29th February 2008
by Another of the TechStars companies from 2007, Filtrbox announced this week at Venture Capital in the Rockies that it has closed its seed financing round which was led by Flywheel Ventures and True Ventures. Several angel investors also participated. Ari Newman, Founder and CEO of Filtrbox said “We could not be happier with the investors Read more…
26th February 2008
by Just a quick reminder: TechStars for a Day is on March 5th. If you’re planning to join us, please submit your TechStars 2008 application by March 3rd. Remember, attendance at TechStars For A Day is absolutely not required for acceptance into TechStars this summer. But it can’t hurt! If you have already applied, you should Read more…
26th February 2008
by At TechStars, a frequent question that we get from potential applicants concerns age. TechStars doesn’t ask for the age of applicants, and does not consider age in its selection criteria. We’ve had applicants as young as 12 years old, and as old as about 75. Looking at statistics from last year, we’ve accepted founders who Read more…
14th February 2008
by One of the most common questions we get at TechStars is simply “What’s it like?” In order to try to answer that question a bit more completely, we shot a quick video last week where several of the founders from last summer. Gwen Bell, who was not a founder but who was around some last Read more…