gather information about the moving companies, compare prices, and make decisions about an upcoming move. The company’s application also allows users to make decision relating to the inventory. Moveline Group, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MobileDay

Seed Round in 2011
MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

mepdesain

Convertible Note in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

EveryMove

Seed Round in 2011
EveryMove is a web-based application for individuals and companies to empower, capitalize on, and follow fitness-focused lifestyles. Available on both Android and iOS platforms, the EveryMove smartphone application facilitates cross-platform communication in order for users to take part in fitness challenges, network with other health enthusiasts, use personal fitness data to incentivize employer rewards programs, share their results with one another, etc.

mepdesain

Seed Round in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

Movogo

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Movogo is a social networking app that allows its users to have a private voice chat with friends.

mobintent

Seed Round in 2011
MobIntent is building tools to simplify the process of creating, managing and optimizing mobile ad campaigns.

Blue Wave Media

Seed Round in 2010
Mobile Video Distribution Platform

Lumatic

Seed Round in 2010
Lumatic provides landmark and photo driven navigation software for mobile devices. Lumatic makes the mobile experience more human, starting with location. Six of the seven billion people on the planet have never used a streetmap. Now that a billion people have smartphones, either Google is going to teach a whole lot of people to read maps or a new UI will be introduced. Lumatic is that new UI. Lumatic is introducing a photo-driven interface for pedestrian navigation and offering the underlying location service to other mobile developers.

MobileDevHQ

Seed Round in 2009
MobileDevHQ is an enterprise organic app marketing platform that offers mobile marketers with app store optimization (ASO) solutions. The platform enables app marketers to analyze and optimize the app store presence of an app, track an app’s relevant search ranking queries in an app store, discover top chart rankings, analyze keywords, and receive daily email updates. It helps them increase organic downloads in iStore and Google Play. MobileDevHQ was launched in February 2012 and its operations are based in Washington, United States.