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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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Nathanial Zola

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Allosense Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Allosense delivers an easy user experience for integrating smart sensors and analyzing data. We design and manufacture "always connected" asset trackers that use satellite, cellular, and mesh connectivity. Our trackers incorporate a suite of sensors for monitoring high-value assets in real-time.

Ome

Funding Round in 2022
Inirv Labs, Inc. is a consumer electronics company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on enhancing kitchen safety and automation through innovative smart technology. Founded in 2016, Inirv develops smart stove knobs that replace traditional knobs, allowing users to monitor and control their stove remotely via a connected application. The product includes features such as automatic burner adjustments, cooking time settings, and reminders for cooking tasks. Additionally, it integrates with other smart home systems to improve cooking efficiency and safety, with built-in technology designed to turn off the stove in unsafe conditions. Inirv's solutions aim to revolutionize kitchen interactions, promoting a safer cooking environment while addressing common household challenges.

Scout Space

Funding Round in 2021
SCOUT was founded in 2019 following the loss of one of our own satellites to unknown causes. Our mission is to give spacecraft the ability to see and avoid potential threats. SCOUT's passive sensor hardware and control software enhances resolution of space objects by up to 1000 times, enabling on-board vision, detection, and avoidance. The company is a Techstars and venture-backed startup, and a 2020 MassChallenge Gold Winner. For more information, visit www.scout.space.

Smartbin

Pre Seed Round in 2021
How we manage our waste and recycling bins is reactive and should be on-demand. Regular collection schedules result in inefficiencies. Our approach does not accommodate seasonal variation. This results in poor customer service for the servicing companies and there is no site specific performance data. This includes waste collection companies, janitorial services companies and property managers. Lidbot is a plug and play smart sensor that sticks to waste and recycling bins and measures how full they are in real-time. It helps waste collection staff optimize collection related costs, increase cleanliness in their spaces, increase customer service and better understand their waste and recycling.

Project Canary

Pre Seed Round in 2020
The Project Canary solution is more than just sensors in the field, it is a comprehensive environmental information platform. This platform provides operators the actionable and reliable data they need to demonstrate responsible resource development, minimize risk, and prove they are a good neighbor.

Sensgreen

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sensgreen develops artificial intelligence based energy and time-saving solutions for commercial real estate. It offers SensNODE, a battery powered plug and play sensor that transmits real-time data to SensCLOUD using LoraWAN Gateways; SensCloud, an artificial intelligence analysis and prediction technology built with reinforced learning algorithms; and sensAPP, a mobile application customized for environment. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Ankara, Turkey.

E.O.I Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
E.O.I Technologies develops hardware-less IIoT networks for industrial asset owners seeking access to exclusive data and analytics in challenging environments. It features a non-contact, remote, laser-based, and multi-point vibration and displacement sensing technology. Its proprietary LaserSense™ technology addresses an important gap within the IIoT space where the deployment of traditional sensors is simply impossible. This positions us to tackle the toughest challenges where data collection and predictive analytics are critical. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.

Sensefinity

Seed Round in 2019
Sensefinity is working as social machines,which provides Internet of Things for the Masses. Sensefinity offers a simple way for Small and Medium enterprises to benefit from the information acquired by their assets. Compatible sensors are already pre-integrated into the platform. This means that by turning the sensors on the data will start to flow to the platform. Data becomes immediately insights.

Climasens

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SensCity is an integrated decision support platform (SaaS) that provides urban climate intelligence, to the property, construction, financial, insurance and government sectors. SensCity utilizes a variety of environmental and climatic data sources, from IoT, Satellite Imagery, and open/proprietary data to monitor, analyze and visualize climate changes risks, impacts and to monitor the performance of climate-resilient infrastructure. We can provide monitoring and analysis in real-time at a hyper-local scale from IoT sensors all the way to precinct and regional resolutions through ongoing satellite monitoring. Our software helps ensure communities, businesses, researchers and government decision-makers have access to the best available information and tools to understand how climate change may impact them and how resilient their investments are into the future. We work collaboratively with research and industry partners to deliver robust climate change analysis and compelling data visualizations to enable greater insights into planning, designing, insuring and preparing for climate change in our cities.

carealert

Pre Seed Round in 2019
CareAlert is a technology platform developed by Sensorscall that focuses on the well-being of seniors living independently. Utilizing a machine learning engine, CareAlert monitors the daily habits of elderly individuals through a multi-sensor device and establishes a baseline for normal behavior. When deviations from this norm occur, the system alerts caregivers, allowing them to respond promptly. Additionally, CareAlert facilitates communication with seniors even when they are unable to speak, and sends personalized medication reminders in the caregiver's voice. The platform aims to be unobtrusive, engaging caregivers only when necessary, thereby ensuring a supportive environment for both seniors and their families.

