MetLife signs on as official sponsor for TechStars
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC),[4] better known as MetLife, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries.[3][5] The firm was founded on March 24, 1868.[6]
About Property:
TechStars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator founded by David Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and Jared Polis that holds 13 week programs for startups in Boulder, New York City, Boston, Seattle, and San Antonio.[1][2] Fewer than 1% of the companies that apply to TechStars are accepted.[3] Of the 114 companies that have completed the TechStars program, 92% are active.[4] TechStars mentors include Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, tumblr CEO David Karp, HubSpot co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, and Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures.[5][6][7]