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DNSFilter in Techstars!
by Ken Carnesi on Jan 31, 2018 12:00:00 AM
However, the real fun started last week when I travelled to Los Angeles with my co-founders Brian Gillis. It was an incredible experience — from sleeping in bunk beds for the first time in 20 years to doing deep dives on KPI’s! We are positive this is going to be a great experience for us and help us take DNSFilter to the next level. I am also sure it will provide lots of suitable blog content.
To put things into perspective, here are some impressive stats about Techstars and its network:
- 1,188 Companies (89% Active or Acquired)
- 5,307 Active Investors
- 3,731 Active Mentors
- 39 Current Programs in 25 Countries
- Represent 1 out of 20 Series A Financing Rounds
- Only accelerator to have a founding team IPO
Stay tuned as we continue along this journey!
Be sure to read Techstars Blog post featuring DNSFilter!
Below, check us out along with our Techstars Anywhere founding teams:

Techstars Anywhere 2018 Founding Teams:
- DNSFilter (Washington, DC)
- BioInteractive Technologies (Vancouver, BC)
- Storytap (Vancouver, BC)
- Filtered.ai (Boston, MA)
- TokenClub (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Flikshop (Washington, DC)
- Trust & Will (San Diego, CA)
- Queen of Raw (New York, NY)
- Lynq (Brooklyn, NY)
- Goodr (Atlanta, GA)
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