{{Institution|Image=Techstars.png|Caption=Techstars Logo|Name=Techstars|Type=Accelerator |City=Boulder|URL=http://www.techstars.com/|Cohort Size=874|Percent Funded= 25.71%|Percent Acquired= 5.15%|Percent IPO= 1.03%|Number of Directors=5|Experienced Directors=4|Date Founded=2006}}Part of the [[Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)]] Series ==About==<onlyinclude>Techstars is a Boulder, Colorado-based, for-profit accelerator institution founded in 2006. It advertises a wide array of services, including access to office space, funding, mentorship, experts, start-up services and office space. Techstars has five directors, four of whom have direct entrepreneurship experience as established entrepreneurs. Of the 874 startups which have enrolled in the Techstars program, 225 have received venture capital funding. 45 companies which hacve participated in the Techstars program have been acquired and nine have exited in an IPO. </onlyinclude> ==Contact Information=={| class="wikitable"|-|Website|http://www.techstars.com/|-|Contact Page|http://www.techstars.com/contact/|} ==Portfolio=={| class="wikitable"! style="text-align:left;"| Name! VC?! Acquired?! IPO?|}
Portfolio taken from http://www.techstars.com/companies/
| Mycroft || Mycroft Inc || Hall || Mycroft || Mycroft Inc || Mycroft Inc || Talisen Technologies Inc || np n || p || || 2007-06-27 || 2007-06-27 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || St Louis || New York
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| MadKast || Madkast || Hall || MadKast || Madkast || Madkast || ShareThis Inc || np n || p || || 2008-09-23 || 2008-09-23 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || Mountain View || Mountain View
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| Brightkite || Brightkite || Hall || Brightkite || Brightkite || Brightkite || Limbo || np n || p || || 2009-04-08 || 2009-04-08 || Telecommunications || Business Services || Completed || Burlingame || Denver
| Strobe || Strobe Inc || Hall || Strobe || Strobe Inc || Strobe Inc || Facebook Inc || np n || p || || 2011-11-08 || 2011-11-08 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Menlo Park || San Francisco
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| Foodzie || Foodzie Inc || Hall || Foodzie || Foodzie Inc || Foodzie Inc || Project J Corp || np n || p || || 2012-06-05 || 2012-06-05 || Business Services || Miscellaneous Retail Trade || Completed || Palo Alto || San Francisco
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| Thinkfuse || Thinkfuse Inc || Hall || Thinkfuse || Thinkfuse Inc || Thinkfuse Inc || Salesforce.com Inc || np n || p || || 2012-06-26 || 2012-06-26 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || San Francisco || Seattle
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| GoMiles || GoMiles LLC || Hall || GoMiles || GoMiles LLC || GoMiles LLC || Traxo LLC || np n || p || || 2012-09-25 || 2012-09-25 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || Dallas || Seattle
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| ReTel Technologies || ReTel Technologies Inc || Hall || ReTel Technologies || ReTel Technologies Inc || ReTel Technologies Inc || ShopperTrak Corp || np n || p || || 2012-10-29 || 2012-10-29 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Chicago || Chicago
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| GoodApril || GoodApril || Hall || GoodApril || GoodApril || GoodApril || Intuit Inc || np n || p || || 2013-08-08 || 2013-08-08 || Prepackaged Software || Personal Services || Completed || Mountain View || San Francisco
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| Precog || PRECOG Inc || Hall || Precog || PRECOG Inc || PRECOG Inc || RichRelevance Inc || np n || p || || 2013-08-24 || 2013-08-24 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || San Francisco || Boulder
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| SideTour || SideTour Inc || Hall || SideTour || SideTour Inc || SideTour Inc || Groupon Inc || np n || p || || 2013-09-18 || 2013-09-18 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || Chicago || New York
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| Dispatch || Dispatch Inc || Hall || Dispatch || Dispatch Inc || Dispatch Inc || Meetup Inc || np n || p || || 2013-10-09 || 2013-10-09 || Business Services || Business Services || Completed || New York || New York
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| ImpulseSave || ImpulseSave Inc || Hall || ImpulseSave || ImpulseSave Inc || ImpulseSave Inc || Betterment LLC || np n || p || || 2013-10-18 || 2013-10-18 || Investment & Commodity FirmsDealersExchanges || Prepackaged Software || Completed || New York || Cambridge
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| Wander || Wander LLC || Hall || Wander || Wander LLC || Wander LLC || Yahoo! Inc || np n || p || || 2014-02-11 || 2014-02-11 || Business Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Sunnyvale || New York
