Patrick Judge

Groove brings together Minnesota’s visionaries and investors to accelerate the products and services that make the world a better place.

We invest where innovative ideas, huge markets and, most importantly, amazing entrepreneurs strike. We are honored to support creative folks who will stop at nothing to succeed. Matchstick exists to act as a catalyst for our founders, our startups, and our startup community. Matchstick is proudly based in the Twin Cities and invests in tech startups that have a product and a customer.

Our Techstars program advances world-class startups focusing on the intersection of technology, sports and entertainment.

Groove brings together Minnesota’s visionaries and investors to accelerate the products and services that make the world a better place.

Put your #UBhornsUP! At the University at Buffalo, our extraordinary #UBTrueBlue community, creative activity and research change the world. #UBuffalo is New York States flagship university and a proud member of the Association of American Universities.

Camber Road provides non-dilutive capital for growing companies.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)