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 ASIC

FLUIX

Pre Seed Round in 2022
FLUIX AI specializes in advanced cooling solutions and energy optimization for data centers, workstations, and gaming PCs. The company offers a unique Turbulent Liquid Cooling system that addresses the challenges of heat management, enhancing thermal efficiency and allowing for higher sustained processing speeds. By integrating and optimizing various facility systems, including HVAC and IT, FLUIX enables significant energy savings, reportedly up to 40% for critical infrastructure. Their innovative cooling system monitoring software further enhances operational efficiency by connecting industrial and information technology systems, ultimately reducing wasted cooling energy and improving overall performance for manufacturers and server providers.

Asset Reality

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Asset Reality is a pioneering asset management firm specializing in the recovery and management of seized crypto assets. It offers a comprehensive platform that combines case management and online tools, facilitating the effective tracking and recovery of digital assets. The firm collaborates with leading blockchain analysis companies, digital custodians, and virtual currency exchanges to provide an end-to-end solution for government agencies and insolvency practitioners globally. By streamlining the process of investigating, recovering, and selling seized crypto assets, Asset Reality aims to save time, reduce risks, and enhance revenues for both public and private sector clients.

AND Global

Series A in 2020
AND Global is a Financial Technology as a Services company that provides everything that a modern digital bank needs and more. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Central Region, Singapore.

Ateios

Seed Round in 2020
Ateios is enabling a new generation of thin and flexible electronics with our ultra-thin, conformable, and customizable batteries. The company's current focus is zinc-oxide batteries, that achieve 2-5x higher energy density compared to coin cells. Ateios’ novel manufacturing process allows customizable batteries that can be shaped around the needs of the product. The company was founded in 2018.

Acerta Analytics

Series A in 2020
Acerta Systems Analytics Inc. specializes in providing machine intelligence solutions that convert raw machine data into actionable insights. The company's primary offering, Acerta CHECK, employs a combination of statistical methods, data mining algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify critical issues and anomalies in machine behavior. Targeting the automotive sector, Acerta's solutions cater to OEMs, parts suppliers, and vehicle testing equipment providers, enhancing vehicle health monitoring and data acquisition. Additionally, the company's algorithms are utilized in the aerospace industry for airplane health management and engine testing. By detecting anomalies and predicting equipment failures, Acerta supports manufacturers in optimizing their processes and improving product quality. Founded in 2014 and based in Waterloo, Canada, Acerta is committed to transforming quality control in the automotive industry through advanced artificial intelligence applications.

ALBA Robot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ALBA Robot is a modular and configurable platform to integrate ADAS systems and robotic technologies into wheelchairs. Alba aims to change the way Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM) move and enhance their independence in the everyday life. By using the best technologies from Voice Assistants, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT.

ALBA Robot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ALBA Robot is a modular and configurable platform to integrate ADAS systems and robotic technologies into wheelchairs. Alba aims to change the way Passengers with Reduced Mobility (PRM) move and enhance their independence in the everyday life. By using the best technologies from Voice Assistants, Automotive, Robotics, and IoT.

Natural Intelligence Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Natural Intelligence Semiconductor (NIS) is a brand new fabless semiconductor startup company that is developing the next generation processor device called the NNP, or Natural Neural Processor. The NNP embodies a unique architectural design that exhibits properties that enable the human neocortex to outperform machines in most applications. This architecture promises to move beyond the constraints of conventional architectures and deliver disruptive performance in artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytic applications. The NNP enables innovative computational approaches in neuromorphic computing, machine learning, large scale graph analytics, bioinformatics and others.

ACT House

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ACT House is a network of coliving spaces and an accelerator founded in 2017, with locations in Tallahassee, Florida, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. It focuses on supporting innovators, particularly Black and Latino-led startups, by providing a six-month accelerator program designed to enhance their skills and business acumen. ACT House serves as a hub for entrepreneurs, offering essential tools and resources to foster growth and development within the startup community.

Sia Secure

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sia Secure provides a platform for Secure Communications as a Service for IoT, smart grid and critical infrastructure, private communication systems, e.t.c. It reduces costs and risks for device and service vendors, provides privacy-by-design to their end customers, bringing competitive advantages to clients. The platform is optimized for end-to-end secured video streaming. With simple Sia Secure SDK, it enables device and service vendors, to quickly integrate secure connectivity into their existing and new products. No security expertise required on their side, bringing down their development and maintenance costs. Target use-cases: Smart home cameras, smart doorbells, child tracking smartwatches, telematics/logistics in-vehicle monitoring.

