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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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MD

Past deals in Data Integration

Eskuad

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Traditional industries have some of their processes operating in places where the internet service is unreliable, implying that it's not easy for managers and workforce to get data, so managers can make the best decisions, save time & money, and improve their KPI. Eskuad helps you to keep control of your process, even when your team operates where the internet service is unreliable, with a fast and customizable UI, specially designed for the distributed workforce, automated reports and system integrations.

Kintail

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kintail is a business intelligence and integrations platform for Commercial Construction.

Migrations.ml

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Migrations.ml seeks to collect known data sets and use Machine Learning to train models to generate analytics. The ability to gather and analyze large sets of data and train models leads to a credit analysis machine that is always on and can work from a wider and deeper pool of data than is humanly possible. Using a subscription enterprise license model, the Migrations.ml's output can be integrated with clients' existing processes, or evaluated separately, giving clients the discretion to use the data only as a 'signal' that can drive their own research processes. Its thin web-based client and use solely of public data means that the only 'installation' necessary is to obtain a login and password: there is no need for installation on client servers, no proprietary data security concerns, and no professional services feeds.

Datance

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Datance is an AI-powered data management and analysis platform suite that provides enterprise with a complete fully-managed data management infrastructure. Code-free and data analyst friendly, Datance provides coverage for automated data acquisition, treatment, business logic ruling, and specific department based recipes that handles behavioral recognition, feature extraction, classification, and many more.

Cinchy

Series A in 2020
Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

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.

iNBOTiQA

Pre Seed Round in 2019
iNBOTiQA specializes in developing intelligent business email solutions aimed at enhancing email productivity and management. By integrating with existing email platforms, the company offers automation and workflow management tools that facilitate effective collaboration and tracking. Its platform utilizes machine learning to convert emails into actionable and trackable tasks, thereby improving task ownership and reducing turnaround times. iNBOTiQA addresses the challenges associated with high-volume and group mailboxes, providing clients with valuable insights through data analytics. The company's focus on optimizing performance and reducing risks positions it as a key player in transforming business communication.

Pandium

Seed Round in 2018
Pandium is a modern integration platform that allows SaaS providers to easily develop, deploy and support a growing integration offering. Pandium's lean, developer-friendly hosted platform enables engineers to program in any common language and eliminates the need to worry about nuances in authentication protocols or managing infrastructure, reducing development time by up to 80%. With turnkey features such as white-labeled embeddable UI components, Pandium allows software companies to provide integrations to their customers at record speed and with limitless scale.

Cinchy

Seed Round in 2018
Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

KEA Medicals

Pre Seed Round in 2018
KEA Medicals aims to interconnect African hospitals through a single database in order to manage the whole patient medical information.

Pandium

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pandium is a modern integration platform that allows SaaS providers to easily develop, deploy and support a growing integration offering. Pandium's lean, developer-friendly hosted platform enables engineers to program in any common language and eliminates the need to worry about nuances in authentication protocols or managing infrastructure, reducing development time by up to 80%. With turnkey features such as white-labeled embeddable UI components, Pandium allows software companies to provide integrations to their customers at record speed and with limitless scale.

Cinchy

Seed Round in 2018
Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

Involve.ai

Seed Round in 2018
Involve.ai specializes in consolidating customer data and interactions into a comprehensive dashboard, enabling businesses to efficiently assess customer health and retention. By leveraging this centralized data, companies can proactively address potential churn and explore opportunities for revenue expansion through existing customers. Involve.ai aims to enhance customer engagement and improve overall business performance by providing actionable insights derived from organized customer information.

Distributed ID

Seed Round in 2018
Distributed ID Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a platform designed to enhance data governance infrastructure, focusing on data matching, mapping, and auditing. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company primarily serves the financial services sector. Its toolkit enables big data companies to improve data exchange, collaboration, and governance, addressing the increasing need for effective data management in a complex digital landscape.

Cinchy

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Cinchy Inc. is a technology company based in Toronto, Canada, that specializes in a data collaboration platform utilizing data fabric technology. Founded in 2014, Cinchy's platform connects various data sources within a unified networked architecture, allowing organizations to manage and protect their data more effectively. This innovative approach enables real-time collaboration among multiple systems and users without the need for separate application databases. By facilitating a cross-application data network, Cinchy enhances data accessibility while improving security for both customer and employee information. The platform has been recognized for its capabilities, having received accolades such as best-of-show at Finovate and being featured in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Data Management." Through its unique architecture, Cinchy aims to eliminate data fragmentation, reduce costs, and streamline operations for enterprises.

