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{{StartupsInstitution|industryImage=Manufacturing/Industrial SoftwareSURGE.png|Caption=SURGE Ventures Logo|Name=SURGE|Type=Accelerator|City=Houston|websiteURL=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526224558/http://www.surgeacceleratorsurgeventures.com/|street_addressCohort Size=One Greenway Plaza , Suite 93032|cityPercent Funded=Houston , Texas12.50%|zipPercent Acquired=770463.31%|total_raisedPercent IPO=1000%|founding_dateNumber of Directors=1/|Experienced Directors=1/|Date Founded=2011
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Part of the [[Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)]] Series ==About==<onlyinclude>SURGE Venture's accelerator program was a Houston-based, for-profit institution founded in 2011. It is no longer operating and closed down in 2016. It advertised a wide array of services, including funding, access to experts, educational programs and mentorship. SURGE's director has direct entrepreneurship experience as an established entrepreneur. Of the 32 startups which had enrolled in the SURGE program, four had received venture capital funding. One company which had participated the SURGE program was acquired and none exited in an IPO. </onlyinclude> ==Contact Information=={| class="wikitable"|-|Website|https://web.archive.org/web/20160526224558/http://www.surgeventures.com/|-|Address|177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019|} ==Portfolio=={| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"! colspan=“1”| Surge Accelerator LLC develops energy software technologiesPortfolio|-! style="text-align:left;"| Name! VC?! Acquired?! IPO?|-| Autonomous Marine Systems| Yes| No| No|-| Bractlet| Yes| No| No|-| Clear Creek Networks| No| No| No|-| Deep Imaging Technology| No| No| No|-| Dynamo Micropower| No| No| No|-| Eosense| No| No| No|-| GNOSYS| No| No| No|-| Meshify| No| Yes| No|-| Project Insiders| No| No| No|-| Skynet Labs| No| No| No|-| WatrHub| No| No| No|-| greasebook| No| No| No|-| Metal Networks| Yes| No| No|-| Revokom| No| No| No|-| Snugg Home| No| No| No|-| Waveseis| No| No| No|-| GUARD1| No| No| No|-| Molecule| No| No| No|-| renooble| No| No| No|-| Secure-NOK| No| No| No|-| Expert Knowledge| No| No| No|-| NeoTreks| No| No| No|-| RunTitle| Yes| No| No|-| Terrabotics| No| No| No|-| ICT| No| No| No|-| OPTIMITIVE| No| No| No|-| SEE Forge| No| No| No|-| Upslope| No| No| No|-| Lowfoot| No| No| No|-| Petrabytes| No| No| No|-| Seisquare| No| No| No|-| VERT Solar Finance| No| No| No|} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"! colspan=“1”| Surge VC Backed|-! coname || datefirstinv || datelastinv || founddate || totinv || city || nation|-| Autonomous Marine Systems Inc || 3/1/16 || 7/3/14 || || 1750.2 || Somerville || United States|-| Bractlet Inc || 10/10/16 || 2/27/15 || || 700 || Austin || United States|-| Metal Networks Inc || 11/16/15 || 11/12/14 || || 6450 || Houston || United States|-| RunTitle Inc || 9/21/15 || 9/5/13 || 8/31/12 || 11000 || Austin || United States|} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"! colspan=“1”| Surge Acquired|-! target || acquirorname || enterprisevalatannouncementmil || enterprisevaleffectivedatemil || equityvalatannouncementmil || dateannounced || dateeffective || acquirorind || targetind || status || acquirorcity || targcity|-| Meshify Inc || HSB || np n || p || || 10/11/16 || 10/11/16 || Insurance || Business Services || Completed || Hartford || Houston|} ==Directors=={| class="wikitable"! style="text-align:left;"| Name! Bio! Class|-|Kirk Coburn|Founder & Managing Director, SURGE, CEO, Chief Outsiders|D1|} ==Services Provided=={| class="wikitable"|Funding|-|Experts|-|Education|-|Mentoring|} [[Category:Ecosystem]]
