2025 was a huge year for Techstars founders. Their achievements showed up everywhere from Time’s Best Inventions and American Banker to Finovate stages, Forbes profiles, and even a shoutout from the Prime Minister of India.

Techstars companies launched satellites, earned FDA designations, transformed stadium accessibility, and collaborated with major institutions to expand access and impact. And with 21 founders named to Inc.’s Female Founders 500, this year also highlighted the strength and leadership of women across the Techstars network.

Here are the Top 10 Coolest Founder Moments of 2025:

10. Pulse Charter Connect (Techstars 2023) Founder, Laura Epstein, was featured in Forbes for her work tackling the organ transplant logistics crisis.

9. LendAPI (Techstars 2024) won "Best of Show" at Finovate NYC 2025.

8. HACKERverse (Techstars 2024) was selected as one of TechCrunch’s 2025 Startup Battlefield 200.

7. Alloy (Techstars 2015), Self (Techstars 2015), and MANTL (Techstars 2016) made American Banker's Best Places to Work in Fintech list.

6. The Houston Dynamo installed accessibility features from RightHear (Techstars 2022) for blind and visually impaired fans.

5. Paladin (Techstars 2017) collaborated with 30 law schools to launch a pro bono platform for law students.

4. Artera (Techstars 2016) announced that the FDA granted Breakthrough Device Designation to ArteraAI Prostate, an AI tool to help clinicians make risk-based treatment decisions for localized prostate cancer patients.

3. 21 Techstars founders were named in Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 500:

• Agri-Trak (Techstars 2024) CEO Jamie Sonneville

• Alloy (Techstars 2015) Co-Founder Laura Spiekerman

• Citruslabs (Techstars 2016) Co-Founder and CEO Susanne Mitschke

• Enrichly (Techstars 2023) Founder Margo Jordan

• ExactRx (Techstars 2025) Founder and CEO Athena Doshi

• FLY BY JING (Techstars 2019) Founder and CEO Jing Gao

• Happied (Techstars 2021) Co-Founders April Johnson and Sharon Cao

• IAMBIC (Techstars 2024) Co-Founder and CEO Maeve Wang

• Investrio (Techstars 2024) Co-Founders Laura Muriel Texidor and Joyce Medeiros

• Kintsugi (Techstars 2020) Founder and CEO Grace Chang

• Max Retail (Techstars 2021) Co-Founder and CEO Melodie van der Baan

• MD Ally (Techstars 2020) Founder and CEO Shanel Fields

• PathSpot (Techstars 2018) Co-Founder and CEO Christine Schindler

• Penny Finance (Techstars 2023) Founder and CEO Crissi Cole

• Poppy Flowers (Techstars 2020) Founder and CEO Cameron Hardesty

• QuSecure (Techstars 2021) Founder Rebecca Krauthamer

• The Playbook (Techstars 2023) Founder and CEO T.M. Robinson-"Mosley", Ph.D.

• TO THE MARKET (Techstars 2018) Founder and CEO Jane Mosbacher Morris

• Wagmo (Techstars 2019) Founder and CEO Christie Horvath

2. Pixxel (Techstars 2019) launched India’s first private satellite network and received a shoutout on X from the Prime Minister of India.

1. The Akara AI sensor (Techstars 2024) and Lotus ring (Techstars 2023) were named on Time’s Best Inventions of 2025 list.

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