Part of the Start-Up Guide (Issue Brief) Series
About
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 in HHV's NextHIT program was acquired and none exited in an IPO.
Contact Information
Portfolio
| 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
|
Directors
| Name
|
Bio
|
Class
|
| Jeff Frey
|
Information Services Director; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|
None
|
| Christopher McCord
|
Managing Director; Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP)
|
D2
|
| Patrick J. McGinnis
|
Director of Medical Informatics, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Adjunct Professor, UT Houston School of Biomedical Informatics
|
None
|
| Huyen Bui
|
CTO, Life Line Screening, CTO and Founding Member, Esurance.com
|
D1
|
| Greg Wright
|
Founder, HATCH Pitch Competition Co-producer and Curriculum Development
|
D1
|
Services Provided
| Funding
|
| Experts
|
| Education
|
| Office Space
|
| Mentoring
|
