Techstars

07/08/2026

What's happening at Techstars recently.

📌 51 new investments
📌 4 new partnerships
📌 4 Founder Catalyst programs with open applications
📌 12 portfolio companies secured funding
📌 4 portfolio companies were acquired

🔗 Read the full recap on our blog http://tsta.rs/cUEX50Zjst2

07/07/2026

Join us at Techstars Give First Week, a virtual event series delivering a mix of tactical blueprints and deep network insights backed by 20 years of network experience.

Our multi-day lineup ranges from hands-on sessions on bootstrapping to candid conversations on co-founder dynamics and founder resilience.

Gain clear answers, connect directly with experienced mentors, investors, and founders, and find the tools to scale your business.

👉 Grab your spot: http://tsta.rs/Vkvn50ZkKm2

07/05/2026

Great communities aren't built on control. They're built on trust.

In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly breaks down how leadership sets the culture, and why the best communities put founders first, share their networks, and stay open.

🎧 http://tsta.rs/jX1o50ZjjSm

07/03/2026

Claiming a moat and actually having one are two very different things.

Ann Olsen, Chief Marketing Officer at Techstars, has seen enough pitch decks to know which founders understand the difference.

07/02/2026

Private capital is a $13 trillion asset class, and most of it still runs on spreadsheets and email threads.

That's why Alex Lu built PortF. PortF (Techstars 2023) is a London-based fintech startup that unifies portfolio data into a single connected view for private markets and institutional investors, combining AI-driven workflows with real-time tracking of financial and non-financial metrics like ESG.

Alex shares her journey from the trading floor to founding PortF, the challenge of earning trust with GPs who manage hundreds of billions in assets, and how partnering with FIS Global helped her open doors that were previously closed to a "startup nobody".

http://tsta.rs/EjMr50ZjMra

07/01/2026

Forget OpenAI and Anthropic.

Anisha Bhandari is building ChekOut and betting Gemini wins the long game in agentic commerce.

06/29/2026

20 years of Techstars taught David Cohen one thing: the relationships you build here last a lifetime.

06/26/2026

Does AI-generated content has an expiration date?

Shannon Foster is building the Duolingo for literacy, designed for middle and high school students who deserve better tools to learn.

06/24/2026

20 years of Techstars. The lessons, the relationships, the people who made it happen - all in one place.

Techstars Give First Week is a free virtual event for founders, alumni, and mentors to learn from the experiences that have shaped two decades of startup impact.

Hear from founders, mentors, investors, and Techstars leaders on the topics that matter most: customer acquisition, fundraising, AI, founder resilience, co-founder relationships, sales, and more.

📅 July 21–23
🔗 Save your spot: http://tsta.rs/uoA650ZgmB7

06/22/2026

Raising capital is hard enough. Not understanding the process makes it harder.

Venture Deals Summer 2026 is now open. Free, self-paced, and built for founders who want to walk into investor conversations prepared.

⏰ Course kicks off June 29
🔗 Enroll here:

The Venture Deals online course is designed to help demystify venture capital deals and early-stage financing to give both first-time and experienced entrepreneurs guidance to secure funding.