Ateios

Seed Round in 2019
Ateios is enabling a new generation of thin and flexible electronics with our ultra-thin, conformable, and customizable batteries. The company's current focus is zinc-oxide batteries, that achieve 2-5x higher energy density compared to coin cells. Ateios’ novel manufacturing process allows customizable batteries that can be shaped around the needs of the product. The company was founded in 2018.

ADEx

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ADEx is a next generation contract review platform powered by artificial intelligence. ADEx uses artificial intelligence to analyze legal documents to help you extract the information you need efficiently and accurately. It provides an intuitive user interface for reviewing your documents, but behind its user-friendly frontend lies a powerful backend engine. It utilizes deep learning models to learn from a large corpus of existing legal documents. It also incorporates individual users’ behavior in real-time AI models, so the document review process dynamically adapts and conforms to their needs.

LunarCrush

Pre Seed Round in 2019
LunarCrush Inc. is a company that develops a platform utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze cryptocurrency data and deliver market insights. Founded in 2018 and based in Costa Mesa, California, LunarCrush offers tools aimed at enhancing cryptocurrency research for investors, exchanges, and funds. The platform features real-time updates through LunarSTREAM, a web socket API, as well as a REST API that provides comprehensive data and insights. Additionally, it includes TradingView charts for standard charting solutions. LunarCrush emphasizes the integration of social data to create dashboards that facilitate informed trading decisions, allowing users to effectively buy, sell, or hold cryptocurrencies based on enhanced visibility and context.

Accelerate3D

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Accelerate3D Inc. manufactures 3D printers for plastic products and components. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Andia

Seed Round in 2019
Andia develops a decentralized plug-and-play platform using blockchain to provide compliance solutions for financial transactions in cannabis based products. The company develops an open market ecosystem that is compliant with the government, facilitates compliance, and regulatory mandates using distributed ledgers. The company develops and operates a cryptocurrency, Andia token (AND) to facilitate agile commerce between vendors and customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Veracity Protocol

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Veracity Protocol s.r.o. specializes in developing software solutions for the non-invasive protection of physical items, aiming to combat counterfeiting, fraud, and manipulation. Its primary product, Veracity Protocol AI, provides unique identification codes for individual and batches of items, ensuring their authenticity and condition. The software facilitates authenticity assurance, automated quality assurance, tamper detection, and the creation of immutable digital twins. Veracity Protocol's services cater to various industries, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, fashion, security papers, and hardware. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company employs advanced technology to capture and store material characteristics of physical items in a secure digital ledger, enabling clients to conduct automated visual inspections and ensure quality control.

Anyl

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Anyl specializes in passwordless authentication solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, utilizing blockchain technology to enhance security. The company is developing a blockchain-agnostic embedded cryptocurrency wallet designed specifically for IoT applications. This innovative approach allows users to securely manage their key data without the need for traditional passwords, simplifying the login process while ensuring robust protection against unauthorized access. By integrating these advanced security features, Anyl aims to address the vulnerabilities associated with IoT devices, making them more user-friendly and secure.

Alkemi

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Alkemi AI Inc. is a Toronto-based company that offers a non-custodial infrastructure platform designed to enhance access to liquidity for digital assets. Founded in 2018, Alkemi's platform connects institutional capital allocators with exchange venues and third-party providers, addressing inefficiencies in the digital asset market. By utilizing an on-chain liquidity protocol, the company allows stakeholders to earn incentives on idle crypto assets while delivering the necessary infrastructure for exchanges to stabilize market prices. This community-based liquidity solution helps alleviate price discrepancies in the fragmented centralized exchange markets and supports the growing demand for decentralized and peer-to-peer trading platforms.

Qi Aerista

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Qi Aerista is a tea maker system designed to facilitate tea brewing company.

AND Global

Seed Round in 2018
AND Global is a Financial Technology as a Services company that provides everything that a modern digital bank needs and more. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Central Region, Singapore.

AND Global

Debt Financing in 2018
AND Global is a Financial Technology as a Services company that provides everything that a modern digital bank needs and more. The company was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Central Region, Singapore.

Wise Athena

Seed Round in 2018
Wise Athena Inc. develops and maintains Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AiaaS) platform to predict price and demand of SKUs. It offers Wise Athena, an AiaaS platform that helps companies to act on data-driven facts; analyzes competitors’ actions and the user’s product performance; and enable CPGs to make the best pricing and trade promotion decisions. Wise Athena Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Madrid, Spain.

Tracer

Seed Round in 2018
Tracer has develops a blockchain based smart ticket that prevents the ticket scalpers to make profits from ticket resales. It enables the artist and event promoter to track the entire journey of a ticket and decide whether it can be resold and what happens with the profits if it’s resold. Tracer was formerly known as HelloTickets Limited. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Acculis

Convertible Note in 2018
Acculis makes building design information transparent and visible to all the important parties involved in the construction of a building. Acculis’ workflow management software reduces the complexity of BIM management through a single collaborative platform. Increase communication across teams by providing access to 3D models and real-time project data. By equipping teams with critical information, teams can improve quality, prevent delays, and reduce rework. Start automating your construction process through well designed workflows on any phone, tablet, or web browser.

