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 Los Angeles, CA

Liquidstar

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of charge stations designed to deploy smart batteries for electrical power distribution. The company's platform gives a category of energy distribution, utilizing waypoint charge stations to deploy smart batteries for beyond-the-grid electrical power distribution stations that offer wireless battery-powered sustainable ecosystems, and uses excess solar energy to power mini AWS like data centers solving the takeoff issue that plagues many micro and mini-grids, enabling clients to have electricity for essential services during grid-destroying disasters.

Handl Health

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Handl Health is a healthcare price transparency platform. Until recently, healthcare prices in the US were considered a trade secret. While the CMS price transparency legislation aims to create a transparent pricing market, implementing this and driving value for businesses and consumers is overwhelmingly complex. Handl Health's platform offers health plans a simple way to comply with the legislation while digitizing how patients shop, book and pay for healthcare, creating an unparalleled experience and realizing an average cost saving of 28%.

Morpheus Space

Series A in 2022
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

nFlux AI

Series A in 2022
nFlux, Inc. develops a software that provides artificial intelligence, visual content, and lingual information. The company offers Ask Engine, a unified integrated interface where users can acquire information from multiple sources, by asking a question. It serves entertainment, education, security, and healthcare sector. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Finli

Seed Round in 2022
Finli, Inc. is a technology company that offers a digital platform designed to streamline payment processes for family-oriented businesses. Founded in 2018 and based in San Marino, California, Finli provides business management software that facilitates invoicing, tuition collection, enrollment, and payment communications. The platform is tailored to serve daycare centers, preschools, afterschool programs, and local businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage their administrative tasks, including billing, payment collection, and customer management. This comprehensive solution allows families to oversee their financial responsibilities and invite contributions towards educational expenses, thereby fostering community engagement and support.

ComplYant

Seed Round in 2022
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Radia

Pre Seed Round in 2022
We are building the first multi-chain and multi-web

Butterfly Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Butterfly Labs is an end-to-end platform diagnostics company that provides at-home blood testing. Its platform helps to gain better health insights by offering a range of services including lab services, test kit fulfillments, and doctors that enable digital health and wellness businesses to offer at-home testing to their patients. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

NineSixteen

Seed Round in 2021
Lightbox helps retailers create a digitally connected storefront, making it seamless for customers to discover, search, sign up & purchase through interactive panels - bringing the best of e-commerce to physical retail. Customers can seamlessly buy online inventory directly in-store - payment, shipping information and email collected with one tap. It integrates with major e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Magento, Klaviyo & much more. It includes a 43" touch panel that can be mounted like a TV anywhere inside store.

Saeidan

Seed Round in 2021
Saeidan is a solutions company that develops products and services that make it easier for consumers to access healthcare. They incubate and deploy innovative products that make it easier for people to navigate and access the healthcare system. Their mission to transform the experience for those navigating Medicare. Ask Claire, a product innovation by Saeidan, is an independent, free-to-the-consumer, digital guidance platform for those with Medicare. Today, Ask Claire helps users understand the program, compare Medicare plans, and connect directly with health plans when they are ready.

UMA

Pre Seed Round in 2021
UMA is a developer of a game-based learning platform to create engaging and memorable learning experiences for pre-teens and teens. The company builds a mobile game where players learn the basics of Algebra and mathematical thinking through an applied and visual lens. Its long-term vision is to build a platform where middle and high school students will learn all core school subjects and critical skills by playing its games.

Robyn

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Robyn Inc. operates a community-driven digital platform focused on integrative maternal wellness, catering to women at various stages of parenthood. The company connects aspiring, expecting, and new parents with a network of wellness providers across 14 service categories, including birth education, nutrition, mental health, and lactation support. Robyn also offers digital education courses, such as childbirth education and lactation classes, aiming to make parental wellness and education more accessible. By providing resources and tools, Robyn seeks to empower women in making informed decisions about their health and well-being during pre-pregnancy and throughout their parenting journey. Founded in 2019 and based in Los Angeles, Robyn was previously known as FertileGirl LLC.

