# Techstars

> Techstars is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 171 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Philadelphia, United States
- Total investments: 171
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techstars
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/techstars
- Website: https://www.techstars.com/programs/comcast-program/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techstars

Techstars is a global platform that provides investment and innovation. Through the Techstars Worldwide Entrepreneur Network, founders and their teams connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporate partners who will help their companies grow. Techstars operates four divisions: TechstarsMentorship-Driven Accelerator Program supercharges success and Techstars Startup Programs inspire, educate, and connect entrepreneurs. Techstars Venture Capital Fund invests in innovative and disruptive companies. Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships help brands create products and services. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,000 companies with a market cap of $8.1 billion.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Techstars. Shizune tracks 10 team members at Techstars. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/comcast-nbcuniversal-lift-labs-accelerator-powered-by-techstars?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 50 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 24 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 15 | 9% |
| Apps | 12 | 7% |
| FinTech | 12 | 7% |

218 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 113 | 66% |
| Seed | 47 | 27% |
| Series A | 4 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 2% |
| Angel | 1 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 95 | 56% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 8 | 5% |
| Canada | 7 | 4% |
| France | 5 | 3% |

25 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beata Puncevic | Chief Technology Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beata-puncevic-e5b1 |
| Brad Feld | Co-founder | 130 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-feld |
| David Cohen | Mentor | 83 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-cohen |
| Jared Polis | Co-Founder | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jared-polis |
| Jordan Fliegel | Managing director | 78 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-fliegel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SALUBATA | We invent lifestyle technologies that help people and planet. Our current inventions include: 1. Modular shoes made from recycled plastic wastes (patented) 2. SoleFitter: a mobile and web app that helps capture the precise volume of the feet to correct shoes sizing errors (proprietary) | $220K | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2024 |  |
| Wellthi | Wellthi offers a B2B embedded social finance software designed to help financial institutions turn one customer into a community of customers. Wellthi offers a suite of white-label, configurable APIs, mobile apps and payment solutions to help clients leverage the power of online communities, shared financial goals and positive peer accountabilityto attract and retain customers and increase assets under management. Bank customers can use wellthi to structure their financial goals with family and friends and build community through their bank's mobile app. | $3M | Seed | Dec 15, 2023 |  |
| Popp AI | Popp helps D2C brands increase customer lifetime value and community-led growth by incentivising and gamifying customer engagement. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 10, 2023 |  |
| Zoolife | Online interactive zoo connecting 4B animal lovers to the world’s animals up-close, using live 24/7 automated cameras inside ethical zoos. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Riverse | Riverse enables manufacturing greentech companies in Europe to issue and sell carbon credits in weeks; and unlock significant revenue. | $1.6M | Seed | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Onex | OnEx is the healthcare online exhibition that facilitates the connection between manufacturers, distributors and healthcare providers. | $1.1M | Seed | May 30, 2023 |  |
| FundMiner | FundMiner is a software solution for fundraising organizations. They measure the full scope of impact for donors with robust analytics and impact reports. | $1.7M | Seed | May 21, 2023 |  |
| Pear Suite | Pear Suite is a digital health company that helps community health workers to address social determinants of health through culturally sensitive care navigation.. The cloud-based platform of Pear Suite enables anyone to better assess and address social determinants of health in a scalable, cost-effective, and person-centered manner. Its platform,unlike other assessment tools, enables anyone to assess and address an individual's social drivers of health through smart scripts, logic modeling, and actionable dashboards. | $2.5M | Seed | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Brolly | Brolly is an insurtech that makes auto insurance affordable in Africa through flexible payments and usage-based pricing. The company uses ai and automation to ensure speed and efficiency in the delivery of its services. Brolly is headquartered in Delaware and operates in Ghana. The company has ambitions to expand to other African countries in thenext fews years. |  | Convertible Note | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Bloomfilter | Bloomfilter is a developer of an enterprise software planning application. Bloomfilter helps software executives and leaders illuminate the path to software project success through our platform. | $5.5M | Seed | May 04, 2023 |  |

10 of 171 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 175 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-kansas-city-accelerator) — VC Fund, 73 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-sustainability-accelerator) — VC Fund, 53 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-anywhere-accelerator) — VC Fund, 52 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-london-accelerator) — VC Fund, 39 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanley-techstars-additive-manufacturing-accelerator) — VC Fund, 26 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Techstars invest in?

Techstars invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 171 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Techstars?

Public channels for Techstars 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?

The team at Techstars includes Beata Puncevic (Chief Technology Officer), Brad Feld (Co-founder) and David Cohen (Mentor), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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