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Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

Headquartered in the United States with eight locations worldwide, MassChallenge exist because the future depends on radically reimagining support for those with the grit to solve humanity’s hardest challenges.

InnoCentive is the global pioneer in crowdsourced innovation. We help innovation-driven organizations solve their critical business, scientific and technical problems by crowdsourcing ideas and solutions, either from our global network of highly educated problem solvers or from their own internal networks. Through InnoCentive, organizations can augment their organization with a vast on-demand workforce, share risk, discover diverse perspectives and make unexpected partnerships. We offer our proven Challenge Driven Innovation methodology, unrivalled network of over 380,000 problem solvers and purpose-built technology, as well as accompanying training and program management services. To date, InnoCentive have conducted over 2,000 external Challenges for organizations including NASA, DARPA, Thomson Reuters, AstraZeneca, GSK, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Ford Motors. Follow Us Blog: blog.innocentive.com Facebook: facebook.com/InnoCentive Twitter: twitter.com/InnoCentive