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.
At Tether, we're on a mission to democratize the Energy Transition and empower individuals to fight climate change. Our software converts electric vehicles into energy storage units, allowing owners to play an active role in reducing their carbon footprint and earn rewards in the process. By controlling the charging of EVs connected to private chargers throughout the city, we're able to provide grid flexibility, reduce electricity costs for owners, and even generate passive income for EV owners through profit sharing. We believe that climate leadership is not just about individual impact, but the collective efforts of like-minded individuals to effect real, actionable change. Our synchronized EV charging reduces the need for compensating fossil fuels, while allowing for the introduction of even more renewable power. At Tether, we stand behind our belief that great things can be achieved when we come together.
SENSE is an internet company that focuses on the areas of cybersecurity and the internet of things. It specializes in providing a solution that allows intuitive exploration of data, collaboration and resource allocation, available through desktop and mobile.
SaveChain is a global banking platform that facilitates cross-border currency transactions. It offers a variety of financial services akin to those of traditional savings accounts within a decentralized framework. The platform allows customers, including non-U.S. residents, to open bank accounts that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). This enables users to save, send, and receive money in U.S. dollars, thereby enhancing access to banking services for a diverse clientele.
Protico is a universal community layer across all websites and apps. We tackles the challenges for brands and users by developing a Social x Data Layer that empowers brands to build fully native, Reddit-like community hubs directly embedded within their websites and mobile apps. These branded communities enable genuine social interactions like discussions, content sharing, and engagement - all seamlessly integrated into the brand's core digital properties.
Ospree is a cloud platform that operates as Software-as-a-Service, offering powerful, integral B2B solutions to create full-stack compliance ecosystems in only a few steps and without technical complications. The company serves customers in the digital-asset industry, permitting teams to comply with complex Anti–Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) requirements at the global and local levels. The platform provides various modules to automate and orchestrate compliance processes, including whitelisting, monitoring, case management, smart-rules, and reporting.
Votemo offers engagement tool for live and hybrid events with original video overlay of results. Main tools are polls, commenting, Q&A, reactions, micropayment. Votemo can be used on any event platform, added as iFrame, added as widget, invite people via QR code or url. Using Votemo tools will increase event engagement and ROI of event organiser.
Developer of an advanced robotic system designed to pioneer the expanse of human potential through collaborative innovation, intelligent systems, and passionate discovery. The company designs, develops, and deploys highly ruggedized robotic vehicles for advanced data collection and autonomy for mining and defense applications and provides cutting-edge software development for robotic teleoperations and autonomy and remote deployments to extreme environments, including logistical planning, support, and execution of expeditions globally, helping clients create a safer working environment.
Savvy™ is a high-performance video product paving the way to successful social advertising. It's the leading video creation solution for businesses that drives performance and growth. It's the better way to video. #SavvyWorks
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.
Mainstack Inc. specializes in developing software tailored for martial arts schools. Based in Austin, Texas, the company offers a comprehensive platform that enables studio owners to efficiently manage various aspects of their operations. Its software facilitates the tracking of student attendance, automates tuition payment collections, and manages belt testing and promotions. Additionally, Mainstack provides tools for designing and sharing Belt Promotion Certificates and Character Development Awards, which help enhance brand visibility within local communities. Founded in 2012 by Thomas Kim, Mainstack operates as a subsidiary of Zen Planner, LLC, and has established itself as a valuable resource for martial arts instructors and school administrators.
Enreport is a cloud-based platform that automates and optimizes the operation of generation and distribution companies, as well as helps energy consumers.
Norsjór develops a system that uses radiation to protect marine life in order to address the issue of biofouling on ship hulls. In order to prevent the spread of invasive species, poisons, microplastics, and heavy metals, it developed a subsea laser system that kills the cells of biofouling organisms while providing maximum effectiveness.
NeedEnergy is there to provide sustainable and clean energy solutions based on energy data. NeedEnergy is an energy-tech start-up company that leverages innovation, data and modern technology through ai and machine learning relevant with time as its core values.
