First, some fun facts:
There was a 60% increase in applications for NYC program this year, and the acceptance rate was 0.8%.
The companies that were selected are innovating across wide range of spaces, from virtual reality to 3D electronics prototyping; from language translating with a single line of code to newsfeeds you can set up in no time at all, to the fastest Internet in NYC; from artisanal men’s goods to a food network for colleges to an online course to become a data scientist.
Techstars always stay ahead of the curve.
It’s Alex Iskold’s second time as Managing Director, and the first time that Techstars alumni participated in interviewing the candidates who would become this batch of Techstars.
The companies hail from near and far: from Paris and Amsterdam to Burlington, VT, Brisbane, AU, the Bay Area and Brooklyn.
And every single one of them is here to go the distance.
Click Here to Meet the Techstars NYC Winter 2015 Class of Startups
BentoBox
BentoBox is turnkey solution for restaurants, providing mobile-optimized websites that are easily updated and digital marketing tools, which all restaurants need. Establishments can even Share schedules, company information, even recipes, privately.
That’s why it’s called turn-key.
Cartesian Co
Cartesian Co’s Argentum is a 3D desktop printer that enables rapid electronics prototyping, allowing you to make circuit boards in minutes. At the touch of a button, in the materials of your choice.
DataCamp
It’s not just programmers who are in short supply. Data analysts are in high demand these days and the need for them is only growing. Enter DataCamp, an online data science school that uses video lessons and interactive coding challenges to train the next crop of data analysts.
Goods of Record
Goods of Record is re-humanizing the online marketplace by providing a platform for artisan men’s goods, and telling the stories behind them. All products are made only in America. The company’s video is also worth watching – and this is one reason why they’re Techstars.
irisVR
In this day and age, you wouldn’t expect 3D renderings to be flat, right? irisVR builds software that sends 3D models into virtual reality. It also makes them sharable and editable, giving you those much-needed tools to impress an audience, educate (or impress) a client, or get a new perspective on your own work.
Keymetrics
Keymetrics is a software-as-a-service solution, offering complete realtime monitoring system for Node.js to allow companies to build high performance and reliable applications.
Localize
Localize is a translation platform that helps translate your website into 100+ major world languages, with one line of code. You can also easily edit or make changes to the translations, and they’re immediately displayed on your website in real time. No importing or exporting.
LSQ
LSQ is a rapid software development platform for Node.js, allowing companies to build and deploy node.js apps faster and with fewer engineers.
Pilot
Pilot provides the fastest Internet in New York City. It’s a new kind of Internet provider, delivering ultra-fast fiber optic internet to homes and offices with no contracts and a 100% uptime guarantee.
Spoon University
Remember how Facebook started? The Facebook came out of Harvard and quickly spread to other campuses before it graduated and took over the world.
Spoon University is a food network for the next generation. where all of the content is produced by college students. It started at Northwestern, is powered by student contributors across the country, and it’s now a network of over 1000 students at 45 campuses nationwide.
And growing.
Spoon University is the everyday food resource for this generation, and the goal is intelligent eating. They cover everything from hot local restaurants and dining hall hacks to two-ingredient treats and tips on avoiding hangovers.
College, remember?
Stream
Stream is a web service that allows site owners to build scalable, affordable newsfeeds and activity streams in hours instead of weeks.
Created by the authors of Stream Framework – the most used Python package for building newsfeeds – the team has been there, done that, and offer multiregional support for the open source solution.
Unique Sound
Unique Sound is the largest online marketplace for customized music, making quality music accessible for every project, and helping brands, ad agencies, and video producers to get original, affordable music directly from composers.
The platform already gives project producers access to over 1000 carefully chosen and vetted composers from all over the world.
