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Techstars

Accelerator · Boulder, USA · Founded 2006 · Active in 2026

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27 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #17 · 27 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Enterprise value ↑ 57% 5y
$245B
Unicorns ↑ 9% 5y
24
Decacorns → 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 23% 5y
27
Featured in #17Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 Top 0.5%by Seed → $100M+ revenue outcomes

Techstars was founded in Boulder in 2006 by David Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and Jared Polis. The firm pioneered the 'mentorship-driven accelerator' format — three-month programs, hand-selected mentors-as-investors, and a global network of city-specific accelerators.

Notable alumni include SendGrid, DigitalOcean, ClassPass, and Outreach. Techstars restructured under new ownership in 2025.

Portfolio analysis

The 27 Techstars Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue and above).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA27
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech5
  2. Marketing5
  3. Health Tech & Medtech3
  4. Edtech3
  5. eCommerce & Marketplaces2
  6. Other B2B Software2
  7. Energy2
  8. Transportation2
  9. AI1
  10. Cybersecurity1
  11. Biotech & Life Sciences1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+8
  2. Series A1
  3. Seed18
01 · Portfolio market map

Techstars's 27 Power Law outcomes.

Toggle between a sector landscape and a world map. Both views respond to the stage and outcome-tier filters. The faded names at the bottom of bigger boxes are part of the full list — click "+ N more" to reveal them.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
27 of 27 Power Law outcomes
Logos hosted by Dealroom; click any chip to open the company in app.dealroom.co. The dot inside each chip shows the company's highest tier — red Gigacorn, violet Centicorn/Decacorn, lavender Unicorn, blue Thoroughbred, green Colt. Tiers are inclusive: a Unicorn (e.g. Klarna) also matches the Thoroughbred filter, a Decacorn also matches Unicorn and Thoroughbred, and so on up the ladder. Colt is a separate axis (high-growth, smaller revenue) and only matches itself. Map dots use the same colour code; hover for details. Sectors are mutually exclusive (priority-ordered classification). Stage entered = the round Techstars first invested in (where data is available — coverage 93%).
02 · Origin of portfolio founders

Where Techstars's founders come from — and where they study.

69 founders across the 27 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Alphabet | Google are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States45
India5
Denmark3
Israel2
Sweden2
Ecuador2
Canada1
Austria1
Mexico1
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UniversityCount
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
Harvard Business School4
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv3
Technical University of Denmark2
Imperial College London2
Carnegie Mellon University2
UCLA2
Whitworth University2
ArtCenter College of Design2
Brigham Young University2
+28 more →
Origin companyCount
Alphabet | Google9
Microsoft8
Amazon3
Thinkific2
Mozilla2
Apple2
CRITEO2
Telenav2
Revolut2
Coralogix1
+44 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company. Explore the full Sequoia infographic on Thoroughbreds & Unicorns →
03 · Key people

Key people at Techstars.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Techstars stack up?

Techstars in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — filter by region or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of global unicorns minted that year — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors

Share of new unicorns per year

% of all global unicorns minted that year, year by year
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

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Data as of 15 Apr 2026 · Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset · Methodology
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