Wibo is the app that broadcasts interactive Live Quiz Shows presented by a host. Wibo combines the winning formulas of the TV quiz show, like a charismatic host, with the interactivity of a mobile game. Wibo was built to satisfy our entertainment consumer needs. Traditional entertainment platforms, such as television, do not meet the needs of the millennials and Gen Z target, of which we are part of. For example, television establishes a one-way relationship between the broadcaster and the viewer, who is engaged in a passive way. In the twenty-first century, entertainment must be shared and above all interactive. Wibo wants to become the new interactive platform of entertainment in the world.
Handl Health is a healthcare price transparency platform. Until recently, healthcare prices in the US were considered a trade secret. While the CMS price transparency legislation aims to create a transparent pricing market, implementing this and driving value for businesses and consumers is overwhelmingly complex. Handl Health's platform offers health plans a simple way to comply with the legislation while digitizing how patients shop, book and pay for healthcare, creating an unparalleled experience and realizing an average cost saving of 28%.
Movez is a social event platform that addresses the challenges faced by millennials in attending and organizing social gatherings. The platform offers a user-friendly map interface that highlights various events occurring in the city, enhancing navigation and participation. It also introduces features that improve user experience, such as gender ratio quadrics, which cater to social dynamics. For event hosts, Movez provides tools to streamline the organization of events, ensuring they are enjoyable and well-coordinated. By focusing on the key aspects of social connectivity, transportation, and organization, Movez aims to transform how people engage with social events and nightlife, making the process more efficient and enjoyable for all participants.
Salad deliver financial services and perks to promote employee health and motivate them to live better lifestyles, resulting in a more effective workforce for businesses in Africa.
Each dog has its own unique character and there is no one-size-fits-all training program. With the Strelka app, you get training courses personalised to your dog's breed, age and personality. Train your dog in 10 minutes a day
THE MOST designs and manufactures hardware and appliances to make styling textured hair faster, easier, and more convenient. Millions of women with highly textured hair agonize over the time and effort associated with styling, but it doesn't have to be hard. We have identified the major pain points in grooming routines and built tools that make at-home styling and grooming on the go easier than ever! We are tapping directly into the $250 billion hair care market by manufacturing tools and appliances that cater to women with highly textured hair. Our category creating, proprietary designs are conducive to highly profitable licensing arrangements with the $3 billion US liquid product market for textured consumers. Our unique business model is the first of its kind in the beauty space, and we are so excited to offer this high-margin, high-convenience option to retailers and the 60% of textured hair consumers craving this solution.
Column is a social network application. In Column They offer monetary rewards by contributing positively to discussions and moderating content on the platform. Column is the social network for topic-specific content.
Oystr finance is a Saas company democratising credit in Africa by providing institutional lenders with an infrastructure that enables them to launch low-risk micro-loan products, grow their portfolio and expand into new markets in less than 30 minutes.
RAZ Finance develops and operates an online platform that monitors environmental, social, and governance ratings of businesses. It is based in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Kumulus machines create drinking water from solar power and air by imitating the dew phenomenon in the water creation process and adding elements such as multiple embedded systems/predictive algorithms to allow for the machines to be “smarter” and controllable remotely from anywhere in the world.
CICLA 3D provides 3D printing filaments based on composite and recycled materials of a high definition in 3D printing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Concepción, Chile.
ZAMA Health is the premier mental health platform for the athletic community. The company serves as the behavioral health integration for any fitness company, gym, or athletic program. It is developing an evidenced-based clinical model that leads to better retention and performance outcomes for gym members and elite athletes.
Pointz is a mobile mapping app that helps navigate bike and scooter riders through safe routes in cities. Its routing algorithm favors roads on a unique ‘quiet network’ of residential side streets, protected bike lanes, and other 'bike-friendly' streets.
