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Part of the [[Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief)]] Series
Also see [[Houston Technology Center (HTC)]]
==About==
<onlyinclude>The Houston Technology Center is a Houston-based, non-profit incubator institution founded in 1999. It advertises a wide array of services, including education, directors for companies, start-up services and mentorship. HTC has four directors, two of whom have indirect entrepreneurship experience in the sector. Of the 144 startups which have enrolled in the HTC program, 17 have received venture capital funding. Six companies which have participated in the HTC program have been acquired and one has exited in an IPO.
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===VC Backed=== {| class="wikitablecollapsible collapsed"| align="center" style! colspan="background:#f0f0f0;"“1”|'''portname'''HTC VC Backed| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''hall'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''portname2'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname2'''-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''! coname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''datefirstinv'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''datelastinv'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''founddate'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''totinv'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''city'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''nation'''
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| Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||Hall||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||2014-08-8/27/14 ||2011-11-08/8/11 ||2004-01-011/1/04 ||103500||Houston||United States
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| Castle Biosciences, Inc.||Castle Biosciences Inc||Hall||Castle Biosciences, Inc.||Castle Biosciences Inc||Castle Biosciences Inc||2015-07-7/27/15 ||2014-08-8/13/14 || ||22795.1||Friendswood||United States
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| CheMatch.com||CheMatch.com||Hall||CheMatch.com||CheMatch.com||CheMatch.com||2001-04-4/20/01 ||1999-06-6/21/99 ||1995-01-011/1/95 ||40364||Houston||United States
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| Davidson Instruments||Davidson Instruments Inc||Hall||Davidson Instruments||Davidson Instruments Inc||Davidson Instruments Inc||2007-07-12/12/07 ||2004-06-096/9/04 ||1995-01-011/1/95 ||7106||The Woodlands||United States
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| Drilling Info, Inc.||Drilling Info Inc||Hall||Drilling Info, Inc.||Drilling Info Inc||Drilling Info Inc||2016-10-/11/16 ||2009-12-01/1/09 ||1999-01-011/1/99 ||156571||Austin||United States
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| Hispanic Teleservices Corporation||Hispanic Teleservices Corporation||Hall||Hispanic Teleservices Corporation||Hispanic Teleservices Corporation||Hispanic Teleservices Corporation||2006-01-1/18/06 ||2000-07-017/1/00 ||1999-04-014/1/99 ||20000||Houston||United States
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| IDev Technologies, Inc.||IDEV Technologies Inc||Hall||IDev Technologies, Inc.||IDEV Technologies Inc||IDEV Technologies Inc||2011-07-7/15/11 ||2004-12-/31/04 || ||91229.1||Webster||United States
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| Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.||Nanospectra Biosciences Inc||Hall||Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc.||Nanospectra Biosciences Inc||Nanospectra Biosciences Inc||2006-10-/30/06 ||2006-10-/30/06 || ||510||Houston||United States
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| OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.||OrthoAccel Technologies Inc||Hall||OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.||OrthoAccel Technologies Inc||OrthoAccel Technologies Inc||2016-05-5/12/16 ||2008-06-6/26/08 ||2007-01-011/1/07 ||40488||Bellaire||United States
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| PLx Pharma Inc.||PLx Pharma LLC||Hall||PLx Pharma Inc.||PLx Pharma LLC||PLx Pharma LLC||2016-03-3/10/16 ||2004-05-5/4/04||2002-11-01/1/02 ||28550||Houston||United States
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| PolyVista||Polyvista Inc||Hall||PolyVista||Polyvista Inc||Polyvista Inc||2001-01-05/5/01 ||2001-01-05/5/01 ||1995-01-011/1/95 ||2199||Houston||United States
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| SAT Corporation||SAT Corporation9/1/02 ||Hall7/1/00 ||SAT Corporation||SAT Corporation||SAT Corporation||2002-09-01||2000-07-01||1995-01-011/1/95 ||5800||Houston||United States
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| ThromboVision, Inc.||ThromboVision Inc||Hall||ThromboVision, Inc.||ThromboVision Inc||ThromboVision Inc||2007-08-8/31/07 ||2007-08-8/31/07 ||2005-07-7/18/05 ||4000||Houston||United States
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| Veros Systems, Inc.||Veros Systems Inc||Hall||Veros Systems, Inc.||Veros Systems Inc||Veros Systems Inc||2014-07-027/2/14 ||2013-09-9/23/13 ||2001-01-1/1/01||10800.1||Austin||United States
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| Visualase, Inc.||Visualase Inc||Hall||Visualase, Inc.||Visualase Inc||Visualase Inc||2012-12-05/5/12 ||2009-12-/31/09 ||2005-01-011/1/05 ||3000||Houston||United States
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| Xeotron Corporation||Xeotron Corporation||Hall||Xeotron Corporation||Xeotron Corporation||Xeotron Corporation||2001-05-5/1/01||2001-05-5/1/01||1995-01-011/1/95 ||9000||Houston||United States
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| vMonitor||vMonitor Inc||Hall3/7/05 ||vMonitor||vMonitor Inc||vMonitor Inc||2005-4/11/03-07||2003-04-11||2000-02-012/1/00 ||4500||Houston||United States
