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Capital & Credits

Techstars invests $220K at acceptance: $200K via uncapped MFN SAFE + $20K for 5% common stock.

$220K

Day-one capital

$1M+

Cloud credits

$250K+

AI / API credits

$1.5M+

Total value

< 3 weeks

Close time

The MFN SAFE

Capital instrument — terms and timeline.

MFN UNCAPPED

$200K invested via Most Favored Nation SAFE — no valuation cap, no discount. You get the best terms of the next priced round.

$200,000

Wired within 3 weeks of accelerator acceptance. No negotiation, no legal delay.

5% / $20,000

Techstars takes 5% common stock for $20,000 — covering accelerator operations, mentorship, and infrastructure access.

$220,000

$200K MFN SAFE + $20K for 5% common. Total cash into your company at acceptance.

<3 weeks

Fast institutional close — standardized docs, no 90-day legal cycles.

INCLUDED

Techstars retains the right to participate in your next round at the same terms as lead investors.

Cloud Credits

Cloud infrastructure provided through partner programs.

AWS Activate

24 months

$100,000
PORTFOLIO
H100
Infrastructure, SageMaker, EC2

DigitalOcean

24 months

$100,000
HATCH
H100
Hatch infrastructure credits for startups

Google Cloud

24 months

$100,000
FOUNDERS_PROGRAM
A100
GKE, Vertex AI, Cloud GPUs

How Capital Is Deployed

  1. 01

    Acceptance

    Upload your pitch deck, answer questions. Accelerator offer issued in 1–2 weeks. Term sheet for MFN SAFE delivered simultaneously.

  2. 02

    Legal close

    Standardized MFN SAFE docs. No custom negotiation. Close in ≤3 weeks after acceptance.

  3. 03

    Capital wire

    $220,000 wired to company account. Credits activated across all partner platforms.

  4. 04

    Accelerator

    Now you're on Techstars OS for the life of your company. Just-in-time access to the mentor and alumni network, realtime AI agents working for you, along with your team of Managing Directors.

  5. 05

    Gatherings

    Investor pitch events and unhackable vertical events accessed as you grow across stages.

  6. 06

    Network access

    5,000+ mentors and 5,000+ historical portfolio companies and our network partners. Access for the life of your company.