Techstars Startup Weekend is a global startup-creation event series that brings aspiring entrepreneurs together over 54 hours to build companies from scratch. Techstars Startup Weekend's Twitter Score is 25 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #44,206 (top 10%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Techstars Startup Weekend was founded by Andrew Hyde in July 2007, with the first event gathering 70 entrepreneurs to attempt building a startup in a single weekend. The program grew substantially before becoming part of the Techstars family of programs in 2015, following Techstars' acquisition of UP Global, the organization that had previously operated Startup Weekend. Techstars Startup Weekend is also powered by Google for Startups.
Techstars Startup Weekend has scaled into one of the world's most widely distributed entrepreneurship programs. Per Techstars, it has held more than 7,000 programs, engaged more than 19,000 community leaders, operated across more than 150 countries, and reached more than 428,000 total participants. Techstars Startup Weekend has published 10,919 posts on the platform and has 162,161 followers as of July 2026.
Techstars Startup Weekend has also extended into the crypto and Web3 space. A Startup Weekend Global 2022 event, organized by StartupX as a virtual hackathon, featured verticals covering Web3, Metaverse, DeFi, NFT, and Gaming, with winning teams working on projects including a Filecoin liquid staking concept and a stablecoin idea. Techstars Startup Weekend has been mentioned by 231 accounts, with 988 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Techstars Startup Weekend include 163 founders, 37 angel investors, 33 influencers and 57 VCs, among them Joseph Lubin, Cuy Sheffield, Vinny Lingham, Julien B, Tim Draper and VCs Congratulating Themselves.