Tuesday, 20th of September 2011 at 12:49:23 PMAccelerator Discussion about Surge Accelerator for Startup Houston – by Chad Farrell (@cfar)
I thought I might add my unique perspective on the Surge Energy Technology Accelerator program given that my first startup NetworkOil was in the Digital Oilfield (a great web 1.0 term I have not heard since the internet boom of 1999) and my [...]
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It’s finally here. A seed accelerator (similar to ycombinator, TechStars and Capital Factory) in Houston, Texas – the Energy Capital of the World, the program is designed to help emerging businesses accelerate their growth through an infusion of seed capital, an intense mentoring program and direct connections to industry insiders. Startups [...] September 15th, 2011 | Category: Energy, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, Incubators, Startup Mentors, VC and Angel Funding |
 Leave a comment Hurricane Ike has given us a massive object lesson on the importance of implementing the late Rick Smalley’s vision of the Store-Gen Grid (SGG; graphic courtesy Wade Adams at Rice’s Smalley Institute) – a highly distributed network of granular electric production and storage. One of the elements of the SGG concept is a [...] Dr. Howard Schmidt is a native Texan, a long-time Houston resident and a serial entrepreneur. He grew up San Antonio and moved to Houston to attend Rice University, where he got a BS in electrical engineering in 1980, and then a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1986.  Since then he has been involved in [...] The event has finally arrived and if you haven’t registered yet, you can here. This is the premiere conference on venture investing in energy technology and will have everyone who is anyone in attendance. I was speaking with Walter Ulrich of the HTC at Open Coffee this past Thursday and he was very excited about [...] The Rice Alliance has gone and outdone themselves again by nearly doubling the amount of funds that will be awarded at this year’s Business Plan Competition. They will be awarding over $600,000 dollars in funds for approximately 36 different graduate teams from around the world, which enables them to lay claim to hosting “the largest and [...] February 7th, 2008 | Category: BioTech/Life Science, Energy, Events, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, NanoTech, VC and Angel Funding |
One comment This past Friday morning I had the pleasure of getting out of bed early (again) to attend the Houston Technology Center‘s Education Seminar Series on Raising Capital in Texas Today. Today’s session was entitled, “Raising Funds for Growth: Series B and Beyond“. The moderator for the event was Scott Crist of Aegis Texas Ventures. Our [...] January 19th, 2008 | Category: Energy, Houston Venture Capitalists, VC and Angel Funding |
Leave a comment We first mentioned the call for presenters here. The deadline for application has been extended. Executive Summary must be submitted no later than: Friday, January 11, 2008, 10:00 AM CST. In addition, the keynote speaker will be John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company. I have uploaded the call for presenters here. This is a premiere event [...] Houston Technology Center’s CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS Application Deadline: Houston Technology Center’s 4th annual Energy Technology Venture Capital Conference will bring together 30 of the most promising emerging energy technology companies with an audience of venture capitalists, private equity, angel and corporate investors and [...] November 20th, 2007 | Category: Energy, Events, Houston Venture Capitalists, VC and Angel Funding |
One comment When I first met Walter Ulrich at a Houston Technology Center event, what I gathered most about him was that this guy was the real deal: a true “pocket protector” geek in the most admiring sense of the word. Ulrich has been a pioneer in the information technology sector for almost 40 years. In the [...] November 3rd, 2007 | Category: BioTech/Life Science, Energy, General, Houston Venture Capitalists, IT and Web 2.0, Interviews, NanoTech, VC and Angel Funding |
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