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

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KeepWOL

Pre Seed Round in 2022

KeepWOL helps teams better understand one another by creating a fun, authentic environment for human interaction, team building & bonding. Our unique process and easy-to-use software foster meaningful interactions between those of different ages, races, backgrounds, and interests within an organization, so you can maximize cultural intelligence and minimize turnover.

TaTiO

Seed Round in 2022

Skillset helps you make better, fairer, and more efficient hire decisions combining a technology solution with grounded theory and practice. Skillset replaces the traditional resume with an instant and fast online process that evaluates the parameters for predicting success, in which anyone can showcase his or her abilities without hiding behind a dull resume.

Aleria

Pre Seed Round in 2021

Aleria helps companies improve recruitment strategies, increase employee satisfaction and loyalty, achieve diversity goals and drive business performance. To get started, our Inclusion Assessment can identify the unique opportunities that exist within your organization.

Employee Cycle

Seed Round in 2021

Employee Cycle is an automated, centralized, and real-time standalone HR Metrics Dashboard. We transform your HR data silos and turn them into HR data stories.

Hollo

Seed Round in 2021

Hollo is a Paris-based company that specializes in developing software solutions for the human resources industry. Founded in 2020, Hollo offers a comprehensive HR platform designed to enhance candidate engagement and streamline the recruiting process. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing applicant tracking systems and customer relationship management tools, enabling companies to create efficiencies and minimize redundancies. Hollo utilizes SMS technology to reconnect with past applicants, ensuring a continuous talent pool and significantly reducing the time required to fill open positions. By leveraging artificial and conversational intelligence, Hollo's software assists HR teams in pre-qualifying candidates and fosters personalized communication, ultimately optimizing the recruitment process for enterprises.

Performetry

Seed Round in 2021

Your company's Digital Headquarters™ | Employee engagement and gamification platform for in-house, distributed, and remote teams | Real-time sentiment analysis for leadership and HR.

Asanify Technologies Private Limited

Pre Seed Round in 2021

Asanify automates HR operations, payroll compliances and corporate learning using cutting edge AI for startups, small businesses to enterprises. It cuts sales cycle training cycle down from months to hours by automating sales onboarding and sales training. Additionally provides a chatbot interface for employees to query HR and payroll related FAQs.

TalentQL

Pre Seed Round in 2021

TalentQL hires, develops, and manages remote talent for companies globally. Its services include talent outsourcing, talent pipeline creation, and remote workforce management. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

TalentQL

Pre Seed Round in 2021

Cabinet Health

Seed Round in 2021

Cabinet Health is a company focused on creating environmentally friendly healthcare solutions that prioritize both human well-being and environmental sustainability. It manufactures refillable medicine containers and compostable medicine pouches, designed to keep medications fresh and secure. The cabinet pouches are made from a blend of wood cellulose and sealants, reflecting the company's commitment to reducing waste in the healthcare sector. By promoting sustainable practices in the distribution and storage of medicines, Cabinet Health aims to lead a new movement towards a more responsible and eco-conscious healthcare industry.

Holisticly

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Holisticly provides employees with a monthly wellness stipend to choose from a range of team-wide experiences and fitness and mental health solutions.

Performetry

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Your company's Digital Headquarters™ | Employee engagement and gamification platform for in-house, distributed, and remote teams | Real-time sentiment analysis for leadership and HR.

Performetry

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Your company's Digital Headquarters™ | Employee engagement and gamification platform for in-house, distributed, and remote teams | Real-time sentiment analysis for leadership and HR.

Provider Pool

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Provider Pool Co. is an online labor marketplace dedicated to the healthcare sector, founded in 2018 and based in Saint Louis, Missouri. The platform serves as a community for healthcare professionals, connecting them with healthcare organizations through a technology-driven marketplace. It streamlines the processes of hiring, recruiting, and contracting, thus enhancing the efficiency of staffing for healthcare providers. By utilizing advanced matching technology powered by artificial intelligence, Provider Pool effectively pairs hospitals with suitable nursing professionals for both short-term and long-term staffing needs. This approach not only facilitates direct access to local nursing talent but also helps healthcare organizations save time and reduce costs associated with recruitment.

Cabinet Health

Seed Round in 2020

TaTiO

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Liquid

Seed Round in 2019

Liquid, Inc. provides software solutions for human resource operations. Its software enables human resources team to onboard, manage, and pay liquid workforce. The company’s software is also used to manage projects with control; organize, communicate, and track details of every project ensuring quality of work and avoiding unanticipated overages; and approve and pay invoices, It serves freelancers, contractors, and professional service vendors. Liquid, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Talented

Pre Seed Round in 2019

Talented is a company that identify & invest in employee potential with the world's first automated professional development & discovery system.

