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.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Max Kelly

Managing Director of Techstars London

Lesa Mitchell

Managing Director

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Africa and Middle East

Brolly

Convertible Note in 2023
Brolly is an insurtech company focused on making auto insurance more accessible and affordable in Africa, specifically through flexible payment options and usage-based pricing models. Headquartered in Delaware and operating in Ghana, Brolly utilizes artificial intelligence and automation to enhance the speed and efficiency of its services. The platform offers a pay-as-you-go auto insurance model and includes complimentary fleet management tools, allowing users to easily manage their insurance needs. Customers can report claims and receive same-day payments, streamlining the claims process. Brolly has plans to expand its services to additional African countries in the coming years.

SENSE

Pre Seed Round in 2023
SENSE is an internet company that focuses on the areas of cybersecurity and the internet of things. It specializes in providing a solution that allows intuitive exploration of data, collaboration and resource allocation, available through desktop and mobile.

Votemo

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Votemo offers engagement tool for live and hybrid events with original video overlay of results. Main tools are polls, commenting, Q&A, reactions, micropayment. Votemo can be used on any event platform, added as iFrame, added as widget, invite people via QR code or url. Using Votemo tools will increase event engagement and ROI of event organiser.

Fez

Seed Round in 2023
Fez is a logistics platform focused on providing hassle-free delivery services to customers. The company offers an application that facilitates last-mile delivery within urban areas, allowing users to book deliveries, manage their wallets, and track their orders. By enabling the movement of goods from any point in the country, Fez aims to deliver affordable, fast, and efficient delivery solutions. The company is committed to ensuring a stress-free experience for both senders and recipients, emphasizing their duty to deliver packages with care and reliability.

NeedEnergy

Pre Seed Round in 2023
NeedEnergy is there to provide sustainable and clean energy solutions based on energy data. NeedEnergy is an energy-tech start-up company that leverages innovation, data and modern technology through ai and machine learning relevant with time as its core values.

peppa

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Pepperest, a financial technology company, is changing the the face of peer-to-peer commerce, by providing small-midsize merchants the tools to improve sales and conversions by leveraging the power of social and escrow. We do this through our revolutionary tool-set which helps convert any merchant business page on leading social platforms to a fully-fledged store able to process payments and offer buyer protection. By ensuring buyers are protected, businesses immediately attain a higher level of credibility and greater prospects of sales.

Oystr Finance Inc

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Oystr finance is a Saas company democratising credit in Africa by providing institutional lenders with an infrastructure that enables them to launch low-risk micro-loan products, grow their portfolio and expand into new markets in less than 30 minutes.

Capsa Technology

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Capsa Technology is a fintech company focused on streamlining and bridging the financial woes of SMEs in Africa - starting in Nigeria

Nyungu Afrika

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Nyungu Afrika is a circular economy using agricultural waste, pineapple leaves, and corn husk fibers. They offer services for agricultural waste like pineapple and corn husk fibers.

Inthegame

Series A in 2022
ITG is an AI-Powered video engagement and monetization platform for VOD & Live video content. Viewer interaction is dramatically enhanced with clickable, intuitive modules, creating a unique and exciting viewing experience.

Rent Small Small

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Rent Small Small Ltd. is a prop-tech platform providing a unique rental solution to Nigerians in order to improve home-seekers rental experience and increase home-owners occupancy rate. Our business model is unique as it allows verified tenants to find property on-the-go, stay within budget, and pay rent flexibly. We provide first of its kind rent insurance for property owners against rent default, and unlike traditional agents, we don’t charge agency and legal fee. Our mandate is to provide suitable and affordable homes for home-seekers, influence the conception and birth of new homes to boost the livelihood and productivity of Nigerian youths, and help homeowners to make their property rentable and profitable.

MyCover.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2022
MyCover.ai is an open insurance API that allows insurance companies to distribute their products faster and cheaper, it enables innovators to embed insurance into their current offerings or launch new insurance verticals and ultimately deliver great experiences to customers. Our AI-powered claims management service helps insurance companies to streamline their claims processes, reduce fraud while also saving time and money.

Remote Gravity

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Remote Gravity is a provider for physical address verification. They train and test agents to provide a service that meets the standards that KYC providers are expected to deliver to their customers. They deliver reports that meet SLA requirements and ensure KYC for companies. regardless of budget and location, enabling agencies and brands to purchase outdoor advertisement placements.

