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# Techstars
- URL: https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/investors/techstars/
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:46:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T16:46:37.000Z
- Description: US pre-seed accelerator network founded 2006; programmes include London; backed Level2, Sorair and Vortex IQ
- Author: Editorial Desk
- Tags: #ep-investor

US pre-seed accelerator network founded 2006; programmes include London; backed Level2, Sorair and Vortex IQ

- Accelerator

Type

Accelerator

Based in

Outside the UK

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed

Sector focus

Sector-agnostic

Fund size

Undisclosed

Founded

2006

Website

[techstars.com](https://www.techstars.com/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

Techstars is a US-founded pre-seed and early-stage investor that runs three-month, mentorship-led accelerator programmes in cities around the world, including London. Founded in Boulder, Colorado in 2006, it describes itself as a pre-seed venture capital firm and has accelerated more than 10,000 founders across 150-plus countries. Alongside its accelerators it runs the Founder Catalyst pre-accelerator and Startup Weekend. Its UK alumni in this directory include Level2, which went through the ABN AMRO + Techstars Future of Finance programme, Sorair Technologies, and e-commerce automation startup Vortex IQ, which raised a $1M seed round in 2024.

## Team

- **David Cohen**, Founder & CEO
- **Sabrina Kelly**, President

## Portfolio in the directory

- [LLevel2](https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/startups/level2/)
- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/05/a4/05a4a052-18ab-4836-8924-ec8b322c371c/content/images/2026/10/sorair-technologies-logo.png)Sorair Technologies](https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/startups/sorair-technologies/)
- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/05/a4/05a4a052-18ab-4836-8924-ec8b322c371c/content/images/2026/10/vortex-iq-logo.png)Vortex IQ](https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/startups/vortex-iq/)

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