Techstars

Founded in 2006, Techstars is a global platform that supports and invests in early-stage technology companies. Through its mentorship-driven accelerator programs, seed investments, and venture capital fund, Techstars fosters innovation across various sectors worldwide.

Ethan Austin

Director

Sarah Bain

Managing Director

Tré Baker

Managing Director

Tim Dorr

Managing Director

Jordan Fliegel

Managing Director

Terry Gold

Managing Director

Kirstin Hunter

Managing Director

Matthew Jaeh

Managing Director

Matt Kozlov

Managing Director

Ryan Kuder

Managing Director

Raphaele Leyendecker

Managing Director

Taylor McLemore

Managing Director

Bob Moczydlowsky

Managing Director

Bruno Morency

Managing Director

Zach Nies

Managing Director

Hilla Ovil-Brenner

Managing Director

Melissa Pegus

Managing Director

Julie Penner

Program Director

Martin Schilling

Managing Director

Jason Seats

Partner

Ted Serbinski

Managing Director, Mobility

KJ Singh

Managing Director

Oyin Solebo

Managing Director

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director

Caroline Tosbath

Associate

Kartik Varma

Managing Director

Jenna Walker

Managing Director

Anne Wellington

Managing Director

Past deals in TMT

MD Ally

Series A in 2024
MD Ally develops a telehealth platform that integrates into emergency medical dispatch processes. It connects non-emergency callers to virtual healthcare professionals for triage, follow-up care, and social services, freeing up resources for true emergencies.

Tuily

Convertible Note in 2024
Tuily is a financial technology company specializing in credit card and expense management solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America. The company, backed by Mastercard, provides both digital and physical corporate credit cards, along with a user-friendly expense management platform. Tuily's mission is to bridge the financial gap for SMBs, particularly those with limited access to financial services and credit lines, empowering them for growth. The company streamlines the credit card registration, approval, and issuance process, making business operations more efficient in the LatAm region.

TripSlip

Pre Seed Round in 2023
TripSlip is a Detroit based Ed Tech company that has solved the paper problem for field trips.

Terraseed

Funding Round in 2022
Founded in 1999 and based in Tadley, UK, Terraseed Ltd. specializes in manufacturing seed-mat products for various applications including large-scale vegetable production, turf management, forestry, and amenity landscaping. Its proprietary technology reduces bacterial contamination risks in fresh produce.

Terraseed

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 1999 and based in Tadley, UK, Terraseed Ltd. specializes in manufacturing seed-mat products for various applications including large-scale vegetable production, turf management, forestry, and amenity landscaping. Its proprietary technology reduces bacterial contamination risks in fresh produce.

Collectiv.TV

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Collectiv.TV is a media platform that focuses on helping small content creators and owners distribute their work on free ad-supported streaming television platforms. The company aggregates creator content into curated, topic-based linear channels, which it syndicates to various free TV platforms. By facilitating this distribution, Collectiv.TV enables creators to expand their audience, enhance brand visibility, and generate additional revenue. Simultaneously, the platform provides streaming services with engaging content that attracts a younger demographic and increases viewer engagement.

The Mentor Method

Pre Seed Round in 2022
The Mentor Method, LLC is a Washington, D.C.-based social enterprise founded in 2015 that specializes in mentor matching services. The company provides a platform that connects individuals, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds in tech, with experienced mentors to foster authentic and lasting relationships. Its services include personality profile assessments and algorithm-driven mentor-mentee matching, along with a toolkit featuring email templates and process suggestions to facilitate engagement. The Mentor Method also offers workshops and courses aimed at skill advancement, focusing on enhancing workforce inclusivity and talent retention. By prioritizing people and value-fit in its matching process, the company aims to create stronger teams and inclusive workplace cultures.

The Mentor Method

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
The Mentor Method, LLC is a Washington, D.C.-based social enterprise founded in 2015 that specializes in mentor matching services. The company provides a platform that connects individuals, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds in tech, with experienced mentors to foster authentic and lasting relationships. Its services include personality profile assessments and algorithm-driven mentor-mentee matching, along with a toolkit featuring email templates and process suggestions to facilitate engagement. The Mentor Method also offers workshops and courses aimed at skill advancement, focusing on enhancing workforce inclusivity and talent retention. By prioritizing people and value-fit in its matching process, the company aims to create stronger teams and inclusive workplace cultures.