Buoy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Buoy is a revenue management tool specifically designed for the global vacation rental industry. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Buoy aims to optimize pricing strategies for vacation rental properties. The platform assists property owners and managers in maximizing their revenue through data-driven insights and analytics tailored to the unique dynamics of the vacation rental market.

ComplYant

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ComplYant is a developer of tax compliance platform for entrepreneurs that provide a simple, accurate way to follow tax deadlines. Its platform helps with tax deadlines, tax budgeting, deciphers tax notices, and manage deadlines for all business tax types. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Butterfly Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Butterfly Labs is an end-to-end platform diagnostics company that provides at-home blood testing. Its platform helps to gain better health insights by offering a range of services including lab services, test kit fulfillments, and doctors that enable digital health and wellness businesses to offer at-home testing to their patients. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

People Clerk

Funding Round in 2021
People Clerk guides individuals without an attorney throughout the bureaucratic California small claims process. We help individuals prepare, file, and serve their small claims lawsuit in addition to creating an evidence packet to increase their chances of winning. *Small claims disputes are disputes under $10,000 (security deposits, contracts, fender benders).

Black Oak TV

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Black Oak TV focuses on digital media, film, television, video streaming, and content such as black web series. They created short films, TV shows, movies, and more to check out on their website, YouTube, Facebook, and IG. Their company has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Oakland.

SoLo Funds

Series A in 2021
SoLo Funds, Inc. is a mobile money exchange and lending platform that connects lenders and borrowers, allowing users to borrow on their own terms and lenders to benefit from their contributions. Established in 2015 and based in New York City, SoLo Funds operates as an alternative financial solution, offering rapid loan options to borrowers while providing lenders with significant value. The platform has evolved from a unique lending marketplace into a comprehensive community banking solution that leverages individual capital, insurance, and banking products, supported by advanced A.I. underwriting technology.

Automotus

Seed Round in 2021
Automotus, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing computer vision software designed to enhance traffic and parking management through the utilization of existing camera networks. By providing cities with advanced video analytics, Automotus enables communities to better respond to the evolving dynamics of urban mobility, where trends such as ride-sharing and delivery services are increasingly prevalent. The company offers tools and data that facilitate effective city planning and resource allocation for parking and traffic management. Automotus's solutions automate on-ground parking operations and deliver real-time insights, thereby assisting urban planners in making informed decisions about mobility ecosystems.

Polygon

Seed Round in 2021
Polygon is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing remote psychological evaluations and support for individuals with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD. The company employs licensed psychologists to conduct comprehensive self-assessments, delivering personalized reports that include diagnoses and intervention strategies. By focusing on remote diagnostics and support, Polygon aims to equip individuals with the necessary tools to thrive academically and personally, ensuring that those with learning differences have access to the resources they need to succeed.

Floodlight

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Floodlight platform enables investment professionals to assess the qualitative impact of corporations. creates software to help investment managers and financial advisors build values-aligned investment portfolios. It will assist companies in holding their own standards and removing ambiguity from the assets and ownership of the broader investment community.

Finli

Seed Round in 2020
Finli, Inc. is a technology company that offers a digital platform designed to streamline payment processes for family-oriented businesses. Founded in 2018 and based in San Marino, California, Finli provides business management software that facilitates invoicing, tuition collection, enrollment, and payment communications. The platform is tailored to serve daycare centers, preschools, afterschool programs, and local businesses, enabling them to efficiently manage their administrative tasks, including billing, payment collection, and customer management. This comprehensive solution allows families to oversee their financial responsibilities and invite contributions towards educational expenses, thereby fostering community engagement and support.

Morpheus Space

Seed Round in 2020
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

Datance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Datance is an AI-powered data management and analysis platform suite that provides enterprise with a complete fully-managed data management infrastructure. Code-free and data analyst friendly, Datance provides coverage for automated data acquisition, treatment, business logic ruling, and specific department based recipes that handles behavioral recognition, feature extraction, classification, and many more.