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===IPO=== {| class="wikitablecollapsible collapsed"| align! colspan="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"“1”|'''issuername'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''hall'''HTC IPO| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''issuername2'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname2'''-| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''! issuer'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''industry'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''principalamntmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''issuedate'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''filingdate'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''state'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''nation'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''principalamtsumofallmktsmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''proceedsamtthismktmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''proceedsamtsumallmktsmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''marketplace'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''cusip'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''tickersymbol'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''primaryexchangewhereissuerstocktrades'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ipoflag'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''pcchangestockprice1dayafteroffer'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''datefound'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''streetaddress1'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''streetaddress2'''
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| Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||Hall||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc||Manufacturing||139.655/18/00 ||2014-12-/17/14 ||2014-11-/18/14 ||Texas||United States||139.65||139.7||139.65||U.S. Public||79481||BLCM||Nasdaq||Yes|| ||2004-07-7/31/04 ||2130 West Holcombie Boulevard||Suite 800
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===Acquired=== {| class="wikitablecollapsible collapsed"| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''targname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''hall'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''targname2'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''sdcname2'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''target'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''acquirorname'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''enterprisevalatannouncementmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''enterprisevaleffectivedatemil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''equityvalatannouncementmil'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''dateannounced'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''dateeffective'''| align! colspan="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''acquirorind'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''targetind'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''status'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''acquirorcity'''| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"“1”|'''targcity'''HTC Acquisitions
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! target | Ingenious Inc.|acquirorname |ingenious inc|enterprisevalatannouncementmil |Hall|enterprisevaleffectivedatemil |Ingenious Inc.|equityvalatannouncementmil |ingenious inc|dateannounced |ingenious inc|dateeffective |Lante Corp|acquirorind |np n|targetind |p|status ||acquirorcity |1999-09-23||1999-09-23||Business Services||Business Services||Completed||Chicago||Chicagotargcity
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| AGM, Inc.ingenious inc ||AGM Inc||Hall||AGM, Inc.||AGM Inc||AGM Inc||Lakota Technologies IncLante Corp ||np n||p|| ||2000-01-189/23/99 ||2000-01-189/23/99 ||Electric Gas and Water DistributionBusiness Services ||Electric Gas and Water DistributionBusiness Services ||Completed||AtlantaChicago ||Chicago
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| SAT Corporation||Sat Corp||Hall||SAT Corporation||Sat Corp||Sat CorpAGM Inc ||Integral Systems Lakota Technologies Inc||np n||p|| ||2000-09-061/18/00 ||2000-09-061/18/00 ||Business ServicesElectric Gas and Water Distribution ||Wholesale Trade-Durable GoodsElectric Gas and Water Distribution ||Completed||ColumbiaAtlanta ||Sunnyvale
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| TerraVici Drilling SolutionsSat Corp ||TerraVici Drilling Solutions||Hall||TerraVici Drilling Solutions||TerraVici Drilling Solutions||TerraVici Drilling Solutions||Helmerich & Payne Integral Systems Inc||np n||p|| ||2008-05-289/6/00 ||2008-05-289/6/00 ||Oil and Gas; Petroleum RefiningBusiness Services ||Oil and Gas; Petroleum RefiningWholesale Trade-Durable Goods ||Completed||TulsaColumbia ||HoustonSunnyvale
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| Visualase, Inc.TerraVici Drilling Solutions ||Visualase Inc||Hall||Visualase, Inc.||Visualase Inc||Visualase Inc||Medtronic Helmerich & Payne Inc||np n||p|| ||2014-07-5/28/08 ||2014-07-5/28/08 ||Measuring Medical Photo EquipmentOil and Gas; ClocksPetroleum Refining ||Measuring Medical Photo EquipmentOil and Gas; ClocksPetroleum Refining ||Completed||MinneapolisTulsa ||Houston
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| Strongroom Solutions, LLC||Strongroom Solutions Inc||Hall||Strongroom Solutions, LLC||Strongroom Solutions Inc||Strongroom Solutions Visualase Inc||AvidXchange Medtronic Inc||np n||p|| ||2015-05-197/28/14 ||2015-05-197/28/14 ||Prepackaged SoftwareMeasuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks ||Business ServicesMeasuring Medical Photo Equipment; Clocks ||Completed||CharlotteMinneapolis ||Houston
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| Strongroom Solutions Inc || AvidXchange Inc || np n || p || || 5/19/15 || 5/19/15 || Prepackaged Software || Business Services || Completed || Charlotte || Houston
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