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 Meeting Software

Girbil

Seed Round in 2022

Girbil is the first asynchronous video collaboration tool for remote work teams. It allows teams to send videos, voice messages, and screen recordings.

Toucan

Pre Seed Round in 2021

Toucan is a virtual platform specifically designed for social events. Guests move smoothly from conversation to conversation while keeping track of their friends and people they want to meet. This allows groups to connect in natural and authentic ways and makes virtual events approachable, engaging, and frictionless.

Flyte

Funding Round in 2021

Flyte is an AI-powered note-taking platform that automatically generates organized meeting notes and action items immediately after calls. By integrating with platforms such as Zoom, Salesforce, and Outlook, Flyte streamlines the process of sharing meeting minutes among team members. This technology assists business professionals by converting voice into concise text summaries, thereby reducing the time spent on rework. Flyte enhances productivity by simplifying the execution of meetings, allowing teams to focus on more critical tasks.

Eventnoire

Funding Round in 2021

Eventnoire offers software solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, and *e-mail marketing catered to you. This unique platform also serves as resource for event marketers to advertise their events to consumers looking to attend events that are relevant to them and their interests.

Parabol

Series A in 2021

Parabol, Inc. develops an open-source meeting app for remote and agile teams. The company’s Parabol allows distributed and in-house teams to talk and evaluate the process. It allows the remote employees, collaborate across distributed offices, as well as to conduct a debrief without sticky notes, Parabol has been designed to put participants on equal footing, and guide teams through the retrospective meeting experience of the lives. Parabol, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Alhambra, California.

Edify

Funding Round in 2021

Edify is the frictionless way to onboard software engineers. Keep the tools you already use and let us do the rest!

Edify

Venture Round in 2020

Edify is the frictionless way to onboard software engineers. Keep the tools you already use and let us do the rest!

MeetFox

Pre Seed Round in 2020

MeetFox is a SaaS app that makes meeting online easy. Independent professionals and businesses of all sizes can schedule appointments, host in-browser video calls, charge for their meetings, bill clients with automatic invoicing, and process instant payments. MeetFox is the only tool you need to manage client interactions. MeetFox is headquartered in New York.

Artboard Studio

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Artboard Studio is an online graphic design tool tailored for branding and marketing professionals. It offers a browser-based platform that allows users to create mockups, collaborate in real time, and present designs effectively. The tool addresses common communication challenges between designers and clients by incorporating features that facilitate feedback on design assets. With a library of pre-designed templates, Artboard Studio enables users to generate promotional or portfolio images efficiently, making it a valuable resource for businesses engaged in branding and marketing efforts.

Introwise

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Introwise is a social platform for events and their communities

Pairi

Pre Seed Round in 2020

Pairi Inc. is a software development company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, founded in April 2019. The company specializes in providing solutions for freelancers, enabling them to create professional booking websites and facilitate direct bookings through social media platforms like Instagram. Pairi's software also allows freelancers to manage their businesses conveniently via text messaging, streamlining their operations and enhancing client engagement.

MeeteR

Pre Seed Round in 2019

MeeteR, Inc. is an event management platform founded in 2016 and based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The company specializes in developing custom event solutions that enhance the event experience for brands by increasing attendance and driving ticket sales. MeeteR's platform facilitates the entire event lifecycle, allowing brands to manage the event approval process, oversee ticket sales, and integrate with CRM and marketing tools. By streamlining operations related to ticketing, registration, and payment processing, MeeteR aims to empower organizations to effectively engage their audiences and achieve their event objectives.

Kristalic

Seed Round in 2019

KRISTALIC is an app that saves time and effort for busy professionals by automatically taking notes in business meetings and generating intelligent followups. Simply switch on the app in your next meeting to get your personalized meeting highlights.

Mela Works

Seed Round in 2019

Mela Works is a company that specializes in developing a web application designed for collaboration and field work management in various industrial settings. Founded in 2017 by Riccardo Chiarelli, Francesco Putignano, and Emanuele Zamponi, the company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its focus is on enhancing productivity and efficiency in field operations through innovative technological solutions.

Verbz.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2019

Verbz Labs Inc. is a technology company based in Redwood City, California, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing a voice-based workflow software application known as Verbz, which aims to enhance productivity for enterprise professionals. The platform allows users to perform tasks, send emails, and communicate with teams using voice commands, streamlining communication and collaboration for mobile workers. By integrating voice, text, and artificial intelligence, Verbz facilitates instant communication across various office systems, aligning with the company's vision of making remote work as effortless as conversation.

Parabol

Pre Seed Round in 2019

EventHub

Pre Seed Round in 2019

EventHub offers event organizers three products: A virtual expo product for virtual and hybrid programming, a sponsorship marketplace that matches events with potential buyers, and a dashboard that streamlines b2b partner management. PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Virtual Expo: the product offers organizers a virtual venue to stream content and feature sponsor and exhibitor booths, facilitating real-time engagement with attendees via embedded video chat. Sponsorship Marketplace: Events showcase sponsorship and booth opportunities to tens of thousands of active buyers such as brands, marketing agencies, and independent businesses. Management Dashboard: The tools streamline sponsor and booth applications, payments, paperwork and logistics along with sponsor/booth inventory management and live floor plan tie-ins.

Girbil

Pre Seed Round in 2019

Girbil is the first asynchronous video collaboration tool for remote work teams. It allows teams to send videos, voice messages, and screen recordings.

