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Techstars

Accelerator · Founded 2006 · New York City, United States

#26 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 0.5% of investors worldwide

Accelerates early-stage startups through mentorship, funding, and a global network of founders and investors

2,278 Portfolio companies+37% in 5 years
27 Unicorns
2 Decacorns
2,906 Investments
Jul 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

Techstars’ biggest current holdings.

Techstars is a named shareholder in 3 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $7M in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 3 biggest are listed below.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RaftTransportation · Colt 2.5% $180M $4M
  2. 2 hackajobJobs Recruitment · Colt 1.92% $150M $3M
  3. 3 UbioTravel · Colt 2.22%

Estimated value = Techstars’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Techstars also appears inside investor groups in Chainalysis, Degreed, Preply, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

Techstars’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Techstars’ transaction record.

$82B IPO · 2019
Entered SeedNow $163BFood
$4.5B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $15BTelecom
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Now $4.5BFintech
$4.4B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $2.1BHealth
$652M IPO · 2017
Entered SeedNow $3.0BMarketing
$1.0B acquisition · 2018
Entered SeedHealth
$1.0B IPO · 2021
Entered SeedNow $156MHealth
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where Techstars’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 2,278 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA3,405
  2. UK423
  3. Canada279
  4. Israel129
  5. Germany127
  6. France103
  7. India68
  8. Australia66
  9. Nigeria61
  10. Netherlands46
  11. Italy41
  12. Singapore37
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software804
  2. Fintech697
  3. Health452
  4. Marketing407
  5. Media367
  6. Transportation286
  7. Energy276
  8. Education273
  9. Food273
  10. Real Estate176
  11. Security173
  12. Sports169
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed1,887
  2. Series A166
  3. Series B+17
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth4,672
  2. Breakout Stage603
  3. Late Growth103
  4. Mature8
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside Techstars’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 2,278 tracked.

Uber
Food · Centicorn
$163B
Zipline
Robotics · Unicorn
$7.6B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
Twelve
Energy · Unicorn
$2.0B
InKind
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.7B
Chainalysis
Fintech · Unicorn
$8.6B
ClassPass
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$1.0B
Outreach
Telecom · Unicorn
$4.4B
Remitly
Fintech · Unicorn
$4.5B
Queen of Raw
Marketing
$6.0M
Degreed
Education · Unicorn
$1.4B
Openly
Fintech
$400M
Cosm
Sports · Unicorn
$1.0B
TradingView
Fintech · Unicorn
$3.0B
Veho
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.5B
Chapter
Health · Unicorn
$3.0B
Findhelp
Health
$108M
Preply
Education · Unicorn
$1.2B
SendGrid
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.0B
SendBird
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.1B
Later
Marketing
$23M
Carbon Robotics
Food
$425M
SalesLoft
Marketing · Unicorn
$2.3B
Bluecore
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.0B
Overtime
Sports
$500M
Well Dot
Health
$350M
Pixxel
Space
$400M
Alloy
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.6B
Ginger
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$3.0B
Twelve Labs
Media
$400M
Optimizely
Marketing
$200M
Nanoramic
Energy
$216M
Peek
Travel
$400M
Owlet Baby Care
Health
$156M
Kepler Communications
Telecom
$368M
Amelia
Enterprise Software
DigitalOcean
Telecom · Decacorn
$15B
Newsela
Media · Unicorn
$1.0B
NOVO
Fintech
$720M
Quantive
Enterprise Software
$480M
LogicGate
Legal
$452M
Noah | Patch Homes
Fintech
$600M
Tray
Marketing
$600M
Branch App
Fintech
$300M
Latch
Security
$25M
Nextbite
Food
$480M
Genius AI
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.1B
Oblong Industries
Enterprise Software
$1.1M
4M Analytics
Real Estate
$260M
Mantl
Fintech
$400M
Phoenix Tailings
Energy
$360M
SkySpecs
Energy
$400M
Tive
Transportation
$500M
Weijing Energy Storage
Energy
$330M
Tasso
Health
$400M
Leanplum
Marketing
$108M
Bevi
Food
$280M
LevelTen Energy
Fintech
$260M
Self Financial
Fintech
$200M
ClassWallet
Fintech
$380M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where Techstars’ portfolio founders come from.

186 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States146
  2. Canada5
  3. Israel5
  4. United Kingdom4
  5. France3
  6. South Korea3
  7. Australia2
  8. India2
  9. Spain2
  10. Bulgaria1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University7
  2. Harvard Business School6
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
  4. Columbia University5
  5. Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
  6. MIT Sloan School of Management4
  7. University of Michigan4
  8. University of Toronto4
  9. Carnegie Mellon University3
  10. Georgetown University3
Previous companyCount
  1. Goldman Sachs7
  2. Techstars6
  3. Bain & Company4
  4. Teach For America4
  5. Amazon3
  6. Bloomberg3
  7. Climate Pledge Fund3
  8. Guidehouse3
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
  10. McKinsey & Company3