Two To Tango

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Two to Tango is fixing broken networking at events. It provides automatic meaningful business connections at conferences and tradeshows. Business matchmaking is done right before, during, and especially after every event. Founded by visionary Colombians, a genius in networking, they blended their innovative and business minds to connect the world. Adding data from all continents to a behind-the-scenes algorithm, they deliver an EASY tool to find business allies ANYWHERE.

Attenex

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Attenex offers consumer startups DIY research, guided by experts. A Techstars backed company.

LevelTen Energy

Series C in 2021
LevelTen Energy is a Seattle-based company that operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, it facilitates connections between corporate and industrial power buyers and utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. The platform enables these buyers to access power purchase agreements (PPAs), providing financial security through fixed-price renewables and the economic advantages of large-scale projects. LevelTen Energy equips renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers with tools and services to expedite better deals.

Terraseed

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 1999 and based in Tadley, UK, Terraseed Ltd. specializes in manufacturing seed-mat products for various applications including large-scale vegetable production, turf management, forestry, and amenity landscaping. Its proprietary technology reduces bacterial contamination risks in fresh produce.

Malamute

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Malamute is a technology company that specializes in leveraging artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and spatial computing to enhance communication in complex industrial environments. The company develops advanced noise cancellation devices designed to improve face-to-face interactions by enabling clear auditory communication even in loud settings. By utilizing real-time audio processing, Malamute's solutions allow users to hear their co-workers' voices distinctly, facilitating effective communication and data collection. Through these innovations, Malamute aims to drive operational efficiency and empower workers by providing them with actionable insights and improved communication channels.

TapTrip

Venture Round in 2020
TapTrip is a technology-driven company focused on transforming business travel management. It offers a self-serve platform that automates reporting, centralizes travel booking, and synchronizes availability, allowing businesses to manage all aspects of travel and expenses seamlessly. TapTrip aims to enhance the travel experience by providing speed, ease, and valuable data insights while reducing the complexities associated with offline bookings. The company targets various markets, including small and medium-sized businesses, and is particularly active in the marine and energy sectors. Travel management companies resell TapTrip's services to facilitate the management of crew rotations on cargo ships and oil rigs. With a user-friendly interface and high compliance rates, TapTrip has garnered industry recognition, including awards for its innovative approach to self-booking tools and being listed as a notable startup in the travel management space.

Eddy Travels

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Eddy Travels is a digital travel assistant that operates an online platform helping users find flight, accommodation, car rental, and hotel deals through popular chat applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, among others.

MD Ally

Pre Seed Round in 2020
MD Ally develops a telehealth platform that integrates into emergency medical dispatch processes. It connects non-emergency callers to virtual healthcare professionals for triage, follow-up care, and social services, freeing up resources for true emergencies.

Eddy Travels

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Eddy Travels is a digital travel assistant that operates an online platform helping users find flight, accommodation, car rental, and hotel deals through popular chat applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, among others.

MeeteR

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MeeteR, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating an event management platform designed to enhance the event experience for brands and organizations. Founded in 2016 and based in Tysons Corner, Virginia, MeeteR's platform enables users to streamline various aspects of event management, including ticket sales, event services, and the event approval process. The platform facilitates tasks such as collecting and managing ticket sales, processing payments, and integrating with customer relationship management and marketing software. By providing a customizable solution, MeeteR aims to help brands increase attendance, drive ticket sales, and effectively engage their audiences at events.

Transparent Kitchen

Pre Seed Round in 2019
To enable the food and beverage industry to thrive, we are developing modern solutions that leverage new technologies to uppend the status quo and support this vibrant community. Our first product, Tablz, is bringing dining room economics out of the 18th century with a first of its kind 3D reservation platform, which works alongside all existing table management software systems.

TrillBit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
TrillBit is a Boston-based startup founded in 2017 that focuses on the development of innovative communication technology utilizing inaudible sound waves, also known as the "internet of sound." The company has created a proprietary acoustic technology that transforms ordinary speakers and microphones into data transfer devices, enabling secure and scalable communication without the need for traditional networks. This technology allows for the transmission of authentication information and data packets from any media device to smartphones, ensuring encrypted interactions at minimal deployment costs. TrillBit has garnered recognition for its disruptive applications and has received backing from notable organizations such as Techstars and Cisco Launchpad.

