Deadline: 28-Sep-22
Applications are now open for the Techstars Payments Program, powered by Stellar and MoneyGram.
This program focuses on innovative fintech solutions addressing gaps across payments infrastructure throughout Latin America.
They are looking for bold founders in the fintech space that recognize the massive opportunity across emerging markets, and who are already using or are interested in using blockchain to scale their technology.
Areas of Interest
- Cross-Border Payments
- Blockchain
- Digital Wallets & Fintech Apps
- Digital Identity & KYC
- Financial Infrastructure as a Service
- Payroll
- Retail Services
- Transactions & Ecommerce
- Micropayments
- Financial Literacy
Benefits
- Access to Techstars resources for life;
- Acceleration in a 90-day Techstars mentorship-driven accelerator program with personal mentorship and office space;
- Lifetime access to the Techstars worldwide network of entrepreneurs, including more than 10,000 mentors, 10,000 investors, 1,600 alumni companies, and over 200 staff members;
- Access to over $400k of cash equivalent hosting, accounting, and legal support—plus other credits and perks worth more than $5M;
- Demo Day exposure and other investor connections.
- Historically, on average, Techstars companies go on to raise more than $2M of outside capital after the program.
- Each company also receives:
- Access to Techstars resources for life
- Acceleration in a 90-day Techstars program with intense, hands-on mentorship from Techstars Mentors
- Connections to the Techstars Network of over 10,000 founders, alumni, and mentors globally
- 200+ perks and growing
- Office space for three months (unless you are participating in a virtual program)
- Demo Day and other investor connections
- Equity Back Guarantee, the only one of its kind in their industry
What investments does Techstars make in its accelerator portfolio companies?
- Techstars provides accelerator portfolio companies with access to financial, human, and intellectual capital to fuel the success of their business.
- Techstars contributes $20,000, which is commonly used as a stipend to support living expenses during the program, and in return receives 6% equity of the company until the company raises a priced equity financing of US $250,000 or more. However, if a company conducts a Network Launch using distributed ledger technology, then Techstars will also receive 6% of the Token Reserve.
- Additionally, upon acceptance to a Techstars mentorship-driven accelerator, every company is offered an optional $100,000 convertible note.
Eligibility Criteria
- They fund all types of startups, working in all verticals, using any type of business models.
- They do their best to avoid accepting competitive companies into the same program class. However, with the growing number of Techstars companies, there may be competitive companies in the broader Techstars network.
- The primary language that they use in verbal and written communications during all accelerator programs—in every country—is English.
- Unfortunately, they don’t allow late applications in order to move through their very tight schedule for selection and to be fair to all applicants.
- You only need to submit one application to programs running at the same time.
For more information, visit https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/payments