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 Western Asia

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.

Loadzpro

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Loadzpro is an AI-powered digital freight company that facilitates the transportation of vehicles and cargo for private individuals and commercial shippers. The company operates an on-demand trucking application that connects users to delivery professionals and transportation companies, offering services for moving goods locally, nationally, and internationally. Loadzpro provides various transportation options, including full truckload, less than truckload, and refrigerated transportation, utilizing advanced technology and insurtech solutions to enhance the shipping experience.

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.

Palmly

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Palmly is a social networking platform that provides an interactive way to connect and engage with the Christian community. Palmly was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia.

Varkn

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Varkn is a mobile app that connects travelers of all kinds to a fleet of independent on-demand valet drivers across airports, train stations, and bus stations for the purpose of easy, time-saving, and affordable parking via a smartphone.

Metric Mate

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Metric Mate is the patented platform that allows turning any strength training equipment into smart hardware with games and competitions to make workouts more fun.

Cookonnect

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Cookonnect connects busy families with early career, personal cooks to create greater access to in-home meal preparation services.

Illoominus

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Illoominus is a data analytics platform designed to empower leaders to activate and manage their organization's DE+I strategy.

My Panda

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
My Panda is a mobile application that facilitates connections between local personal assistants and individuals who require assistance in managing their tasks. By leveraging a hyper-local community approach, the platform addresses the challenges of time constraints and support shortages faced by busy individuals. Users can find trusted assistants in their vicinity, making it easier to complete their to-do lists and improve overall productivity. Through this service, My Panda aims to enhance the accessibility of personal assistance while fostering community engagement.

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.

Whirl

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Whirl is a dating app that enables anyone to set up single friends. The app also allows the user's friend network to set a date. Friends of the user are able to edit the profile with photos and suggest matches for the user based on their preferred friend-of-a-friend relationships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mini City

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mini City Inc. develops, owns, and operates a platform that provides identification and employment opportunities to the homeless citizens. The company’s platform helps in legal identification, vital records, and employment forms; and assists workers, program directors, clinicians, and others that are working with the homeless and at risk for homelessness. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

Vivo

Seed Round in 2021
Vivo offers an online and interactive fitness program designed specifically for seniors. Seniors can do it all from home on their laptop or mobile device with a live certified trainer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Swipe Credit

Funding Round in 2021
Swipe Credit operates as an automated digital lending platform designed to connect financial institutions with cardholders seeking loans. By offering a white-label solution, Swipe enables lenders to reach a broader customer base beyond traditional banked consumers, thereby facilitating the growth of their lending operations. The platform harnesses artificial intelligence to enhance risk management and compliance, ultimately transforming the borrowing experience. Swipe's flexibility allows lenders to customize pricing and terms for tailored loan offers, contributing to financial inclusion and equitable services for small businesses. This innovative approach positions Swipe as a competitive player in the evolving landscape of digital lending.

OrderNerd

Funding Round in 2021
Operator of a food ordering platform designed to consolidate all food delivery apps into a single platform. The company's platform integrates third-party delivery services into one convenient system for restaurant workers, consolidates the sales reporting for the back office and expedites online ordering and delivery for clients, thereby enabling restaurant staff to manage all orders from one device efficiently while eliminating operational costs.

Nectar

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nectar is a marketplace for real estate cash flow used to generate passive income streams managed by professionals. Its platform creates economic units, or pods in the co-living, short-term rental, self-storage, and covered parking spaces that enable businesses to manage cash flow, upgrade properties, and expand portfolios.

ServeScape

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ServeScape connects under-marketed horticultural growers with commercial and residential consumers in metro Atlanta utilizing proprietary tools and processes to collect data and drive sales through direct product delivery.

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.

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.

Music Tech Works

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Music Tech Works help video production companies find out who owns the rights to the songs they want to use in their productions. They are creating a system to make this part of producing songs less frustrating, and expensive. The first product from Music Tech works is RightsHolder.io, a music copyright search platform that connects those who want to license music, with the rights holders that can grant them a license.

