Techstars

includes Techstars Boulder Accelerator, Techstars Ventures, Techstars Boston, Techstars London, Techstars Startup Next, Techstars Boulder

13 statements across 12 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Feb 5, 2016 by Nathan Latka · said 147 times in 56 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nathan Latka (57), Hirsch Tapadia (10), Ohad Ronan (8), Cody Barbo (6), Seymour Arasolov (5), Josh Fraser (5), Ayush Jain (5), Martijn de Kuijper (4)

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Feb 5, 2016
Assertion Supported
Heyo's investors included Techstars' David Cohen and a Forbes billionaire
“We have David Cohen from Techstars in the business. We have, you know, our, you know, a Forbes billionaire involved in the business.”
Nathan Latka Feb 5, 2016 ▶ 22:24 We got an offer to sell Heyo with Nathan Latka
Jan 25, 2017
Disclosure
Attentive raised a $30K advisor round including a Talkdesk co-founder
“We did something we call an advisor round, which is only for the remaining bits. That's about 25, 30 K. In USD which was people that have been helping us for months, and we got some Techstars alumni, we got people from the competitive intelligence industry, al…”
Daniel Araujo Jan 25, 2017 ▶ 8:23 EP 550: Attentive Raises $150K in Portugal to Solve Sales Problem with CEO Daniel Araujo
Mar 3, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
De Kuijper's previous startup Fosbury raised roughly $300,000 before exiting
“We raised roughly 300 K.”
Martijn de Kuijper Mar 3, 2017 ▶ 5:15 EP 587: Revue Raises $350k, Helping 1000 Customers Send Personal Newsletters with CEO Martijn De Kuijper
Apr 13, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Luke Beatty: Brandfolder Raised $1.5M Early Stage and $5M Recently
“Our early stage kind of tech stars angel stuff, I think amounted to about 1.5. And then I just raised around a little bit north of Five million dollars.”
Luke Beatty Apr 13, 2018 ▶ 6:15 993 The Argument For Buildling a Product For Yourself First, $6.5m in Funding Later...
Jun 21, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
Raymond: Kapta raised $1.5M from Techstars, Access, and Rally Ventures
“We raised about a million and a half bucks three years ago. The investors in that round were tech stars and access venture partners and rally ventures.”
Alex Raymond Jun 21, 2019 ▶ 9:29 1427 Tool Helps You Drive Expansion Revenue, Passes 30 Customers $700k in ARR
Jul 29, 2019
Assertion Supported
Muntean: Plannable has raised around $140,000 in total capital
“Around 140,”
Xenia Muntean Jul 29, 2019 ▶ 9:24 1465 She Helps Teams Plan Social Media Content, $3.5k in MRR
Oct 15, 2019 neutral
Disclosure
InventaPrint raised $120,000 from the Techstars accelerator
“Right, so that, a hundred and, a 120 grand.”
Rich Mokuolu Oct 15, 2019 ▶ 9:57 1543 They'll Help You Manufacture Your Product for 1/4th the Cost as Other Brokers, $100k in MRR, 20 Customers
Feb 22, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ciecko: Cuseum has grown to over 175 paying customers
“Three or four pilot customers, and then over the summer of 2015 being at Techstars, we took that from, you know, the three, three to four up to 30, and have grown to over a 175 paying customers to date.”
Brendan Ciecko Feb 22, 2020 ▶ 4:16 1673 How He Sells $600/mo Software to Museums
Feb 22, 2020
Disclosure
Ciecko: Cuseum raised about $1.5M from Techstars, Foundry Group, and Accomplice
“So we raised about one and a half million dollars. We're backed by Techstars, we're backed by Foundry Group and Accomplice.”
Brendan Ciecko Feb 22, 2020 ▶ 3:47 1673 How He Sells $600/mo Software to Museums
Jun 12, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Trust & Will spent roughly $200,000 to develop its MVP
“And then by the time we finished tech stars, I think we wrapped up like you could call it pre-seed funding, but we had collected about half a million dollars at that point, but we had invested a couple 100,000 to get the product to where it needed to be.”
Cody Barbo Jun 12, 2020 ▶ 9:22 Trust and Will Company Passes 5k Customers, $1m in ARR Digital Way to Do Estate Planning
Sep 24, 2021
Disclosure
Compliable raised its $1.7M seed round at a $6.5M pre-money valuation
“The first round right after tech stars was the four million pre money price round. Then we did for the 1.7, that was 6.5.”
Chris Ultian Sep 24, 2021 ▶ 9:51 They Help Companies like Fan Duel Stay Compliant, Raising $3m on $150k of ARR
Oct 5, 2021
Disclosure
Arasolov: Welp.co raised $500k total across Techstars, 500 Startups, and bootstrapping
“Yeah, so far we have raised half million dollars, and we have about, we did the 500 startups and Techstars, and 500 startups gave us about 50,000 dollars, it was a safe note, and then Techstars gave us a 100,000 safe note, but then it's, the rest is bootstrapp…”
Seymour Arasolov Oct 5, 2021 ▶ 9:37 Customer Support SaaS Hits $60k MRR Using On Prem Installations, Raising $1m at $10m Valuation
Mar 10, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Techstars SAFE notes have a $3M pre-money valuation cap
“The cap of textures is three three million per money.”
Ohad Ronan Mar 10, 2022 ▶ 6:30 This Pendo plus Loom Startup Just Got First Paying Customer, $3m Valuation
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