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The 2016 Techstars class of companies represent the ever-growing and diversifying entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our companies come from all over the country with unique backgrounds and expertise. They’ve inspired us, and we hope they’ll inspire you too.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS DOORS 6:30pm DEMO NIGHT 7:00pm AFTER PARTY 9:00pm-11:00pm Join us for late night snacks, drinks, cotton candy, birthday cake and more celebrating Techstars Boulder 10th anniversary
Enables anyone to discover their family history and heritage on-demand through a network of expert genealogy researchers in over 120 countries founders@ancestorcloud.com @ancestorcloud
Helps consumers and businesses instantly and cheaply transfer money across borders and into other currencies by leveraging the speed and ease of digital currency founders@bridge21.com @bridge21inc
Empowers inspectors and insurance companies to leverage drones to examine buildings more safely, accurately and 10x faster through their AI copilot software
Enjoy the freshest, greenest herbs, vegetables and flowers at your fingertips, every day with an, elegant, intelligent indoor garden that takes the guesswork out of gardening
founders@cvg.io @converge_co
founders@edntech.com @edngarden
Enables companies to easily create AI and natural language conversational apps through their developer platform
Helps individuals and employers save on healthcare costs by encouraging better behavior using smart, timely text messages
founders@init.ai @initdotai
founders@orderlyhealth.com @orderlyhealth
Empowers mortgage lenders to be more connected, productive and successful by intelligently automating their workflow with their homebuyers
Empowers the 100m people interested in health and wellness, mindfulness, personal growth or spirituality to connect, find community and thrive
founders@himaxwell.com @ilovemaxwell
founders@meetmindful.com @meetmindful
Enables developers of websites to deliver content faster and more securely while eliminating production issues with a new agile Content Delivery Network
Improves team and manager effectiveness by tracking and understanding the emotions of individuals and providing actionable insight on how to perform better
founders@section.io @sectionio
founders@sigmend.com @sigmend
Connects language learners with fluent speakers on-demand to practice speaking, receive feedback, and rapidly improve language acquisition via a mobile app founders@getspoken.com @getspokenapp
BOULDER 2016
TECHSTARS PROGRAMS 2007-2016 2007
TODAY
37 MENTORS
3444 mentors
6 SPONSORS
XX sponsors
10 COMPANIES
762 companies
450 M FUNDING
2.04 B funding
BOULDER
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NYC SEATTLE BOSTON BOULDER
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IOT HEALTHCARE BARCLAY’S TEL AVIV METRO MOBILITY
SPRINT BARCLAY’S UK
BERLIN
METRO MOBILITY BERLIN
QUALCOMM BARCLAY’S NYC
ATLANTA BARCLAY’S NYC
SPRINT BARCLAY’S UK
SPRINT BARCLAY’S UK
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VIRGIN MEDIA METRO CHICAGO LONDON NYC
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THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING 2016 MENTORS David Secunda David Hose Hector Rodriguez Jeff Taggart Jeff Zabel Joe Houlihan John Funk Kirk Holland Michael Hersh Phil Carter Jennifer Kinney Cheryl Kellond Tom Higley Alex Vogenthaler Brian Wallace Don Hazell Jackson Carson Jason Eckenroth Nick Hofmeister Starr Million Baker Chad Arnold Jeremy Dillingham Devon Tivona Doug Llewellyn Jim Franklin Jim Greiner Denise Hulce Franklin Nicko van Someren Sonu Kansal Howard Diamond Matthew Loewengart Natalie Baumgartner
David Campbell Brad Bernthal Chris McAvoy David Brown Kyle Kuczun JP O’Brien Alex Raymond Cody Simms Sue Heilbronner Bob Africa Chris Marks Robb Kunz Richard Betts Aaron Schram Herb Morreale Dru Jacobs Scott Yates Todd Budin Vijay Bangaru Barry Gafner Ben Smith Bruce Rosard Ryan Hunter Rushton McGarr Adam Burrows Morris Wheeler Michael Johnstone Robert Reich Ara T. Howard Chris Saxman Tim Enwall Vipanj Patel
Rob Leathern Rob Pinna Mike Sitrin George Bilbrey David Cohen Nicole Glaros Carly Gloge Seth Levine Ryan Blakeman Todd Walsh Mark Weakley Jeff Andringa Ali Ternan John Frisbie Jason Haislmaier Chris Hazlitt Chris Achatz Scott Perlov Micah Baldwin Steve Seow Toby Murdock Jason Mendelson Don Loeb Zach Nies Bryan Birsic Dave Riess Sam Beaudin Rachel Rowell Jerry Colonna Dan Putt Andy Crissinger Lianne Haug
Yoav Lurie Chester Kurtz Mark Solon Ben Carver John Hill Charlie Kelly Ryan Martens Mike Platt Tony Blank Adam Hansen T.A.McCann Jeff Rozic Matt Wallaert John Ives Paul Swartz Matt Fargo Troy Henikoff Erika Trautman Cam McCaddon Brad Feld Joseph Logan Daniel Feld Sam Elmore Amy Reichlin Geoffrey Hanzlik Matthew LeBauer Jessica Sherwood Dave Jilk Rich Maloy Noah Pittard Krista Marks Jen Rosenthal Ben Oelsner Jon Taylor Brett Kadowaki
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