Foundry Six

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Foundry Six builds augmented reality multiplayer games that friends can play through group video chat.

nFlux AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
nFlux, Inc. develops a software that provides artificial intelligence, visual content, and lingual information. The company offers Ask Engine, a unified integrated interface where users can acquire information from multiple sources, by asking a question. It serves entertainment, education, security, and healthcare sector. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

AidBanc

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of full-service banking platform designed to manage global spending from a single corporate account. The company's platform helps in tracking project expenses and approved budgets in real-time enhancing the accounting and enterprise resource planning systems with a single source of truth for all field expenses and managing global project spending, enabling NGOs to bank efficiently and seamlessly manage spending across multiple countries from one bank account.

Sike Insights

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sike Insights is using AI to help remote teams work better together. Our first product, Kona, is a Slackbot that helps remote teams understand each other better. It analyzes the way remote teammates communicate in Slack public channels, and provides insights on how best to interact with them. Our beta customers include Glassdoor, Typeform, Buffer, Imperfect Foods and more. For more information, check out sikeinsights.com!

Preveta

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a medical care coordination platform designed to transform cancer care by arming clinicians with data and insights to improve outcomes. The company's platform utilizes artificial intelligence and analytical engines to provide clinicians and healthcare organizations with revenue-positive care coordination services, enabling medical professionals to improve patient treatment experience and leverage these patient interactions to gather deeper insights about them.

Ayana Therapy

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ayana Therapy is a telehealth platform dedicated to providing mental health services to marginalized communities, including people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals. It utilizes a smart matchmaking algorithm to connect users with licensed therapists who are compatible based on cultural experiences and identity traits such as race, gender identity, class, sexuality, and ethnicity. By offering virtual communication options, Ayana Therapy aims to address significant barriers to mental health care, including high costs, stigma, and a lack of cultural competency within the healthcare system. The platform seeks to create a safe space for those whose voices have been historically dismissed or neglected, facilitating access to essential mental health support.

Blue Fever

Seed Round in 2020
An empathetic AI in the pocket of young women across the US. Users message 'Blue' who listens like a friend or big sister to recommend videos based on the user's emotional need. A Techstars-backed company.

West Tenth

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Discover local, home-based talent in your town and beyond on the West Tenth app. West Tenth is an all-in-one marketplace, connecting consumers with custom services and goods in their own community. Scroll through the storefronts in our digital Main Street to find incredible independent talent, organized by distance from you. West Tenth connects you with local makers and doers who love to collaborate with you to provide just what you need. When you’re transacting with small, home-based businesses, anything is possible! Need a custom-decorated birthday cake? A personal trainer who will come to your house? Design or marketing work for your business? West Tenth is the place to find all that and so much more.

Stackin'

Series B in 2020
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Fernish

Series A in 2020
Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle. The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous payments towards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point. Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017.

Repeat

Seed Round in 2020
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.

left

Pre Seed Round in 2020
LEFT develops an online platform for travelers to share and manage their travel information. The company develops a web portal for coordinators to manage travelers and programs; a mobile application for travelers and field staff; and travel database to archive travel data. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in the United States.

FanSifter

Pre Seed Round in 2020
FanSifter is a fan data management platform that leverages machine learning to help rights holders in music, entertainment, and sports increase tickets, music, merch, experiences, and sponsorships sales.

MSBAI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
MSBAI is solving the reason why 92% of product designers and manufacturers don't use High Performance Computing in engineering. The GURU cognitive AI assistant solves the fundamental ‘expertise-barrier’ holding back most engineers: By delivering ‘Expertise-as-a-Service’ — enabling them to run end-to-end design & analysis workloads for structural, thermal, fluid dynamics, etc. for virtual prototype design exploration.

PeakMetrics

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PeakMetrics delivers insights to create actionable, real-time predictions of how messages will develop and spread online. We do this by aggregating both social and traditional media and then utilizing machine learning to extract behavioral trends from the millions of unstructured, cross-channel datasets. PeakMetric’s is battle-tested on some of the most complex media issues today – from crisis management situations to combating state-sponsored disinformation. Our clients include some of the world’s largest brands, advertising and government agencies.

