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|Has sponsor=McNair Center
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[[Category:Internal]]
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[[Internal Classification::Legacy| ]]
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Under [[Houston Entrepreneurship]] umbrella.
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==VC Funds in Houston==
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[[Joe Reilly (Work Log)]] details the work he did on VC funds in Houston.
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The files are in:
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E:\McNair\Projects\Houston\VCData.
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The key files are:
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*VC firms with address, basic sector info.xlsx
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*Venture Funds.txt
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Cleaned Address file is:
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*HoustonVCFundAddresses.txt
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This file excludes 3 VCs where we can't find their addresses:
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*Crest Capital Ventures  Headquartered somewhere in Houston.  Official address maybe in Delaware
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*Resolute Venture Partners  Hdqt in Austin; has an office somewhere in Houston
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*S3 Ventures  Hdqt in Austin; has an office somewhere in Houston
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These addresses can be plotted using googleplotter.py, which is in:
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E:\McNair\Software\CodeBase\New Implement of Enclosing Circle (Constrained K Means, Smallest Circle)
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==To Do==
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1. Find updated cohort lists for each "green" entity on this table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1twOP16uzHJC_xJzKZza1VEzlSfHtbJm_bJShxfp4DG0/edit#gid=0
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2. Turn each cohort list into a text file
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3. Run text files through SDC Platinum to determine %VC, %Aquired, %IPO, %Top VC, and VC return rates.
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==Chevron Technology Ventures==
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[[Chevron Technology Ventures]]
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==The Status Quo==
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===The Main Start-up Lists===
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Houston Starts-up List
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*Came from houston.startups-list.com
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*348 Companies
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*Searched for the name in Google: therefore all alive and in Houston
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**Could be start-ups or small biz
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*Fields: Name, Short Desc, Long Desc, URL
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*To Do: clean up URL
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SDC VC Port Co:
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*Repull this file!
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*Use column from both files
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*PWCMoneytree deals
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Angel List:
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*Two files
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**Angel by joined
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**Angel by signal
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*Fields include:
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**Name, Subtitle (short desc), datejoined?, location (restrict to Houston), market (sector), url, employees range, stage, total invested
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*To do:
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**Merge the two files
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**clean up the URLS
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**Remove the non-Houston
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*Estimated yield 350 to ???
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*Issues: Includes non-start-ups.
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*Total raised is weak indicator of Angel investment
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Filtered Startups from Crunchbase cleaned:
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*Name, URL, brief description, address
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*118 of them (snaphealth, hireinfluence are on twice), 65 have addresses
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*Iris requirements:
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**Search: companies, houston
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**Received seed, angel, equity crowd, venture
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**Alive
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**In Houston
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**Not acquired, didn't go public
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*To do: minor clean up!
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===The Accelerated Start-ups===
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Starts-Accelerators (Clean):
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*Doesn't include HTC information (has the start-ups though)
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*Fields:
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**Name
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**Accelerator
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**Status (cohort, cohort year, stage of dev, type of client)
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**Desc
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**URL
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**Address
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**Email (contact info)
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*289 records. Some firms may have gone through multiple accelerators?
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*70 have addresses - Might be able to get more address info, particularly some accelerators (Red House, HTC - scattering)
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*Records from:
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**TMCx - Doesn't record when they joined
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**Surge
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**Red Labs
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**START Houston
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**Red House Associates
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**HTC
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**Fannin Innovation Studio
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**OwlSpark
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**Fruition Labs
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**Houston Health Ventures (Accelerator)
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**Enventure
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*To Do:
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**Double check the counts by accelerator!!!
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**Question the selection bias???
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**Worried that they aren't Houston firms
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Houston Incubators Cleaned as far as I can:
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*Biotech Commercialization Center at Uni of Texas Health Science Center is only incubator found!
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**BCC Sheet: 10 companies
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**Name, URL, desc, address, crunchbase links
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==Data Files==
 
==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]
 
*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]
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==Accelerators==
 
