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.

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Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in B2C

Felix

Pre Seed Round in 2018

Felix is a B2B SaaS platform to seamlessly connect insurers, intermediaries and their consumers to the insurance ecosystem. Their platform will allow traditional brokers to focus on their key strengths like product knowledge and underwriting whilst simultaneously delivering to their customers a digital experience that surpasses the experience offered by today’s online incumbents.

B2B Pay

Non Equity Assistance in 2017

B2B Pay offers virtual bank accounts for companies that exports into Europe which collects payments domestically. Its mission is to make international business transactions as quick and as cheap as possible with complete transparency about costs. It simplifies the bureaucratic process and eliminates the need for back and forth paperwork. The partners of the company are BARCLAYS, techstars, Nordea Startup Accelerator, Nestholma Venture Accelerator, and Tekes Venture Capital. B2B Pay is a Finland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Neil Ambikar and Kasper Souren.

Pantreeco

Seed Round in 2016

Pantreeco removes the friction of B2B commerce in hospitality. The e-commerce killer.

B2B Pay

Seed Round in 2016

ZIIBRA

Seed Round in 2015

ZIIBRA is the single platform for online retailers to interact with customers, intimately - at each stage of their journey.

Bawte

Seed Round in 2014

Bawte is a customer engagement platform that enables brands to connect with actual customers. They do this by enabling manufacturers to drive value back to their customers through proactive alerts, messaging and hard to find content.

Embrace

Seed Round in 2013

For the average retailer, 50% of revenues and 80% of profits come from just 10% of the customer base. And this 10% values service and experience over anything else. We help retailers build authentic, long-term relationships with their most valuable customers by telling them when, why, and how to proactively reach out for personal conversations.