Techstars is a global startup accelerator and pre-seed venture capital firm co-founded by David Cohen, David Brown, Brad Feld, and Jared Polis. Techstars's Twitter Score is 144 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,029 (top 1%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Techstars has helped launch and grow thousands of companies since its founding, including Chainalysis, with accelerator alumni collectively raising $32.5B in total lifetime funding and reaching a cumulative market cap of $145.6B. In 2015, Techstars acquired UP Global, bringing Startup Weekend, Startup Week, and Startup Digest into its programs. Techstars is backed by the J.P. Morgan Advancing Cities fund and maintains a strategic partnership with J.P. Morgan and Global Brain.
Techstars's portfolio includes Maiga.ai, Loom Network, LunarCrush, LunarCrushDevs, Paperstreet, Alkemi Network, Quidax Your Crypto Plug and 0xFtbol. Techstars has published 28,509 posts on the platform. Techstars has been mentioned by 1,110 accounts, with 8,923 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Techstars include 835 founders, 229 angel investors, 135 influencers and 221 VCs. Among its notable followers are Kyle Samani, Anthony Pompliano, Joseph Lubin, Tyler Winklevoss, Mike Novogratz and John Wang. Techstars has 350,052 followers as of August 2026 on the platform.