Strangeloop Studios

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Strangeloop Studios LLC, founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, specializes in visual content services, including concert visuals, music videos, and narrative forms. Established by Ian Simon and David Wexler, both with significant music industry backgrounds, the studio has created content for high-profile artists such as David Gilmour, The Weeknd, and Billie Eilish. They have produced visuals for notable events like the Apple Music Awards and have worked on music videos for artists including Skrillex & Boys Noize and Earthgang. In 2019, the studio began focusing on original content production, particularly the creation of virtual artists and 3D characters for collaboration with musicians and visual artists. Selected for Techstars Music's Class of 2020, Strangeloop Studios aims to evolve into a major production studio for virtual artists, emphasizing their motto, "ART WITHOUT EGO," which reflects their commitment to innovative storytelling and fan engagement through digital narratives.

splashmob

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Splashmob is a computer software company that specializes in live events. It features a software application platform that utilizes building tools that enables venues, artists, teams, and performers to interact and engage in real-time with their audiences. The company was founded in 2020 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

ULO

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ULO functions as a distribution platform that focuses on artist-first immersive experiences, aiming to engage audiences in high foot traffic locations such as malls and busy streets. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company facilitates the creation of immersive experiences that enhance mobile marketing efforts. Founded by an individual with a background in augmented reality and advertising, ULO leverages technology to provide innovative solutions for connecting artists with their audiences in dynamic environments.

GO TO-U

Pre Seed Round in 2020
We deliver a seamless EV charging experience with comfort, confidence and simplicity.

Swayed

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Swayed bridges the gap between insight and action for hospitality groups. The company uses a machine learning system that uses legacy, real-time, and location data to deliver targeted messages to guests and staff. Swayed was founded in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Automotus

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Automotus, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing computer vision software designed to enhance traffic and parking management through the utilization of existing camera networks. By providing cities with advanced video analytics, Automotus enables communities to better respond to the evolving dynamics of urban mobility, where trends such as ride-sharing and delivery services are increasingly prevalent. The company offers tools and data that facilitate effective city planning and resource allocation for parking and traffic management. Automotus's solutions automate on-ground parking operations and deliver real-time insights, thereby assisting urban planners in making informed decisions about mobility ecosystems.

Automotus

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Automotus, Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing computer vision software designed to enhance traffic and parking management through the utilization of existing camera networks. By providing cities with advanced video analytics, Automotus enables communities to better respond to the evolving dynamics of urban mobility, where trends such as ride-sharing and delivery services are increasingly prevalent. The company offers tools and data that facilitate effective city planning and resource allocation for parking and traffic management. Automotus's solutions automate on-ground parking operations and deliver real-time insights, thereby assisting urban planners in making informed decisions about mobility ecosystems.

Liquid

Seed Round in 2019
Liquid, Inc. provides software solutions for human resource operations. Its software enables human resources team to onboard, manage, and pay liquid workforce. The company’s software is also used to manage projects with control; organize, communicate, and track details of every project ensuring quality of work and avoiding unanticipated overages; and approve and pay invoices, It serves freelancers, contractors, and professional service vendors. Liquid, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Stackin'

Series A in 2019
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

FLY BY JING

Pre Seed Round in 2019
They put uncensored chinese flavours and the highest quality ingredients together and tell to make nice.TheyBELIEVE IN REAL: REAL FOOD, REAL PEOPLE, AND REAL MOMENTS THAT BRING US TOGETHER TO DISCOVER SOMETHING SPICY, ODDLY SATISFYING AND SLIGHTLY SAVORY.

nFlux AI

Pre Seed Round in 2019
nFlux, Inc. develops a software that provides artificial intelligence, visual content, and lingual information. The company offers Ask Engine, a unified integrated interface where users can acquire information from multiple sources, by asking a question. It serves entertainment, education, security, and healthcare sector. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Struct Club

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Struct Club, Inc. specializes in developing software that assists music-inspired fitness instructors in choreographing and delivering engaging classes. Founded in 2017 and based in Glendale, California, the company offers a platform that allows gym instructors to design, run, and scale their classes effectively. The debut platform is available on iOS and integrates seamlessly with music services like Spotify and Apple Music, enabling instructors to create classes that align with the rhythm of their playlists. Additionally, Struct Club provides a real-time cue feed for trainers, enhancing their ability to deliver focused and precise instruction while maintaining the energy of the workout. Users can also access pre-choreographed classes through the company's online store, catering specifically to rhythmic fitness experiences.