Goodie Nation

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Goodie Nation, founded in 2016 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates as a social impact pre-accelerator dedicated to empowering individuals to address significant societal challenges. The organization offers training and support to innovators and develops social enterprises through a structured six-month program. By focusing on inclusivity, Goodie Nation aims to create opportunities for diverse individuals to contribute to innovative solutions within their communities. The firm also engages in pre-seed investments, with a particular interest in supporting minority stakes in emerging ventures.

Legal Equalizer

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Legal Equalizer is a privately owned startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2015. It offers a multi-faceted application designed to help individuals understand their legal rights during encounters with law enforcement. The app aims to foster positive interactions between citizens and police by addressing common misunderstandings and misinformation regarding legal rights. Key features include real-time legal assistance from licensed attorneys and the ability to send an SOS message to three chosen contacts, providing them with the user's location during a police encounter. By educating users and facilitating communication, Legal Equalizer seeks to reduce conflict and promote informed engagement between the public and law enforcement.

Empowrd Apps LLC.

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Civic engagement eco-system that removes all knowledge-based or network-based barriers that typically block effective 2way civic engagement.

Legal Equalizer

Funding Round in 2021
Legal Equalizer is a privately owned startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2015. It offers a multi-faceted application designed to help individuals understand their legal rights during encounters with law enforcement. The app aims to foster positive interactions between citizens and police by addressing common misunderstandings and misinformation regarding legal rights. Key features include real-time legal assistance from licensed attorneys and the ability to send an SOS message to three chosen contacts, providing them with the user's location during a police encounter. By educating users and facilitating communication, Legal Equalizer seeks to reduce conflict and promote informed engagement between the public and law enforcement.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Grubbly Farms

Seed Round in 2020
Grubbly Farms Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in producing and selling sustainable feed and snacks for chickens using black soldier fly larvae. The company's flagship product, Grubblies, is made from dried larvae that are cultivated on pre-consumer food waste, making it an eco-friendly alternative to traditional poultry feed. This approach not only addresses the rising costs associated with livestock feed—one of the largest expenses for farmers—but also provides a high-protein, calcium-rich diet that supports egg and feather production. By offering an innovative and sustainable source of protein, Grubbly Farms aims to alleviate financial pressures on farms while promoting environmentally responsible farming practices. The company's products are available for purchase online, catering to poultry owners seeking healthier feeding options for their livestock.

AutoDo-It (Techstars '20)

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AutoDo-It is a one-stop-shop community and e-commerce (market-network) platform built to empower the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Automotive communities.

Growth Collective

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Growth Collective is an exclusive network of freelance marketers. We help companies grow without the agency markup by assembling teams of vetted freelancers. All of our marketers are available on flexible contracts, enabling companies to adjust their marketer mix as needs change. Our mission is to empower more marketers to work for themselves, flexibly and remotely. By connecting top marketers with interesting startups and brands, we help freelancers grow sustainable businesses of their own.

Inclusivv

Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

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.

Musicbuk

Pre Seed Round in 2020
STUDENTS: Musicbuk helps you learn a new instrument, master your current instrument, or just try something new. Our database of private instructors and professional musicians make the perfect music teachers for all levels of players and performers who are looking to grow their knowledge of music. INSTRUCTORS: Musicbuk is the perfect place to get new lessons with students without the hassle of being undercut in your pricing. Musicbuk is designed to ensure that you get the highest value possible without having to skip on quality. We do the marketing for you. All you have to do is apply, set up your profile, and done. You’re in the market with a pool of students looking for your expertise.

Inclusivv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

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.