==Accelerators==
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[[Accelerator Rankings]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="border: 1px solid darkgray; bgcolor: #f9f9f9"
 
! Name
 
! Name
 
! Location
 
! Location
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! Advisory Board Composition
 
! Advisory Board Composition
 
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| TMCx Accelerator
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| [[TMCx Accelerator]]
 
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd. Suite X
 
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd. Suite X
 
| http://www.tmc-x.org
 
| http://www.tmc-x.org
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| Texas medical center
 
| Texas medical center
 
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| 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.
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| health and medical device startups Candidates will be judged for their ability to become leaders and innovators in healthcare.
 
| Top down
 
| 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
 
| 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
 
| basically everyone who is on the advisory board is either in a leadership role at the TMC or they have education qualifications. Few members have any experience with any startups or raising capital, etc. Advisors volunteer their time to TMCx, ranging from short "speed dates" to mock board meetings for startups they choose to work with.
 
| basically everyone who is on the advisory board is either in a leadership role at the TMC or they have education qualifications. Few members have any experience with any startups or raising capital, etc. Advisors volunteer their time to TMCx, ranging from short "speed dates" to mock board meetings for startups they choose to work with.
 
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| Houston Technology Center (HTC)
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| [[Houston Technology Center (HTC)]]
 
| 410 Pierce St, Houston, TX 77002
 
| 410 Pierce St, Houston, TX 77002
 
| http://www.houstontech.org/
 
| http://www.houstontech.org/
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| 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
 
| 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
 
| Top down
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| 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
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| 93 companies
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| http://www.houstontech.org/htc-advisory-board/
 
 
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| OwlSpark
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| [[OwlSpark]]
 
| Rice University
 
| Rice University
 
| http://owlspark.com/
 
| http://owlspark.com/
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| funded by Rice University and sponsor foundations and individual benefactors
 
| funded by Rice University and sponsor foundations and individual benefactors
 
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| 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 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?
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| Technology or business idea
 
| Top down
 
| 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
 
| 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
 
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| RED Labs
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| [[RED Labs]]
 
| University of Houston
 
| University of Houston
 
| http://redlabs.uh.edu/
 
| http://redlabs.uh.edu/
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| SURGE
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| [[Surge Houston]]
 
| 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019
 
| 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/
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| 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 includes disruptive companies targeting traditional energy segments from oil and gas to water.
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| SURGE validates companies innovating and exploiting the massive shifts in technology, policy, and expertise in the energy industry. Portfolio includes disruptive companies targeting traditional energy segments from oil and gas to water.
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/program
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/program
 
| The program runs from Mid-February to Mid-June. But SURGE will begin working with you immediately upon acceptance.
 
| The program runs from Mid-February to Mid-June. But SURGE will begin working with you immediately upon acceptance.
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| http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors/tom-ren-ceo
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors/tom-ren-ceo
 
| Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Water, Cleantech and Industrial sectors
 
| Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Water, Cleantech and Industrial sectors
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| 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.
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| any stage
 
| bottom up, funding from energy companies and venture capital/angel networks
 
| 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
 
| 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
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| http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors
 
| http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors
 
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| Fannin Innovation Studio
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| [[Fannin Innovation Studio]]
 
| 3900 Essex Lane, Suite 575Houston, Texas 77027
 
| 3900 Essex Lane, Suite 575Houston, Texas 77027
 
| http://fannininnovation.com/
 
| http://fannininnovation.com/
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| 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.
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| cofounding company, licensing, acquiring capital/grants, development, administration assistance. Assistance in exchange for equity.
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| 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, however, 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 to involve them in the development program.
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| seed money, non-dilutive grants, investment, venture capital to move to the next stage
 
| rolling basis, Fannin Partners LLC raises money periodically from other investors which it then uses to invest in new companies
 