At SQOR.ai, we’ve created a game-changing platform for senior leadership to monitor the health of execution across their entire organization. SQOR.ai is an AI-driven, no-code solution that seamlessly integrates all your SaaS tools through simple authentication. This enables SQOR.ai to extract vital insights from everyday company data, which is often scattered across multiple tools, making it easily accessible, digestible, and actionable for company leadership. Our advanced algorithms eliminate the need for expensive data scientists, analysts, or engineers, providing trustworthy situational awareness for teams. The unique “Execution Score” offers a comprehensive view of company performance, allowing all stakeholders to effortlessly monitor the health of the company. With SQOR.ai, KPIs are monitored, validated, analyzed, and delivered in real-time, ensuring that everyone from senior leaders to external partners can see, know, and act with confidence. Our ecosystem ensures that critical performance insights are always at your fingertips, empowering all stakeholders to make informed decisions and drive the company forward. SQOR.ai transforms SaaS data into actionable business intelligence, delivering on the promise of efficiency through AI and creating unparalleled value for investors.
OutAt Inc. is a multimedia company dedicated to creating inclusive spaces for the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. The company manages several brands, including the family-friendly festival Out at the Fair, OutAt.TV, and OutAt Music. OutAt aims to ensure that individuals of all ages and orientations feel accepted and valued in various environments, free from judgment and discrimination. Through its platform, OutAt provides access to a wide range of LGBTQ+ content, entertainment, technology, and education, fostering a sense of belonging and appreciation within the community.
Showing Hero provide a simple solution to the leasing woes. The moment a prospect tenant shows interest either online or through the phone, ShowingHero steps in. They respond to 100% of leads, pre-screen and provide them access to your market listing and available showtimes. They nurture the prospect by sending customized communications on a timely basis through email and text; reminding them about their upcoming appointment to help drastically reduce no-shows. ShowingHero also follows up with tenants and gathers feedback on the showing and the property, giving you insight each step of the way!
Nyungu Afrika is a circular economy using agricultural waste, pineapple leaves, and corn husk fibers. They offer services for agricultural waste like pineapple and corn husk fibers.
Trend is a curated marketplace of influencers and brands. They help brands source high quality user generated content and targeted exposure with social media influencers. They love working with new, innovative companies that are changing the game. They’ve been fortunate to work with brands like Chameleon Cold-Brew, Health-Ade Kombucha, FabFitFun, Saatva Mattress, Mighty Swell, Mark Cuban Companies, and more. Reach an engaged audience anywhere in the country with the click of a button. The Trend community consists of thousands of talented, creative personalities that they hand-select and personally invite to join. Their influencers have audiences that like, comment, and genuinely engage with their content. On average, posts through the Trend network engage with over 20,000 followers per post and more than 600 likes per post.
Rent Small Small Ltd. is a prop-tech platform providing a unique rental solution to Nigerians in order to improve home-seekers rental experience and increase home-owners occupancy rate. Our business model is unique as it allows verified tenants to find property on-the-go, stay within budget, and pay rent flexibly. We provide first of its kind rent insurance for property owners against rent default, and unlike traditional agents, we don’t charge agency and legal fee. Our mandate is to provide suitable and affordable homes for home-seekers, influence the conception and birth of new homes to boost the livelihood and productivity of Nigerian youths, and help homeowners to make their property rentable and profitable.
Spare CS, Inc. is a company founded in 2013 and based in Santa Monica, California. It specializes in developing and operating a mobile application that provides secure access to cash through the Apple iOS platform. The company focuses on enhancing financial accessibility for its users by leveraging technology to ensure safe transactions.
We’re promoting a blockchain-powered tool that helps to protect intellectual property — namely, all kinds of public content, — and monitor copyright violations.
How it works
Blockchain saves the timestamp and the IPFS saves the content, making the data immutable. On saving, the system delivers a digital certificate that becomes the piece of digital evidence of authorship.