Bark

Venture Round in 2020
Bark is a software company founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in parental control monitoring. Its platform employs machine learning and data science to detect various online threats faced by children, including cyberbullying, sexting, suicidal ideation, and other signs of distress. Bark aims to empower parents by providing them with actionable insights and alerts regarding their children's activities on social media, text messaging, and email accounts. By focusing on potential issues rather than overwhelming parents with all content, Bark fosters a trusting relationship between parents and children while helping to ensure a safer online environment. The company's services include content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering, all designed to address the digital dangers that children encounter.

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.

Shotcall

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Shotcall, Inc. operates an online platform designed to connect streamers, content creators, and organizations with their fans through paid engagement opportunities. Founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the platform enables gamers to participate in private competitions, coaching sessions, and charity tournaments, with the option for creators to charge fees for these events. Shotcall facilitates deeper community engagement by allowing creators to organize events with control over session length, lobby size, and pricing, thus generating new revenue streams and high-quality content. By incentivizing social interactions, Shotcall helps bridge the gap between gamers and their fan communities, fostering a vibrant ecosystem for direct engagement and monetization.

Elastic Audio

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Elastic Audio Limited is a company that specializes in sound recording and music publishing services. Founded in 2015 and based in Sheffield, United Kingdom, the firm focuses on creating real-time audio solutions for various applications, including gaming. Elastic Audio develops lightweight tools designed to enhance existing workflows, making advanced generative audio technology accessible to a broader audience. Co-founded by Andrew Beck and Cary Collins, Elastic Audio aims to simplify the integration of innovative audio capabilities into creative projects.

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.

Inclusivv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

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.

Make Music Count

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Make Music Count is the new creative Mathematics curriculum, by award winning educator Marcus Blackwell, that teaches each lesson through learning how to play a song on the piano. Each musical note that is played is derived by solving an algebraic equation. Here is a new method teachers can use to excite students about learning mathematics. Mathematics will be seen as fun while also strengthening students understanding of solving algebra equations once they Make Music Count!

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.

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.

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.

Motivo

Seed Round in 2019
Motivo Consulting, Inc, doing business as Motivo, designs and operates an online platform that connects mental health therapists to clinical supervisors. Its platform allows students and post-graduate mental health professionals to obtain clinical supervision hours and access peer consultations, webinars, and training. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

Trackter Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Trackter Systems, Inc. is based in Newnan, Georgia, and operates an online platform that delivers supply chain management solutions. Founded in 2017, the company facilitates connections among buyers, shippers, and logistics partners. Its system automates communication between these stakeholders, streamlining processes to minimize phone calls, emails, and repetitive data entry. This automation aims to enhance efficiency and enable all parties involved to achieve higher profit margins.

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.

MaxRewards

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MaxRewards, Inc. is a technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2016. It provides an application designed to help users manage their credit card accounts effectively and maximize their rewards. The MaxRewards app allows individuals to track rewards, monitor credit scores, and review all their credit cards in one centralized platform. Users can search, sort, and save deals across connected cards, ensuring they always know the best card to use for each purchase. Additionally, the application offers personalized, real-time recommendations to enhance rewards and savings on transactions, making it a comprehensive tool for credit card management.

Eletype

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eletype, Inc, a marketing technology company, develops a technology that helps digital marketing teams, Web teams, and mobile app teams to react and respond to changes in marketing campaigns. It offers The Eletype Digital Assistant, an intelligent monitoring and alerting system that helps digital marketing agencies to monitor their search, social, and email marketing campaigns. The company’s automated and AI-enabled assistant scans marketing campaign platforms, landing pages, and e-commerce to make sure everything is operating as it should. Eletype, Inc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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.

MeeteR

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MeeteR, Inc. is an event management platform founded in 2016 and based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The company specializes in developing custom event solutions that enhance the event experience for brands by increasing attendance and driving ticket sales. MeeteR's platform facilitates the entire event lifecycle, allowing brands to manage the event approval process, oversee ticket sales, and integrate with CRM and marketing tools. By streamlining operations related to ticketing, registration, and payment processing, MeeteR aims to empower organizations to effectively engage their audiences and achieve their event objectives.