IndieFlow

Seed Round in 2022
IndieFlow developed a workflow management platform for the music industry. It is an Israeli startup that developed a centralized platform to manage music industry workflows and streamline the major building blocks of an artist’s career. It enables users to manage their workflow, distribute their songs on platforms like Deezer, Amazon Music, Spotify, and more. It also allows users to manage royalty payments.

Trado (Formerly MeatoDoor)

Pre Seed Round in 2022
The meat procurement process for food businesses is highly unorganized with multiple suppliers, stock availability challenges, variation in quality and pricing and, lack of transparency. MeatoDoor is digitizing the meat ordering process by providing a one-stop solution ensuring quality standardization, transparency, and convenience in the procurement process. MeaoDoor is addressing the pain points of a $6.1 Bn GCC meat market that is growing annually @5.4% until 2030. With global health concerns, changing consumer expectations, and government regulations, it is the right time for organizing the multiple stakeholders in the supply chain to deliver quality and trust. MeatoDoor has created a reverse auction platform that offers instant quotes, access to promotions, competitive pricing bringing efficiency and reducing cost in meat procurement. The customers are owned by MeatoDoor as the orders are executed by in-house team.

Optimo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Optimo is a B2B SaaS and EdTech company that provides blue-collar workers with peer-to-peer gamified learning. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Gaia Investments

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Gaia is a sustainable investment platform that makes it simple to invest in companies that are committed to a more sustainable future.

Gigmile

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Gigmile provides financial services. They provide gig workers with core services and an affordable lease on productive assets that is tailored to their earnings to enable them to succeed in the mobility industry as entrepreneurs.

iBrainy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
iBrainy is a developer of an enterprise B2B software-as-a-service platform that facilitates the creation and delivery of gamified training for companies with deskless employees. The platform allows managers to design micro-learning materials, including quizzes and courses, using a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface and generative AI tools. This content can be delivered through a customizable mobile app or a web platform, enabling effective training and communication with frontline workers such as waiters, firefighters, paramedics, and factory workers. Additionally, the platform provides analytics to track employee progress and offers recommendations for optimizing training programs. By centralizing the management of training and employee engagement in one mobile application, iBrainy helps organizations improve productivity and streamline the onboarding process for their non-desk workforce.

SurplusMap

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SurplusMap engages with municipalities, energy companies, and emerging industries to find ideal co-location opportunities and attract green investments. They provide a communication platform with a digital process. They offer green hydrogen, data centers, energy-intensive industries, and the location of microgrids.

Bioledger

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bioledger is a software solution company that tracks biofuels through a mobile app and database. Bioledger is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Provengo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
TeStory is a company that offers a unique solution allowing easier mapping of test cases with dramatically better coverage. It allows automated orchestration of all potential business scenarios and functional requirements, increasing the coverage and quality of the testing capabilities, and reaching test scenarios that the human mind cannot cover. They work in collaboration with all existing test tools and complement their capabilities. They are based on advanced methodologies studied in BGU (IP protected). It was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Newt

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Newt provides amateur athletes with an AI-powered personal sports nutritionist. It helps athletes get personalized nutrition that allows them to achieve their goals. Newt utilizes both clinical and behavioral elements to ensure people benefit from the most up to date research and can apply it to their day-to-day life.

Voyance

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Voyance is a big data company that leverages machine learning to assist businesses in making predictive analyses based on their data. The platform enables organizations to answer critical questions regarding revenue forecasts, transaction fraud detection, and customer retention. It simplifies data science by acquiring, validating, storing, and securing data while also preparing it for analysis. Additionally, Voyance facilitates the creation of reports to engage stakeholders effectively. Currently, the company is piloting its services with various organizations in sectors such as banking, e-commerce, and fintech across Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Leo

Seed Round in 2022
Leo is a recruiting tool that empowers employers and employment agencies through agile recruiting. They recognize that technology is at the heart of every successful recruiting, applicant, hiring manager, and client experience. The contact mode of the company is by mail, phone, and physical address.

Glamera

Seed Round in 2022
Glamera is a mobile application designed for Arab women to easily book and pay for health and beauty services. Launched in 2019 and based in Nasr City, Egypt, the app addresses common challenges associated with scheduling appointments at salons and beauty professionals. Users can select their desired location and service, schedule appointments, and choose from various payment methods, including options for payment in the salon or through the app itself. The platform features over 200 service providers, allowing clients to discover new services while saving time and effort. Glamera also enhances the user experience by offering discounts and loyalty points through its payment gateways. The application operates in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, making beauty services more accessible and convenient.

