Thursday, October 22, 2009

TechStars Heads To Seattle

TechStars, the highly visible, business incubation effort out of Boulder, Colorado, is heading to Seattle, and is looking to pitch its companies to Seattle-based venture capitalists and angel investors. TechStars--which helps very early stage firms with seed investment, advice, and assistance--has been credited with creating a very vibrant start up environment in Boulder. The effort was co-founded by Brad Feld of The Foundry Group and David Cohen, among others, and recently expanded its incubation programs to Boston. The firm is running a reunion event in Seattle on November 4th, and as part of the event is highlighting its companies that are still raising money to Seattle investors, according to a number of investors involved in the event. According to a blog post from Madrona's Greg Gottesman, the event includes himself, Feld, Cohen, Andy Sack of Founders Co-Op, Steve Hall of Vulcan Capital, and Chris Sheehan of Boston's CommonAngels.