# Techstars Portfolio Company Search

> Techstars Portfolio Company Search is a paid API for AI agents from api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-24).

Search and filter Techstars portfolio companies (5,600+) by keyword, region, country, year, exit status, or unicorn status, returning rich company profiles.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.companyrecords-api.workers.dev/api/b2b/techstars-portfolio?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-24
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/techstars-portfolio-company-search-8b28b3fd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_zxeTmqTomizVzj5qpFlke

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability techstars-portfolio-company-search-8b28b3fd
```

Example prompt: Search the Techstars portfolio for fintech companies in the United States that have exited, show me up to 50 results from page 1.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search, filter, or enumerate companies specifically within the Techstars accelerator and network portfolio. It is the right choice for startup discovery, competitive landscape research, investor due diligence, or lead generation scoped to Techstars-backed companies. Prefer it over general company databases when Techstars affiliation, program history, or accelerator metadata is relevant to your query.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid region value returns no results or error — must use exact Techstars region labels (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania)
- Country name must match Techstars spelling exactly (e.g. 'United States' not 'USA') otherwise filters return empty results
- Limit values outside 1–100 range may be rejected or clamped
- Keyword with no matches returns empty companies array with found:0
- Page number beyond available pages returns empty results array

## How this service works

Pay-per-call company registry, government, legal and B2B data tools for AI agents, from official registers and public sources. Payment: x402, USDC on Base, Solana, Arc, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, World Chain, Optimism, Avalanche, Celo or Stellar, or RLUSD/XRP on the XRP Ledger. No signup, no API key; a failed call is not charged.

## Output

A JSON object containing the search query, page number, count of results on this page, total matches found, the data source URL, applied filters, the timestamp checked, and an array of company objects each with: UUID, name, one-line description, website, city, state, country, region, subregion, industry verticals, Techstars programs attended, first session year, accelerator/network/currentSession flags, exit and unicorn booleans, Crunchbase URL, and logo URL. Also includes the total portfolio size.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "q": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Keyword matched against name, description, city, programs and industry (default all)"
      },
      "page": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Page number from 1 (default 1)"
      },
      "year": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional first program year, e.g. 2024"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Companies per page, 1 to 100 (default 25)"
      },
      "exited": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "true for exited companies only"
      },
      "region": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional region: Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional country, as Techstars writes it, e.g. United States, Germany, Turkey"
      },
      "unicorn": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "true for $1B+ companies only"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "q": "fintech",
  "page": 1,
  "count": 5,
  "found": 643,
  "source": "https://www.techstars.com/portfolio",
  "filters": "country:=`United States`",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:37:36.587Z",
  "companies": [
   {
    "id": "3f731ed1-0a3e-4b09-8a8e-732d5db9dfa6",
    "city": "Bethesda",
    "logo": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/t_cb-default-original/zkzi6rnqkinn7f16dsci",
    "name": "TrustFundRegistry",
    "state": "Maryland",
    "exited": false,
    "region": "Americas",
    "country": "United States",
    "network": true,
    "unicorn": false,
    "website": "https://trustfundregistry.com",
    "programs": [
     "Founder Catalyst in partnership with J.P. Morgan"
    ],
    "subregion": "North America",
    "crunchbase": "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/trustfundregistry",
    "industries": [
     "Artificial intelligence and machine learning",
     "Fintech"
    ],
    "accelerator": false,
    "description": "TrustFundRegistry is a fintech platform that allows family and friends to gift equity investments to a child they love.",
    "currentSession": false,
    "firstSessionYear": 2022
   },
   {
    "id": "461e3402-0c2c-46e0-ad0b-56233f337398",
    "city": "New York City",
    "logo": null,
    "name": "RegSurety",
    "state": null,
    "exited": false,
    "region": "Americas",
    "country": "United States",
    "network": true,
    "unicorn": false,
    "website": "https://regsurety.ai",
    "programs": [
     "Founder Catalyst sponsored by Stanley Black & Decker"
    ],
    "subregion": "North America",
    "crunchbase": null,
    "industries": [
     "Artificial intelligence and machine learning",
     "Fintech"
    ],
    "accelerator": false,
    "description": "RegSurety simplifies and accelerates financial licensing for fintech and Web3 companies with AI automation.",
    "currentSession": false,
    "firstSessionYear": 2024
   }
  ],
  "portfolioSize": 5672
 }
}
```

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