TaTiO

Seed Round in 2022
Skillset helps you make better, fairer, and more efficient hire decisions combining a technology solution with grounded theory and practice. Skillset replaces the traditional resume with an instant and fast online process that evaluates the parameters for predicting success, in which anyone can showcase his or her abilities without hiding behind a dull resume.

Tegarti

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tegarti is a cloud-based POS and omnichannel retail management platform.

Torod

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Torod is an API aggregator that enables E-store owners to select the best shipper based on price, insurance, destination, and item value, with a single click set-up.

jalebi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
jalebi is an early-stage B2B food-tech startup unifying a food businesses content + data value-chain, transforming rudimentary and inefficient processes in a surging $8.1 trillion global industry.

AlGooru

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AlGooru is a tutoring network marketplace that connects students with qualified tutors on a mobile app. Our mobile app uberizes the tutoring market. Students can find reliable tutors, and tutors can manage their sessions/price their own rates.

Hakbah

Seed Round in 2021
Hakbah is a Fintech startup focusing on an alternative financial saving. Hakbah is modernizing financial saving via its intelligent platform by offering a comprehensive one-stop-shop solution for Savings Groups to initiate, manage, join, and pay directly within the mobile app.

EyeKnow AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EyeKnow uses AI and computer vision to provide 24/7 monitoring of children and seniors under care at home or care facilities. Our solution tracks incidents, such as falls, irregular activity, etc, and interactions between caregivers and children or seniors including abuse, negligence, etc. Our system seamlessly integrates with off-the-shelf security cameras, and shares insights and alerts with the relevant stakeholders, via a live dashboard and mobile app.

Duhqa

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Duhqa operates a supply chain and distribution technology platform that connects manufacturers, retailers, and individuals. The platform facilitates online ordering and real-time tracking, enhancing the efficiency of the ordering and delivery processes. Additionally, it provides access to short-term financing, allowing retailers to improve their inventory management and potentially lower costs related to fragmented supply chains. By streamlining these connections, Duhqa enables its users to shop and manage distribution more effectively.

Healthtracka

Seed Round in 2021
Healthtracka is a digital health platform that allows consumer direct access to lab tests bookings, at-home sample collection and digital results in 1-3days

Lenco

Seed Round in 2021
Lenco is a Neobank that makes current bank accounts and tools for SMEs to grow in Africa. It make bank accounts easy to open and free to manage for businesses in Africa, while also providing tools that helps the businesses grow

OptimusQ

Pre Seed Round in 2021
OptimusQ is an advertising automation tool that manages and optimizes digital campaigns. The company's platform helps advertisers to focus on the creative process by handling their ad distribution tasks. It also provides users with a one-stop-shop for managing all of their media purchasing and campaign management activities. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Renbizz

Pre Seed Round in 2021
With their unique model that unifies rentals and sales, Renbizz accelerates retailers' growth in a sustainable manner.

Ovvio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ovvio is a cloud-based platform for project management that enables employees to take meeting minutes and assign trackable tasks. Its platform provides a digital notebook to manage and collaborate over projects, create and assign tasks, organize meetings, take notes, and filter assignments. It also offers tools to maintain a project portfolio, allocate tags, and monitor teams.

Agado

Seed Round in 2021
Agado is an interactive video platform that allows you to conduct an effective session with a large number of participants. By using AI, Agado can sense when a trainee is performing a movement incorrectly and automatically show corrections while alerting the trainer which participant needs personalized attention. It was founded in 2021 and is based in Tel-aviv, Israel.

reTravel.io

Pre Seed Round in 2021
reTravel.io operates as a marketplace designed to enhance the travel industry by connecting travel companies and content providers through a unified platform. It focuses on addressing the significant revenue gap that travel agencies face, as they typically capture only a fraction of the $5.8 trillion travel market, primarily from flights and hotels. The platform emphasizes the importance of ancillaries, such as car rentals, insurance, and entertainment, which often yield higher commissions yet remain underutilized by agencies. By leveraging machine learning and self-driving cross-selling technology, reTravel.io aims to boost attachment rates, increase revenue, and foster greater traveler loyalty. Its business model is success-based, offering seamless onboarding and integrations that make advanced AI and machine learning tools accessible to all travel industry players.

