Halliburton Labs announced the Finalists Pitch Day panelists.
The Houston Energy + Climate Startup Week is looking forward to their experience and insights across technologies and energy systems to inform Q&A following each finalist presenter’s pitch.
Anchor event for inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week that includes events at the Ion powered by Rice University
(Franklin, 2024) – The Energy Tech Venture Forum (ETVF), hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, will convene innovators and investors at a Sept. 12 conference to connect ventures with Houston’s energy ecosystem. The forum is an anchor event for the inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week, happening Sept. 9-13. This week is a citywide initiative to bring together and celebrate the momentum in Houston driving the energy transition. Many events are hosted at the Ion, Houston’s innovation hub powered by Rice University.
A total of 90 companies, including the latest cohort from the Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator, will meet with and pitch to hundreds of corporate venture capitalists (VCs) and investors – Rice Alliance facilitates more than 700 meetings between investors and startups every year at this event. The participating companies have collected raised more than $1.09B in funding and are from 7 countries. David Baldwin, partner at Houston-based SCF Partners and co-founder of OpenMinds, and Rachel Slaybaugh, partner at DCVC, a multi-billion dollar VC firm based in the Bay area, will give the opening and closing keynotes, respectively.
The Ion and the Houston Energy Transition Initiative will also host a Sept. 9 kickoff and block party for Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week. The inaugural Activate Houston Fellows, which includes several Rice-affiliated startups, will host a welcome for the 11 inaugural fellows Sept. 10 at the Ion. Rice President Reginald DesRoches will host a fireside chat with author Walter Isaacson at the Halliburton Labs’ Pitch Day Sept. 13 at the Ion. Numerous other events organized by Houston organizations will be hosted at the Ion throughout the week.
Class 4 of Rice Alliance’s Clean Energy Accelerator will culminate in Demo Day Pitches featured during ETVF which includes 12 ventures that are driving innovation in advanced materials, carbon management, carbon accounting, digital technologies, hydrogen, solar, energy efficiency, energy storage and corrosion detection. The accelerator supports the success of emerging, tech-enabled ventures that are advancing decarbonization solutions and efficiency strategies to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy.
Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week is a community-led effort to showcase Houston’s leadership in the energy transition and is bringing together startups, investors and corporations from around the world. It is organized by a group of regional organizations, academic institutions and corporations in the Houston ecosystem, including Rice Alliance, Halliburton Labs, Greentown Labs, Activate, Digital Wildcatters and the Houston Energy Transition Initiative. Individual investors, startups and organizations are independentlyhosting events around the city during the week.
Halliburton Labs announced the Finalists companies for Pitch Day.
This is a dynamic lineup of innovative energy and climate ventures, and the Houston Energy + Climate Startup Week looks forward to learning more about how their solutions may shape the future of energy.
The team includes: Luly Castillo, Dianna Pourciau Singh, Greg Hundt, Zainub Noor, Susanna Sabbagh, Dale Winger, Scott Gale
(Franklin, 2024) – Greentown Labs, Halliburton Labs and the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship are joining forces to launch the inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week 2024.
The Sept. 9-13 event will bring together leading energy and climate venture capital investors, industry leaders and startups from around the world where they will showcase the most innovative and promising companies and technologies that are transforming the energy industry while driving a sustainable, low-carbon energy future.
Their united efforts will launch the inaugural Energy and Climate Startup Week in Houston in collaboration with the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI), an initiative of the Greater Houston Partnership. Additional organizations like Activate, Digital Wildcatters, Renewable Energy Alliance Houston and TEX-E are eager to bring events and content to the week and others are encouraged to do the same.
Throughout the week, startups solving energy and climate challenges will have the opportunity to present their technologies and solutions to top venture capital, private equity and corporate strategic investors. Speakers, panels, pitches and discussions will take place at events across Houston with several hosted at the Ion, the heart of Houston’s innovation corridor in Midtown.
“These organizations will execute events that will serve as a launching pad for an Energy and Climate Startup Week in Houston, showcasing the city as a national hub for the energy future,” said Brad Burke, executive director of the Rice Alliance. “ We welcome the community to bring other energy and climate events to the week, which we’ll cross-promote as the dates approach.”
“From our engineering talent and ingenuity to world-leading universities, brilliant entrepreneurs and corporations to capital and physical assets, there’s no better place in the world to lead the clean energy transition than Houston, and that’s exactly what the Energy and Climate Startup Week will show the world,” said Timmeko Moore Love, general manager and senior vice president of Greentown Labs. “Greentown Houston opened in 2021 to serve as a catalyst, convener and collaborator in the energy transition, and we’re so proud to play a role in the first-ever week-long celebration of everything our ecosystem is doing to advance climate action.”
“We look forward to the opportunity to highlight talented founders and connect them with investors, industry practitioners and university resources to help accelerate energy innovation,” said Dale Winger, managing director of Halliburton Labs. “The collaboration to launch Energy and Climate Startup Week reflects how Houston works together to scale solutions. We invite energy and climate tech players from around the world to join a week of insights and new connections to advance the future of energy.”
“Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week promises to be a dynamic week of events showcasing the region’s pioneering spirit and solutions-oriented commitment to meeting the dual challenge of more energy with less emissions,” said Jane Stricker, executive director of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative and senior vice president of the Greater Houston Partnership. “As the energy capital and one of the most diverse cities in the world, Houston stands as a center point for these solutions. The region is welcoming, diverse and has the know-how to play a critical role in building an energy abundant, low-carbon future. We welcome all who want to be part of the solution to join for this exciting, inaugural week of events.”
