Let’s Build Your Startup Community Together
In 2006, we created the Techstars Accelerator as a way to partner with founders and provide them with mentorship, network, and funding. The model proved incredibly successful.
Building a startup community is not dissimilar from building a startup. It’s highly complex, requires strong networks, leaders, and a long-term vision. We believe the same principles that cause accelerators to be so effective in helping startups can also apply to startup communities to help accelerate their growth and development.
Introducing Techstars Startup Community Partnerships.
A new way for you to build your thriving startup community as a member of the Techstars network by:
Becoming a Techstars City by attaching your community to the Techstars network
Building lifelong connections with founders, mentors, investors, and community builders across the world
Growing and activating your startup community with our most successful products
How will we help you do it?
Becoming a Techstars City
We will list your community on the Techstars website as part of the Techstars Network and highlight your events, activities, and key community leaders. We will also help you launch our brand and products in your city.
Building Lifelong Connections
You will join a cohort of other startup communities on their journey with Techstars and have opportunities to exchange best practices, learn critical concepts together, and amplify your networks to one another. We will also provide opportunities for mentors, founders, community builders, and investors from all over the world to collaborate with you through events, community tech platforms, and newsletters.
Growing and Activating Your Startup Community
We will license our products below that allow you to execute Techstars-branded activities that serve your entire startup community. We will also host live training sessions with experts such as Brad Feld, Ian Hathaway, and Chris Heivly that will arm you with strategies to bring to your community.
Startup Community Partnership Products:
Techstars Community Development Lab
A summit for stakeholders of your community to network, learn, and work together on strengthening the efforts to support founders.
Techstars Startup Weekend
A 3-day event that allows aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas, assemble a team, and build their company.
Techstars Startup Digest
A weekly newsletter to inform your community about events, initiatives, and opportunities.
Techstars Founder Catalyst
A pre-accelerator program that trains early-stage founders on building their business and investment readiness.
Techstars Startup Week
A week-long summit that invites, celebrates, and connects your entire startup community.
Ready To Start a Conversation?
Talk to a Techstars expert about how a Techstars Startup Community Partnership can help your community.