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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 Compliance

ComplYant

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

ComplYant

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

UptimeHealth

Pre Seed Round in 2019
UptimeHealth, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a fast-growing software startup that is empowering providers to make patient's lives better. We are on a mission to be the trusted compliance and equipment management tool for healthcare facilities everywhere. We focus on providing administrators and operators with simple-to-use software to manage compliance tasks, access to actionable data to increase operational efficiencies, and tap into the largest network of qualified biomed technicians. Our products let users effortlessly assign and monitor their team's tasks, keep an accurate inventory of their equipment, and use analytics to decrease operational costs. We are a team of experts and professionals that understand that compliance is a pertinent part of healthcare. We develop solutions to save your facility money by finding the right partners, techniques, and strategies to keep your healthcare facilities running efficiently. At UptimeHealth, we take care of the equipment so you can take care of the patients.

UptimeHealth

Pre Seed Round in 2019
UptimeHealth, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a fast-growing software startup that is empowering providers to make patient's lives better. We are on a mission to be the trusted compliance and equipment management tool for healthcare facilities everywhere. We focus on providing administrators and operators with simple-to-use software to manage compliance tasks, access to actionable data to increase operational efficiencies, and tap into the largest network of qualified biomed technicians. Our products let users effortlessly assign and monitor their team's tasks, keep an accurate inventory of their equipment, and use analytics to decrease operational costs. We are a team of experts and professionals that understand that compliance is a pertinent part of healthcare. We develop solutions to save your facility money by finding the right partners, techniques, and strategies to keep your healthcare facilities running efficiently. At UptimeHealth, we take care of the equipment so you can take care of the patients.

AI-XPRT

Seed Round in 2018
AuditXprt is provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solution to automate regulatory compliance assurance and financial audit. AuditXPRT with its world leading iXPRT Platform is a leader, having worked with companies, particularly in financial services sector to use Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing in the automation of hitherto largely manual auditing and compliance of client accounts and information against a plethora of national, regional and global financial regulations.

Alyne

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Alyne is an IT driven platform for defining common rules, assessing adherence and identifying related risk. The platform supports organisations in implementing legal and regulatory requirements across industry sectors, determining maturity, aligning with industry standards and sharing subject matter expertise. Alyne provides membership to the platform, usage of centrally hosted software and related consulting services.

SwiftComply

Seed Round in 2016
SwiftComply helps over 450 water authorities protect human health and the environment by providing an online platform that streamlines their compliance programs

Helm Solutions

Seed Round in 2016
Helm is a global cyber security and technology firm that provides legal and compliance solutions to government and the enterprise. Its primary product, AutoComply, is a Compliance-as-a-Service solution that partners with regulators to provide companies of all sizes of the tools and visibility necessary to conduct instant and comprehensive compliance gap analyses into their cyber security and technology operations. Helm was founded in 2015 by Paul McCulloch.

Alloy

Seed Round in 2015
Alloy engages in helping financial institutions and fintech companies solve identity and compliance problems.

Accountable

Convertible Note in 2013
Accountable is a platform designed to help organizations manage HIPAA compliance. Our software as a service provides all of the necessary tools and resources to maintain compliance, not just for doctors and hospitals, but for all organizations that are now required to be HIPAA compliant under the new regulations. From policies & procedures to risk assessments and employee training, Accountable covers everything that companies need to become and stay compliant.