Ome

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Inirv Labs, Inc. is a consumer electronics company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on enhancing kitchen safety and automation through innovative smart technology. Founded in 2016, Inirv develops smart stove knobs that replace traditional knobs, allowing users to monitor and control their stove remotely via a connected application. The product includes features such as automatic burner adjustments, cooking time settings, and reminders for cooking tasks. Additionally, it integrates with other smart home systems to improve cooking efficiency and safety, with built-in technology designed to turn off the stove in unsafe conditions. Inirv's solutions aim to revolutionize kitchen interactions, promoting a safer cooking environment while addressing common household challenges.

Novalia

Seed Round in 2018
Novalia Limited creates paper thin self-adhesive touch sensors from printed conductive ink and attached silicon micro controller module. The company is involved in the concept, design, manufacture, and delivery of bespoke interactive solutions that connect brands with audience. It serves customers in out of home, magazines and brochures, in-store, direct mail, and music sectors. Novalia Limited was founded in 2006 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

StormSensor

Pre Seed Round in 2018
StormSensor, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in stormwater management solutions aimed at helping clients monitor and mitigate flooding, sewage overflows, and other stormwater-related issues. Founded in 2015, the company offers Scute sensors that provide real-time tracking of conditions within stormwater systems. Its cloud-based software, Terrapin, enables users to access map and time-series data, correlate real-time weather information, and receive alerts regarding flow events affecting the system. Additionally, StormSensor's solutions automate workflow for inspections and reporting, allowing clients to streamline the monitoring of stormwater quality and maintain compliance amidst evolving regulatory requirements. The technology is compatible with smartphones and tablets, facilitating data visualization and efficient communication among partners.

Pium

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pium (Techstars '18) is developing an olfactory experience platform, allowing people to experience a variety of scents throughout the day with one connected device. Each device controls three scent capsules, which are available in our marketplace. Customers enjoy three new scents through a monthly subscription plan.

Clair

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Clair is a smart device that monitors the air you breathe, identifies impurities, and recommends solutions to help you breathe easy. It is a wifi-enabled home device that measures the air quality and changes color to give alerts when levels changes.

mesur.io

Seed Round in 2018
mesur.io Inc. develops devices and solution to tackle the under-served market of measuring and monitoring in-ground environment data. Its product includes Earthstream. It also develops an analytics platform that analyzes the data, combines it with other sources of information, such as soil and plant databases, satellite imagery, and weather forecasts to make recommendations. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Danville, Virginia.

mesur.io

Seed Round in 2018
mesur.io Inc. develops devices and solution to tackle the under-served market of measuring and monitoring in-ground environment data. Its product includes Earthstream. It also develops an analytics platform that analyzes the data, combines it with other sources of information, such as soil and plant databases, satellite imagery, and weather forecasts to make recommendations. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Danville, Virginia.

Guardion, Inc

Seed Round in 2018
Guardion helps save lives by detecting and tracking dirty bombs in their cities. Guardion has the world's first radiation detector that exploits quantum properties of nanomaterials allowing us to build low cost, sensitive, and low power detectors uniquely capable of being deployed at a large-scale. Guardion was a winner of the $50k MassChallenge 2017 Gold Prize and Technology in Space Prize from CASIS (Center for Advancement in Science in Space) and Boeing. In early 2018, Guardion joined the inaugural cohort of the Techstars Autonomous Tech Accelerator sponsored by the Air Force.

OmniPreSense

Seed Round in 2018
OmniPreSense Corporation develops and sells short range radar sensors for drones, robotics, and Internet of things (IoT) applications. The company's products include OPS241-A, short range radar sensor providing motion detection, speed, direction, and range information and universal serial bus (USB) 6? on-the-go (OTG) Cable. It also sells its product online through its website. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in San Jose, California.

Pulse Labs

Convertible Note in 2017
Connected sensors and grow management for cannabis cultivation.

