Where is Techstars' headquarters located?

Techstars' headquarters is located in New York City (United States).

How big is Techstars' investment team?

Techstars has a team of 460, including 16 partners.

How many companies has Techstars invested in?

Techstars has invested in 4717 companies, including Spotify & Remitly.

Which companies has Techstars invested in lately?

hexafarms & O ID are the latest investments by Techstars.

How many exits has Techstars been involved in?

Techstars' portfolio has seen 22 IPOs and 507 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Techstars' portfolio?

There are 17 unicorns in Techstars' portfolio.

Techstars - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Techstars, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2006, is based in New York City, United States. With a presence in 88 countries, it has supported around 4,717 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, High Tech. As of Oct 2026, Techstars has 17 unicorns under its belt and has witnessed 529 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Spotify, Remitly and Ramp. The program is backed by a team of 460 people who primarily support Seed startups based in United States. Its latest investment was a $5.38M Seed round in hexafarms on Oct 06, 2026, which also saw participation from Ananda Impact Ventures and GGF.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2006

Location

New York City, United States

Portfolio Companies

Spotify, Remitly & 4715 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 42 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 11 more

Locations of Investment

United States, United Kingdom & 86 more

Unicorn in Portfolio

Preply, Chapter & 15 more

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Techstars has a portfolio of 4,717 companies, including 17 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Notey and Sequense.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Canada and 85 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 41 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 11 more. Here is the list of top investments by Techstars:

1. Spotify

Provider of a platform for streaming digital music and podcasts. The platform allows users to listen to a wide variety of audio content. It is accessible via web browsers and dedicated applications.

Key facts about Spotify

Founded Year: 2006
Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
Annual Revenue: €1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $2.06B
Employee Count: 19,363 as on Jul 31, 2026
Investors: ADS Ventures, 2020 Ventures and 127 Others
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 10, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Public

2. Remitly

Provider of international money transfer services with multiple delivery options. It facilitates secure international money transfers across numerous currencies. Funds can be received through options like bank accounts, mobile wallets, or cash pickup. The platform focuses on providing reliable and secure transfer solutions.

Key facts about Remitly

Founded Year: 2011
Location: Seattle (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Stage: Public
Total Funding till date: $436M
Employee Count: 3,415 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: HTIF, ADS Ventures and 40 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jul 29, 2020, $*****
Highlight: Public

3. Ramp

Provider of a platform for spend management, corporate cards, and payables. The platform offers features such as expense management, accounts payable processing, and travel management. It also provides procurement and accounting automation capabilities. The platform aims to streamline financial operations and improve efficiency for finance teams.

Key facts about Ramp

Founded Year: 2019
Location: New York City (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series F
Total Funding till date: $3.22B
Employee Count: 6,209 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: equitywestsecurities.com, T. Rowe Price and 73 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jun 04, 2026, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Oracle

Provider of cloud-based enterprise software solutions for applications, platform, and infrastructure management. It is a technology multinational corporation that offers a wide range of enterprise software products and services, including cloud computing solutions, database management systems, and Java development tools.

Key facts about Oracle

Founded Year: 1977
Location: Austin (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on May 31, 2026
Stage: Public
Employee Count: 179,061 as on May 31, 2025
Investors: Glynn Capital, Greyrock Investments and 33 Others
Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Feb 03, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Public

5. Squarespace

Provider of tools for website creation, hosting, and online business. The platform offers website templates, an AI website builder, and design intelligence features. It also provides tools for e-commerce, marketing, domain registration, and business management. The platform supports various business types, including creative services, professional services, education, beauty, and health.

Key facts about Squarespace

Founded Year: 2003
Location: United States
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $591M
Employee Count: 2,161 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: ADS Ventures, equitywestsecurities.com and 21 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jan 16, 2025, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

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Techstars has invested in 4718 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 276 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 64 investments, while as of Oct 2026, it has made 21 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in O ID and most recent follow-on round was in hexafarms.

Here are Techstars' Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	9	12	21
2025	31	33	64
2024	289	57	346
2023	731	31	762
2022	435	43	478
2021	192	50	242
2020	240	48	288
2019	294	41	335
2018	232	30	262
2017	284	26	310

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Techstars has made 3362 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $318K, 86 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.7M and 20 investments in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $119K.