If somebody tries to save another writer's content, our AI won't allow them to do it: before saving, it would check the internet for reverse content.
When saved, if the protected content gets published with no copyright, there'll be an alert.
Also, we resolve blockchain-backed copyright issues.
Reason is a goal-based investing assistant empowering retail investors to invest for specific goals in a more organized, intentional way. With Reason, you're able to view all of your investments (stocks, ETFs, crypto) in one place, assign investments to specific goals, and simulate and track your success.
Remote Gravity is a provider for physical address verification. They train and test agents to provide a service that meets the standards that KYC providers are expected to deliver to their customers. They deliver reports that meet SLA requirements and ensure KYC for companies. regardless of budget and location, enabling agencies and brands to purchase outdoor advertisement placements.
Whirl is a dating app that enables anyone to set up single friends. The app also allows the user's friend network to set a date. Friends of the user are able to edit the profile with photos and suggest matches for the user based on their preferred friend-of-a-friend relationships.
At PongoAI we are changing the way small to medium-sized businesses collect, receive, share, and analyze feedback. We enable smaller businesses to access the same AI-powered experience management tools used by Fortune 500 companies.
Savium is building an invoicing and payments automation platform for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Savium aggregates all business bank accounts in one web platform and allows business owners to automate invoicing, bill payments and cash flow management. We are starting with invoicing and cash management. Our aim is to automate end-to-end business payments and cash management for European SMBs.
The meat procurement process for food businesses is highly unorganized with multiple suppliers, stock availability challenges, variation in quality and pricing and, lack of transparency. MeatoDoor is digitizing the meat ordering process by providing a one-stop solution ensuring quality standardization, transparency, and convenience in the procurement process. MeaoDoor is addressing the pain points of a $6.1 Bn GCC meat market that is growing annually @5.4% until 2030. With global health concerns, changing consumer expectations, and government regulations, it is the right time for organizing the multiple stakeholders in the supply chain to deliver quality and trust. MeatoDoor has created a reverse auction platform that offers instant quotes, access to promotions, competitive pricing bringing efficiency and reducing cost in meat procurement. The customers are owned by MeatoDoor as the orders are executed by in-house team.
FTNBets is a one-stop shop for all things fantasy sports and sports betting. It provides content that features deep-dive analytical features using the company's analytical tools.
Nal media provides workforce development services for media. They also provide networking space and internal workforce development tool services. Additionally, they also provide entertainment services.
The Collaboratory is accelerating biopharma innovation by building a comprehensive AI-powered research platform for public and proprietary data The platform includes a number of aggregation, search, and summarization features that can be customized to the needs of life sciences companies, including: -Automated data ingestion: The Collaboratory can index and make searchable all text documents across multiple sources within a company - even if the documents' metadata schema do not match -AI-based summarization tools: Users can quickly parse through hundreds of documents using The Collaboratory's automatically-generated document summaries -Figure and image search: User can directly search for scientific figures and key tables within documents - and receive recommendations for related images -Concept-based recommendations: Using new NLP technology, The Collaboratory's platform provides conceptually-related recommendations from both proprietary and public research, helping researchers understand the scientific context around every document -Personalized search: The Collaboratory's platform can recommend content tailored to each user’s needs, based upon their areas of expertise and research interests Those interested in a practical demonstration can also visit thecollaboratory.ai to interact with an online proof-of-concept tool that demonstrates several of The Collaboratory's product features on publicly available scientific data.
Project Cece is an online marketplace for fair and sustainable fashion. It offers over 15,000 products from over 100 different webshops with sustainability at its core. The goal is to have a positive impact on the fashion industry by making fair and sustainable clothing easy to find. Project Cece provides transparent information on brands and their sustainability and gives relevant information to make buying sustainable easy and fun.
Bucephalus is a supply chain ops platform that empowers e-commerce brands to move products faster, cheaper, and more sustainably using AI. The company partners with environmentally conscious brands to be the operating system for their supply chain, giving them confidence, saving them time and money, and reducing both waste and carbon emissions to grow their triple bottom line.