Ejenta

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ejenta Inc. develops an intelligent personal assistant platform that leverages artificial intelligence to understand users' daily activities, monitor adherence to mission plans, and provide personalized advice and support. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Ejenta's technology is built on exclusively licensed NASA research spanning two decades, focusing on intelligent agents, human-robot interaction, and security. The platform integrates wearable and environmental sensors to collect real-time behavioral data, allowing users to interact with their personal agents through mobile devices, Smart TVs, and natural language interfaces. Ejenta's technology is currently utilized in NASA's Mission Control for the International Space Station and is applicable across various industries, including space, government, and healthcare.

Leo Aerospace

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Leo Aerospace is building a dedicated delivery service for microsatellites. Their mission is to make it as easy to put a satellite into space as it is to ship a package across the country. To achieve this, they’re developing a suite of services to launch on-demand to any low earth orbit. Their systems require zero fixed ground infrastructure and provide high launch frequency. After a successful launch-test campaign at the end of 2018, they are poised to service defense and civil customers with their platform in 2020.

Morpheus Space

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Morpheus Space GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in manufacturing electric propulsion systems for spacecraft. The company's innovative product offerings, including nanoFEEP and multiFEEP, are designed to enhance satellite operations by enabling service providers to manage entire constellations as a unified entity. By integrating advanced electric propulsion with artificial intelligence, Morpheus Space is transforming the NewSpace industry. Their solutions allow satellites to perform numerous orbital maneuvers, facilitating a new approach to mission planning that prioritizes objectives through automated decision-making. This capability provides unprecedented flexibility for satellite networks, enabling optimal adjustments to meet specific user needs, such as revisiting frequencies and monitoring dynamic points of interest.

Farcast

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Farcast is a technology company based in Los Angeles that specializes in developing hardware and software for precision airdrop deliveries. Founded in 2017 and located in Hawthorne, California, the company designs drones that are mounted on commercial aircraft, helicopters, or UAVs to facilitate the delivery of packages in remote or otherwise inaccessible areas. Utilizing advanced mapping software, Farcast evaluates suitable drop points and enables autonomous release and landing of packages, ensuring they land safely within a designated area. This innovative approach allows for rapid and cost-effective delivery solutions, addressing the logistical challenges faced in rural regions.

Pistol Lake

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Pistol Lake, Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing functional apparel for men, focusing on minimalist designs. The company offers a range of products, including short sleeve shirts, pullover hoodies, sweat shorts, sweatshirts, V-neck shirts, joggers, and sweatpants. Pistol Lake emphasizes sustainability by utilizing eudae, a fabric made from recycled plastic bottles and eucalyptus. The company's products are available through a physical store in Los Angeles, California, and an online platform that serves customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Incorporated in 2013, Pistol Lake operates from Walnut, California, with a commitment to providing rugged, vintage-inspired activewear.

Pause

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Pause is a placemaking service that builds and manages digitally activated meditation space for businesses, landlords and professionals. Based in Southern California, we are launching locations in New York, Silicon Valley and Downtown Los Angeles. Our products address growing amenity demand with unprecedented space design and technology to serve as a foundation for workplace wellbeing, retention and success.

Kndrd

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Kndrd is a SaaS solution that's modernizing property management for the CoLiving revolution. This global software also has a global directory, allowing you to find a beautiful & safe home to live at with incredible housemates, anywhere in the world, within a couple of clicks. At Kndrd we create features and solutions rooted in the exploding CoLiving movement. We're answering the call for CoLiving discovery and stewardship by creating a comprehensive and user-friendly platform so CoLiving managers can be more efficient, profitable, and streamlined; all while being more proactive & attentive to their residents and guests. No need to hack together AirBnB, Facebook Messenger, and Excel spreadsheets anymore in order to find the perfect place PLUS the perfect people. We've got it all right here.

AlgoPay

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Algopay, Inc. develops a P2P transfer network for the unbanked. It offers digital wallet that enables the unbanked in the Middle East to safely store their money online and access it in any country. The company’s application operates like both an e-wallet and an ATM and the payments can be withdrawn at any Algo vendor location. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Bloominous

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Bloominous is a technology-driven startup that specializes in the wedding floral industry, providing an online platform for do-it-yourself (DIY) floral arrangements. The company offers a range of products, including DIY floral kits and designer bouquets, along with comprehensive photo-instruction cards and videos. This approach allows clients to create beautiful floral decorations for their weddings and events while saving time and money. By focusing on affordability and accessibility, Bloominous enables customers to achieve their dream floral designs with handcrafted solutions tailored to their needs.