Here are Techstars' investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	3362
Series A	86
Unattributed	20
Series B	8
Grant (prize money)	7
Others	11

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Techstars has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, FinTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 4021 Tech companies, 2907 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 2589 Software companies and at least 1728 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Techstars' investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	1605
Consumer	762
High Tech	611
FinTech	537
Vertical SaaS	391
Others	3895

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Techstars has made most investments in United States (2273), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 259 investments.

Here are Techstars' investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	2273
United Kingdom	259
Canada	174
Germany	72
Israel	71
Others	657

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Techstars has made 21 investments in 2026 so far. hexafarms and O ID are the latest among them.

Here are the most recent investments by Techstars:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Oct 06, 2026	hexafarms	Germany	Seed	3045	Ananda Impact Ventures [+5]
Sep 24, 2026	O ID	Japan	Seed	7478	Tawani Ventures [+1]
Sep 24, 2026	Locus Lock	United States	Seed	9433	Range Ventures [+5]
Aug 26, 2026	Concordare Trials	United States	Seed	5839	Surface Ventures [+2]
Aug 18, 2026	Ampaire	United States	Series B	5639	International Airlines Group ... [+12]

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Techstars has 17 unicorns in its portfolio - Preply, Chapter, Cosm and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Preply. It became a unicorn in 2026, 10 years after Techstars first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Techstars' portfolio:

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Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
75	Preply	Platform connects language learners with online tutors for personalized lessons	2012	EdTech [+2]	Brookline	Series D	ua{ixmx
73	Chapter	Digital medicare plan and benefits management tool for employees and individuals	2013	HealthTech [+3]	New York City	Series E	xeopoxm
65	Cosm	Provider of AR and VR immersive experiences solutions	2020	High Tech	Los Angeles	Series B	nvp{zll
72	Veho	AI-enable last-mile delivery services for e-commerce companies	2016	Consumer [+2]	Boulder	Series B	crbyjtq
62	JumpCloud	Cloud based directory management for user and IT resource authentication	2012	Enterprise Infrastructure [+1]	Boulder	Series F	skzpsqf

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22 of Techstars' portfolio companies have become public. Carma got listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), in Nov 2025 at marketcap of $240M and Arrived got listed on the OTC Markets (OTCMKTS).

Here are Techstars' portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Carma	Nov 05, 2025	-	-	3759
Arrived	Oct 07, 2025	May 17, 2022	Series A	5961
Damon	Nov 18, 2024	2017	Seed	6945
Remitly	Sep 23, 2021	-	-	7165
Latch	Jun 07, 2021	-	-	3177

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507 companies from Techstars' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Senso in Oct 2026 by Zeta Global for $*****.

Here are Techstars' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Senso	Oct 06, 2026	2018	Seed	9836
Maxwell	Sep 25, 2026	Dec 14, 2016	Seed	8313
Smartling	Sep 15, 2026	Aug 11, 2014	Series D	2592
Kard	Aug 14, 2026	Feb 15, 2017	Seed	9109
SafeHouse	Jul 24, 2026	May 27, 2018	Seed	9685

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Techstars has a team of 460 members including 16 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 6 Principals located in United States, United Kingdom and 1 more location. Techstars' team sits on the board of 12 companies.

Here is a list of top team members in Techstars:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Brad Feld	Partner	Boulder	Zynga, Fitbit and 5 more	2 Emails
Jason Seats	Partner	Austin	-	1 Email
David Brown	Partner	Boulder	Partake Foods, Crescendo and 3 more	1 Email
Jared Polis	Partner	Denver	-	2 Emails
Sunil Sharma	Partner	Toronto	World of Angus	1 Email
Charlotte Bruce	Partner	London	-	1 Email
Tim Grace	Partner	Chicago	-	2 Emails
Jonathan Fentzke	Partner	Boulder	-	2 Emails
Georgie Smithwick	Partner	London	-	1 Email
Shirley Romig	Partner	New York	-	1 Email

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Over the past 20 years, 6723 investors have co-invested in Techstars's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Techstars: Right Side Capital Management, MassChallenge and 1074 others have invested in rounds before Techstars. There are 82 companies where Right Side Capital Management has invested before Techstars and 24 companies where MassChallenge has invested before Techstars.
Top Co-investors of Techstars: 1373 investors entered a company along with Techstars. These include investors like Right Side Capital Management (35 companies).
Invested after Techstars: A total of 4274 investors have invested in Techstars's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Right Side Capital Management (66 companies) and Europa (27 companies).