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[[Category:Internal]]
[[Internal Classification::Legacy| ]]
Under [[Houston Entrepreneurship]] umbrella.
==VC Funds in Houston==
[[Joe Reilly (Work Log)]] details the work he did on VC funds in Houston.
The files are in:
E:\McNair\Projects\Houston\VCData.
The key files are:
*VC firms with address, basic sector info.xlsx
*Venture Funds.txt
Cleaned Address file is:
*HoustonVCFundAddresses.txt
This file excludes 3 VCs where we can't find their addresses:
*Crest Capital Ventures Headquartered somewhere in Houston. Official address maybe in Delaware
*Resolute Venture Partners Hdqt in Austin; has an office somewhere in Houston
*S3 Ventures Hdqt in Austin; has an office somewhere in Houston
These addresses can be plotted using googleplotter.py, which is in:
E:\McNair\Software\CodeBase\New Implement of Enclosing Circle (Constrained K Means, Smallest Circle)
==To Do==
1. Find updated cohort lists for each "green" entity on this table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1twOP16uzHJC_xJzKZza1VEzlSfHtbJm_bJShxfp4DG0/edit#gid=0
2. Turn each cohort list into a text file
3. Run text files through SDC Platinum to determine %VC, %Aquired, %IPO, %Top VC, and VC return rates.
==Chevron Technology Ventures==
[[Chevron Technology Ventures]]
==The Status Quo==
===The Main Start-up Lists===
Houston Starts-up List
*Came from houston.startups-list.com
*348 Companies
*Searched for the name in Google: therefore all alive and in Houston
**Could be start-ups or small biz
*Fields: Name, Short Desc, Long Desc, URL
*To Do: clean up URL
SDC VC Port Co:
*Repull this file!
*Use column from both files
*PWCMoneytree deals
Angel List:
*Two files
**Angel by joined
**Angel by signal
*Fields include:
**Name, Subtitle (short desc), datejoined?, location (restrict to Houston), market (sector), url, employees range, stage, total invested
*To do:
**Merge the two files
**clean up the URLS
**Remove the non-Houston
*Estimated yield 350 to ???
*Issues: Includes non-start-ups.
*Total raised is weak indicator of Angel investment
Filtered Startups from Crunchbase cleaned:
*Name, URL, brief description, address
*118 of them (snaphealth, hireinfluence are on twice), 65 have addresses
*Iris requirements:
**Search: companies, houston
**Received seed, angel, equity crowd, venture
**Alive
**In Houston
**Not acquired, didn't go public
*To do: minor clean up!
===The Accelerated Start-ups===
Starts-Accelerators (Clean):
*Doesn't include HTC information (has the start-ups though)
*Fields:
**Name
**Accelerator
**Status (cohort, cohort year, stage of dev, type of client)
**Desc
**URL
**Address
**Email (contact info)
*289 records. Some firms may have gone through multiple accelerators?
*70 have addresses - Might be able to get more address info, particularly some accelerators (Red House, HTC - scattering)
*Records from:
**TMCx - Doesn't record when they joined
**Surge
**Red Labs
**START Houston
**Red House Associates
**HTC
**Fannin Innovation Studio
**OwlSpark
**Fruition Labs
**Houston Health Ventures (Accelerator)
**Enventure
*To Do:
**Double check the counts by accelerator!!!
**Question the selection bias???
**Worried that they aren't Houston firms
Houston Incubators Cleaned as far as I can:
*Biotech Commercialization Center at Uni of Texas Health Science Center is only incubator found!