Somatic Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Somatic Labs builds haptic devices that augment human perception. We’ve developed Zorb, a full-stack platform that uses the sense of touch to convey information. We provide more than an ordinary tap or vibration. The Zorb Platform enables the delivery of real-time information (alerts, instructions, directions) through rich vibro-tactile patterns that move across a user’s skin. Our patented technology allows the rapid creation of high resolution tactile patterns consisting of pulses, shapes, directions, and complex illusions of motion.

Sensefinity

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Sensefinity is working as social machines,which provides Internet of Things for the Masses. Sensefinity offers a simple way for Small and Medium enterprises to benefit from the information acquired by their assets. Compatible sensors are already pre-integrated into the platform. This means that by turning the sensors on the data will start to flow to the platform. Data becomes immediately insights.

Stasis Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Stasis Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures vital signs monitoring systems aimed at improving patient care. The company offers a suite of products, including the Stasis Monitor, which provides real-time patient status through a bedside display, and the Stasis Tablet, a software tool that visualizes patient trends and manages alarms. Additionally, the Stasis Dashboard allows healthcare professionals to monitor patient vital signs via a computer interface. The devices measure essential health metrics such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels, ECG, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and skin temperature. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, Stasis Labs has transformed medical hardware into a cloud-connected platform to streamline vital signs monitoring, addressing the challenges posed by existing systems that are often complex and costly. The company is active in Indian hospitals, supported by grant funding from the International Finance Corporation to enhance medical technology in the region.

Quantac

Seed Round in 2016
Quantac is a technology company that develops wearable biosensors. Quantac createst wearable biosensor platform that can track alcohol consumption. Quantac's novel alcohol monitoring technology lies at the heart of the Quantac platform and is easily integrated into other wearable devices, including bands, patches, and smart clothing. The company's technology helps make devices action-oriented and a must-wear.

OMsignal

Series B in 2016
OMsignal Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing equipped with embedded sensors to monitor vital bodily functions. Their product line includes the OMbra, a sports bra designed to capture deep and accurate body signals, and the OMshirt, which records heart rate and breathing patterns. The accompanying OMrun mobile application connects to these garments, providing real-time data on heart rate, breathing rhythms, calorie count, cadence, pace, and distance, along with run recaps and progress tracking. Founded in 2011, OMsignal aims to seamlessly integrate health monitoring into everyday life by allowing users to access their physiological data through mobile devices. Products are available for purchase online.

Stasis Labs

Seed Round in 2016
Stasis Labs, Inc. develops and manufactures vital signs monitoring systems aimed at improving patient care. The company offers a suite of products, including the Stasis Monitor, which provides real-time patient status through a bedside display, and the Stasis Tablet, a software tool that visualizes patient trends and manages alarms. Additionally, the Stasis Dashboard allows healthcare professionals to monitor patient vital signs via a computer interface. The devices measure essential health metrics such as heart rate, blood oxygen levels, ECG, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and skin temperature. Founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, Stasis Labs has transformed medical hardware into a cloud-connected platform to streamline vital signs monitoring, addressing the challenges posed by existing systems that are often complex and costly. The company is active in Indian hospitals, supported by grant funding from the International Finance Corporation to enhance medical technology in the region.

Notion

Seed Round in 2015
Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home and property owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions. The company offers data analytics, intuitive user experience, and an all-in-one, the oreo-sized sensor that allows for real-time alerts ranging from motion and temperature to water leaks and alarms so that customers can be notified of issues at home instantly. The company was established by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles in 2013 and it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Notion

Seed Round in 2015
Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home and property owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions. The company offers data analytics, intuitive user experience, and an all-in-one, the oreo-sized sensor that allows for real-time alerts ranging from motion and temperature to water leaks and alarms so that customers can be notified of issues at home instantly. The company was established by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles in 2013 and it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Jolt Athletics

Seed Round in 2015
Jolt Athletics Inc. designs and manufactures sensors to monitor sports head impacts in real-time. Its sensors monitor athletes head impacts in real time, streaming live data and alerts to connected smartphones. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

vertisense

Seed Round in 2015
Vertisense is a Techstars company that develops connected sensor technologies for non-invasive measurement of human conditions. It allows its users to track and monitor their personal health data. Vertisense was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Kinetic

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Kinetic

Funding Round in 2014
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Kinetic

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Kinetic creates wearable devices and cloud-based software that reduces workplace injuries, for the industrial workforce. REFLEX, the company's product is a device that employs analytics to provide reminders and notifications to workers once the device detects a high-risk motion such as unsafe postures that could cause injuries in the construction, warehouses, and factories environment. It can also be used as a sensor that detects COVID-19 exposure. In 2014, Haytham Elhawary and Aditya Bansal established Kinetic in New York, New York.

