ByDesign is now a Techstars portfolio company.

By Lars Perkins, Managing Director of the Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator

I'm pleased to announce our incoming class of nine promising startups that will spend the next three months in Portland, Maine, working with Techstars mentors and The Roux Institute and the global Northeastern University network to build their businesses.

Launched in 2021, the accelerator is a collaboration between Techstars and the Roux Institute at Northeastern University, an innovation hub devoted to deepening and expanding the digital engineering and life sciences economy of Portland, the state of Maine, and northern New England.

Our second class is building on momentum gained from our first, which graduated last December and to date has raised more than $7 million and created 17 jobs in the state of Maine. 

In selecting the new class, we looked for companies building products and solutions in areas that will revolutionize how we live and work. The incoming companies hail from Chile to Los Angeles, as well as one based in Maine, and are working in the areas of artificial intelligence, healthcare tech, and additive manufacturing.