Periculum

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Periculum is an alternate credit rating solution for underserved markets, and their vision is to unlock credit for the developing world to accelerate economic empowerment. They provide lenders and financial institutions across Africa with a machine learning, alternate credit assessment solution. Their machine learning model has an 80% default prediction accuracy, better than FICO, Equifax, and Trans Union. Periculum is going to become an Africa-wide credit bureau, providing credit profiles to people and companies across the continent.

Atlas AI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Atlas AI develops and creates digital tools that measures personal workout poses and allows coaches to provide feedback. It is based in London, England.

Igugu Global

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Igugu Global provides climate transition analytics to search, structure, and finance sustainable infrastructure projects. It is also a provider of environmental, social, and governance mapping, structuring, and due diligence for green building, transport, and energy portfolios that enable clients to solve the problem of fragmentation in financial markets. Founded in 2019 by Anele Makhwaza, Igugu Global is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Klaim

Seed Round in 2021
Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.

Engram

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Engram is a software company that provides digital customer experience services to businesses. Engram's software products enable businesses to create a seamless experience for people in every interaction with the company. Create value and a great experience for each individual in a transparent and understandable way, while the people remain in control. Together we make memorable digital experiences

Zoog

Seed Round in 2021
Zoog is great for grandparents, traveling parents, military families, educators, and children. Bring out your inner storyteller and inspire your loved ones with exciting, educational, and entertaining content and activities that the whole family will enjoy. With Zoog, you can easily create a fun and unique interactive video with the push of a button. We automatically apply filters, effects, and music that match the story, so all that is left for you to do is read!

Glamera

Seed Round in 2021
Glamera is a mobile application designed for Arab women to easily book and pay for health and beauty services. Launched in 2019 and based in Nasr City, Egypt, the app addresses common challenges associated with scheduling appointments at salons and beauty professionals. Users can select their desired location and service, schedule appointments, and choose from various payment methods, including options for payment in the salon or through the app itself. The platform features over 200 service providers, allowing clients to discover new services while saving time and effort. Glamera also enhances the user experience by offering discounts and loyalty points through its payment gateways. The application operates in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, making beauty services more accessible and convenient.

Hya Bioplastics

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hya Bioplastics is a startup focused on producing biodegradable food packaging made from re-engineered plant fibers. The company utilizes proprietary decentralized manufacturing technology to create cost-competitive biodegradable solutions, aiming to provide sustainable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics. Hya Bioplastics is also developing a patent-pending process that enhances the production of bioplastics from plant waste fibers, contributing to environmentally friendly packaging options.

Cubbit

Series A in 2021
Cubbit is a hi-tech startup founded in 2016 on a worldwide mission to shape the cloud as it should always have been. Green. Encrypted. Forever-free for the users. Based in Italy, Bologna, and Israel, Tel Aviv, Cubbit counts Techstars and Barclays among its global-class partners. Thanks to its disruptive green technology that makes it the first cloud provider without proprietary data-center to maintain, Cubbit has achieved international recognition and got financed by the European Commission.

MDaaS Global

Seed Round in 2021
MDaaS Global Corp. owns and operates diagnostic centers in clinically-underserved communities in Africa. Its diagnostic centers offer radiology, cardiology, and lab services. The company also offers SentinelX, that enables patients to track their health over time and easily access primary care both in-person and virtually. The company also retails, leases, installs, and maintains medical equipment for hospitals. It caters to the healthcare industry. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

TalentQL

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TalentQL hires, develops, and manages remote talent for companies globally. Its services include talent outsourcing, talent pipeline creation, and remote workforce management. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Record

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tuto is a developer of a social learning platform used to teach customers how to use products accurately. It is a tool that enables companies to create step-by-step interactive tutorials to help teach their customers and enable them to understand their users and thereby have increased engagement.

TalentQL

Pre Seed Round in 2021
TalentQL hires, develops, and manages remote talent for companies globally. Its services include talent outsourcing, talent pipeline creation, and remote workforce management. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Treepz

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Plentywaka is a premium public mass transit app that allows commuters to request pickups from their desired bus stops and get real-time information about their journey. Users can plan their journey through the app, get live updates of their buses and ride in safe, convenient and efficient a/c buses across different cities in Nigeria without having to worry about surge pricing.