| 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
 
| 9 companies, according to the website
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| The leadership team seems to also be its mentor group; they become the board of directors for each company they invest in, seems to be more effective than the TMCx accelerator, because the leaders have more ofa buy-in in each company. For example, Axcelerox was formed by researchers in TMC with assistance from Rice's Dr. Tour. Instead of going through the TMCx, they chose to give up 50% equity and use Fannin's help
 
| The leadership team seems to also be its mentor group; they become the board of directors for each company they invest in, seems to be more effective than the TMCx accelerator, because the leaders have more ofa buy-in in each company. For example, Axcelerox was formed by researchers in TMC with assistance from Rice's Dr. Tour. Instead of going through the TMCx, they chose to give up 50% equity and use Fannin's help
 
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| [[Fruition Technology Labs]]
 
| 7505A South Fwy (288)Houston, TX. 77021
 
| 7505A South Fwy (288)Houston, TX. 77021
 
| http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/index.html
 
| http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/index.html
 
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| 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.
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| Wesley OkekeTom Hickey
 
| bio-medical, alternative energies, robotics, IT, disaster response and education
 
| bio-medical, alternative energies, robotics, IT, disaster response and education
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| bottom up, funding from sponsor companies
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| startups pay a monthly subscription plan
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| online application: http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/inventor_application.php
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| Bottom up
 
| Obella Inc., Dezphonics
 
| Obella Inc., Dezphonics
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| Enventure
 
 
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021
 
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021
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| http://www.enventure.org/
 
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| medical device and health startups
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| Top down
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| Pancreatrx, 1molar
 
| Pancreatrx, 1molar
 
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| http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/
 
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| Advisory Board:Jeff Frey: Information Services Director; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Christopher McCord: Managing Director; Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP)
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| Health tech/medical devices
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| early-mid
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| top-down, funding by Houston Health Ventures
 
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| Investment companies need to be in the health IT field, "further down the path to commercialization", and ready to accept investment. Applicants send in their executive summaries to NextHIT to be considered for the program.
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| [[3 Day Startup]]
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| 2450 Holcombe Blvd.
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| http://www.bauer.uh.edu/3ds/
 
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| 3-day competition
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| Oct. of every year
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| N/A
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| Entrepreneurship Major Academic Advisor:Asha ThomasMelcher Hall, Room 262713-743-8963asha@uh.edu
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| any
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| pre-seed
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| University of Houston
 
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| [[Global XLR]]
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| 11110 Bellaire Blvd. Suite 205 Houston, TX 77072
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| http://globalxlr.com/en/pages/about-us/
 
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| individual basis
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| Tom Ren: Chairman and CEOJohn Sullivan: Chief ConsultantAngela Hu: Senior ConsultantMike He: Senior ConsultantMia Smith: Project Manager and Assistant to CEO
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| companies with US-China relations
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| late-stage, internationalization
 
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| Global XLR
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| Global XLR works with later stage companies in both the US and China that are established leaders in their respective countries, but haven't yet expanded globally, as well as promising startups.
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| Bottom up
 
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==Incubators==
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! Business Services
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! Facilities
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! Programs
 
