تك ستارز

US startup accelerator founded in Boulder in 2006 that runs accelerator, Founder Catalyst and Startup Weekend programmes worldwide and invests through Techstars Ventures funds.

Industry: Startup accelerator and venture capital | Location: New York City, United States | Founded: 2006

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Techstars is a startup accelerator and early-stage investor founded in the United States. It runs funded accelerator programmes, the Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator and Startup Weekend events. Its website says it has accelerated more than 10,900 founders and reached more than 150 countries. Its newsroom shows autumn 2026 programmes that include a Founder Catalyst global cohort, a Tokyo accelerator class and the Future of Finance Accelerator run with ABN AMRO.

Techstars was incorporated on 14 November 2006 in Boulder, Colorado. Its co-founders are David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld and Jared Polis, and its first accelerator class ran in Boulder in summer 2007. Maëlle Gavet served as chief executive until she stepped down in May 2024, when Cohen resumed the role. In February 2024 Techstars announced that its headquarters would move to New York City, and BizWest reported that its three main offices are in New York, Denver and London.

Techstars Ventures, the company's investment arm, has raised funds that its website lists at 5 million dollars in 2009, 25 million in 2012 and 155 million in 2014. According to Wikipedia, Techstars opened a Paris programme with Partech Ventures in 2017, set up an office in the United Arab Emirates the same year and expanded into Africa in 2022.

Techstars took part in the 2.5 million dollar seed round of the Saudi automotive parts platform Autobia, reported by Wamda in June 2023 with Sadu Capital as lead. In July 2026 Techstars and Emirates NBD announced a partnership to bring AI and fintech startups into the bank's operations across the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye. Emirates NBD contributes analytics infrastructure that it said supports more than 50 active AI use cases, and Techstars contributes its pipeline of founders. In August 2026 it announced a partnership with Justworks.

On 20 August 2026 Techstars reported that it ranked first in the 2026 accelerator list published by TIME and Statista. On 14 October 2026 it announced its Fall 2026 Founder Catalyst Global cohort. David Cohen is described as founder and chief executive in the July 2026 partnership release.

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