Techstars

Accelerator

Techstars operates a prestigious startup accelerator programme.

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Investment by month

By category

AI/ML£27.4M
FinTech£5.7M
Mobile App£2.6M
EdTech£2.5M
EnergyTech£2.3M
Other£8.9M

By location

London£45.2M
Europe£3.5M
New York£581K
Cambridge£92.0K

Portfolio companies

Avenir

Avenir provides wealth management solutions driven by artificial intelligence.

Banjo Robinson

Banjo Robinson delivers personalised educational letters to children via a postal subscription model.

Bloctopus

Bloctopus builds developer tools that create on demand blockchain sandboxes.

Boldr

Boldr develops smart technology to turn residential homes into active power plants.

BoxxDocks

BoxxDocks provides smart, collapsible logistics boxes to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

Cariqa

Simplifying payments and pricing for electric vehicle charging networks.

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Clara

Clara provides digital tools to help startup founders manage legal workflows.

Dapio

Dapio turns Android smartphones into contactless payment terminals for small businesses.

Decorte Future Industries

Intelligent clothing startup building adaptive garments that monitor health and control devices.

Fluffy

Fluffy operates a pet care application offering training, vet access, and insurance.

Mindstone

Mindstone provides a Spotify-like learning platform for online education.

MyARC

MyARC builds an operating system for fitness creators to scale coaching and monetisation.

NeuralSpace

NeuralSpace develops voice and text AI models for locally spoken languages.

Nossa Data

Nossa Data provides software that streamlines environmental, social and governance reporting for corporations.

Paid

Paid provides a procurement automation platform for enterprise supplier management.

Prograd

Prograd helps young people improve financial literacy and navigate personal finance.

Seldon

Seldon provides open-source DevOps tools for managing and monitoring machine learning models.

Sourcery

Sourcery develops real-time code refactoring tools to automate code review and improvement for developers.

Sprout.ai

Sprout.ai automates insurance claims processing using artificial intelligence.

SproutAI

SproutAI operates an artificial intelligence claims automation platform for the insurance industry.

Tech1M

Tech1M provides a recruitment intelligence platform that streamlines talent acquisition through human and artificial intelligence integration.

Uhura Solutions

Uhura Solutions provides a low-code contract intelligence platform for automating business processes.

Virtue

Virtue provides a social impact platform that connects online retailers with charitable causes.

Vortex IQ

Vortex IQ provides an artificial intelligence automation platform for the e-commerce sector.

Yaspa

Yaspa delivers instant payment and identity services using open banking and artificial intelligence.

eola

eola provides an operating system for experience and activity providers.

Team

Eamonn Carey

Managing Director

Eamonn brings investment experience from roles at Tera Ventures, The Fund, and Techstars. He also writes and advises early-stage companies.

Saalim Chowdhury

Saalim brings investment and operating experience from roles at Techstars and 500 Startups. He previously co-founded Skillbridge, which was acquired by Toptal.

Allard Luchsinger

Managing Director

Allard brings fintech venture investment, board, and operating experience. He serves as managing director of the ABN Amro and Techstars accelerator.

Sarah Bain

Managing Director

Sarah serves as Managing Director at Techstars, having previously held several investment and venture roles within the organisation.

Recent investments

Seed26 January 2026

£1.5M

MyARC raises £1.5m from Araya Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Techstars and G Fund to expand fitness creator platform

AI/ML HealthTech WellnessTech

The investment round was backed by Araya Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Techstars and G Fund to fuel platform innovation and global growth.

"MyARC was built for modern day fitness creators, giving them the tools they need to grow without burning out. The traditional online fitness model has left creators trapped between low-value generic products and unsustainable personal coaching. With this platform, they can scale their impact and income without sacrificing quality."

— Peter Monteza, Founder and CEO

MyARC—London, UKFollow

Araya Ventures + 3 others

Seed30 September 2025

£2.3M

Boldr raises £2.3m in seed funding to turn residential homes into power plants.

EnergyTech

The seed round was supported by investors including Unconventional Ventures and Ada Ventures.

"By tapping into everyday energy devices, starting with HVAC, we can provide peak capacity to the grid while helping families lower bills and optimize usage. This round fuels our expansion across the U.S. HVAC market and beyond."

— Madi Ablyazov, CEO

Boldr—London, UKFollow

Unconventional Ventures + 6 others

Seed8 July 2025

€4.0M

Cariqa secures €4m seed funding to scale electric vehicle charging payment platform across Europe

AI/ML CleanTech

The seed round was co-led by Contrarian Ventures and Anthemis to support international expansion and product development.

"The market was not going in the right direction. We noticed this personally when charging our car and visiting one charging station: depending on the payment method, you end up paying 50 different prices. That realisation came through a personal issue we experienced. In general, EV charging was inaccessible, complicated, and not user-friendly or user-centric — that’s why we created Cariqa."

— Issam Tidjani

Cariqa—EuropeFollow

Contrarian Ventures + 5 others

2 July 2025

£9.0M

Yaspa raises £9m from Discerning Capital to fund United States expansion

AI/ML FinTech

Discerning Capital led the funding round with backing from Metavallon and TechStars Ventures.

"This significant investment marks a major milestone for Yaspa. It enables us to take our proven technology into a new market at pace hiring a local team, building strategic partnerships and adapting our platform to meet the specific needs of operators. We’re looking forward to supporting businesses that want to lead on compliance, player safety and user experience as the market matures."

— James Neville, CEO

Yaspa—London, UKFollow

Discerning Capital + 2 others

Pre-Seed1 April 2025

£790K

Bloctopus raises £790k in pre-seed funding led by Hivemind Capital to advance developer infrastructure.

Blockchain Enterprise Software SaaS

The pre-seed round was led by Hivemind Capital with backing from Techstars, IronKey Capital, and several industry founders.

"For instance the OP Foundation could run testnets supporting Base, Ink, LayerZero, EigenLayer and Chainlink, leveraging Bloctopus infrastructure to advance the Superchain interoperability"

— Anisha Goel, Co-founder

Bloctopus—London, UKFollow

Hivemind Capital + 2 others