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| Launch Effect
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|  
+
| http://www.biohouston.org
−
|  
+
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Suite G27 Houston, TX 77021
−
|  
+
| 713-874-9300
 +
| Biotech - Life Science
 +
| Biotechnology Commercialization Center (BCC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center
 +
| Matchmaking, hosting annual conference
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| Biotechnology Commercialization Center (BCC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC-H)
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2009
 +
| https://www.uth.edu/otm/bcc-biotechnology-commercialization-center/
 +
| 7000 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
 +
| 713-500-3383
 +
| Biotech - Life Science
 +
| 15,000 sq. ft. of combined labs, offices, and shared space
 +
| Space for leasing to startup companies
 +
| Access to UTHSC-H core laboratory, animal services, and capital equipment. Conference and meeting rooms, shared business services, onsite parking.
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| Business Technology Center (BTC) at Houston Business Development Inc. (HBDI)
 +
| Houston
 +
| 1986
 +
| http://www.hbdinc.org/resources/business-technology-center/
 +
| 5330 Griggs Road, Houston, Texas 77021
 +
| 713-845-2400
 +
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 +
| 160,000 sq. ft. of mixed-use business space
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Access to Business Information Center and capital and management services, office equipment, conference rooms, and bundled administrative support services; computer labs; free parking; P.O. box rentals; 24-hour security; conference/training rooms; on-site receptionist and notary; and voicemail/answering services
 +
| Workshops and seminars
 +
|-
 +
| Center for Business Development (CBD)
 +
| Houston
 +
| N/A
 +
| http://www.houstonicc.org
 +
| 12700 Northborough, Houston, TX 77067
 +
| 281-408-0866
 +
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Consultations
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| [[Houston Technology Center (HTC)]]
 +
| Houston
 +
| 1997
 +
| http://houstontech.org
 +
| 410 Pierce Street, Houston, TX 77002
 +
| 713-658-1750
 +
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 +
| 50,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility
 +
| Exposure to capital and mentor networks
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Incubator and accelerator programs
 +
|-
 +
| Kitchen Incubator
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2007
 +
| http://www.facebook.com/kitchenincubator
 +
| 907 Franklin St, Ste 150
 
| N/A
 
| N/A
 +
| Food and Beverage Industry
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Advisory and business development services, assistance with certification, forms and contacts, mentoring, networking, promotional events
 +
| Fully-equipped commercial kitchens in a downtown Houston facility
 +
| Food Business Boot Camp
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Houston Health Ventures
+
| MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas (Houston)
−
| no address
+
| Houston
 +
| 1984
 +
| http://www.miteftexas.org
 +
| N/A
 +
| 713-839-0808
 +
| High Tech - Service-Based Focus
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| New Venture Clinics, 3 annual Networking Socials
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Flagship Programs
 +
|-
 +
| NSBRI Industry Forum
 +
| Houston
 +
| N/A
 +
| http://www.nsbriforum.org
 +
| 6500 Main Street, Suite 910, Houston, TX 77030-1402
 +
| 713-798-7412
 +
| Biotech - Space Biomedical
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Seed-stage opportunities and funding, market analysis reporting, match-making, and funding for studies
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Access to scientific and technology commercialization-related NSBRI workshops, seminars, and other events
 +
|-
 +
| [[OwlSpark]]
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2013
 +
| http://rcel.rice.edu/owlspark
 +
| 6100 Main Street, MS 363, Houston, Texas 77005
 +
| 713-348-3181
 +
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Summer accelerator experience, initial funding, living stipend, industry mentorship, pitch day with Houston VCs and angel investors
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| [[RED Labs]]
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2013
 +
| http://redlabs.bauer.uh.edu/
 +
| 4750 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204-6021
 +
| 713-743-2255
 +
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 +
| Space of UH campus
 +
| Access to mentors and resources in the startup community; and assistance with idea validation, business modeling, and product building, and meeting with investors
 +
| Access-controlled campus coworking space includes unlimited coffee and ramen, conference room access, storage lockers, Ethernet, WiFi, power plugs, and flat screens with HDMI/VGA inputs
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2000
 +
| http://www.alliance.rice.edu
 +
| Jones School, Room 308, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-2932
 +
| 713-348-3443
 +
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Digest Newsletter, business plan competition
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Venture Forum programs
 +
|-
 +
| Rice Launch at Rice University
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2010
 +
| http://rcel.rice.edu/ricelaunch
 +
| 6100 Main Street, MS 363, Houston, Texas 77005
 +
| 713-348-3181
 +
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Offer worshops/lectures, brainstorming sessions, opportunities to network and pitch venture ideas
 