Nifty Learning

Pre Seed Round in 2019

Nifty Learning supports companies to use their learning budget efficiently by resolving the pains of the administrative flow. We provide a training administration platform for companies from consolidated industries such as manufacturing, energy, financial services and healthcare.

Altru

Convertible Note in 2018

Altru’s mobile-first platform allows your company to create authentic content at scale, from your most powerful asset: your employees. Today's candidates need a personalized digital experience. Attract, convert, and retain through Altru. Altru transforms the way you create content, market your company’s employer brand and personalize the candidate experience: all through your employees.

Pathspark

Convertible Note in 2017

Pathspark is a human capital management platform and analytics tool that empowers companies to invest in their most valuable asset: people. By using deep insights and predictive analysis, Pathspark allows businesses to more effectively optimize team and individual performance. Our network of independent experts collects a unique data set on a company’s human capital through personalized coaching. The result is a scalable talent development solution that delivers enhanced performance for the enterprise. Pathspark is the future of work: people realizing their performance potentials.

One Model

Seed Round in 2017

OneModel is a talent analytics accelerator for human resources (HR) departments. It enables companies to measure the productivity and efficiency of their workforces. OneModel helps HR departments handle employees, career pathing, recruiting, succession, exits, engagement, surveys, HR effectiveness, payrolls, planning, and others, all in one place. OneModel was launched in November 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas, United States.

Pathspark

Seed Round in 2017

Hazel

Convertible Note in 2017

Hazel operates a platform that maintains company’s and employees’ information, store digital paperwork, and more. Its platform allows employees and managers to keep their info up-to-date; helps employees understand time off policies and make it easy for managers to review and action requests; and collect feedback on what’s working and what. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Canada. As of October 2, 2019, Hazel operates as a subsidiary of Rise People, Inc.

FragPaul

Seed Round in 2016

Paul is the digital personal HR assistant for small restaurants. Paul helps restaurant-owners save time and money and enables them to focus on their core task: taking care of their customers. His abilities currently include: employee management, interactive shift management, absence and holiday management and payroll accounting, as well as time tracking.

Fitspot

Pre Seed Round in 2016

Fitspot is a centralized hub for all things wellness, connecting employees to an ecosystem of onsite and virtual wellness experiences.

Fitspot

Seed Round in 2016

Fitspot is a centralized hub for all things wellness, connecting employees to an ecosystem of onsite and virtual wellness experiences.

Credentially

Pre Seed Round in 2016

Healthcare employment can be a bottleneck or blessing; it all depends on the right tools. HR software tries hard, but never really fits. Manual systems limp along, but never really stick. So employment costs too much, risks too much, and alienates the people you most need. Credentially’s the better way to manage HR in healthcare. It’s a true technology platform that handles hiring, onboarding and compliance. It’s the tool that turns paper into data, automates evidence, and tracks and trains staff. Credentially's most powerful features are enabled by deep, authorised integrations with healthcare's most important credentialing databases. Designed for healthcare employment, Credentially combines features across hiring, onboarding and compliance to plug employers' HR gaps and optimise their efficiencies for growth and savings.

One Model

Convertible Note in 2015

WorkBright

Seed Round in 2014

WorkBright is a cloud-based HR software solution for companies with the seasonal, contingent, and high-turnover workforces. It moves the traditionally tedious, paper-heavy process of onboarding a new employee to one that the employee can complete from their phone, tablet, or laptop before their first day of work. Employers can easily stay organized and compliant with an intuitive dashboard to manage their employee files. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Wellhire

Seed Round in 2014

Wellhire reduces time, cost, and effort to find the right job candidates. Wellhire’s simple tools assess job seeker knowledge, provide social media checks, and clearly compare job candidate knowledge. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado and founded in 2013.

BetterCompany

Seed Round in 2014

At BetterCompany, it is our mission to help companies connect with best candidates at the best time, when they're looking! We use a blend of art and science to match candidates to roles and companies and we understand that timing is everything.

Degreed

Seed Round in 2013

Degreed, Inc. offers a lifelong learning platform designed to help individuals track, discover, and recognize their learning experiences. The platform enables organizations to enhance team skills and supports career mobility by matching employees with in-demand skills to relevant projects, assignments, and roles. Degreed integrates and curates various learning resources, including courses, videos, articles, books, and podcasts, as well as connects with learning management systems. Founded in 2012, Degreed is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with additional offices in Salt Lake City, New York, and Leiden, the Netherlands.

IntroFly

Seed Round in 2011

We are the CRM for your career. We help people leverage their entire social graph to connect with the right people, in the right way. Our users get off the networking sites and into the coffee shops where real connections happen. They track their meetings in a simple, directed process that helps them land a job they love.