After Techstars
- 14%Founded something5
- 23%Joined a startup8
- 63%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Techstars most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 14% found something next and 23% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y
Not Techstars's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 65 people on a map of 67,181, No. 369 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 650.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 2640% of the people here
- Moved on
- 3960% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2ymiddle half 4m to 5y
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Techstars yet.
How long people stay
36%<1y
11%1-2y
23%2-4y
15%4-7y
15%7y+
66 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
<3<312
3<313
3314
3315
<3016
8<317
3<318
8<319
7320
7721
3422
11923
4324
3<325
<3<326
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 67 joined, 41 left.
Caliber
68mediantop 10%84
0Eng Scorer caliber, 48 scored99
Titles held here
- Mentor18
- Startup Mentor4
2 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 8% of people here.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 23%Strong or solid11 people
- 42%Emerging20 people
- 35%Unproven17 people
48 of the 65 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Fewer than 3 of the 48 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, too few to print as a count. A tier is the band a caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up. A tier holding fewer than 3 people is printed with the one next to it, because that few is a person rather than a pattern.
Where they studied
- USC13.9%
- UCLA7.7%
- Stanford6.2%
- University of Michigan6.2%
- MIT4.6%
The 5 most listed schools among the 65 people here with a school on file.
9 of the 65 people here with a school on file list USC, 5 list UCLA and 4 list Stanford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
28%have a public GitHub account on their profile
18 of the 65 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
62% of the people who have worked at Techstars and list a location live in Los Angeles today, against 5% of everyone on the map.
Techstars
Everyone on the map
- 62%Los Angeles40 · map 5%
- 15%SF Bay Area10 · map 41%
- 11%New York7 · map 18%
- 12%Somewhere else8
All 65 people who worked at Techstars list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Techstars: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Techstars, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 65 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Techstars: 26 are there now, 39 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Techstars: 2y, middle half 4m to 5y.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Techstars, 14% went to a founder title next, 23% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 68 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 48 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Mentor, then Startup Mentor.
- Top school: USC, listed by 9 of the 65 people here with one on file (13.9%). Then UCLA (5).
- 62% of the 65 people here who list a location live in Los Angeles today, against 5% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 28% of the 65 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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