StrategyConnect

Seed Round in 2021
StrategyConnect is a tech-enabled aggregator of specialized boutiques and experts offering standardized and repeatable services. The company empowers talent-hungry ME businesses to deliver mission-critical projects cost-effectively. It was founded in 2017 and based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Klaim

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Klaim is an InsureTech platform offering a SaaS medical claim management and financing platform all in one. They provide them with total visibility on their revenue cycle, increase their revenue through reduced claim processing time and errors, and faster payments.

Avenews

Seed Round in 2021
Avenews-GT empowers farmers and industrial buyers of agricultural produce to participate in the global market and deliver unique and high-quality products to the world. The company has developed a web platform, powered by blockchain technology, that integrates services for the commercial trade of agricultural produce. The platform enables farmers and industrial buyers to transact directly with each other locally and worldwide, simplify transaction processes, create financial security, and increase supply chain transparency. The platform also enables financial institutions to reduce financing risks with a transparent view, in real time, into the digital identities of their agri-clients, where all the business data is stored, analyzed and visualized - transactions history, production volumes, and other trade-related data. Step into the future of agricultural trade. www.Avenews-GT.com

Crispify

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Crispify Ltd is an Israeli company that specializes in designing and manufacturing air quality management systems tailored for the automotive industry. Established in 2018 and based in Herzliya, Crispify develops a patent-pending in-cabin air quality monitoring system that measures various environmental factors, including pollutants, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. The company's solutions are powered by cloud-based artificial intelligence software, enabling users to monitor and control air quality in real time. Crispify caters to a diverse clientele, including automotive manufacturers, fleet operators, ride-sharing services, and the emerging autonomous vehicle sector. The company's offerings include two primary product lines: an aftermarket solution that addresses odor complaints in fleet vehicles and an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solution that integrates air quality management into new vehicle climate control systems. Crispify aims to enhance user experience by promoting wellness, comfort, and safety in automotive environments.

Trailze

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Trailze Ltd. develops Trailze Application, constitutes an online platform that enables users to navigate various trails in a specific geographical location. Its platform enables to rate the trails and sites, map them, and update and contribute information regarding their terrain conditions, and communicate with other users through the application in real time. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Salaryo

Venture Round in 2020
Salaryo Financial Technologies Ltd. is a financial technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing credit financing through an AI-based platform, offering small businesses instant and affordable financing solutions. Salaryo's services include fully-digital business term loans and flexible lines of credit, allowing users to withdraw funds as needed and repay at their convenience during a specified period. The company operates on a fixed subscription fee model and has processed over $200 million in loan applications within the year. Its automated lending technology streamlines the application process by incorporating features such as Know Your Client (KYC) verification, financial and professional analysis, payment processing, and electronic signatures, enabling rapid decision-making. Salaryo aims to support entrepreneurs and freelancers by alleviating cash flow challenges in selected business categories.

Satis.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Satis.ai develops a comprehensive operating system for autonomous restaurant kitchens, utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making and minimize errors. The company targets the substantial market of refunded orders in the EU and USA, estimated at approximately $3.4 billion, while aspiring to create automated kitchens for the broader $4 trillion global food service market. Satis.ai's technology leverages computer vision to address operational challenges in kitchen environments, including order accuracy, supply and inventory management, labor optimization, and compliance with hygiene standards. With proven technology and ongoing pilots with major global food chains, Satis.ai is positioned to drive innovation in a sector that has largely optimized its processes. Additionally, the company is part of the Nvidia Inception program and the Techstars Farm to Fork accelerator, collaborating with leading industry players such as Ecolabs and Cargill.

andMe

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PandMe is a personal shopping assistant that finds the product and price suitable for the client's needs. It saves time and gets the best product recommendations for its users. It is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Brio

Seed Round in 2020
Brio Systems, Inc. operates a comprehensive COVID-19 testing platform designed for workplaces to facilitate on-site testing for employees. The platform provides access to lab-backed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody testing, alongside logistics that assist employers throughout the testing process. It includes medical oversight and ensures digital results communication within three days of sample collection. Brio connects employers with a network of FDA-certified laboratories and medical suppliers, offering a complete solution that includes test requisitioning, fulfillment of collection kits, and digital reporting. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Brio serves various industries, including manufacturing and food processing, helping businesses protect their workforce and make informed decisions regarding health and safety.

