Meet the 12 Startups from the Techstars NYC Winter 2018 Program

In plain words

Techstars is an accelerator and investor program that funds early-stage startups through city and vertical-focused initiatives. The program provides selected founders with $220,000 in capital, three months of intensive mentorship, and access to a network of investors, operators, and corporate partners. Since 2006, Techstars has backed promising startups across leading startup hubs globally, helping founders execute their ideas quickly with sustained support beyond the initial program period.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  Techstars Entrepreneur's Toolkit2019 · toolkit.techstars.com · ▲345

  Online resource to help you learn about entrepreneurship

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  The Notion Capital Podcast - 14: Jon Bradford, Startup Next Lead at Techstars2016 · soundcloud.com · ▲70

  Corporate ventures and accelerators 2.0

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  The Twenty Minute VC: David Cohen, Founder & Managing Director @ Techstars2016 · content.libsyn.com · ▲70

  Scaling Techstars Ventures & investing in Uber & Twilio

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  Tech.eu Podcast - 18: Europe's Most Funded Verticals, 500 Startups Nordic fund and White Star Capital2015 · soundcloud.com · ▲74

  Tech.eu report on Europe’s most funded verticals

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  Mission & Values - Techstars Healthcare Accelerator Demo Day2016 · missionandvalues.co · ▲58

  Meet the 11 mission-driven startups in the first batch.

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  Global Startup Movement - Ryan Broshar, Managing Director for Techstar’s Twin Cities based Retail Accelerator2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · ▲60

  Uncovering stories of entrepreneurs and VC's worldwide

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  SimCity, but with Permits▲938

  A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.

  Life & fun · 7d ago · permit.petercai.com

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  I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778

  Life & fun · 19d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

  Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.

  Life & fun · 20d ago · bigwords.page

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  Steal My Bitcoin▲616

  A PHP security challenge. Find the hidden bitcoin key. First person to get the wallet wins.

  Life & fun · 3d ago · stealmybitcoin.com

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  Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573

  Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.

  Life & fun · 14d ago · guitoro.com

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  Product Hunt Visual Launch Editor▲440

  See your launch as you build it

  Life & fun · 4d ago

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  Stripe Billing▲1,030

  Billing and subscriptions for fast-growing businesses

  Dev tools · 2018 · stripe.com

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  New Gmail▲935

  The new version of Gmail web

  Work · 2018 · blog.google

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  The Business Messenger by Intercom▲905

  More than just chat. Intercom's new app platform.

  Life & fun · 2018 · fin.ai

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  1.1.1.1 by Cloudflare▲871

  The Internet’s fastest, privacy-first DNS resolver

  Dev tools · 2018 · one.one.one.one

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  Artboard Studio▲732

  Online graphic design app mainly focused on product mockups.

  Growth · 2018 · artboard.studio

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  Grasshopper▲654

  The coding app for beginners by Google

  Dev tools · 2018