Written by Angela Shah

MassChallenge Texas, which is based in Austin, named 84 startups to its first cohort. More than 520 startups applied to be part of this class. MassChallenge says the chosen entrepreneurs come from 11 countries and 12 U.S. states, and that a third of them are women. The accelerator kicks off in April and runs through August, after which the startups will pitch for the chance to win a portion of up to $500,000 in grant funding.

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