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2. Techstars
Techstars is a mentorship-driven, seedstage, investment program that takes
technology-based startups from concept
to fledgling enterprise.

3. Techstars
#DoMoreFaster
Startups fail 95% of the time.
Techstars provides, startups, capital and
mentorship in a three month bootcamp.
We turn that 95% failure rate into a 90%
success rate.

4. MENTORS MAKE TECHSTARS #1
Current Techstars mentors include over 350 actively involved, world-class caliber
investors and entrepreneurs from premier organizations including:
INVESTORS:
ENTREPRENEUR
S:

5. Our Results
At Techstars, we believe in full transparency and
have the numbers to show you why we are rated
the #1 Accelerator in the world.

6. >1%
Each year we receive thousands of
applications from teams who want
to be in Techstars. We only accept
the best and have a lower
acceptance rate than most ivy
league schools.

7. LOCATIONS
Seattle
• Boulder
• Boston
• New York
• Austin
• Chicago
• London
•
ONLINE
Twitter reach of over 3 million
• http://www.techstars.tv
• http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/shows/techstars
• http://www.techstars.com
•

8. NYC
YORK
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9. TECHSTARS TEAM
DAVID COHEN
BRAD FELD
JON BRADFORD
Co-Founder and CEO,
Techstars
Co-Founder, Techstars
Managing Director,
Techstars London
•Founder, CTO Pinpoint (exited)
•50+ Angel Investments
•Author
•Managing Director, Foundry Group
•15 Years of Startup Experience
•Co-founder f6s

10. Some Techstars Facts
#1 Accelerator – As ranked by Kauffman/Kellogg report
– we do this better than anyone else
Over $320 M raised by TechStars companies
Over 1,300+ jobs created by TechStars companies
Average of $1.6M raised by each company
Experienced – 20 programs completed, directly operated, see the results here, more than
anybody else
Over 1,000+ mentors participating in TechStars programs, over 2,000+ investors,
8,000+ companies applying per year

11. SPECIFIC MENTOR
PROSPECTS
MATT GALLIGAN
HAYLEY BARNA
TIM ENWALL
SETH GODIN
BRAD FELD
Founder, Circa,
SimpleGEO,
and SocialThing
Co-Founder,
CEO of Mobiplug,
Author, Founder of
Managing Director,
Birchbox
Former Founder and
Squidoo
Foundry Group
CIO of Tendril

12. SPECIFIC MENTOR
PROSPECTS
PAUL BERBERIAN
DAVID COHEN
ROB HAYES
LARA AUGUST
JASON CALACANIS
CEO, Orbotix
aka Sphero
Founder and CEO,
Managing Director,
TechStars
First Round Capital
Founder,
Robot Creative
Founder Mahalo,
Open Angel Forum,
Launch

13. SPECIFIC MENTOR
PROSPECTS
ERAN EGOZY
JEFF CLAVIER
DICK COSTOLO
DION ALMAER
DAVID KARP
Co-Founder & CTO,
Founder,
COO, Twitter,
Founder, Tumblr
Harmonix Music
Systems
SoftTech VC
Founder, CEO,
Founder, Ajaxian,
Director
Development
Tools at Mozilla
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