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| Pickie || Pickie Inc || Hall || Pickie || Pickie Inc || Pickie Inc || RetailMeNot Inc || np n || p || || 2014-04-15 || 2014-04-15 || Business Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Austin || New York
| OnSwipe || Onswipe Inc || Hall || OnSwipe || Onswipe Inc || Onswipe Inc || Beanstock Media Inc || np n || p || || 2014-08-12 || 2014-08-12 || Printing Publishing and Allied Services || Printing Publishing and Allied Services || Completed || San Francisco || New York
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| StarStreet || StarStreet Inc || Hall || StarStreet || StarStreet Inc || StarStreet Inc || DraftKings Inc || np n || p || || 2014-08-25 || 2014-08-25 || Amusement and Recreation Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Boston || Cambridge
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| GrabCAD || GrabCAD Ltd || Hall || GrabCAD || GrabCAD Ltd || GrabCAD Ltd || Stratasys Ltd || np n || p || || 2014-09-16 || 2014-09-23 || Computer and Office Equipment || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Eden Prairie || Cambridge
| Mortar Data || Mortar Data Inc || Hall || Mortar Data || Mortar Data Inc || Mortar Data Inc || Datadog Inc || np n || p || || 2015-02-11 || 2015-02-11 || Prepackaged Software || Prepackaged Software || Completed || New York ||
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| Streamline || Streamline Inc || Hall || Streamline || Streamline Inc || Streamline Inc || MEDOVEX Corp || np n || p || || 2015-03-10 || 2015-03-26 || Measuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks || Measuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks || Completed || Atlanta || Minneapolis
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| IMRSV || IMRSV Inc || Hall || IMRSV || IMRSV Inc || IMRSV Inc || Kairos AR Inc || np n || p || || 2015-04-05 || 2015-04-05 || Prepackaged Software || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Miami ||
| Reveal || Reveal Inc || Hall || Reveal || Reveal Inc || Reveal Inc || Rhapsody International Inc || np n || p || || 2015-04-28 || 2015-04-28 || Business Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Seattle || Seattle
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| Next Big Sound || Next Big Sound Inc || Hall || Next Big Sound || Next Big Sound Inc || Next Big Sound Inc || Pandora Media Inc || np n || p || || 2015-05-19 || 2015-07-01 || Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations || Business Services || Completed || Oakland || New York
| Inside Social || Inside Social || Hall || Inside Social || Inside Social || Inside Social || Simply Measured Inc || np n || p || || 2015-09-01 || 2015-09-01 || Business Services || Advertising Services || Completed || Seattle || Seattle
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| Tutum || Tutum Inc || Hall || Tutum || Tutum Inc || Tutum Inc || Docker Inc || np n || p || || 2015-10-21 || 2015-10-21 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || San Francisco || New York
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| SimpleRelevance || SimpleRelevance Inc || Hall || SimpleRelevance || SimpleRelevance Inc || SimpleRelevance Inc || Rise Interactive || np n || p || || 2015-12-07 || 2015-12-07 || Business Services || Prepackaged Software || Completed || Chicago || Chicago
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| Jargon || Jargon || Hall || Jargon || Jargon || Jargon || Smartling Inc || np n || p || || 2016-04-06 || 2016-04-06 || Prepackaged Software || Prepackaged Software || Completed || New York ||
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| VerbalizeIt || VerbalizeIt Inc || Hall || VerbalizeIt || VerbalizeIt Inc || VerbalizeIt Inc || Smartling Inc || np n || p || || 2016-05-19 || 2016-05-19 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || New York || New York
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| ZIIBRA || Ziibra Inc || Hall || ZIIBRA || Ziibra Inc || Ziibra Inc || Tagboard || np n || p || || 2016-05-31 || 2016-05-31 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || Redmond || Seattle
| QoL || Qol Co Ltd || Hall || QoL || Qol Co Ltd || Qol Co Ltd || Retail || 10.685 || 2006-04-11 || 2006-03-17 || Foreign || Japan || 10.685 || 10.7 || 10.685 || Japan Public || 74678A || 3034 || Nip Her St || Yes || 90.476 || 1992-10-13 || 37/F Shiroyama Trust Tower || 4-3-1 Toranomon
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| Stream || Stream Co Ltd || Hall || Stream || Stream Co Ltd || Stream Co Ltd || Retail || 5.951 || 2007-02-08 || 2007-01-18 || Foreign || Japan || 5.951 || 6 || 5.951 || Japan Public || 86321R || 3071 || Mothers || Yes || 66.666 || 1999-07-23 || Sumitomo Shiba Park Bldg 14F || 2-7-17 Shiba