**BCC Sheet: 10 companies
**Fields:
**Name, URL, desc, address, crunchbase links
==Data Files==
*All of the collaborative files used in this project are included on a shared Google Drive folder. Here is the Google Drive folder link: [https://docs.google.com/a/rice.edu/spreadsheets/d/113T4W44m4xBqKDy6Wm7VAoK6d1pU9j-7_d95PBjZofs/edit?usp=sharing]
==Accelerators==
[[Accelerator Rankings]] {| class="wikitablesortable collapsible collapsed" style="border: 1px solid darkgray; bgcolor: #f9f9f9"
! Name
! Location
| Texas medical center
|
| health and medical device startups Candidates will be judged for their ability to become leaders and innovators in healthcare. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and expertise to apply. In the past, we have recruited and considered clinicians (physicians and nurses), engineers of all types, design thinking gurus, product designers, UI/UX experts, researchers, coders/hackers, entrepreneurs, consultants, policy experts, architects, and artists.
| Top down
| Adient Medical, admetsys, Brain Check, Clear Ear, Creative Bioinformatics, Delafield Solutions, DiBS, ECM Technologies, Gauss Surgical, iShoe, Laser Tissue Welding, Medical Adhesive Revolution, Nanolinea, Noninvasix, Oxitone Medical, Proximare Health, Redox, Sage Health, SemanticMD, Skylit Medical, Will 2 Love
| A company headquartered in the Gulf Coast area,Be in one of HTC’s focus industries,Have proprietary, disruptive technology,Have potential to reach $30M by 5th year,Be willing to assemble appropriate management team, $250 application fee, 4% company ownership or 2.5% and $1,500 per year
| Top down
| agents.net, AGM Inc., Algorithmica Technologies, AMM Exploration, Aptia Systems Inc, Arcos Inc., Augmentix, Automation Innovation LLC, Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc, Castle Biosciences Inc, CertiSource Inc, CheMatch.com, CHR Solutions Inc, Cognitas Technologies Inc, CorInnova Incorporated, Covelo Group Inc., C Sixty Inc., Davidson Instruments, Drilling Info Inc., Exceptionist Inc., Endothelix Inc., Engica Technology Systems International, Envirofuels LLC, Gimmal Group, Hispanic Teleservices Corporation, Houston Medical Robotics Inc., Hydro Green Energy LLC, Idera (Pointsecure), IDev Technologies Inc., Ingenious Inc., Intermat, itRobotics Inc., Kinesix Software, LaserGen Inc., Laser Tissue Welding, Merrick Systems, Molecular LogiX Inc., Nano3D Biosciences Inc., NanoRidge Materials Inc., Nanospectra Biosciences Inc., Neohydro Technologies Corp., Network International, NSI Upstream, Open Geophysical Inc., Opexa Therapeutics Inc., OrthoAccel Technologies Inc., Pipe Wrap Inc., PLx Pharma Inc., PointCross Inc., PolyVista, Pulmotect Inc., QCue, Questia Media, Reasoning Mind, Rebellion Photonics, RosettaMed, SalvageSale.com, SAT corporation, Smart Pipe Company Inc., Soteica Ideas and Technology LLC, Spectral Genomics, Spur Digital, StarVision Technologies Inc., Stematix, Stone Bond Technologies LP, Strongroom Solutions LLC, Synthecon Inc., Terravici Drilling Solutions, Texas Energy Network LLC, ThromboVision Inc, Trans Ionics, Tympany Inc., Vendor Safe Technologies, Veros Systems Inc, Visualase Inc, vMonitor, Voxofon LLC, Voyagen, VRcontext (COMOS Industry Solutions), Vuico, Wave Imaging Technology Inc., Xeotron Corporation, Zeno Corporation (Tyrell Inc.), A-76, Amros, Arriba Energy LLC, AUGMENTe TechStudio LLC, BenchWatch, Bluenergy Solarwind Inc., Career Verification LLC, CBM Enterprise Solutions LLC, Chandah Space Technologies, Click It Clinic, CO Vouch LLC, CRG Medical Inc., Dim Drop, Dynamic Tubulars, Ebio LLC, EKU Power Drives, EpicOne Corporation, GoToPills, iCleaners LLC, Integrated Bionics, Mach Interview, MedeStat Inc., Medical Adhesive Revolution, Metal Oxide Technologies, M-Trigen, Mud Labs LLC, Najmtek Company, NanoVapor Inc, OARS360, Ocianna International LLC, Orbital Traction, PF Waterworks LLC, PhDsoft USA, Qukku, Rheidiant LLC, Rig Chat LLC, Saviance Healthcare, TABS Consulting, TITAN Oil Recovery Inc., Topo Medtech Inc, Typo Bounty, Unews Digital LLC, Waypoint 2 Space| http://www.houstontech.org/htc-advisory-board/93 companies
