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<onlyinclude>OwlSpark is a Houston-based, non-profit university accelerator founded in 2013. It advertises a wide array of services, including funding, access to experts, office space and mentorship. OwlSpark has five directors, none of whom have direct entrepreneurship experience as an established entrepreneur. Of the 33 startups which have enrolled in the OwlSpark program, none have received venture capital funding. No company which has participated in the OwlSpark program has been acquired or exited in an IPO. </onlyinclude> ==Contact Information=={| class="wikitable"|-|Website|http://entrepreneurship.rice.edu/accelerator/|-|Address|Janice and Robert McNair Hall, Loop Rd, Houston,TX 77005|-|Email|Upon Request|} ==Portfolio=={| class="wikitable"! style="text-align:left;"| Name! VC?! Acquired?! IPO?|} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"! colspan=“1”| OwlSpark Acquired|-! target || acquirorname || enterprisevalatannouncementmil || enterprisevaleffectivedatemil || equityvalatannouncementmil || dateannounced || dateeffective || acquirorind || targetind || status || acquirorcity || targcity|-| Nexus Software Inc || Diebold Inc || np n || p || || 10/18/99 || 10/18/99 || Computer and Office Equipment || Prepackaged Software || Completed || North Canton || Raleigh|} ==Directors=={| class="wikitable"! style="text-align:left;"| Name! Bio! Class|-|Yael Hochberg |Head of Rice Entrepreneurship Initiative, Ralph S. O’Connor Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship|None|-|Abby Larson |Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative Research and Undergraduate Education|None|-|Eric Floyd|Assistant Professor|None|-|Haiyang Li |Professor|None|-|Doug Schuler |Associate Professor|None|} ==Services Provided=={| class="wikitable"|Funding|-|Experts|-|Office Space|-|Mentoring|} =Old Stuff===About==Founded in 2013, [[OwlSpark]] is a program that allows Rice students, faculty, staff, and recent alumni to launch their own companies. As a university accelerator, OwlSpark provides entrepreneurship education, teaches business fundamentals, pairs teams with knowledgeable mentors, features office hours with successful entrepreneurs, and provides connections for high-growth, technology-based ventures. By providing a platform in which students have access to curriculum, collaborative co-working space, a monthly living stipend, and relevant industry mentorship, OwlSpark provides founders with the hands-on understanding of what it takes to launch a startup.</onlyinclude>

*Following the summer program, startup teams participate in the [[Bayou Startup Showcase]] to showcase their businesses

OwlSpark also works in collaboration Houston’s startup community to promote entreneurship entrepreneurship and innovation at the city and state levels.

====2013 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/class-of-2013/| ]====

====2014 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/class-of-2014-secured/| ]====

====2015 Cohort[http://www.owlspark.com/owlspark-companies/2015-cohort/| ]====