Landon Howell

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Techstars Boston ten years later

I kept this Demo Day handout when we graduated from Techstars Boston 2013, Techstars class #22.

Here's what happened since…

πŸ’Š TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen sold PillPack to Amazon for $1B.

πŸ“± Nikita Bier founded TBH (acquired by Facebook) and then Gas (acquired by Discord).

πŸ„ Michael Pan created Pan's Mushroom Jerky β€” available in 3,500 stores and Whole Foods β€” and secured an investment from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank.

πŸ”’ Jay Kaplan and Mark Kuhr, have raised $107M while scaling Synack, named by Forbes as one of America's top A.I. companies.

🚜 Brad McNamara and Jon Friedman have raised $55M, scaling Freight Farms to 550 farms in 41 countries.

πŸ“ˆ The other founders and team members in our class have gone on to found and scale companies that have raised billions (though the number is much higher... I got tired and stopped counting at $1.5B πŸ™‚) while advising, investing, and mentoring more than 2,000 startups across all industries.

Techstars was life-changing, and its impact continues today in the founders we back and the teams we're a part of.