Rewire Fitness is a human performance platform that provides evidence-based solutions for tracking the athlete's readiness to perform. The company's patent-pending technology integrates protocols used by the Navy Seals, Nasa, and neuroscience, enabling athletes and other populations to reach their ultimate potential. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New Paltz, New York.
Securo is building a DeFi infrastructure with all-in-1 API for DeFi, "Stripe for DeFi". We make DeFi accessible with all-in-1 REST API integration for web2-web3 developers, fintech, neobanks and tradFi to build, invest and manage their DeFi products with simplicity through developer friendly tools.
LiveDuel is a social gaming site, allowing community members to cross-tabulate predictions. LiveDuel.com (LD) is a cross-platform social game that follows real world events. LD has developed the LiveDuel platform which will, for the first time, allow companies to run and create live, engaging gaming content for their end users. LiveDue.com (LD) operates primarily from Cork City, Ireland with partnerships in San Francisco, California.
iBrainy is a developer of an enterprise B2B software-as-a-service platform that facilitates the creation and delivery of gamified training for companies with deskless employees. The platform allows managers to design micro-learning materials, including quizzes and courses, using a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface and generative AI tools. This content can be delivered through a customizable mobile app or a web platform, enabling effective training and communication with frontline workers such as waiters, firefighters, paramedics, and factory workers. Additionally, the platform provides analytics to track employee progress and offers recommendations for optimizing training programs. By centralizing the management of training and employee engagement in one mobile application, iBrainy helps organizations improve productivity and streamline the onboarding process for their non-desk workforce.
SurplusMap engages with municipalities, energy companies, and emerging industries to find ideal co-location opportunities and attract green investments. They provide a communication platform with a digital process. They offer green hydrogen, data centers, energy-intensive industries, and the location of microgrids.
Powertrust provides expertise in developing, financing, and operating renewable energy projects. Powertrust was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Developer of business and tour management software intended for touring entertainers. The company's software offers an all-in-one, mobile solution for event scheduling, coordination and finance tracking, enabling local venues and independent artists to save time as well as stay compliant while managing gig payments.
Vertru Technologies enables you to understand the sustainability impact and related business risks of the supplier and direct manufacturers. VERTRU is an emerging technology company whose founding team has developed and scaled sustainability tools supported by the European Commission, the UK Government, and the Omidyar Foundation - the impact fund of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar focused on eliminating modern slavery.
Videolity helps businesses to monetise their videos by auto-tagging and making them one-click shoppable. For businesses, we are providing: - one-click video shopping - natural product placement in videos - actionable video metrics (per clicks, per purchase information and more) Imagine you are watching Netflix/Youtube and you want to buy a sofa or a nice shirt you see. With our tech, you can touch/click on any items on the videos and buy them instantly.
Voyance is a big data company that leverages machine learning to assist businesses in making predictive analyses based on their data. The platform enables organizations to answer critical questions regarding revenue forecasts, transaction fraud detection, and customer retention. It simplifies data science by acquiring, validating, storing, and securing data while also preparing it for analysis. Additionally, Voyance facilitates the creation of reports to engage stakeholders effectively. Currently, the company is piloting its services with various organizations in sectors such as banking, e-commerce, and fintech across Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Spiky.ai is the first AI-based modular integrated advanced analytics platform that leads the Edutech 5.0 revolution. Spiky.ai is a one-stop-shop solution, gathering all essential AI-based analytics products under one platform.
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ReLive designs and offers customized products. The company offers personalized products with some special moment, making it more than a simple item of consumption, but a way to relive that moment that was so special for someone.
Proxi powers the future of personalized navigation. Today, Proxi's no-code mapping software makes mapping and crowdsourcing geographic recommendations accessible to everyone. Local experts and influencers use Proxi to create, customize and embed highly interactive maps into their social media accounts, websites, and apps. Enabling and hosting this curated content will power future tech-enabled, location-based experiences.
