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TechNovaTime Raises $3.4M Pre-Seed Round to Take On Healthcare's Administrative Burden

TechNovaTime’s AI platform observes front-line workflows, quantifies financial impact before deployment, and executes repetitive administrative tasks inside existing health system software.

October 15, 2026

Startup Spotlight

Allswell Raises $7M Seed to Build the Behavioral Health Home for the LGBTQ+ Community

Allswell's seed round brings total funding to $8.3M as the company builds toward a full medical home for the LGBTQ+ community.

October 14, 2026

Founder Advice

Annual Planning That Drives Execution: A Practical Guide for Founders

Strong annual planning goes beyond setting goals, and Techstars All-Star Mentor Jeff James Martin shares a three-step process that helps founders get every team aligned on priorities, dependencies and the first 90 days.

October 13, 2026

Founder Advice

The Only Part You Can’t Bootstrap

Four-time founder Michael Taus built a live AI college advisor in nine weeks without funding or an engineering hire, and he explains why his co-founder's 25 years of counseling expertise is the one part no model or competitor can copy.

October 8, 2026

Program News

Techstars Partners With Carta Law to Make Priced Seed Rounds Simpler for Founders

Techstars is joining Carta Law as a launch partner for Carta Law Venture Financing, a new fixed-fee offering that gives founders a faster, more predictable way to close a priced seed round.

October 7, 2026

Startup Spotlight

Five Techstars Portfolio Companies Make the 2026 Sifted 250

Five Techstars portfolio companies landed on the Sifted 250, the annual ranking of Europe's fastest-growing startups by revenue. Two of them cracked the top 10.

October 5, 2026

Founder Advice

Founders... Your Pre-Seed Round Probably Won’t Take 1–3 Months

Most pre-seed rounds take three to six months and as many as 200 investor conversations, so here's how to plan your raise around the norm and not the exception.

October 5, 2026

Impact

Techstars Update: September 2026

At Techstars, we find and fund the world's most ambitious founders. See what we were up to in September.

September 30, 2026

Startup Spotlight

O-ID Raises $1.2M To Build Fully Modular Humanoid Robots as Industries Brace for a Shortage of Millions of Workers

With worker shortages projected to hit 11 million in Japan by 2040 and 1.9 million in U.S. manufacturing by 2033, Tokyo-based O-ID has secured funding to become one of the world's first robotics companies to build fully modular humanoid robots that slot into existing factory lines and can be repaired on the spot.

September 24, 2026

Startup Spotlight

Notey Closes $3M Seed Round and Opens Its European Operation in Malta

Notey (Techstars 2023) has closed a $3M seed round to grow its music practice platform into new instruments, new partnerships, and a new European home in Malta.

September 22, 2026

Insights & Trends

Inside the Battle of the Accelerators: 5 Key Founder Takeaways

Top startup founders and investors recommend focusing on product defensibility, crystal-clear messaging, and solving genuine customer problems over chasing buzzwords or quick fixes.

September 21, 2026

Newsroom

The 2026 Class of the ABN AMRO + Techstars Future of Finance Accelerator

Meet the nine European fintech startups selected for the 13-week 2026 ABN AMRO + Techstars Future of Finance Accelerator in Amsterdam.

September 18, 2026