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1050 Walnut Street Suite 202
Boulder, CO 80302
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Information Technology
Media & Digital Media
Software & Internet
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David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars, a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program for Internet startups. Previously, David was a founder of several software and web technology companies. He was the founder and CTO of Pinpoint Technologies, which was acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL) in 1999. Cohen is actively investing in early stage web/software companies through a $5M fund that was originally announced in May of 2009. The fund plans to invest in approximately 20 startups over a five year period, investing between $50K and $200K per company, with a typical 'bite size' being $100K. Cohen is currently investing in early stage web/software companies through the third Techstars Venture Fund (150M). Techstars is investing in approximately 500 companies per year globally as of the start of 2022.
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Investment Firm Key
VC = Venture Capital
PE = Private Equity
A = Angel
I = Incubator
MB = Merchant Bank
VD = Venture Debt
FI = Family Investment Office
FOF = Fund of Funds
ED = Economic Development Office
TT = Technology Transfer Office
CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
SEC = Secondary Purchaser
HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
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| COMPANY STAGE | REVENUE |
| Venture Capital | |
Seed Stage
(includes "pre-seed," or
concept stage) | No Revenue |
| Early Stage | Minimal
Revenue |
Growth Stage
(also called Mid-stage) | $2M-$7M |
Expansion Stage
(also called Late-stage) | $7M and greater |
| Private Equity | |
| Lower Middle Market | $10M-$249M |
| Middle Market | $250M-$499M |
| Upper Middle Market | $500M-$1B |
| Large Cap | >$1B |
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