Rakuten signs on as official sponsor for TechStars
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Rakuten, Inc. (JASDAQ: 4755) is a Japanese electronic commerce and Internet company based in Tokyo, Japan. Among its numerous online properties, its B2B2C[clarification needed] e-commerce platform Rakuten Ichiba is the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales. In 2014, Rakuten acquired popular messaging and voice over IP service, Viber, for $900 million
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]