LevelTen Energy

Series B in 2019
LevelTen Energy is a Seattle-based company that operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, it facilitates connections between corporate and industrial power buyers and utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. The platform enables these buyers to access power purchase agreements (PPAs), providing financial security through fixed-price renewables and the economic advantages of large-scale projects. LevelTen Energy equips renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers with tools and services to expedite better deals.

Eddy Travels

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Eddy Travels is a digital travel assistant that operates an online platform helping users find flight, accommodation, car rental, and hotel deals through popular chat applications like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, among others.

TapTrip

Seed Round in 2019
TapTrip is a technology-driven company focused on transforming business travel management. It offers a self-serve platform that automates reporting, centralizes travel booking, and synchronizes availability, allowing businesses to manage all aspects of travel and expenses seamlessly. TapTrip aims to enhance the travel experience by providing speed, ease, and valuable data insights while reducing the complexities associated with offline bookings. The company targets various markets, including small and medium-sized businesses, and is particularly active in the marine and energy sectors. Travel management companies resell TapTrip's services to facilitate the management of crew rotations on cargo ships and oil rigs. With a user-friendly interface and high compliance rates, TapTrip has garnered industry recognition, including awards for its innovative approach to self-booking tools and being listed as a notable startup in the travel management space.

SPARK

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SPARK is an advanced technology platform dedicated to IT, business and digital professionals, startups, companies, and projects. Their programs are SPARK marketing, SPARK r&d, SPARK school, SPARK academy, SPARK business, and SPARK project. SPARK will become known for its excellence and will lead to a digital acceleration in the Southeastern European region. SPARK team consists of 20 highly-educated experts in areas such as digital marketing, event management, software development & design, education & training, legal, finance, human resources, coworking, and project management. SPARK has developed a broad network of partnerships with leading corporate companies, such as Sportradar and NSoft.

Sentiment Search

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Sentiment Search Limited, established in 2015 and based in London, operates an online platform that aggregates reviews, tweets, blog posts, and news articles specifically focused on restaurants, coffee shops, and cloud kitchens in the United Kingdom. The company specializes in providing sophisticated customer sentiment insights derived from various review and social media platforms. Its technology leverages artificial intelligence to analyze online comments and generate insights at the location, brand, and industry levels. This allows businesses to benchmark their performance against competitors, identify weaknesses, and enhance their online ratings. By tracking customer sentiment over time, Sentiment Search enables restaurants to make informed comparisons with their competitors and improve their overall standing in the market.

Townfolio

Seed Round in 2018
Townfolio is a platform that automates the collection, visualizes, and updates various indications. They offer website tools that deliver interactive data for any website. They serve public sector departments as well as multiple industries outside of government.

Groundhog

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Groundhog Technologies Inc. specializes in user analytics services for mobile network operators through its various platforms, including CovMo, MI-DEP, and MI-DSP. The company enables operators to accurately identify subscriber locations and experiences while extracting valuable insights from network data, facilitating proactive solutions in network management, customer care, and marketing. Groundhog's Data Enrichment Platform and Demand Side Platform assist operators in leveraging advertising and data monetization opportunities. Its mobility intelligence platform analyzes subscriber location, quality of experience, context, and lifestyle, offering solutions like Geo-Analytics for demographic profiling, Geo-Targeting for mobile advertising, Geo-P2P for peer-to-peer communication, and Geo-Network for network analysis. Groundhog serves a global clientele of major wireless operators, including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Vodafone. Established in 2001, the company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in multiple international locations.

LevelTen Energy

Series A in 2017
LevelTen Energy is a Seattle-based company that operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, it facilitates connections between corporate and industrial power buyers and utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. The platform enables these buyers to access power purchase agreements (PPAs), providing financial security through fixed-price renewables and the economic advantages of large-scale projects. LevelTen Energy equips renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers with tools and services to expedite better deals.