Brio

Seed Round in 2020
Brio Systems, Inc. operates a comprehensive COVID-19 testing platform designed for workplaces to facilitate on-site testing for employees. The platform provides access to lab-backed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody testing, alongside logistics that assist employers throughout the testing process. It includes medical oversight and ensures digital results communication within three days of sample collection. Brio connects employers with a network of FDA-certified laboratories and medical suppliers, offering a complete solution that includes test requisitioning, fulfillment of collection kits, and digital reporting. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Brio serves various industries, including manufacturing and food processing, helping businesses protect their workforce and make informed decisions regarding health and safety.

EcoPlant

Series A in 2020
EcoPlant Technological Innovation Ltd. develops and manufactures an industrial IoT monitoring system designed to enhance energy efficiency in critical industrial operations. Established in 2016 and located in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel, the company offers a cloud-based platform that connects directly to various industrial control equipment, including air compressors and other essential systems. Utilizing artificial intelligence, EcoPlant's technology continuously monitors the performance of connected machines and sensors, providing real-time alerts and maintenance recommendations based on electricity consumption. The platform employs advanced algorithms that learn from the operational data, enabling clients to optimize energy use, reduce waste, and improve system reliability. Through ongoing energy assessments, EcoPlant aids organizations in managing and controlling their industrial systems more effectively.

Rise Vest Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Unlocking Foreign Investment Opportunities For Africans We’re a technology-driven finance company connecting everyday Africans with the best dollar-denominated investment opportunities around the world.

SenSwim

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SenSwim aspires to become the new standard for daily swimming workouts for both amateurs and professionals through its advanced computer-vision technology. SenSwim provides clubs with an end-to-end SaaS solution, from practice plans through training metrics, measured in real time with instant feedback and offline analysis using only off-the-shelf hardware. SenSwim’s team, which includes top-tier professionals from the Israeli high-tech industry, computer-vision engineers, and an Olympic swimmer, has constructed a winning business model designed both to fit the market and to make the solution available and affordable to any swim team at any level.

Snapodds

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Problem: We share opinions, emotions, everything. The world is going social, but TV is left behind. We have proof that there is a strong desire to share what is on TV: A Facebook study has shown that for some sports events 82% of Instagram posts contain screenshots of TV. The behavior of sharing TV content is there, but the way of doing it is way too hard. People have to stand up in front of the screen and make photos with reflections and strange angles. But when people do go to this trouble, it creates a major problem for the media as rights holders. They lose control of their content. They lose the ability to monetize those moments. Solution: Snapscreen makes watching TV and its content socially shareable You simply open the browser (or app) on your phone, snap the TV screen (works perfectly from a long distance), that takes you to that exact moment in the broadcast/ stream, you reverse forward or backward to the moment you want to share, clip up to 30sec and share where you want all in high definition and perfect audio. The content clipped also has the ability to be top and tailed with graphics or pre/ post roll. Everything is measurable. Snapscreen is a B2C mobile web app in the US (launch Sep 2020 for the elections) and B2B component (SDK) that gets integrated into apps and websites of our customers in media.

Parsempo

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Parsempo is an Israeli AI-powered, a self-service marketing platform for Digital Signage and Out of Home (OOH) media owners and marketers. Parsempo makes it easy for Digital Signage and DOOH display owners to manage their screens, create engaging experiences, measure performance and generate passive revenue anywhere in the world

Artboard Studio

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Artboard Studio is an online graphic design tool tailored for branding and marketing professionals. It offers a browser-based platform that allows users to create mockups, collaborate in real time, and present designs effectively. The tool addresses common communication challenges between designers and clients by incorporating features that facilitate feedback on design assets. With a library of pre-designed templates, Artboard Studio enables users to generate promotional or portfolio images efficiently, making it a valuable resource for businesses engaged in branding and marketing efforts.

Qsee

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Qsee offers real-time predictive insights solutions to prevent defective products. They specialize in artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, quality management systems requirements, QMS, quality management software, and automated quality control. Qsee is set to forever disrupt the process manufacturing approach to product quality control, and capture the benefits gained from zero-defect production runs. Qsee was founded by Nadav Herz in 2017.

Magico

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Magico, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, develops an application-based smart home gesture controller designed for smartwatches and smartphones. This innovative technology enables users to control and communicate with their connected home devices intuitively, particularly emphasizing the operation of televisions through simple hand gestures. As a participant in the Techstars BSH Future Home Accelerator, Magico is committed to enhancing user experience in smart home interactions.