Marble

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Marble is an augmented reality platform for everyday use.

Inklocker

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Inklocker is changing the printing game by seamlessly connecting print shops to e-commerce platforms. Inklocker is a leading global cloud-based printer platform designed apparel designers who want to utilize small and medium-sized print shops to produce orders closest to the customer. Print shops can use the software to streamline production, outsource jobs, and integrate across multiple sales channels, including leading shopping carts like Shopify and woocommerce.The Inklocker platform was engineered for network capabilities with a uniformed production software across the custom product manufacturing industry.

EventHub

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EventHub offers event organizers three products: A virtual expo product for virtual and hybrid programming, a sponsorship marketplace that matches events with potential buyers, and a dashboard that streamlines b2b partner management. PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Virtual Expo: the product offers organizers a virtual venue to stream content and feature sponsor and exhibitor booths, facilitating real-time engagement with attendees via embedded video chat. Sponsorship Marketplace: Events showcase sponsorship and booth opportunities to tens of thousands of active buyers such as brands, marketing agencies, and independent businesses. Management Dashboard: The tools streamline sponsor and booth applications, payments, paperwork and logistics along with sponsor/booth inventory management and live floor plan tie-ins.

Fernish

Venture Round in 2019
Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle. The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous payments towards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point. Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017.

Slice of Sauce

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Slice of Sauce is a handmade food products company.

Element 16 Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
Element 16 Technologies operates in the energy industry. The company uses high-temperature heat energy storage to improve efficiency and save money for commercial and industrial facilities. Founded in 2016, Element 16 Technologies is based in Glendale, California.

Ampaire

Seed Round in 2018
The Third Revolution in Aviation has begun and Ampaire is leading the charge by developing aircraft that make flying clean, quiet, safe, reliable, affordable, and more accessible to more people than ever before. With key innovations in energy storage, propulsion, and aircraft architecture, the Ampaire team is maximizing the potential of the aircraft industry. Ampaire is a portfolio company of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. It was founded in year 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Nextbite

Series A in 2018
Nextbite is a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional revenue for under-utilized kitchens through its portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, Nextbite operates as a subsidiary of Ordermark, which provides an online ordering management system designed to streamline the process for restaurants. By aggregating mobile orders from various online ordering services into a single dashboard, Ordermark enhances the efficiency of restaurant operations and helps increase profitability. Nextbite's innovative approach allows restaurants to capitalize on their existing kitchen resources, facilitating growth in a competitive market.

Clicktivated

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Clicktivated Video, INC. owns and operates an Amplified Video Engagement (AVE) platform that allows users to interact with individual products featured within video and buy it. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Birmingham, Alabama with additional offices in Detroit, Michigan; New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California.

Type W

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Type W automates the process of aggregating sell-through (end customer sales) data. We go into retailer online portals to grab point-of-sale and inventory data, store the data using cloud-based infrastructure, and provide it to brands over a software platform in real-time. Further, we allow third-party service providers to easily connect to the Type W infrastructure using APIs to be able to connect to existing business intelligence and visualization tools. Utilizing this data, we create tools using machine learning and other algorithms to provide insights into automatic alerts for supply chain (out-of-stock, overstock etc.) as well as impacts of the inputs of the business (marketing spend, product placement, point-of-purchase displays, end-caps etc.). This information provides a clear picture of the drivers that directly affect sales. All of this will transform the way the retail industry exchanges sales data between retailer and brand.

Trellis Research

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Trellis Research, Inc. is a provider of legal data and analytics specifically designed for law firms. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in offering insights derived from state trial court records. It provides court data, practical judicial biographies, and actionable analytics related to individual judges, making it a valuable resource for litigators. Trellis Research also maintains a searchable database focused on California Superior Court records and judicial analytics, enhancing the ability of legal practitioners to navigate the judicial landscape effectively.

