# Techstars Ventures

> Techstars Ventures is a VC fund in Boulder backing Software and SaaS. See 249 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 249
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last fund: Nov 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstars
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/techstars
- Website: http://techstars.com/ventures
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techstars

Techstars Ventures is a VC fund in Boulder focused on Software and SaaS. Techstars Ventures (formerly Bullet Time Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Techstars. Bullet Time Ventures is a $150 million fund based in Boulder, Colorado.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $650k–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $535k–$2.5M |
| Series A | $2M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 64 | 26% |
| SaaS | 37 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 26 | 10% |
| FinTech | 22 | 9% |
| Finance | 21 | 8% |

259 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 130 | 52% |
| Series A | 41 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 22 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 14 | 6% |
| Series B | 11 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 167 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 3% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| Israel | 4 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 1% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Declan Kelly | Director EMEA | 52 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/declan-kelly-2 |
| Mark Solon | Managing Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-solon |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Switchgrid | Switchgrid is developing an API that allows you to collect consent from your users (individuals and businesses) digitally and access consumption data from their smart energy meters. | $120K | Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Automotus | The Automotus team is on a mission to transform urban mobility by helping cities, airports, fleets, and small businesses manage the unprecedented rise in congestion and emissions from commercial vehicle traffic. We’ve developed first-of-its-kind computer vision technology that helps our customers make smarter policy decisions using comprehensive,real-time curb activity data; fully automate payment for commercial vehicle (un)loading and parking; automate enforcement of curbside violations; make accessible real-time curb availability data for drivers; and incentivize adoption of electric vehicles. From cities to residents and small businesses, our solutions are meant to benefit everyone by making our communities safer, healthier, and more efficient places to live and move. Our technology supports cities across the US and in Europe, including the nation’s first zero-emissions delivery zones in Santa Monica and Los Angeles. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| WASTETIDE | AI to detect the value of industrial waste | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Aline | Aline develops software that digitizes legal contracts and builds smart automated workflows for contracts. | $4.5M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Ennisphere | Revolutionizing skin health through advanced AI technology. Ennisphere LLC delivers clinical-grade facial analysis and personalized skincare recommendations powered by state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. | $3.5M | Seed | Mar 14, 2025 |  |
| Viva Benefits | Viva is a 'rent to invest' amenity that allows landlords to make more money by rewarding tenants with a share of the profit. Viva was founded in 2021. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 14, 2024 |  |
| Sensei | Sensei offers a scalable, seamless store-wide solution that empowers the stores of the future to be check-out and cash free.Through an integrated system of cameras and AI algorithms, Sensei enables a new era of Phygital stores able to capture in-store product data and shoppers’ activities, to offer a wealth of analytics and smooth, frictionlessshopping experience. | $16M | Series A | Oct 22, 2024 |  |
| MD Ally | MD Ally is a navigation software that incorporates telehealth and mental health services into 911 and first-responder dispatches. It integrates telemedicine into the EMD process to triage callers, non-life-threatening concerns, virtual medical and behavioral healthcare professionals, in-network follow-up care, alternate transportation, and socialservices.MD Ally aims to broaden the scope of EMS care and collaboration - and is free for any public safety entity to use. By providing technology that expands the range of patient-centered care options available to dispatchers and medics, together they can improve response and offload times, clinical outcomes, and first responders' ability to save lives.It was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York. | $14M | Series A | Aug 13, 2024 |  |
| IQ/ID | IQ/ID devlops CRM compatible tools that helps higher education admissions and enrollment offices. | $800K | Pre-Seed | May 22, 2024 |  |
| Chargerzilla | Chargerzilla, backed by Techstars-J.P.Morgan and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), revolutionizes electric vehicle (EV) charging by seamlessly connecting property owners, EV charging networks, and businesses with EV drivers through our community-driven, AI-powered ecosystem. Our all-in-one platform offers access to over 250,000 publiccharging stations, including Tesla Superchargers, and private stations that can be reserved for charging sessions, across the United States and Canada.Our mission is to significantly increase the availability of reliable charging stations, alleviate range anxiety, and accelerate EV adoption, ultimately reducing carbon emissions and protecting the environment. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |

10 of 249 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Techstars Ventures invest in?

Techstars Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 249 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Techstars Ventures's check size?

Techstars Ventures typically joins rounds of $650k–$5M at Seed, $535k–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $2M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Techstars Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Techstars Ventures?

Public channels for Techstars Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Techstars Ventures?

The team at Techstars Ventures includes Declan Kelly (Director EMEA) and Mark Solon (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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