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Techstars
Accelerator · Founded 2006 · New York City, United States
Direct investment
5,391 Companies backed directly
News
Inverto Earth raises $2.4M seed to cut coastal restoration costs
Nov 11, 2026
News
Turin's New Altitude launches with €200K–€400K checks for early-stage startups
Nov 5, 2026
News
Techstars and Hub71 back Abu Dhabi startups with $120K each
Oct 29, 2026
Analysis
Thiel Fellows' companies reach $100M revenue two and a half times as often as YC's
Oct 27, 2026
Analysis
The investors that have backed startups in the most US states
Sep 24, 2026
Techstars’ biggest current holdings.
The most valuable companies Techstars still holds, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Dealroom has a disclosed stake for Techstars in only 3 companies, too few to estimate what the portfolio is worth, so stake sizes aren’t shown.
Unicorns and thoroughbreds Techstars has backed and still holds, at Dealroom’s latest valuation. Techstars also appears inside investor groups in Chainalysis, Degreed, Preply, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →
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.
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.
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USA3,405
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UK423
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Canada279
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Israel129
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Germany127
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France103
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India68
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Australia66
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Nigeria61
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Netherlands46
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Italy41
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Singapore37
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Enterprise Software804
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Fintech697
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Health452
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Marketing407
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Media367
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Transportation286
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Energy276
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Education273
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Food273
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Real Estate176
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Security173
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Sports169
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Seed1,887
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Series A166
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Series B+17
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Early Growth4,672
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Breakout Stage603
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Late Growth103
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Mature8
Inside Techstars’ portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 2,278 tracked.
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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.
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United States146
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Canada5
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Israel5
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United Kingdom4
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France3
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South Korea3
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Australia2
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India2
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Spain2
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Bulgaria1
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Stanford University7
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Harvard Business School6
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
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Columbia University5
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business5
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MIT Sloan School of Management4
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University of Michigan4
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University of Toronto4
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Carnegie Mellon University3
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Georgetown University3
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Goldman Sachs7
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Techstars6
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Bain & Company4
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Teach For America4
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Amazon3
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Bloomberg3
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Climate Pledge Fund3
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Guidehouse3
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology3
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McKinsey & Company3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Techstars.