Repeat

Convertible Note in 2018
Repeat is a SaaS platform that enables consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) brands to turn one-time buyers into repeat customers. CPG brands use Repeat to give their customers faster, personalized reordering experiences—from email, from text, from anywhere.

Fernish

Venture Round in 2018
Fernish is a furniture rental startup company that offers provides furniture as a subscription model to consumers living a mobile lifestyle. The company seeks to redefine the way the market sees furniture rental by positioning itself as a lifestyle brand. It offers a rent to own program that allows subscribers to apply their previous payments towards the cost of the piece or pieces they want to buy at the end of their subscription. Users are allowed to subscribe to an entire room or specific pieces and can even swap out things they don’t like or simply want to change up at any point. Founders Michael Barlow and Lucas Dickey launched the company in Los Angeles, California in 2017.

Aqulytics

Seed Round in 2018
We are committed to the protection and sustainability of water, and support the monitoring of wastewater and industrial discharges drilling down on physical, chemical, biological and organoleptic parameters. Our participatory monitoring features are ideal for brokering partnerships between the industry, government and communities in support of improving access and quality of freshwater sources.

Polycade

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Polycade Inc. is a company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in the development, manufacture, and distribution of arcade gaming machines. Founded in 2015, Polycade offers a range of products, including Polycade Home and Polycade Commercial, as well as a pay-to-play option. The machines feature a selection of both classic and modern games, all pre-installed for user convenience. Polycade focuses on creating a platform for easy-to-learn games that are designed to be enjoyed in person, enhancing the social aspect of gaming.

Catalog

Seed Round in 2018
Catalog is a Los Angeles-based platform that assists online brands in sourcing original visual content. The company employs technology to streamline the production of photos and videos, hiring photographers, stylists, models, and editors to create tailored visual content for specific products. Users can sign up to select the quantity of content they need, define the types of shots, and choose styles that align with their brand aesthetics. Catalog manages all aspects of the content creation process, including logistics, props, and legal compliance, allowing companies of all sizes to effectively convey their narratives through custom visuals.

SoLo Funds

Pre Seed Round in 2018
SoLo Funds, Inc. is a mobile money exchange and lending platform that connects lenders and borrowers, allowing users to borrow on their own terms and lenders to benefit from their contributions. Established in 2015 and based in New York City, SoLo Funds operates as an alternative financial solution, offering rapid loan options to borrowers while providing lenders with significant value. The platform has evolved from a unique lending marketplace into a comprehensive community banking solution that leverages individual capital, insurance, and banking products, supported by advanced A.I. underwriting technology.

Best Food Trucks

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Best Food Trucks (BFT) is the nation's largest food truck booking & ordering platform. From lot booking & location management to their exclusive order ahead technology to setting up food trucks at your office or event, Best Food Trucks will handle all the logistics so you can focus on the food.

Digital Medical Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Digital Medical Tech created a platform that allows health systems to proactively track medical devices and equipment. Using Bluetooth technology, Digital Medical Tech’s real-time location system provides monitoring and management of a wide variety of medical assets, while requiring less infrastructure and shorter installation time than typical tracking solutions. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

One Step Software

Seed Round in 2018
One Step Software Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in providing software solutions for the management of sober living facilities. Founded in 2017, the company aims to enhance the operational efficiency of house managers by offering tools that improve the overall experience for residents in recovery. By leveraging its technology and services, One Step Software empowers sober living facilities to better support their patients, contributing to the effectiveness of addiction recovery processes.

Nextbite

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Nextbite is a pioneer in the virtual restaurant sector, focusing on generating additional revenue for under-utilized kitchens through its portfolio of virtual-only restaurant brands. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Angeles, California, Nextbite operates as a subsidiary of Ordermark, which provides an online ordering management system designed to streamline the process for restaurants. By aggregating mobile orders from various online ordering services into a single dashboard, Ordermark enhances the efficiency of restaurant operations and helps increase profitability. Nextbite's innovative approach allows restaurants to capitalize on their existing kitchen resources, facilitating growth in a competitive market.

Curischain

Seed Round in 2018
Securing health data through blockchain.