Howler

Series B in 2020
Howler offers a powerful tech platform that event organisers use to optimise the planning, promotion, management and control of their events, and to create fault-free, frictionless, seamless guest experiences and ‘moments that matter’. Howler ACCESS offers end to end ticket handling, distribution, insurance and access & Howler LOADED enables cashless transactions; Howler DISCOVER allows event goers to find events they love, get through the door in a flash, and transact with a tap. The Howler team has years of event experience and a 100% operational track record at the biggest events in Africa including Ultra Music Festival, Rocking the Daisies, Rage Festival, Cape Town 10’s and many more.

Fliqpay

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Fliqpay develops a cross-border cryptocurrency based payment gateway platform for financial transactions. The company develops an online payment platform, Fliqpay, which enables businesses in Africa to receive bitcoin payment settlements through online mode in local currency. It also provides dashboard, refund management, application programming interface (API), integration, invoice, and settlement services. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Sensgreen

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sensgreen develops artificial intelligence based energy and time-saving solutions for commercial real estate. It offers SensNODE, a battery powered plug and play sensor that transmits real-time data to SensCLOUD using LoraWAN Gateways; SensCloud, an artificial intelligence analysis and prediction technology built with reinforced learning algorithms; and sensAPP, a mobile application customized for environment. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Ankara, Turkey.

Lancify

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Lancify Connect FZ-LLC operates an online platform that connects student freelancers with companies seeking various services. Founded in 2017 and based in Dubai, the company offers a diverse range of projects in fields such as web development, design, writing, videography, and more. In addition to facilitating freelance work, Lancify provides online courses designed to equip users with essential skills for the freelance marketplace, covering areas like website creation, project management, and social media marketing. The platform aims to empower young individuals by teaching them modern skills relevant to current industry demands, enabling immediate application in freelance projects. Lancify has gained support from Techstars and notable angel investors, underscoring its commitment to building a strong young workforce.

Quant Co.

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Quant Co. offers AI as a Service products set designed for enterprise innovation leaders. Quant Co’s AI as a Service products set helps innovation leaders at enterprises who have limited or no AI skillset in their team to build their own data-driven and intelligent control and prediction solutions in a pretty simple and fast way, using pre-built yet customizable models than can self-train.

Workathlon

Seed Round in 2020
Workathlon IKE operates an online recruitment platform specifically tailored for the hospitality industry, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance the job matching process. The platform enables job seekers to upload resumes and explore various opportunities in hotels and other hospitality sectors, while also assisting employers in finding candidates that meet their job specifications. Established in 2015 and based in Marousi, Greece, Workathlon has garnered the trust of over thirty thousand hospitality professionals and serves more than 350 companies, including hotels, tour operators, and restaurants across Cyprus, Germany, Malta, the United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland. It has become a key resource for both job seekers looking to advance their careers and employers aiming to recruit top talent in the hospitality field.

Bitback

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bitback, a Techstars portfolio company (20') and former IDEO CoLab resident (19'), is the cashback rewards platform connecting young people and retailers across Africa. We are on a mission to put money back into the pockets of young people around the globe. Users earn cash back for each and every purchase they make from their favourite retailers through the Bitback app. Merchants and service providers are able to reach and retain young consumers through special offers and rewards. Bitback’s vision is to create new income streams for young people and to fuel their entrepreneurial spirits.

Educhain

Seed Round in 2020
EduChain Inc. develops enterprise software tools for designing, issuing, and managing blockchain-enabled digital documents. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Abu Dhabi, Dubai.

EVA

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ELECTRIC VISIONARY AIRCRAFTS, INC. designs landing and charging stations for drones and electric flying vehicles. It also manufactures battery-enabled aircrafts. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Lisbon, Portugal with additional offices in Toulouse, Paris, France; Doha, Qatar; and Tokyo Japan.

TaTiO

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Skillset helps you make better, fairer, and more efficient hire decisions combining a technology solution with grounded theory and practice. Skillset replaces the traditional resume with an instant and fast online process that evaluates the parameters for predicting success, in which anyone can showcase his or her abilities without hiding behind a dull resume.