Twine

Seed Round in 2017
Twine Ltd operates an online platform that connects companies with a network of over 200,000 creative freelancers, including musicians, filmmakers, designers, and photographers. Founded in 2014 and based in Manchester, United Kingdom, Twine simplifies the process of hiring creative talent by allowing companies to easily write project briefs and access a curated selection of high-quality freelancers. This marketplace supports various creative projects, such as logo design, explainer videos, and custom illustrations, enabling businesses to find the right talent efficiently. For freelancers, Twine offers the opportunity to take control of their work by choosing projects that interest them and building their portfolios through collaboration with other creatives worldwide.

LevelTen Energy

Pre Seed Round in 2017
LevelTen Energy is a Seattle-based company that operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, it facilitates connections between corporate and industrial power buyers and utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. The platform enables these buyers to access power purchase agreements (PPAs), providing financial security through fixed-price renewables and the economic advantages of large-scale projects. LevelTen Energy equips renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers with tools and services to expedite better deals.

LevelTen Energy

Seed Round in 2016
LevelTen Energy is a Seattle-based company that operates a renewable energy transaction marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, it facilitates connections between corporate and industrial power buyers and utility-scale wind, solar, and storage projects. The platform enables these buyers to access power purchase agreements (PPAs), providing financial security through fixed-price renewables and the economic advantages of large-scale projects. LevelTen Energy equips renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers with tools and services to expedite better deals.

SimbaPay

Seed Round in 2016
SimbaPay is a London-based fintech company established in 2013. It provides digital money transfer services, enabling users to send funds quickly and securely to recipients' bank accounts or mobile wallets in Africa. The platform offers competitive exchange rates and supports transfers to Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

TOK.tv

Series A in 2016
TOK.tv Inc. is a company that operates a voice social platform specifically designed for sports fans, enabling them to communicate with friends while watching games on television. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in London and Pavia, TOK.tv enhances fan engagement by allowing users to share real-time experiences, including sending stadium sounds and social selfies. The platform also offers features that enable fans to stream games live on their devices and interact with sports teams and brands. By providing a social interface for live sports streaming, TOK.tv helps teams and organizations monetize the fan experience and connects millions of users with real-time information and statistics about sporting events. In August 2019, the company became a subsidiary of Minerva Networks.

Teltoo

Seed Round in 2016
Teltoo uses P2P technologies to improve online video delivery. Teltoo works alongside its clients preferred CDN, turning video distribution into a reliable experience. It integrates into broadcasters' workflow and works on the browser's background without expecting its clients to install any plug-ins. Teltoo also offers an analytics dashboard that shows bandwidth savings and activity and is compatible with most video players. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.

Hrmony

Seed Round in 2015
Hrmony is a technology company that operates in the meal voucher industry. It offers an innovative digital platform designed to replace traditional, outdated solutions for tax-subsidized employee benefits. The platform provides employees with digital food stamps and vouchers, ensuring 100% acceptance across Europe while maintaining full compliance with tax laws and regulations. This allows employers to motivate staff, optimize labor costs, and ensure that meal vouchers are used solely for subsidizing food consumption.

TOK.tv

Convertible Note in 2015
TOK.tv Inc. is a company that operates a voice social platform specifically designed for sports fans, enabling them to communicate with friends while watching games on television. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in London and Pavia, TOK.tv enhances fan engagement by allowing users to share real-time experiences, including sending stadium sounds and social selfies. The platform also offers features that enable fans to stream games live on their devices and interact with sports teams and brands. By providing a social interface for live sports streaming, TOK.tv helps teams and organizations monetize the fan experience and connects millions of users with real-time information and statistics about sporting events. In August 2019, the company became a subsidiary of Minerva Networks.

Matcherino

Seed Round in 2015
Matcherino, Inc. is a technology company based in Bellevue, Washington, that specializes in providing a crowdfunding platform for esports tournament organizers and game publishers. Established in 2015, Matcherino's platform facilitates the management of esports events by connecting brands and tournament organizers, allowing them to monetize their activities effectively. The platform offers tools that increase tournament prize pools, including options for fans to purchase custom game content and participate in sponsor campaigns to augment funding. Additionally, Matcherino provides financial services, such as prize pool escrow and the transparent distribution of tournament earnings, ensuring compliance with taxation and documentation standards. This enables professional players to compete in recognized tournaments while fostering community engagement and support.

