Techstars

Founded in 2006 by David Brown, David Cohen, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis, Techstars is one of the world's largest startup accelerators. It invests $220,000 per company ($20,000 for 5% common stock plus a $200,000 uncapped MFN safe) through a three month mentorship driven programme. With a portfolio of over 4,700 companies across 16 unicorns, alumni have collectively raised over $30 billion and hold a combined valuation exceeding $120 billion. Notable alumni include Sendgrid (acquired by Twilio), ClassPass, Remitly, and Chainalysis. Around 75% of companies receive follow on funding or become profitable post programme.

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