Founders Coop
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
. + This post unpacks offers an insiders’ view of some of the key strategic decisions that led to Techstars’ decline. ————– Techstars is – or was – one of the world’s best startup accelerator programs.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Also in the first Grand Rapids Conquer Accelerator cohort, FirstIgnite builds AI business development tools to help research and intellectual property reach commercialization by connecting researchers with companies, consultants, and investors who can help them get to market. Building Catalyst.
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TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2023
Concurrently, the number of funds raised in the eight-year period up to 2022 was 2,700 , up from 883 in 2010. Moreover, rumors of deeply unethical behavior at accelerators are starting to surface frequently. The most notable example was allegations of fraud at Newchip , a popular virtual startup accelerator.
Founders Coop
APRIL 15, 2019
Some friends in Boulder were experimenting with an idea for a “startup accelerator” they called Techstars. We asked if they’d be willing to let us try a version of it here in Seattle and they agreed, so we launched the first Techstars Seattle class in the summer of 2010.
Jason Malki
JANUARY 6, 2023
We launched the first networked database and QR-coded pet ID tags in the United States in 2010. Additionally, we faced initial challenges with the QR and Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies we were using for our products being too early for the time when we launched in 2010. What are your future plans for your startup?
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Unlike YC, 500 Global has geographic-specific accelerator programs, similar to Techstars, with focus on areas like Aichi, Japan, Cambodia, and Alberta, Canada. That said, today’s debut from 500 Global is from its first and flagship program, hailing back from 2010 and, fittingly, including companies from all around the globe.
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