In 2024, Techstars founders continued to do what they do best — break barriers and redefine what's possible.

Check out our favorite founder moments of the year:

10. James Merrill, founder of StokedPlastics (Techstars 2024), appeared on Guy Raz's "How I Built This" podcast.

9. In April, Richualist (Techstars 2023), Veba Baby (Techstars 2023), and Wedy (Techstars 2024) pitched their businesses on ABC's Shark Tank. Several companies were also featured on Shark Tank Mexico, including Tesis Time (Techstars Founder Catalyst 2024), Lounn (Techstars 2024), Nufi (Techstars 2021), and Zumma (Techstars 2023).

8. Urban Sky (Techstars 2020) won a NASA grant to develop balloon-borne fire sensors.

7. Alloy (Techstars 2015), Chainalysis (Techstars 2015), and GlossGenius (Techstars 2015) made Forbes’ Fintech 50. The founders of Stabl (Techstars 2022), FreshX (formerly Orca - Techstars 2023), and ReBokeh Vision Technologies (Techstars 2023) were featured on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for social impact, and Treet (Techstars 2021) made the Forbes' 30 Under 30 list for retail and ecommerce.

6. Keely Cat-Wells, CEO of Making Space (Techstars 2023), was featured on the cover of Diversity in Action.

5. Zipline (Techstars 2011) and Slingshot Aerospace (Techstars 2017) made Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies.

4. Kiwibot acquired Nickelytics (Techstars 2020) for $25M to turn its delivery robots into mobile billboards.

3. Cabinet Health (Techstars 2020) was named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024.

2. 33 portfolio companies were celebrated during Techstars' Annual Gold Shirt Ceremony.

1. Biotics AI (Techstars 2023), LoBio (Techstars 2024), Wave Therapeutics (Techstars 2021), The Comma Collective (Techstars 2023), Cerebro (Techstars 2022), Moolathon (Techstars 2023), Vivoo (Techstars 2019), and MD Ally (Techstars 2020) were showcased at our dedicated pavilion during HLTH USA in Las Vegas.

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