The Chief Executive Officer of Techstars, Maëlle Gavet has announced her departure from the company, citing health reasons. Effective at the end of the month, Gavet will step down, with Techstars co-founder and board chairman David Cohen taking over the CEO role immediately, Tech Crunch first reported. Gavet, who has served as CEO since 2021, conveyed her decision in a LinkedIn post where she expressed immense gratitude for her tenure at the company.
Related Stories How Techstars-backed Graph is simplifying international trade with free USD bank accounts for businesses Techstars to invest $1.4 million in 12 African startups She acknowledged the hard work and dedication of her team, the executive board, employees, investors, and the founders she collaborated with during her time at Techstars. She also spoke a bit about her health issues.
“It’s with extreme sadness that I’m announcing that I will be leaving Techstars at the end of the month for health reasons. As of today, David Cohen, our co-founder and Chairman of the Board is CEO of Techstars once again. “11 years ago I had to have one of my thyroids surgically removed due to the presence of cancerous nodules and for all these years I have been able to live almost worry-free with daily medication and a checkup every 6 months.
Unfortunately the results of the last checkup showed that nodules had started to appear on my other thyroid. “ Gavet’s announcement marks the end of a challenging period for Techstars unde.
