Ryan Broshar

BETA accelerates the success of Minnesota-based startups by putting founders first. Since its founding in 2013, the organization has developed a strong community of support to provide founders the resources, capital and relationships required to grow and scale their companies. A Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, BETA operates the BETA Cohort accelerator, annual festival Twin Cities Startup Week, and regional media outlet tech.mn.

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)

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.

BETA accelerates the success of Minnesota-based startups by putting founders first. Since its founding in 2013, the organization has developed a strong community of support to provide founders the resources, capital and relationships required to grow and scale their companies. A Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, BETA operates the BETA Cohort accelerator, annual festival Twin Cities Startup Week, and regional media outlet tech.mn.

Confluence is an early-stage investment partner for entrepreneurs. We invest where innovative ideas, huge markets and, most importantly, awesome entrepreneurs merge. We are honored to support creative folks who will stop at nothing to succeed. Confluence will ride tandem as we turn a crazy idea, into a startup, into a company, and into a way of life.