Slope Software

Seed Round in 2019
Slope Software, Inc. specializes in cloud-based actuarial modeling and risk management solutions tailored for insurers, actuaries, and financial institutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Chamblee, Georgia, the company offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates asset/liability modeling across various insurance products and investments. Its features support a wide range of actuarial functions, including pricing, valuation, asset-liability management (ALM), and cash flow testing. The platform is designed for ease of use, featuring a point-and-click interface that allows users to construct models without extensive programming knowledge. It effectively manages assumptions and inputs, integrating with existing data sources like Excel, and tracks all changes for model governance and validation. Results are presented through integrated business intelligence dashboards, offering visually appealing insights. Built on Amazon Web Services, the system is scalable and can handle multiple scenarios simultaneously while ensuring data security through encryption. Slope Software stands out as a pioneering provider of fully cloud-based actuarial modeling solutions.

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.

PadSplit

Seed Round in 2019
PadSplit is an affordable housing tech startup that provides a house-sharing service for the workforce. It offers a platform that aligns incentives among residents, property owners, and communities to make affordable housing possible for the private market. The company uses shared living to make housing more affordable for low-income, empowering them to build savings and transform their lives. Atticus LeBlanc established the company in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017.

Splitty Travel

Series A in 2019
Splitty Travel Ltd. owns and operates an online hotel booking platform that allows users to book hotels worldwide. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel.

INVIOU

Pre Seed Round in 2019
INVIOU is a financial records and charges registry based on distributed ledger technology (Hyperledger Fabric). It is disrupting the SME financing industry by enabling financial institutions to provide instant, competitive safe and simple receivables financing to SMEs. Using INVIOU’s registry to verify invoice ownership and availability for financing, it greatly diminishes the costs associated with the fraud and friction which results from faulty, inflated, fictitious and double invoicing.

Approve.com

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Approve.com, developed by Swiftt Development Ltd., is a procurement automation platform that offers a software as a service (SaaS) solution designed to streamline purchase and spending management processes for organizations. Launched in 2019 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, the platform features customizable approval workflows, a dashboard for managing requests and orders, and a vendor database that facilitates vendor onboarding. Approve.com also includes integrated budgeting and built-in payment services, allowing for a unified user experience. Additionally, the platform provides integration and synchronization capabilities with other software systems, enhancing its functionality and adaptability to various organizational needs.

INVIOU

Pre Seed Round in 2019
INVIOU is a financial records and charges registry based on distributed ledger technology (Hyperledger Fabric). It is disrupting the SME financing industry by enabling financial institutions to provide instant, competitive safe and simple receivables financing to SMEs. Using INVIOU’s registry to verify invoice ownership and availability for financing, it greatly diminishes the costs associated with the fraud and friction which results from faulty, inflated, fictitious and double invoicing.

Crowdsense.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Crowdsense.ai operates an AI-driven platform that specializes in real-time detection of market-moving events, risks, and trends. Founded in 2019 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company provides an automated intelligence service that filters billions of online posts to identify significant occurrences, often delivering alerts before major news outlets. This capability allows users to receive timely notifications through various channels, including desktop alerts, SMS, and APIs. Crowdsense.ai is particularly valuable in the risk management and business intelligence sectors, enabling decision-makers to respond swiftly to threats and opportunities, thereby safeguarding assets such as reputation, workforce, and revenue. The platform has successfully detected critical events like the COVID-19 outbreak and military strikes, offering organizations a competitive edge through early insights and live tracking capabilities.

Wenspire

Pre Seed Round in 2019
WeNspire is a cybersecurity company that provides companies with the first API security and analytics platform. Wenspire’s platform continuously maps all APIs used by a company and analyzes API communication to discover anomalies and threats and provide insights. Wenspire is able to provide effective API security with no integration or configuration by monitoring and analyzing the existing communication and data streams. Wenspire was founded by Ami Shafran.