{{Institution|Image=Techstars.png|Caption=Techstars Logo|Name=Techstars|Type=Accelerator |City=Houston|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> Hi benTechstars 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.