Spatialedge

Seed Round in 2017
Spatialedge is a company that assists large corporations in developing and implementing effective data strategies. It operates a data-driven business intelligence platform designed to create business value by utilizing an AI toolkit based on machine intelligence. This toolkit helps organizations organize their data, conduct proofs-of-concept to establish business cases, and offers various models, integrations, and applications. By enabling companies to integrate and manage data at scale, Spatialedge empowers them to make informed decisions that drive operational efficiency and strategic growth.

Big Data for Humans

Seed Round in 2014
Big Data for Humans Ltd. is a London-based company that focuses on providing a customer marketing platform tailored for supermarkets, fashion and luxury retailers, and airlines. Established in 2014, the company has created an automated customer insights engine that leverages network analysis to help businesses understand their customers better. This platform enables management, marketing teams, and data scientists to develop personalized marketing campaigns and execute them across various channels. By democratizing customer insights, Big Data for Humans empowers business leaders to stay attuned to their customers' needs, facilitating the generation of actionable insights and smarter trading strategies. The company's solutions aim to enhance revenue generation and promote agile data management practices.

Data Everywhere

Seed Round in 2014
Data Everywhere is an add-in that enables spreadsheets to publish individual datasets to other spreadsheets, databases, websites, and mobile devices. It connects existing spreadsheets to a cloud data management service, which provides replication, security, revision control, basic workflow, and search for these applications. The company allows ordinary business users to publish their data to colleagues and outside parties as real data, not just embalmed files, which allows other users to easily remix the data in new ways. By treating Excel as a datasource instead of just as a document, Data Everywhere users can create new kinds of applications that formerly would have required custom development. Data Everywhere was founded by Dan McGee and Dave Bortz in November 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States.

BriteHub

Convertible Note in 2014
BriteHub’s software helps bridge old legacy systems into a cloud-based interface that will advance companies and build a strong foundation for the new-age tech savvy workforce that is the next generation of employees. Today, supply chains are managed through a streamlined RFQ to quote to purchase order-tracking system. This interface allows for organized messaging between internal and external stakeholders. Files are stored, shared, and viewable with an in-browser 3D viewer. Engineering change orders and version control are tracked and connected directly with the purchase order they relate to. BriteHub features continue to evolve and lead the way in supply chain management and collaboration.

Hull

Convertible Note in 2013
Hull is the most powerful customer data platform for high growth companies. Companies using Hull orchestrate their growth and marketing stacks, by collecting, enriching, and synchronizing customer data across all their services, in real-time People deserve better than the sales, marketing and support of today. It’s never been easier to use data and technology to find, acquire and care for customers. But, that data so often sits siloed within tools and teams. Hull connects and combines that data so you can orchestrate a personal, relevant experience at every touch using your existing tools today. A seamless experience for customers and for the sales, marketing and support teams producing that.

BriteHub

Seed Round in 2013
BriteHub’s software helps bridge old legacy systems into a cloud-based interface that will advance companies and build a strong foundation for the new-age tech savvy workforce that is the next generation of employees. Today, supply chains are managed through a streamlined RFQ to quote to purchase order-tracking system. This interface allows for organized messaging between internal and external stakeholders. Files are stored, shared, and viewable with an in-browser 3D viewer. Engineering change orders and version control are tracked and connected directly with the purchase order they relate to. BriteHub features continue to evolve and lead the way in supply chain management and collaboration.

DropShip Commerce

Pre Seed Round in 2012
DropShip Commerce is a SaaS solution that standardizes how enterprise retailers & suppliers connect & exchange data for drop shipping.

tray.io

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Tray.io provides a cloud-based software integration platform for automators. Tray.io believes that any organization can and should automate. With the Tray Platform, citizen automators throughout organizations can easily automate complex processes through a powerful, flexible platform, and can connect their entire cloud stack thanks to APIs. With Tray.io’s visual workflow builder, customers can create automation to drive their business processes without writing a single line of code.