Crispify

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Crispify Ltd is an Israeli company that specializes in designing and manufacturing air quality management systems tailored for the automotive industry. Established in 2018 and based in Herzliya, Crispify develops a patent-pending in-cabin air quality monitoring system that measures various environmental factors, including pollutants, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure. The company's solutions are powered by cloud-based artificial intelligence software, enabling users to monitor and control air quality in real time. Crispify caters to a diverse clientele, including automotive manufacturers, fleet operators, ride-sharing services, and the emerging autonomous vehicle sector. The company's offerings include two primary product lines: an aftermarket solution that addresses odor complaints in fleet vehicles and an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solution that integrates air quality management into new vehicle climate control systems. Crispify aims to enhance user experience by promoting wellness, comfort, and safety in automotive environments.

Salaryo

Funding Round in 2019
Salaryo Financial Technologies Ltd. is a financial technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing credit financing through an AI-based platform, offering small businesses instant and affordable financing solutions. Salaryo's services include fully-digital business term loans and flexible lines of credit, allowing users to withdraw funds as needed and repay at their convenience during a specified period. The company operates on a fixed subscription fee model and has processed over $200 million in loan applications within the year. Its automated lending technology streamlines the application process by incorporating features such as Know Your Client (KYC) verification, financial and professional analysis, payment processing, and electronic signatures, enabling rapid decision-making. Salaryo aims to support entrepreneurs and freelancers by alleviating cash flow challenges in selected business categories.

LiST Funding

Pre Seed Round in 2019
LiST Settlements is a financial service company creating a new and efficient marketplace for policy owners to maximize the value of their policy while simultaneously offering investors of all sizes the opportunity to freely enter the LS market and invest in a transparent, diversified and highly liquid format. They believe technology has the power to remove barriers and drive transparency and equality to the Life settlements market. They also have designed and built a two-sided marketplace, where both sides benefit. The company's goal is to simplify and improve the way policyholders and investors approach this asset. LiST Settlements was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Teporto

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Teporto is enabling a new commute modality with its one-click smart platform for commute shuttle services that seamlessly adapts routes and schedules to commuters' needs on a daily basis. Helping companies and cities attract and retain talented workforce by improving employee commutes. Teporto's technology transforms commute shuttles into smart shuttles. Closing a faster feedback loop, raising commuters satisfaction and ridership while still optimizing for affordability.

EcoPlant

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EcoPlant Technological Innovation Ltd. develops and manufactures an industrial IoT monitoring system designed to enhance energy efficiency in critical industrial operations. Established in 2016 and located in Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel, the company offers a cloud-based platform that connects directly to various industrial control equipment, including air compressors and other essential systems. Utilizing artificial intelligence, EcoPlant's technology continuously monitors the performance of connected machines and sensors, providing real-time alerts and maintenance recommendations based on electricity consumption. The platform employs advanced algorithms that learn from the operational data, enabling clients to optimize energy use, reduce waste, and improve system reliability. Through ongoing energy assessments, EcoPlant aids organizations in managing and controlling their industrial systems more effectively.

SoundTrack AI Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Soundtrack AI is a acoustics-based and AI-enabled Predictive Maintenance Platform.

Versus Africa

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Versus is a tool that combines online and offline consumer data to give brands actionable and competitive insight for the African market. Working with global clients both within Africa and beyond, we seek to help brands have a better understanding of the African consumer.

Cowtribe

Seed Round in 2019
Cowtribe Technology Limited provides animal vaccine delivery services to farmers in Ghana. The company offers a mobile application for farmers that lets the to subscribe and provide all relevant animal information. It provides cloud based logistics management system that tracks the health statistics of each animal, remind the farmers when it is time for their animals to receive services, and manages delivery of vaccines to the farmers. Cowtribe Technology Limited was founded in 2016 and is based in Tamale, Ghana.

ARpalus

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ARpalus is a company based in Caesarea, Israel, that designs and develops a platform aimed at enhancing the shopping experience for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers through advanced augmented reality (AR) capabilities. Its solution integrates artificial intelligence and computer vision to digitize retail shelves, enabling better execution of in-store operations. Employees can use devices such as smartphones, tablets, or AR glasses to scan shelves and receive real-time notifications regarding out-of-stock items and compliance issues. Additionally, ARpalus's platform allows the creation of detailed planograms that include product information, pricing, signage, and promotions, which can be accessed by consumers through a companion application. This technology aims to improve employee productivity and facilitate data collaboration within organizations.