One Step Software

Pre Seed Round in 2018
One Step Software Inc. is a technology company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in providing software solutions for the management of sober living facilities. Founded in 2017, the company aims to enhance the operational efficiency of house managers by offering tools that improve the overall experience for residents in recovery. By leveraging its technology and services, One Step Software empowers sober living facilities to better support their patients, contributing to the effectiveness of addiction recovery processes.

ILIVEvr

Seed Round in 2018
ILIVEvr designs and develops platforms of experience in virtual reality to allow users to envision what houses that they want should appear. It began operation in 2016, with its headquarters in Los Angeles in California.

Pundit, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Pundit Inc. was a Disney and Techstars backed company that launched a variety of consumer and social apps, helping creators foster amazing IP and develop stronger ties with their fans. Our apps, including Pundit Stickers and Grafiti, collectively amassed over 1 million users on both iOS and Android. They allowed users to discover, showcase, and share amazing digital stickers on any platform in 2D and augmented reality formats. We also executed key product partnerships with global IP owners and brands such as Funko, Paramount Pictures, and Disney. Among the most successful activations was launching AR stickers for Disney Pixar's Incredibles 2, Disney Studios'​ Ralph Breaks the Internet, Disney Channel's DuckTales, and Paramount Pictures'​ Bumblebee - amassing millions of fan engagements with our AR stickers in just a few weeks'​ time. Our apps have also been featured on the App Store and Play Store on 3 occasions, highlighting our innovative AR and messaging products. Pundit Inc. was an alumni of the Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars in 2015. The company was also named: • Inc's 2016 Coolest College Startup • TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield Alumni • Most Innovative Tech Startup, IDEAS LA

Stackin'

Seed Round in 2017
Stackin' is the simplest entry point into finance with over one million subscribers and a mission to empower people to improve their financial lives via text message. Stackin' provides the necessary tools & curated products for a younger generation of consumers to build healthy financial habits over time in a fun, entertaining, judgement-free relationship. Powered by a custom messaging platform, data, machine learning and human touch, their personalized messages educate subscribers on how to save money, reduce debt and start investing.

Aiva

Seed Round in 2017
Aiva, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in developing a mobile application for voice-powered care assistance aimed at enhancing patient care and improving the efficiency of healthcare providers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California, Aiva's platform allows clinicians and caregivers to respond to patient needs hands-free, thereby streamlining communication and facilitating better care. The application empowers patients by enabling voice control over their environment, including TVs, lights, shades, and temperature, ultimately fostering a more personalized healthcare experience. Aiva has participated in the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars and is currently piloting its technology in various healthcare facilities and home care settings.

Aiva

Convertible Note in 2017
Aiva, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in developing a mobile application for voice-powered care assistance aimed at enhancing patient care and improving the efficiency of healthcare providers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California, Aiva's platform allows clinicians and caregivers to respond to patient needs hands-free, thereby streamlining communication and facilitating better care. The application empowers patients by enabling voice control over their environment, including TVs, lights, shades, and temperature, ultimately fostering a more personalized healthcare experience. Aiva has participated in the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars and is currently piloting its technology in various healthcare facilities and home care settings.

Pulse Labs

Convertible Note in 2017
Connected sensors and grow management for cannabis cultivation.

Playfull

Convertible Note in 2017
Playfull tracks a gamer’s performance across several popular Esports games and sends them personalized, relevant rewards for meaningful achievements and wins. Playfull synthesizes gameplay data, demographic data, and redemption data to train a proprietary rewards engine to deliver the perfect reward to players at the perfect moment.

Hanzo

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Hanzo enables businesses to launch and operate blockchain networks, develop decentralized applications and deliver compelling experiences. Whether you're launching a token sale, building a marketplace for collectables, or opening an ecommerce store, Hanzo enables rapid development of beautiful and secure blockchain products.

Maslo

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Maslo is a new category defining technology. The platform captures and processes unstructured signals like audio, video, and biomarkers to infer mental states, behaviors, and change in people over time.

Blue Fever

Seed Round in 2017
An empathetic AI in the pocket of young women across the US. Users message 'Blue' who listens like a friend or big sister to recommend videos based on the user's emotional need. A Techstars-backed company.