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"Under the guidance of Pavel and , and as a valued member of Techstars’ 2022 cohort, I am incredibly excited to see the progress of Fluffy in the future, especially with the launch of their fair pet insurance launch in February.” Techstars deal Mentorship Is Not The Primary Focus: Techstars has a lot to offer in terms of mentorship and their network. To be perfectly honest, this is the only reason Eric and I continued in the application process. However, the focus on raising capital is just too strong. I don’t blame Techstars for wanting to get you funded and achieve an exit. This is how they make money.Techstars seed funding
After our initial product launch and acquiring our first customers, we began exploring our options and looked into funding opportunities. While speaking to several investors we were recommended to apply to Techstars Chicago. Eric and I knew very little about Techstars but we were aware that it was a highly celebrated program. That evening, we checked it out online and decided to put in an application. Funds with similar focus One of the most important things for a startup is being in a community of like-minded people. Starting a company is difficult and you want to be amongst people who think the same way you do. You need support. You are not only trying to be killed by your competitors but also by your competitor's investors which can be public or private companies. Sometimes VCs will take meetings with you just to try to gather a ton of information about you. A founder has to be on his toes at all times.
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All startups that have passed through the Techstars accelerator programme join the Techstars community, where they can interact with over 2,900 companies with a combined market capitalisation of $71 billion. Notable Techstars alumni startups include Zipline, Digital Ocean, and SendGrid. Techstars has invested in 20 Nigerian startups such as Klasha, OnePipe, and MAX, since 2015. SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HEADLINES! February 8, 2021Techstars funding
“Documents are the starting point of thousands of workflows at small & large organizations across industries. DocSumo is building on the cutting edge advancements in computer vision and natural language processing to extract data and context inside documents to enable automation of document workflows like never before. At Better, we are excited to be part of DocSumo’s journey as it unlocks this large and growing Document AI opportunity”, said Vaibhav Domkundwar of Better Capital. Techstars Seattle Accelerator News Southern California’s Most Successful Startup Technology Incubator.