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 142 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #4,172 (top 1%) among 493,668 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, LunarCrush Builders, Paperstreet, Alkemi Network, Quidax Your Crypto Plug and 0xFtbol. Techstars has published 28,540 posts on the platform. Techstars has been mentioned by 1,120 accounts, with 8,945 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Techstars include 840 founders, 229 angel investors, 134 influencers and 221 VCs. Among its notable followers are Kyle Samani, Anthony Pompliano, Joseph Lubin, Tyler Winklevoss, Mike Novogratz and John Wang. Techstars has 350,208 followers as of October 2026 on the platform.