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 150 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #4,499 (top 5%) among 389,587 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, LunarCrush, Alkemi Network, DFNS, Arch, NATIX Network, TransCrypts and Baton. Techstars has published 28,425 posts on the platform. Techstars has been mentioned by 1,095 accounts, with 8,894 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Techstars include 756 founders, 127 angel investors, 186 influencers and 297 VCs. Among its notable followers are Anthony Pompliano, Kyle Samani, Joseph Lubin, Tyler Winklevoss, Mike Novogratz and John Wang. Techstars has 350,094 followers as of July 2026 on the platform.