|-
| [[OwlSpark]]
| funded by Rice University and sponsor foundations and individual benefactors
|
| TECHNOLOGY OR BUSINESS IDEA What does your startup do, provide, make or sell? Describe your technology or business idea.What problem or need is your technology or business idea solving?Who is your customer or end user? Please describe them in terms of age, gender, geography, health status, industry, business type, etc.How will your startup generate revenue? What is your business model?What is new or unique about your technology or business idea? How does it differ from what is currently available?What other companies currently address the problem or need you are solving? Do you consider those companies to be competitors?What inspired or motivated you to pursue a solution to this problem?Has your startup team generated any revenue?If your startup team raised money from an outside investor, how much and from whom did you receive capital?If your startup had money to spend, how would you spend or allocate it?Which companies or type(s) of companies would most likely be interested in acquiring your startup or technology?If your technology is a hardware or other tangible product, have you already developed a prototype?Has your startup team already incorporated? If so, what is your incorporation status (C-Corp, LLC, etc.)?Include a link to any websites, slide decks, demos, or other materials you feel would support your startup team’s application. Please provide a complete URL (i.e. “http://owlspark.com/slide_deck”).STARTUP TEAMHave you secured a startup team of two to five founders?Why should your startup team be selected for OwlSpark?Briefly describe the skills and strengths your team has to advance your innovation Technology or business idea. Please include one to two sentences about each founder that demonstrates a high level of ability.How dedicated or committed is your startup team to launching your startup? For example, how much have you or your startup team members already invested in terms of personal time, resources and / or finances, etc.?If by August 2016 your startup had a significant chance (20% or greater) of being successful (using your own definition of success), are any founders committed to working on your startup full-time for the next several years?
| Top down
| Arovia, Digichef, OcuCheck, Open Factory, SenseWatch, ShowCoach, Wholistic Advisors, Ziel Solutions, Big Delta Systems, DiBS, Hospitable, Nexus Software, One Jump, Prosus Health, Rebel Putter, YouHootMe, CheckedTwice, Coached Schooling, Concept Node, Emergency Floor, Medical Informatics Corp., OwlEngine, ParkIt, Sweatalyzer, Village Innovations
| 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019
| http://www.surgeventures.com/
| SURGE validates companies innovating and exploiting the massive shifts in technology, policy, and expertise in the energy industry. We are stage agnostic. We have invested in companies from early revenue generation stage and market growth. Currently, it takes an energy technology over 14 years to go from idea to market acceptance. At SURGE, we believe that we can reduce that by over 50%. Our portfolio Portfolio includes disruptive companies targeting traditional energy segments from oil and gas to water.
| http://www.surgeventures.com/program
| The program runs from Mid-February to Mid-June. But SURGE will begin working with you immediately upon acceptance.
| http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors/tom-ren-ceo
| Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Water, Cleantech and Industrial sectors
| We invest in companies at any stage, because we are able to provide customized resources targeted for the stage specific to your company. We have helped single founder companies with an idea on a napkin. We have also helped startups with existing entrepreprise clients that are generating revenue. No matter what stage your company is in, SURGE can help you reach the next level.
