Techstars Future of Ecommerce Powered by eBay Announces Inaugural Cohort
Oct 09, 2023
I'm delighted to introduce the inaugural Fall Class of 2023 for Techstars Future of Ecommerce powered by eBay in San Francisco. Techstars is committed to expanding our presence in the Bay Area, a global epicenter for startups and venture capital. This is a new endeavor for Techstars, and we are excited to unlock the opportunities that await our founders in the world’s largest market for entrepreneurs.
We’re taking a focused approach to helping our founders succeed through our influential partnership with eBay. Combining their prowess with our own experience as one of the largest pre-seed investors in the world will be instrumental in ensuring the success of this class and beyond.
Our cohort consists of 12 startups at the forefront of the ecommerce industry - spanning AI, Web3, privacy, security, and infrastructure. Each of these companies has undergone a rigorous selection process, demonstrating a deep understanding of the problems they're addressing, a dedication to serving their customers, and a continuous appetite for learning and testing assumptions.
We’re grateful for our new partnership with the pioneers of ecommerce themselves. Each team has the opportunity to build a relationship with eBay and receive their mentorship and leverage their vast network. Our primary goal at Techstars Future of Ecommerce powered by eBay remains to help our founders succeed by connecting them with mentors, customers, partners, and fellow program participants.
Over the next thirteen weeks, our founders will focus on mastering customer discovery, refining sales strategies, and preparing for potential future funding rounds. They'll also identify key growth drivers as they scale their early-stage businesses.
We’re looking forward to seeing the progress our founders will make over the next three months, and we’re excited to invite you to demo day in San Francisco in January.
Sign up here to be the first to receive an invite! Join us as we launch this new chapter for Techstars! #givefirst #futureofecommerce
– NSG
Abingdon, United Kingdom
For ecommerce apparel companies with costly returns, Aistetic's AI-powered size recommendations increase shopper conversion and loyalty.
Oakland, California
Clutch unites marketing visionaries with niche creators to drive authentic customer engagement across e-commerce and social channels.
Pasig City, Philippines
ChatGenie is an In-App Commerce Platform that enables businesses to create their very own In-App Stores within popular messaging platforms and digital wallets.
San Francisco, California
For ecommerce sellers with 1,000s of product listings, Ecomtent generates and continuously optimize product listings across marketplaces, and drives ‘unpaid’ traffic to them across channels all on autopilot
San Francisco, California
GolferX provides personalized recommendations using AI to take the guesswork out of buying sports equipment online.
Bogotá, Columbia
For businesses of the health sector that experience friction, inefficiencies and cost overruns when getting their medical inventory, Jelt is a B2B platform for easy acquisition and management of medical supplies.
Melbourne, Australia
Harnessing AI for retailers to reduce costs, improve product discovery and drive sales with insightful automation and personalization.
Paris, France
For Fashion Resale Businesses, who need to list and manage their catalog across different online channels manually, we provide a saas platform to centralize and enable their business to grow.
San Francisco, California
For dev teams with secret chao anxiety, Onboardbase makes it easy to work with engineers and infrastructure without worrying about security risk.
Brooklyn, New York
Purposely.ai helps advertisers reclaim wasted time and media spend by automating the analysis and production of ad creatives using artificial intelligence.
Los Angeles, California
For construction industry professional burdened with excess materials, we provide a marketplace to resell them.
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WorkDone streamlines a client back office by remotely creating a custom Corporate Memory, identifying AI opportunities & deploying enterprise optimizations with no disruption to staff.
About the Authors
Neal Sáles-Griffin
Neal Sales-Griffin is an entrepreneur, investor and educator. He is currently the Managing Director of Techstars accelerator programs across San Francisco (powered by eBay), Oakland (powered by J.P. Morgan), and Chicago. Over the past 4 years, he has made 100+ investments in early-stage technology startups. He made his name in the startup world back in 2011, when he founded Code Academy, the nation’s first coding bootcamp. Since his exit, Neal has continued to promote change — from running for Mayor of Chicago, to serving on the board of several non-profit foundations. Neal also teaches entrepreneurship at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering.
Aaliyah Barker
Aaliyah Barker is an investment analyst at Techstars Oakland powered by J.P. Morgan. She has a background in marketing and a strong affinity for working with startups. Having participated in her second program on the Techstars Oakland team, her experience in venture capital equips her with valuable insights into identifying promising investment opportunities within the dynamic tech ecosystem.
