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Techstars Health

Accelerator

Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Cheque size
$120K standard deal
Based in
United States
Focus
Hospital Operations, Remote Monitoring & Wearables, Elder & Home Care

Techstars is a global startup accelerator and venture capital firm founded in 2006 in Boulder, Colorado. Techstars Health runs mentorship driven accelerator programmes for early stage healthcare and digital health startups, often with hospital system partners, pairing founders with industry mentors and seed capital.

Health system partnered accelerators across several cities.

Notable investments

  • Wellth
  • Bloomlife
  • Ejenta
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The journey

How Techstars Health got here, step by step.

  1. 2006

    Techstars founded in Boulder

    David Cohen and David Brown launched Techstars in Colorado as a mentorship driven startup accelerator.

  2. 2011 to 2013

    Expansion into specialist verticals

    Techstars broadened beyond its flagship programme into industry specific accelerators including healthcare cohorts.

  3. 2016

    Cedars-Sinai partnership launches

    Techstars partnered with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for a dedicated healthcare accelerator.

  4. 2016

    First healthcare cohort graduates

    Eleven digital health startups completed the inaugural healthcare accelerator with Cedars-Sinai.

  5. 2017 to 2020

    Programme becomes Techstars Health

    Techstars consolidated its healthcare programming under the Techstars Health brand with more corporate partners.

  6. 2021 to 2023

    New health partners join

    Techstars Health added partners such as Providence and Anthem, broadening its mentor network.

  7. 2020s

    Thousands of founders supported

    Techstars overall has helped launch more than eleven thousand founders across its accelerator programmes.

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