|  
 
|  
−
| INRFOOD, I'm Sick, myRoundUP, myLAB Box, The Hippo Kitchen, Adient Medical
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| 3 Day Startup
+
| [[Surge Houston]]
−
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd.
+
| Houston
−
|  
+
| 2011
−
|  
+
| http://www.surgeaccelerator.com
−
|  
+
| 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019
−
|  
+
| N/A
 +
| Energy-Related Technology
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| 90 day bootcamp including mentoring and networking and final showcase. Participating program companies receive operation funding and support plus free office space, IT services, banking,company formation and legal documents, financial plan assistance, mentoring, and press support.
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| Technology Incubator West Houston (TIWH)
 +
| Katy
 +
| 2010
 +
| http://www.TIWH.net
 +
| 438 FM 1463, Katy, TX 77494
 +
| 281-396-2201
 +
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Office space; mentoring, business, and financial planning assistance and referrals to financing, marketing support, legal and accountingorganizations; funding forums
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|-
 +
| TechStudios
 +
| Houston
 +
| 2003
 +
| http://www.techstudios.net
 +
| 1701 Brun St, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77019
 +
| 713-874-0100 x71
 +
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| Offers business and marketing plan development and management team members; business incubation services
 
|  
 
|  
−
| N/A
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Global XLR
+
| The University of Houston (UH) Energy Research Park (ERP)
−
| 11110 Bellaire Blvd. Suite 205 Houston, TX 77072
+
| Houston
−
| http://globalxlr.com/en/pages/about-us/
+
| 2009
−
|  
+
| http://www.uh.edu/universityservices/erp/
−
|  
+
| 5000 Gulf Freeway, Houston, Texas 77023
−
|  
+
| 713-743-1694
 +
| Energy-Related Technology
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
|  
 +
| University resources and programs, low cost office leases as well as industrial and light manufacturing space, professional property management,state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, 24/7 on-site security, and free UH shuttle service
 
|  
 
|  
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
| N/A
 
−
|
 
−
|}
 
−
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
−
! Name
 
−
! Address
 
−
! Industry
 
−
! Founded
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Surge Houston]]
 
−
| 177 W Gray St
 
−
| Energy
 
−
| Founded 2011
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Texas Medical Center Innovation| TMCx Accelerator]]
 
−
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd
 
−
| medical device and health startups
 
−
| founded 2014
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Houston Technology Center (HTC)]]
 
−
| 410 Pierce St, Houston, TX 77002
 
−
| energy, IT, life sciences, NASA/aerospace, nanotechnology
 
−
| founded 1997
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[OwlSpark]]
 
−
| 6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005
 
−
| Rice-affiliated startups, at least one member in each company is affiliated with Rice
 
−
| founded 2013
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[RED Labs]]
 
−
| 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77004
 
−
| any early-stage startup with at least one UH student per team
 
−
| founded 2013
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Fannin Innovation Studio]]
 
−
| 3900 Essex Lane,Houston, Texas 77027
 
−
| life sciences product development and technology
 
−
| founded 2005
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Fruition Technology Labs]]
 
−
| 7505A South Fwy, Houston, TX. 77021
 
−
| bio-medical, alternative energies, robotics, IT, disaster response and education
 
−
| founded 2012
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Global XLR]]
 
−
| 11110 Bellaire Blvd. Suite 205 Houston, TX 77072
 
−
| channel suppliers, specifically between China and US
 
−
| founded 2011
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Enventure]]
 
−
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021
 
−
| life sciences
 
−
| founded 2012
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[NextHIT]]
 
−
| N/A
 
−
| life sciences
 
−
| founded 2014
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[3 Day Startup]]
 
−
| 2450 Holcombe Blvd.
 
−
| IT
 
−
| started 2013
 
−
|}
 
−
 
−
==Incubators==
 
−
{| class="wikitable"
 
−
! Name
 
−
! Address
 
−
! Industry
 
−
! Year founded
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Fruition Technology Labs]]
 
−
| 7505A South Fwy
 
−
| IT
 
−
| 2012
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[The Brewery Incubator]]
 
−
| 907 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002
 
−
| Food and Beverage Industry
 
−
| 2012
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Houston Technology Center (HTC)]]
 
−
| 410 Pierce Street
 
−
| High Tech - Multiple Industries
 
−
| 1997
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Kitchen Incubator]]
 
−
| 907 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77002
 
−
| Food and Beverage Industry
 
−
| 2007
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[OwlSpark]]
 
−
| 6100 Main St.
 