Notion

Seed Round in 2014
Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home and property owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions. The company offers data analytics, intuitive user experience, and an all-in-one, the oreo-sized sensor that allows for real-time alerts ranging from motion and temperature to water leaks and alarms so that customers can be notified of issues at home instantly. The company was established by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles in 2013 and it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

OMsignal

Series A in 2014
OMsignal Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing equipped with embedded sensors to monitor vital bodily functions. Their product line includes the OMbra, a sports bra designed to capture deep and accurate body signals, and the OMshirt, which records heart rate and breathing patterns. The accompanying OMrun mobile application connects to these garments, providing real-time data on heart rate, breathing rhythms, calorie count, cadence, pace, and distance, along with run recaps and progress tracking. Founded in 2011, OMsignal aims to seamlessly integrate health monitoring into everyday life by allowing users to access their physiological data through mobile devices. Products are available for purchase online.

ecoVent

Seed Round in 2014
ecoVent Corp. develops and distributes self-configuring sensors and vents. It focuses on room climate control. The company also offers installation, technical, and privacy and security solutions. ecoVent Corp. was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. ecoVent Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Emerson Ventures, Inc.

ecoVent

Pre Seed Round in 2014
ecoVent Corp. develops and distributes self-configuring sensors and vents. It focuses on room climate control. The company also offers installation, technical, and privacy and security solutions. ecoVent Corp. was founded in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. ecoVent Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Emerson Ventures, Inc.

Atlas5D

Venture Round in 2013
Atlas5D, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on developing solutions for individuals with reduced mobility. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in creating sensors that assess brain, neuromuscular, and cardiovascular conditions without the need for wearable devices. Its flagship product, Echo5D, is an ambient sensor that passively measures human movement and behavior, providing continuous monitoring of patient ambulation and dexterity in various settings, including the home. This innovative approach allows caregivers and clinicians to gain valuable insights into patients' daily activities and health status, facilitating better management of conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Atlas5D serves multiple sectors, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, insurance, government, and healthcare, and its founders bring a wealth of experience from prestigious institutions and organizations.

Responsive Sports

Seed Round in 2013
Responsive Sports makes smart sports equipment. The idea behind Responsive Sports is that if sensors are added to sports equipment athletes will be able to get better information about their performance. In addition to selling sports equipment embedded with sensors, Responsive Sports can also power stats for televised professional sports.

OMsignal

Seed Round in 2013
OMsignal Inc. is a Montreal-based company that specializes in manufacturing bio-sensing clothing equipped with embedded sensors to monitor vital bodily functions. Their product line includes the OMbra, a sports bra designed to capture deep and accurate body signals, and the OMshirt, which records heart rate and breathing patterns. The accompanying OMrun mobile application connects to these garments, providing real-time data on heart rate, breathing rhythms, calorie count, cadence, pace, and distance, along with run recaps and progress tracking. Founded in 2011, OMsignal aims to seamlessly integrate health monitoring into everyday life by allowing users to access their physiological data through mobile devices. Products are available for purchase online.

Atlas5D

Seed Round in 2012
Atlas5D, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focused on developing solutions for individuals with reduced mobility. Founded in 2011, the company specializes in creating sensors that assess brain, neuromuscular, and cardiovascular conditions without the need for wearable devices. Its flagship product, Echo5D, is an ambient sensor that passively measures human movement and behavior, providing continuous monitoring of patient ambulation and dexterity in various settings, including the home. This innovative approach allows caregivers and clinicians to gain valuable insights into patients' daily activities and health status, facilitating better management of conditions such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Atlas5D serves multiple sectors, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, insurance, government, and healthcare, and its founders bring a wealth of experience from prestigious institutions and organizations.

Occipital

Pre Seed Round in 2008
Occipital, Inc. develops mobile computer vision applications. It offers Structure Sensor, a 3D sensor for mobile devices that allows users to scan objects and people, map interior spaces, and capture 3D models; and 360 Panorama, an application, which allows users to capture 360-degree images. The company also offers The Structure SDK for iOS that enables developers to publish various applications; and OpenNI 2, an open source SDK that lets developers to create middleware libraries and applications for 3D sensors with Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Android. In addition, it offers sensors and accessories online. Occipital, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.