Datapath.io

Seed Round in 2015
Datapath.io, established in 2012 and headquartered in Mainz, Germany, specializes in network performance management solutions for DevOps teams. The company intelligently controls internet connections, monitoring global networks to identify and utilize the fastest routes for data transmission. This results in improved network performance, up to a 60% increase in speed, and reduced internet costs for clients. Datapath.io's platform integrates seamlessly with AWS setups, optimizing bandwidth and enhancing application and website speed, thereby boosting overall service quality.

Pilot

Seed Round in 2015
Pilot is a fiber-optic ISP that raises the bar for telecom and provides better business internet.

Pilot

Convertible Note in 2015
Pilot is a fiber-optic ISP that raises the bar for telecom and provides better business internet.

MartMobi

Pre Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is a mobile technology company that specializes in enabling eCommerce sites, brands, and retailers to quickly transition to mobile and tablet platforms. The company offers integrated solutions that allow clients to connect seamlessly with their existing back-end systems while maintaining their brand identity, all without requiring any coding. With offices in the United States and India, MartMobi provides comprehensive local service and support to a global clientele, facilitating the adoption of mobile technology across various platforms.

Telnyx

Seed Round in 2014
Telnyx develops and provides global carrier-grade communication solutions via its cloud-based platform. It offers voice, messaging, video, wireless, fax, and identity services, accessible through APIs and Mission Control Portal. Established in 2009, Telnyx operates globally with offices in Chicago, Dublin, Amsterdam, Warsaw, and São Paulo.

MartMobi

Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is a mobile technology company that specializes in enabling eCommerce sites, brands, and retailers to quickly transition to mobile and tablet platforms. The company offers integrated solutions that allow clients to connect seamlessly with their existing back-end systems while maintaining their brand identity, all without requiring any coding. With offices in the United States and India, MartMobi provides comprehensive local service and support to a global clientele, facilitating the adoption of mobile technology across various platforms.

NameLayer

Acquisition in 2013
NameLayer is a technology-driven business specializing in curating high-quality domain names for tech startups. Utilizing proprietary algorithms, they identify and acquire premium domains priced between $2000 and $9000, streamlining the process of securing suitable company names for new ventures.

MobileDevHQ

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

ROXIMITY

Seed Round in 2012
ROXIMITY is a location-based mobile platform for merchants to engage shoppers by delivering targeted messages to passersby. The platform provides tools to create, manage, and optimize mobile marketing campaigns and enables integration with beacons and mobile apps via an SDK. It offers beacons for indoor messaging and supports large-scale deployments as well as event and short-term displays. The platform emphasizes privacy and gives brands and retailers control over the indoor mobile experience, delivering real-time messages tied to points of interest within locations. The company is based in Denver, Colorado, and serves retailers, brands, and venues seeking location-based advertising and analytics.

TOK.tv

Pre Seed Round in 2012
TOK.tv Inc. is a company that operates a voice social platform specifically designed for sports fans, enabling them to communicate with friends while watching games on television. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in London and Pavia, TOK.tv enhances fan engagement by allowing users to share real-time experiences, including sending stadium sounds and social selfies. The platform also offers features that enable fans to stream games live on their devices and interact with sports teams and brands. By providing a social interface for live sports streaming, TOK.tv helps teams and organizations monetize the fan experience and connects millions of users with real-time information and statistics about sporting events. In August 2019, the company became a subsidiary of Minerva Networks.

Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT)’s vision is to be a premier resource for emerging growth companies in the information technology, clean technology, and life sciences industries. They connect emerging growth companies, venture investors, professional advisors, and technology-focused corporations to network, develop relationships, pursue business opportunities, and market and promote their businesses to foster growth and innovation.

Flextrip

Seed Round in 2011
Flextrip is a leading provider in the tours and activities distribution sector, recognized as the largest network of its kind globally. The company utilizes advanced distribution technology to connect online travel agencies, airlines, hotels, and car rental companies with a vast selection of electronically bookable content. This extensive inventory is complemented by competitive commission rates, positioning Flextrip as a valuable partner for businesses in the travel industry. Additionally, Flextrip offers application programming interfaces designed for online travel companies, facilitating enhanced customer engagement and retention through effective pre-trip marketing solutions.

TapMe

Seed Round in 2010
Tap Me connects games to brands and brands to gamers with the next generation of in-game advertising that is easy, scaleable and effective.

MobileDevHQ

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