New Techstars Boulder director announced first cohort

BOULDER — Techstars, a Boulder-born startup accelerator, this week unveiled the first local cohort to be led by new Techstars Boulder managing director Andres Barreto.

The 14th Boulder Techstars class will be held entirely virtually, another first for the organization. Last year’s program began in-person and shifted midway through to a virtual format as the COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the country. 

“Each of these companies went through a rigorous screening and selection process that lasted several weeks before coming out on top,” Barreto wrote in a blog post. “We selected the teams that were most obsessed…