−
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 
−
| 2013
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[RED Labs]]
 
−
| 4750 Calhoun Rd,
 
−
| Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus
 
−
| 2013
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[Redhouse Associates]]
 
−
| 802 Lovett Blvd.
 
−
| IT
 
−
| 2012
 
−
|-
 
−
| [[C2 Creative]]
 
−
| 4828 Caroline St.
 
−
| all
 
−
| 2011
 
 
|}
 
|}
  

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Has title Houston Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project
Has owner Dylan Dickens, Ben Baldazo
Has start date
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Has keywords Data
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Subsumed by: Houston Entrepreneurship
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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: [1]
  • A long list of Houston-based startups was acquired through the StartupBlink website [2]
  • TXT files for the lists of startups for accelerators are located in the Google Drive folder, "Txt Files"
    • Txt files for Angel lists and startup lists from Crunchbase are in a sub file, called "AngelList and Crunchbase Startup Lists"

Startups

  • Lists of startups in Houston come from multiple sources: Crunchbase, AngelList, StartupBlink, and other entrepreneurship related sites.
  • all files are in the folder Houston>Houston Ecosystem-Google Drive or under Houston>TXT Files>letter_S
    • the "letter_S" folder has multiple txt files for startup lists, as well as the "AngelList and CrunchBase Startup Lists" folder on the server
  • Houston Startups List [3]

Accelerators

Accelerator Rankings


Incubators

Venture Capital Funds

Service Firms

Name Address Type of Service Year founded
iDiscover 14027 Memorial Dr Consulting
January Advisors 723 Main St Consulting 2009
Aleberry 177 W Gray St Design 2009
Bouncing Pixel 2802 Albany St Design 2009
Culture Pilot 228 West 19th St Design 2003
Benjamin Ochoa, Attonery at Law 1121 Delano St Law 2012
Daniel Krohn, Attorny at Law 820 Richmond Law 2010
I AM Marketing and Innovation 3400 Timmons Marketing 2013

Coworking Spaces

Name Address Year Founded
START Houston 1121 Delano St 2012
Level Office 405 Main Street 2014
Level Office 720 Rusk 2014
Sharespace 2201 Preston St 2013
Platform Houston 5504 Morningside Dr 2012
Launch Effect 1605 Potomac Drive, Houston, TX 77057 2014
Houston Makerspace 3605 Texas Street 2013
TXRX Labs 205 Roberts St 2009

Benchmarking Accelerators

Angels and Angel Groups

  • Angel data is sourced from AngelList and Crunchbase
  • files can be found on the Houston Ecosystem Folder, under Txt Files>AngelList and CrunchBase Startup Lists

Related Organizations

Name Address Type of group Industry focus Year formed
GroundUP Houston 2802 Albany Street Meetup Group all 2010
Houston iPhone Developers' Meetup 4012 Westheimer Rd. Meetup Group IT 2008
LiftFund 3300 CHIMNEY ROCK non-profit all 1994
MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas (Houston) N/A Organization High Tech - Service-Based Focus 1984
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship 6100 Main St. Organization High Tech - Multiple Industries 2000
BioHouston 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX Organization Biotech - Life Science 2001
Biotechnology Commercialization Center (BCC) at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC-H) 7000 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030 Organization Biotech - Life Science 2009
Business Technology Center (BTC) at Houston Business Development Inc. (HBDI) 5330 Griggs Rd. Organization Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus 1986
Center for Business Development (CBD) N/A Organization Multiple Industries - Service-Based Focus N/A
NSBRI Industry Forum 6500 Main Street, Organization Biotech - Space Biomedical N/A
SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives) 8701 S. Gessner Organization all 1965
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