Zoi Meet

Pre Seed Round in 2019

At inter-office and international meetings, Zoi Meet takes automatically notes and actions in multiple languages, as well as offering instant live subtitles during the meetings for better understanding, using speech to text and machine translation technologies. Text & audio notes are stored, and can be searched, retrieved, edited, annotated, and analyzed, turning information into knowledge for the organizations.

Hotelhero

Pre Seed Round in 2018

Hotelhero GMBH provides an online marketplace for software as a service (SaaS) solutions for the hotel industry. The company provides tailored software recommendations for operations, distribution, marketing, customer relationship management, meeting management, finance, and staff management services; and allows users to compare and select tools and systems for the hotel business. It serves the hospitality industry. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

HackMD

Pre Seed Round in 2018

Collaborate with shared note taking

InFront Compliance, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018

SaaS platform that helps companies close vendor deals faster without sacrificing compliance.

Twine

Seed Round in 2017

Twine is a connected hardware platform for video conferencing and collaboration. Twine is the modern workplace connector, seamlessly linking Slack and other collaboration environments to your conference rooms and other meeting spaces. Now simple, magical control over video conferencing, presentations, and team collaboration is possible. Their Alexa integration will allow you to magically start calls, present, and book rooms just by using your voice.

Clarke.ai

Seed Round in 2017

Clarke.ai is focused on helping people be more present during meetings and save time by providing artificial intelligence technology that takes notes for users on their calls. Here's how it works: (1) Forward your calendar invite with dial-in information to Clarke.ai (2) Clarke.ai will dial in during the scheduled call (3) You will receive bulleted notes from your calls in your user dashboard which you can edit and share with others.

Lightboard

Seed Round in 2015

Lightboard is your designer-in-the-cloud for marketing and sales material. Their account managers, designers, and software are tuned to efficiently deliver small projects with spectacular results. Stop wrangling freelancers. Let us do the work.

doDOC

Seed Round in 2015

doDOC Corp. operates a cloud-based writing platform that enhances document preparation and compliance processes for various users, including academic institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and environmental consultants. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, the platform facilitates the drafting of scientific articles, reports, essays, and theses, allowing users to format documents with a single click. It supports real-time collaboration, enabling multiple users to simultaneously work on the same document while maintaining strict control over permissions and an audit trail for accountability. The platform also simplifies the importation of existing documents, automatic citation management, and the inclusion of images and tables. By streamlining the writing and management experience, doDOC significantly accelerates report generation and improves overall productivity, making it suitable for a range of organizations from startups to large enterprises.

Bookity

Venture Round in 2015

Bookity specializes in group reservation software tailored for museums, historic sites, and various attractions. The platform aims to enhance the booking experience by fostering connections between reservation staff and visitors. By streamlining the reservation process, Bookity enables these institutions to manage group bookings more efficiently, allowing them to focus on visitor engagement rather than administrative tasks.

MobileDay

Series A in 2014

MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

TouchBase

Seed Round in 2014

Touchbase, Inc. builds custom and branded apps to help salespeople to show off marketing material. Its software allows marketers to upload their own photos, videos, and PDFs through a back-end content management system so that they can be viewed on the apps without Internet or data connection. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Los Altos, California with additional offices in San Jose, California; and Delhi, India.

Bookity

Convertible Note in 2014

Bookity

Seed Round in 2014

Sandglaz

Seed Round in 2012

Sandglaz creates project & task management software to help busy, productive teams get more work done.

MobileDay

Seed Round in 2011

Shortlist

Seed Round in 2011

Shortlist helps you make more meaningful connections at professional events. We turn the traditional business model on its head to create a triple-win for attendees, organizers and exhibitors.

Movogo

Pre Seed Round in 2011

Movogo is a social networking app that allows its users to have a private voice chat with friends.

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.

Meal Ticket

Seed Round in 2011

Meal Ticket offers a software platform that provides actionable BI for food manufacturers and distributors. Its software platform provides actionable business intelligence and enables a direct marketing channel to the restaurant operator. It was launched in 2010 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Yesware

Seed Round in 2011

Yesware, Inc. is a sales acceleration platform designed to assist sales professionals in enhancing their productivity and effectiveness. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in San Francisco, Yesware provides a suite of tools that includes email tracking, scheduling, reminders, call placements, and performance monitoring. The platform allows users to see when prospects open emails and click on links, facilitating timely follow-ups. Its features also include customizable email templates and integration with various Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems like Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics, streamlining workflows and improving data quality. Yesware offers different pricing plans, including a free tier that allows users to track a limited number of emails monthly, as well as options for teams and enterprises. The company's focus is primarily on B2B sales professionals, providing them with insights and tools to help achieve their sales objectives.

GroupMe

Series A in 2010

GroupMe Inc. develops and operates a group messaging application that works on phone via push or SMS. Its platform enables users to join without smartphones, add anyone from their phone book, jump right in and chat with the group, and stay in touch with friends, coworkers, and family. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York. As of August 21, 2011, GroupMe Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Skype Global S.à r.l.

EventVue

Series A in 2007

EventVue builds online communities for conferences in order to improve conference networking amongst individuals. EventVue lets you see other attendees, search for others based on mutual interests, and also connect before the conference. EventVue is a [TechStars](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/TechStars) company.

EventVue

Seed Round in 2007