Analyzing TechStars Portfolio Startups

Founded

(see 2012 activity)

Smallknot
Founded
10/12

27 Perry
Founded
07/12

Karma.
Founded
01/12

Keen
Founded
12/11

BetterFit Technologies
Founded
11/11

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Localytics
Series B
09/12

Kinvey
Series A
07/12

FullContact
Series B
07/12

EveryMove
Series A
05/12

Orbotix
Series C
05/12

Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Spot Influence
Acquired
07/12

Thinkfuse
Acquired
06/12

Foodzie
Acquired
06/12

The Shared Web
Acquired
04/12

TimZon
Acquired
04/12

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	Boulder (USA)	1	3	2	1
2	Seattle (USA)	-	1	1	1
3	Cambridge (USA)	-	-	2	-
4	New York (USA)	-	2	-	-
5	San Francisco (USA)	-	1	-	1
6	Boise (USA)	-	1	-	-
7	Denver (USA)	-	-	1	-
8	Atlanta (USA)	-	1	-	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2012	3	37	12	6
2011	27	81	13	2
2010	26	41	6	2
2009	19	27	3	1
2008	10	15	1	3
2007	8	12	2
2006	3
2005	1

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2012	3	4
2011	27	46	2	1
2010	26	49	9	1
2009	19	35	9	2
2008	10	15	6	1
2007	8	15	3	4
2006	3	4		1
2005	1	1

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					3
2011				19	7
2010			13	11	2
2009		8	8	3
2008	3	5		2

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012
2011					2
2010			2	1	3
2009		1	3	2
2008		1		2	1
2007	2	1

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	85	TechStars
2	12	David G. Cohen
3	5	David Tisch, Walt Winshall
4	4	500 Startups, Founder's Co-op, SV Angel
5	3	Google Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Quotidian Ventures, RRE Ventures, Bill Warner
6	2	Star Power, Zelkova Ventures, Atlas Venture, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), eonBusiness, FF Angel LLC, Green Tree Equity, LaunchCapital, Ludlow Ventures, SoftTech VC, SOSventures, True Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, David Cancel, Dharmesh Shah, Don Dodge, Kal Vepuri, Mike Dornbrook, Todd Warren, Will Herman
7	1	Bantam Group, betaworks, Kelly Investments, The Iron Yard, Trademarks, UpWest Labs, ALG International LLC, Alsop Louie Partners, Audrey Capital, Avalon Ventures, Balderton Capital, BR Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Cloud Power Fund, Data Collective, DFJ Gotham Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Five Mill Ventures, FLOODGATE, Flywheel Ventures, Founder Collective, Foundry Group, Galvanize, High Country Venture, High Line Venture Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Hyde Park Angels, Intelectium, Jarr Capital (Jarrod Yuster), Jove Equity Partners, Kapor Capital, Lightbank, Longworth Venture Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Neoteny Labs, Romulus Capital, SK Venture, SK Ventures, Social Leverage, SoftBank Capital, Tango, Thrive Capital, Vaizra Seed Fund, Valero Capital, Alex Rigopulos, Ali Partovi, Allen Morgan, Andrew Blachman, Andy Rebele, Bart Lorang, Bart McDonough, Ben Littauer, Bill Bryant, Bill McAleer, Bob Pasker, Boston Angels, Brett Jackson, Brian Balfour, Chamath Palihapitiya, Chris Sheehan, Dan Saul, Dan Shapiro, Daniel Saul, Dave Carlson, Dirk Elmendorf, Don McLagan, Emil Michael, Eran Egozy, Esther Dyson, Garrett Camp, Geoff Entress, George Karidis, George Mabry, Hadi Partovi, James Joaquin, Jared Hecht, Jarrod Yuster, Jason Henrichs, Jay Meattle, Jean Hammond, Jeff Clavier, Jerry Colonna, Joanne Wilson, Joe Caruso, John Ives, John Landry, Jon Steinberg, Jonathan Sposato, Joshua Auerbach, Josh Guttman, Kim Rachmeler, Kristopher B. Jones, Mark Cuban, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation, Matt Mullenweg, Matt Ocko, Matt Shobe, Matt Turck, Max Ventilla, Michael Mark, Michael Mark, Mitch Kapor, Paige Craig, Pat Matthews, Paul Kedrosky, Pejman Nozad, Private Angel, Rick DeVos, Rick Webb, Robert Semmens, Scott Banister, Steve Martocci, Steve Reaser, Ted Rheingold, Teddy Schiff, Tim Draper, Timothy Ferriss, Tom Keller, Tony Chen, Travis Bogard, Troy Henikoff, Ty Curry, Ullas Naik

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	5	David G. Cohen
2	4	Foundry Group
3	3	500 Startups, Highway 12 Ventures
4	2	TechStars, eonBusiness, High Country Venture, IA Ventures, Lightbank, SoftTech VC, Brad Feld, Dave McClure, David Brown, Jared Polis
5	1	betaworks, Premera Blue Cross, Resonant Venture Partners, RTP Ventures, Access Venture Partners, Atlas Venture, Avalon Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Nebraska, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Circle P Capital, Consigliere Brand Capital, LLC, Croghan Investments, DFJ Mercury, Dundee Venture Capital, ENIAC Ventures, Fairhaven Capital Partners, ff Venture Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Flywheel Ventures, iSherpa Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Jove Equity Partners, kbs+ Ventures, Klein Venture Partners, LaunchPad Venture Group, Lerer Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Montreal Start Up, Morado Venture Partners, New York Angels, Norseman Capital, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, SK Ventures, SoftBank Capital, Spark Capital, Summit Capital, SV Angel, The Social+Capital Partnership, Thrive Capital, True Ventures, Venture51, Voyager Capital, Zelkova Ventures, Andy Sack, Bob Pasker, Brett Jackson, Jared Wandry, Joel Spolsky, Lee Hower, Marc Silverman, Michael Kearns, Nancy Pierce, Navin Dimond, Paul Berberian, Peter Thiel, Rich Miner, Roger Ehrenberg, Tom Keller, Troy Henikoff, Walt Winshall, Wendy Lea, Yuri Milner

Analyzing TechStars Portfolio Startups

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