<strong>Localytics</strong>, Boston, 2009 session
<br>Analytics and marketing technology for mobile and Web apps
<br>Funding: $25 million
<br>Employees: 75
<br>Pictured: chief executive and cofounder Raj Aggarwal.
<strong>GrabCAD</strong>, Cambridge, 2011 session
<br>A free CAD model library and collaboration tools for mechanical engineers
<br>Funding: $13.5 million
<br>Employees: 45
<br> Pictured: chief executive and cofounder Hardi Meybaum.
<strong>CoachUp</strong>, Boston, 2012 fall session
<br>Online marketplace for connecting athletes with coaches
<br>Funding: $9.4 million.
<br>Employees: 18
<br> Pictured: chief executive and founder Jordan Fliegel.
<strong>Synack</strong>, Menlo Park, Calif., 2013 session
<br>System to safely crowdsource software security testing
<br>Funding: $9 million
<br>Employees: 15
<br>Pictured: Cofounders Jay Kaplan (left) and Mark Kuhr
<strong>Ginger.io</strong>, San Francisco/Cambridge, 2011 session
<br>Software that helps uncover patterns in health care data
<br>Funding: $8.2 million
<br>Employees: 5
<br>Pictured: cofounders Karan Singh, left, and Anmol Madan.
<strong>Placester</strong>, Boston, 2011 session
<br>Software for helping real estate agents launch websites and advertise their listings online
<br>Funding: $8 million
<br>Employees: 34
<strong>Kinvey</strong>, Boston, 2011 session
<br>Service that allows developers to more easily set up a backend for mobile apps
<br>Funding: $7 million
<br>Employees: 22
<strong>EverTrue</strong>, Boston, 2011 session
<br>Software for helping colleges to engage with alumni
<br>Funding: $6.5 million
<br>Employees: 31
<strong>Memrise</strong>, London, 2011 session
<br>Online software for easier language and vocabulary learning
<br>Funding: $6.2 million
<br>Employees: 5
<strong>PillPack</strong>, Somerville/Manchester, N.H., 2013 session
<br>Online pharmacy delivering medications by mail that are pre-sorted into daily doses
<br>Funding: $4.1 million
<br>Employees: 11
<strong>Dashbell</strong>, Cambridge, 2012 fall session
<br>Software for helping independent hotels more easily manage online bookings
<br>Funding: $3.5 million
<br>Employees: 6
<br>Pictured: chief executive and cofounder Paige Brown.
Localytics, Boston, 2009 session
Analytics and marketing technology for mobile and Web apps
Funding: $25 million
Employees: 75
Pictured: chief executive and cofounder Raj Aggarwal.
Most startup portfolios, at least the good ones, have a few companies that go farther and grow bigger than the others.
So it is with Techstars, the startup accelerator and investment vehicle that launched in Boston in 2009. Since then the program has run seven sessions, the latest of which concluded last week.
Click through the gallery above to see the 11 top-funded alumni of Techstars Boston. (I added one company, Synack, after the initial post. Funding and employee figures come from Techstars.)
The next session of the program — and the first one led by well-known angel investor and former MIT blackjack whiz Semyon Dukach — is coming up fast. It begins Aug. 11.
To get a sense for where Techstars Boston has been so far, I took a look at the statistics for the first six sessions of the program (stats for the latest session aren’t available yet).
What I found is that the 10 top-funded alumni of the program have raised the bulk of the funding among all 71 graduates. They also employ a disproportionate percentage of staff hired by alumni companies.
Together, the 10 companies have raised more than $90 million and employ more than 200 people.
And as you’ll see from the gallery above, within the top-funded companies, a disproportionate number come from a single session — the 2011 session. That class, in fact, is the second best-funded class of any Techstars session, with $59 million in total raised (trailing only the Boulder summer 2012 session, which has raised $61 million).
The 2011 Techstars Boston class was also the first session led by Katie Rae and Reed Sturtevant, who have now left following the completion of the latest session. Will Dukach have similar success in his first session leading the program? Stay tuned.
