Houston Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project

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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

Name Location Website Brief Description Curriculum Cohort Dates Classes/Rounds Identity of Leaders Preferred Industries Preferred Stage Source of Funds (Indicate top down or bottom up) Investment Size Selection Criteria Top down / Bottom up Startup Companies Advisory Board Composition
TMCx Accelerator 2450 Holcombe Blvd. Suite X http://www.tmc-x.org the TMC - medical center accross the street, which has the advant medical resources and the world-famous environment for the growth of entrepreneurs in mdeical and biological field; they can provide medical center resources to the entrepreneurs http://www.tmcinnovation.org/tmc-x/curriculum/ http://www.tmcnews.org/event-type/innovation/ 21 companies since 2014 Leadership board of the texas medical center medical device and health startups range from early stage to FDA-cleared/revenue positive Texas medical center health and medical device startups Candidates will be judged for their ability to become leaders and innovators in healthcare. 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 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.
Houston Technology Center (HTC) 410 Pierce St, Houston, TX 77002 http://www.houstontech.org/ Houston Technology Center is the largest technology business incubator and accelerator in Texas. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, HTC assists Houston-based entrepreneurs within several key sectors: energy, information technology, life sciences, nanotechnology, and NASA/aerospace. http://www.houstontech.org/htc-client-acceleration-program/ http://www.houstontech.org/events/month/ 93 graduated companies, http://www.houstontech.org/htc-board-of-directors/ energy, IT, life sciences, NASA/aerospace, nanotechnology client companies usually start off at HTC before they are ready to accept investment. They move to the "advanced client" stage once they are deemed ready to apply for investment by the HTC team. 501 (c)(3) organization, funding from company sponsors and benefactors 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 93 companies
OwlSpark Rice University http://owlspark.com/ 12 week summer program at Rice for Rice-affiliated startups to build their business and present at the Bayou Startup Showcase http://owlspark.com/apply/ May 23-Aug 12 3 classes of 8 startup companies Kerri Smith (director), all leaders are involved in a Rice organization, Rice-affiliated startups, at least one member in each company is affiliated with Rice any stage, mostly startups that are at very early stages and without any business plan or investments funded by Rice University and sponsor foundations and individual benefactors Technology or business idea 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
RED Labs University of Houston http://redlabs.uh.edu/ RED Labs is the University of Houston's coworking space, startup accelerator, and technology entrepreneurship program. We work with UH-affiliated founders (faculty, students, and recent alumni of the past 6 months) to turn their technology startup ideas into high growth ventures by providing free co-working space, access to mentors and resources in the startup community, and customized startup curriculum. We are non-profit and take no equity. sessions on topics such as funding, legal considerations, building a team, and other material developed for early-stage founders May 23-Aug 12 3 classes of 17 startup companies total Hesam Panahi, clinical assistant professor at UH Baur School of Business any early-stage startup with at least one UH student per team early stage, pre-investment Top-down, funding by UH school of business at least one UH student per team Top down Raptorbird Robotics, Thermal Nomad, Luminostics, Wavve, Zodist, Datafuel, Teomics, Guestographer, Towbee, Lumen Motors, Victory Crate,
Surge Houston 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 http://www.surgeventures.com/ 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 The program runs from Mid-February to Mid-June. But SURGE will begin working with you immediately upon acceptance. 5 classes with 32 companies total http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors/tom-ren-ceo Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Water, Cleantech and Industrial sectors any stage 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 http://www.surgeventures.com/apply Bottom up (see Iris's document with comprehensive list) http://www.surgeventures.com/mentors
Fannin Innovation Studio 3900 Essex Lane, Suite 575Houston, Texas 77027 http://fannininnovation.com/ 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. 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 CEO of Aquinas Companies, LLC., life sciences product development and technology pre-licensing, exchange equity for assistance with licensing, development, and establishing relationships with venture capitalists and industry experts funded by Aquinas Companies, LLC. in conjunction with other Houston-area investors and VCs raised over 7 million in 2014 with the intention of using it to fund around 15 startups, however they still only have their original 9 companies according to their website (perhaps there isn't any marketable research in TMC?) Biomedical research in TMC that can be commercialized, Fannin helps the researchers take their ideas and develop a company for a product or drug that can eventually be sold to a larger company, takes around 50% equity in exchange for their help (SURGE only takes 8% equity) Bottom up Accelerox, ACF Pharmaceuticals, Apaxis Medical, Brevitest Technologies, Clearview App, Guidabot, NewHeart, Procyrion, Pulmotect 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
Fruition Technology Labs 7505A South Fwy (288)Houston, TX. 77021 http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/index.html 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. No matter what stage in the process you are in, your dedicated team of Fruition mentors and collaborators will lend their advice, expertise and talent to help your project reach its maximum potential and keep you and your team accountable every step of the way. N/A 0 classes Wesley OkekeTom Hickey bio-medical, alternative energies, robotics, IT, disaster response and education early bottom up, funding from sponsor companies startups pay a monthly subscription plan online application: http://www.fruitiontechlabs.com/inventor_application.php Bottom up Obella Inc., Dezphonics N/A
Enventure 2450 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77021 http://www.enventure.org/ Free 10-week course to learn how to create a startup N/A 0 classes members of TMC medical device and health startups early-mid Top-down, funding by TMC N/A N/A Top down Pancreatrx, 1molar
NextHIT N/A http://www.houstonhealthventures.com/nexthit-accelerator-program-application/ N/A 0 classes Advisory Board:Jeff Frey: Information Services Director; University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterChristopher McCord: Managing Director; Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP)Patrick J. McGinnis, MD, MS, MBA: Director of Medical Informatics, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Adjunct Professor, UT Houston School of Biomedical InformaticsHuyen Bui: CTO, Life Line Screening CTO and Founding Member, Esurance.comGreg Wright: Founder, HATCH Pitch Competition Co-producer and Curriculum Development, Red Labs Student Accelerator at the University of HoustonManagersDavid Franklin: Co-Founder, HHV Managing DirectorHuan Le: Co-Founder, HHV Managing DirectorJames Tao: Co-Founder, HHV MD, Presidio Venture CapitalRobert Tucci: Co-Founder, HHV, Co-Chair, Sciences and Life Sciences, Houston Angel Network, Member Board of Directors, Texas Halo Fund, General Manager, Yardley Group, LLCJosephine Tran: Marketing Coordinator & Business AnalystMentor InvestorsRick Pal: President and CEO; AirGenerate Founder; Ek-DishaJoe Liu: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPLK)Carlos R. Hamilton III, MD: Founder & Medical Director, Hamilton Vein CenterDavid Steakley: Chairman of the Houston Angel Network Founding Member Texas HALO Fund Boardmember of the Alliance of Texas Angel Networks Health tech/medical devices early-mid top-down, funding by Houston Health Ventures 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. top down N/A
3 Day Startup 2450 Holcombe Blvd. http://www.bauer.uh.edu/3ds/ 3-day competition Oct. of every year N/A Entrepreneurship Major Academic Advisor:Asha ThomasMelcher Hall, Room 262713-743-8963asha@uh.edu any pre-seed University of Houston N/A
Global XLR 11110 Bellaire Blvd. Suite 205 Houston, TX 77072 http://globalxlr.com/en/pages/about-us/ individual basis N/A N/A Tom Ren: Chairman and CEOJohn Sullivan: Chief ConsultantAngela Hu: Senior ConsultantMike He: Senior ConsultantMia Smith: Project Manager and Assistant to CEO companies with US-China relations late-stage, internationalization Global XLR 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. Bottom up N/A

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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