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SURGE Ventures Logo | |
| Institution Information | |
| Cohort Information | |
| Director Information | |
| City | Houston |
| URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20160526224558/http://www.surgeventures.com/ |
| Date Founded | 2011 |
| Cohort Size | 32 |
| Percent Funded | 12.50% |
| Percent Acquired | 3.31% |
| Percent IPO | 0%"%" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 0. |
| Number of Directors | 1 |
| Experienced Directors | 1 |
| © McNair Center, 2016 | |
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 the SURGE program was acquired and none exited in an IPO.
Contact Information
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20160526224558/http://www.surgeventures.com/ |
| Address | 177 W. Gray St., Houston, TX 77019 |
Portfolio
| Surge 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
| Name | Bio | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk Coburn | Founder & Managing Director, SURGE, CEO, Chief Outsiders | D1 |
Services Provided
| Funding |
| Experts |
| Education |
| Mentoring |