Mini City Inc. develops, owns, and operates a platform that provides identification and employment opportunities to the homeless citizens. The company’s platform helps in legal identification, vital records, and employment forms; and assists workers, program directors, clinicians, and others that are working with the homeless and at risk for homelessness. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Solace Vision is a software platform that provides Virtual Reality therapy treatments for phobias, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Our goal is to improve mental health using Virtual Reality.
Lawyerd! is a fully automated system that gives the opportunity for clients to defend their intellectual property rights without any legal help from third parties. Our clients will cut the costs of legal services and defend intellectual property rights effectively 15 times faster. Our ultimate aim to become the world's first fully automated commercial platform for the protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet and to establish a clear associative connection for every Internet user, between the Lawyerd! brand and protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet!
Dreami is a mentoring platform for women, by women. Together, we are limitless. Mentorship matters. So why is it so hard to find one? Dreami matches ambitious women to accomplished women leaders. All backgrounds and experiences are welcome. Interested in becoming a mentor and joining the league of powerful women paying it forward? Apply at dreami.io/mentor
Joint is a tech-enabled residential housing platform serving the military community. The company offers exclusive access to beautiful homes for our members as they move through their careers, integrated services making it easy to be at home, and the financial benefits of ownership so they can turn their rent into wealth. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Alexandria, Virginia.
Music Games Company is a technology company that builds products at the intersection of the entertainment and gaming industries. They engage in building products at the intersection of the music and gaming industries, enabling users to have fun.
Strategic BIM is a PropTech startup that provides digital twin, IoT, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions and services. The company helps clients to use BIM in a strategic way to improve their performance and reduce building management costs.
Switch_Up offers training in computer hardware, the internet, computer software, troubleshooting, and customer service. It provides a thorough introduction to computer networking. They study modern networking technologies and protocols, as well as practical applications and network troubleshooting. Learn how to manage software and users, and configure hardware, along with the main components of an operating system.
ion Learning is a woman-owned early-stage SaaS social learning platform focused on facilitating large-scale cultural change within enterprises. The platform caters to major organizations, such as Walmart and Ancestry.com, by providing programs centered on purpose, inclusion, leadership development, and emotional intelligence. Combining traditional e-learning with small-group mentoring, ion Learning enables impactful learning and mentoring experiences for corporate employees. Its proprietary diversity-biased algorithm and methodology yield results significantly exceeding industry standards, fostering inclusive workplace cultures that benefit all employees.
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.
EcoMap is a developer of an entrepreneurial ecosystem platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to assist entrepreneurs in locating essential resources for startups, small businesses, and nonprofits within their local communities. The platform employs advanced algorithms to create comprehensive and continually updated resource portals, enabling users to easily access information about funding, mentorship programs, and various community organizations. By centralizing this information, EcoMap empowers entrepreneurs to connect with the resources they need while also providing ecosystem builders with valuable data to support the development of innovation communities.
Femly LLC, founded in 2016 and based in Baltimore, Maryland, manufactures and distributes feminine hygiene care products. The company offers a variety of plant-based and environmentally friendly items, including organic cotton tampons, day and night pads, menstrual cups, and body care products. Femly caters to women directly through its online platform and provides monthly subscriptions, online ordering, and home delivery services. Additionally, its products are available in restrooms at various organizations such as hotels, co-working spaces, and colleges. By focusing on sustainable and health-conscious options, Femly aims to meet the needs of modern consumers in the feminine care market.
Sparen Homes reimagines the real estate process, combining all of its parts — financing, search, walkthrough and inspection, and closing — into one seamless, digital platform.
Paperstack is a platform that helps freelancers, solopreneurs, contractors, and gig workers with incorporation, bookkeeping, and tax filing. Register your business, automate monthly bookkeeping, and file taxes with one click - from the convenience of your browser.