Wise Athena

Seed Round in 2018
Wise Athena Inc. develops and maintains Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AiaaS) platform to predict price and demand of SKUs. It offers Wise Athena, an AiaaS platform that helps companies to act on data-driven facts; analyzes competitors’ actions and the user’s product performance; and enable CPGs to make the best pricing and trade promotion decisions. Wise Athena Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Madrid, Spain.

AAZZUR

Seed Round in 2018
AAZZUR Ltd develops a platform that offers customers a mobile bank, including live accounts and cards; a personalized and white-labelled customer interface, and the ability to add, aggregate and create shared accounts. AAZZUR Ltd was formerly known as BEEONE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED and changed its name to AAZZUR Ltd in December 2017. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Aspinity

Seed Round in 2018
Aspinity, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of reconfigurable analog modular processor (RAMP) chips designed for ultra-low-power electronics. These compact, analog machine learning chips analyze raw, unstructured sensor data, enabling them to identify important data early in the signal chain while filtering out background noise. By processing analog data directly, Aspinity's technology reduces the need for higher-power processing of insignificant information, optimizing power consumption for always-on, battery-operated devices. Their innovations are particularly valuable in applications such as voice activation, industrial machine health monitoring, and wearable health devices across consumer, industrial, and biomedical markets. Founded in 2015 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aspinity aims to enhance battery life in sensing applications without compromising performance.

Wise Athena

Seed Round in 2017
Wise Athena Inc. develops and maintains Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AiaaS) platform to predict price and demand of SKUs. It offers Wise Athena, an AiaaS platform that helps companies to act on data-driven facts; analyzes competitors’ actions and the user’s product performance; and enable CPGs to make the best pricing and trade promotion decisions. Wise Athena Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Houston, Texas with an additional office in Madrid, Spain.

Aspinity

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Aspinity, Inc. specializes in the manufacturing of reconfigurable analog modular processor (RAMP) chips designed for ultra-low-power electronics. These compact, analog machine learning chips analyze raw, unstructured sensor data, enabling them to identify important data early in the signal chain while filtering out background noise. By processing analog data directly, Aspinity's technology reduces the need for higher-power processing of insignificant information, optimizing power consumption for always-on, battery-operated devices. Their innovations are particularly valuable in applications such as voice activation, industrial machine health monitoring, and wearable health devices across consumer, industrial, and biomedical markets. Founded in 2015 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aspinity aims to enhance battery life in sensing applications without compromising performance.

Bizzon

Seed Round in 2017
AgentCASH allows you to charge cash, debit and credit cards, and billing with the help of a simple application Agent Cash provides its clients with omnichannel selling solutions. The platform enables its users to charge card-based payments through a mobile application. In addition, it offers electronic receipts, transaction monitoring, and visualization services. It provides solutions to online and retail firms. Agent Cash was founded in 2014 by Sasa Sarunic and is based in England.

Amper Music

Seed Round in 2017
Amper is an artificial intelligence composer, performer, and producer that creates unique music, tailored to any content, instantly. Using its proprietary sample library and datasets, their technology is built from the ground up with an emphasis on high-quality music through the fusion of music theory and AI innovation. The Amper Score enables enterprise teams to compose custom music in seconds and reclaim the time spent searching through stock music. Amper’s mission is to enable anyone to express themselves creatively through music regardless of their musical background or expertise. Amper builds tools powered by their Creative AI to help people create and customize original music.

Atript

Seed Round in 2017
atript was founded in 2016 by an experienced team of software specialists, data analysts and marketers to make access to platforms risk-free and easy. In the heart of Berlin, in an agile environment where technology is paramount, they're working to make software better and better for our customers.

acuteIQ

Convertible Note in 2016
acuteIQ provides data and customer acquisition technology solutions for action sports and financial services brands, and media companies. It offers BROKER IQ, an auction platform for loan brokers and bank loan officers that predicts merchants for enterprise loans; and LENDER IQ, a solution for non-bank and bank lenders that originates pre-qualified deal flow delivered to a lender’s web site. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tiburon, California with an additional location in New York, New York.

acuteIQ

Seed Round in 2016
acuteIQ provides data and customer acquisition technology solutions for action sports and financial services brands, and media companies. It offers BROKER IQ, an auction platform for loan brokers and bank loan officers that predicts merchants for enterprise loans; and LENDER IQ, a solution for non-bank and bank lenders that originates pre-qualified deal flow delivered to a lender’s web site. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tiburon, California with an additional location in New York, New York.