| bottom up, funding from energy companies and venture capital/angel networks
| startups get 30K in seed funding in return for 8% equity, $100K in cloud hosting credits, Office space alongside the other companies in the programHelp with document preparation (decks, business plans, financial models, sales materials)Press coverageAdditional service provider assistance: Legal advice, Financial modeling / CFO advice, design work, sales training, and more
| 3900 Essex Lane, Suite 575Houston, Texas 77027
| http://fannininnovation.com/
| We co-found the company with you. If the technology really is promising (with some third-party validation), we’ll do the work of setting up the cofounding company, licensing in the technology and working with you to design the next phase of development. At the beginning phases, we work for equityacquiring capital/grants, so that the seed money that we put in when the company is started all goes for third-party expenses to advance development. We’ll assign a senior Fannin manager to be responsible for the program, supported by in-house professionals, fellows and interns who will handle much of the day-to-day workadministration assistance. Because we manage many companies on a pooled basis, you won’t get all of our attention 100% of the time – but you will get 100% of our attention when it matters, and we’ve found that this approach works particularly well Assistance in life science product developmentexchange for equity. | Fannin gives you another option. We co-found the company with you. If the technology really is promising (with some third-party validation), we’ll do the work of setting up the company, licensing in the technology and working with you to design the next phase of development. At the beginning phases, we work for equity, so that the seed money that we put in when the company is started all goes for third-party expenses to advance development. We’ll assign a senior Fannin manager to be responsible for the program, supported by in-house professionals, fellows and interns who will handle much of the day-to-day work. Because we manage many companies on a pooled basis, you won’t get all of our attention 100% of the time – but you will get 100% of our attention when it matters, and we’ve found that this approach works particularly well in life science product development.Given the substantial time it takes most products to reach points of significant value enhancement, we try to use early “seed” dollars sparingly and seek out non-dilutive grants and other funding sources to make the early equity go farther. We will not use the seed dollars we provide to fund basic research in your lab. But we will work with you to go after grants, and we have a great record of doing successfully. At some point in time, howeverinvestment, it may make sense to ramp up the effort – by building out the management team and seeking substantial institutional venture capital funding to accelerate development, but this is the exception and not the rule. More often, we reach out and identify strategic industry partners and we try move to involve them in the development program.next stage
| rolling basis, Fannin Partners LLC raises money periodically from other investors which it then uses to invest in new companies
| 9 companies, according to the website
| http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/index.html
|
| Fruition simplifies the steps Techpreneurs need to take to build their ideas into thriving business ventures through our 5 Simple Steps to Fruition: Unlock, Explore, Plan, Build and Launch. No matter what stage in the process you are in, your dedicated team of Fruition mentors and collaborators will lend their advice, expertise and talent to help your project reach its maximum potential and keep you and your team accountable every step of the way.
| N/A
| 0 classes
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| 0 classes
| Advisory Board:Jeff Frey: Information Services Director; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterChristopher Center Christopher McCord: Managing Director; Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP)Patrick J. McGinnis, MD, MS, MBA: Director of Medical Informatics, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Adjunct Professor, UT Houston School of Biomedical InformaticsHuyen Bui: CTO, Life Line Screening CTO and Founding Member, Esurance.comGreg Wright: Founder, HATCH Pitch Competition Co-producer and Curriculum Development, Red Labs Student Accelerator at the University of HoustonManagersDavid Franklin: Co-Founder, HHV Managing DirectorHuan Le: Co-Founder, HHV Managing DirectorJames Tao: Co-Founder, HHV MD, Presidio Venture CapitalRobert Tucci: Co-Founder, HHV, Co-Chair, Sciences and Life Sciences, Houston Angel Network, Member Board of Directors, Texas Halo Fund, General Manager, Yardley Group, LLCJosephine Tran: Marketing Coordinator & Business AnalystMentor InvestorsRick Pal: President and CEO; AirGenerate Founder; Ek-DishaJoe Liu: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPLK)Carlos R. Hamilton III, MD: Founder & Medical Director, Hamilton Vein CenterDavid Steakley: Chairman of the Houston Angel Network Founding Member Texas HALO Fund Boardmember of the Alliance of Texas Angel Networks
| Health tech/medical devices
| early-mid
