Techstars NYC Fall 2015 Program Overview

Alex Iskold, Managing Director

alex.iskold@techstars.com@alexiskold alexiskold.net

Techstars NYC

About Alex Iskold, Managing Director

Founder/CEO: Information Laboratory & GetGlue

Past Obsessions: Networks, Complex

Systems, Computer Science

Current Obsessions: Techstars, Venture Capital,

NYC Tech, UX, Running, Yoga

Techstars - the ecosystem for entrepreneurs in the

world★ Highly selective, world class accelerator

★ 600 Companies, $1BN in capital raised.

★ 2000 Mentors

★ 13 Cities: Austin, Berlin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, London, Los Angeles, NYC, San Antonio, Seattle, San Diego.

★ 7 Verticals: Connected Devices, EdTech, FinTech, Health, Media, Mobility, Robotics.

★ Dozens of corporate partners: Disney, Sprint, R/GA, Qualcomm, Barclays, Ford, and many more.

50 Techstars companies in NYC raised $180MM in 2014

$54MM $37MM

$15MM $10MM

Total Raise: $20MM

Median Raise: $1.5MM

10 companies raised during or after Techstars5 companies raised equity rounds

Techstars NYC 2014 Class

Created 100 jobs

Techstars NYC Program

★ 13 weeks.

★ Mentorship Driven.

★ Focused on figuring out the business.

★ Focused on KPIs and real progress.

★ Crash course in all things startup.

★ Personalized to each company.

★ Culminates in a Demo Day.

★ Prepares companies for fundraising.

150 Mentors & Speakers

Techstars in Thirds

Elevator Pitch + Mentors

Mentor Office Hours

Workshops

KPI & Milestones

Pair Up with Mentors

Execute + Growth

Execute

Mentor Sessions

KPI Meetups

Pitch practices

Demo Day + Fundraising

Pitch practices

Prep for Fundraising

Prep for Demo Day

Prep for after Techstars

Great Investors

★ We have relationship with over 300 angel investors, micro VCs and Venture Capital firms just in NYC

★ Investors in Techstars NYC companies from last 3 classes include Union Square Ventures, RRE, First Mark, Greycroft, RRE, Lerer Ventures, SoftTech VC, Upfront Ventures, FG Angel, Joanne Wilson, Bloomberg Beta, VaynerRSE, Bertelsmann, RTP Ventures, Azure Capital.

Techstars NYC All of Techstars

How to make your Techstars application

standout ★ Thoughtfulness

★ Clear Description

★ Awesome Videos

★ Numbers

★ Experience

★ Recommendation

★ Engage US

APPLICATION DEADLINE JUNE 28th, 2015

Alex Iskold, Managing Director

alex.iskold@techstars.com@alexiskold alexiskold.net

Techstars NYC