Acerta Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Acerta Systems Analytics Inc. specializes in providing machine intelligence solutions that convert raw machine data into actionable insights. The company's primary offering, Acerta CHECK, employs a combination of statistical methods, data mining algorithms, and machine learning techniques to identify critical issues and anomalies in machine behavior. Targeting the automotive sector, Acerta's solutions cater to OEMs, parts suppliers, and vehicle testing equipment providers, enhancing vehicle health monitoring and data acquisition. Additionally, the company's algorithms are utilized in the aerospace industry for airplane health management and engine testing. By detecting anomalies and predicting equipment failures, Acerta supports manufacturers in optimizing their processes and improving product quality. Founded in 2014 and based in Waterloo, Canada, Acerta is committed to transforming quality control in the automotive industry through advanced artificial intelligence applications.

Algocian

Seed Round in 2016
Algocian Inc. is a Toronto-based company that specializes in developing image recognition video analytics software. Founded in 2015, Algocian's technology enables real-time person detection for a variety of applications, including security and automotive sectors. The software is designed to work with both digital and analog cameras, enhancing video monitoring capabilities for businesses. By leveraging advanced image recognition technology, Algocian aims to provide innovative solutions that improve safety and efficiency in monitoring environments.

Chainalysis

Seed Round in 2016
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.

Bizzon

Seed Round in 2016
AgentCASH allows you to charge cash, debit and credit cards, and billing with the help of a simple application Agent Cash provides its clients with omnichannel selling solutions. The platform enables its users to charge card-based payments through a mobile application. In addition, it offers electronic receipts, transaction monitoring, and visualization services. It provides solutions to online and retail firms. Agent Cash was founded in 2014 by Sasa Sarunic and is based in England.

Atlas Holdings

Seed Round in 2015
Atlas provides mobile banking online. James Schuler and Mickey Costa founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Malibu in California.

Card Isle

Seed Round in 2015
Card Isle Corporation designs and sells personalized boutique greeting cards through automated kiosks. It also operates an online platform that enables users to design cards online. The company serves the customers and employees of hospitals, airports, military bases, universities, convenience stores, and corporate campuses in the United States. It also sells greeting cards online. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Blacksburg, Virginia.

AtCipher

Pre Seed Round in 2015
AtCipher helps company to protect data in the cloud using patent-pending key management technology that is zero knowledge, infinitely scalable, and keyless.

Chainalysis

Seed Round in 2015
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for businesses involved with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore. Its product suite includes REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and a real-time API that provides risk scoring based on the source and destination of funds. Chainalysis also produces activity monitoring reports and due diligence tools to help financial institutions understand the risks associated with cryptocurrency activities and to estimate potential criminal revenues. Additionally, the company offers web-based investigation tools to detect cyber-criminals and track extortion payments, thereby enhancing security for government agencies, banks, exchanges, and cryptocurrency businesses.

Filament

Series A in 2015
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

Bitfusion.io

Seed Round in 2015
Bitfusion was founded with a vision to make at-scale heterogeneous computing accessible to any organization and build the operating system for the next generation computing. The company’s products allow AI developers to cluster, share, scale and manage compute resources to reduce the costs and complexity associated with the AI application lifecycle. Bitfusion has offices in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas.

Atlas Holdings

Seed Round in 2015
Atlas provides mobile banking online. James Schuler and Mickey Costa founded it in 2014, with its headquarters in Malibu in California.

Card Isle

Seed Round in 2015
Card Isle Corporation designs and sells personalized boutique greeting cards through automated kiosks. It also operates an online platform that enables users to design cards online. The company serves the customers and employees of hospitals, airports, military bases, universities, convenience stores, and corporate campuses in the United States. It also sells greeting cards online. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Bitfusion.io

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Bitfusion was founded with a vision to make at-scale heterogeneous computing accessible to any organization and build the operating system for the next generation computing. The company’s products allow AI developers to cluster, share, scale and manage compute resources to reduce the costs and complexity associated with the AI application lifecycle. Bitfusion has offices in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas.

Filament

Seed Round in 2014
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.

Filament

Seed Round in 2013
Filament builds blockchain hardware and& software solutions for enterprise and IoT. Filament’s distributed blockchain capabilities leverage open protocols so that devices are able to independently process and record transactions, ensuring digital trust. Its new trusted application software and Blocklet Chip, currently in beta, are designed to communicate and interact with multiple blockchain technologies natively. The software, implemented on existing hardware, will deliver a secure distributed ledger technology solution. The Blocklet Chip will allow industrial corporations and enterprises to seamlessly extract the value of recording and monetizing data assets, at the edge of the network, on the sensors themselves.