14 Texas Startups to Watch

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Earlier this year, PitchFact supported the Texas A&M New Ventures Competition (TNVC) by producing a 2-page diligence report on each of the 20 participating startups. Check out the full case study here.

Competitors were all Texas-based ventures with a technology or science focus in the pre-seed/seed, start-up, or early growth stages, and winners were awarded over $450K in prizes.

Here are 14 startups to watch:

Additive at Scale

Additive at Scale (AAS) is the premier provider of Advanced Rapid Manufacturing services in Central Texas. AAS offers engineering and design services to take ideas through the scale-up manufacturing process from additive manufacturing (3D Printing), bridge tooling (3D Printed Molds), to scale-up injection molding. From entrepreneur to private sector, to the Department of Defense, AAS is at the forefront of bringing together advancements in materials and robotic autonomation with traditional manufacturing.

ARK Power Technology Corp.

Ark Power Technology is a leader in next-generation solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. These batteries promise significant advantages over lithium-ion: lighter weight, faster charging, improved safety, and enhanced sustainability. ARK’s work builds on cutting-edge research by Distinguished Professor Wonbong Choi conducted at the University of North Texas.

Articulate Labs, Inc.

Articulate Labs develops wearable devices to augment and restore muscle function during everyday activity using movement-synchronous electrical muscle stimulation.

ByteTrail, Inc.

ByteTrail is using Gen AI to solve DeviceOps and vulnerability management for IoT networks and devices.

ClaraSim Systems, Inc.

ClaraSim is developing personalized, virtual, surgical rehearsal for complex surgical procedures. By leveraging cutting-edge machine learning and world-class kinesthetic haptics, we aim to set a new standard of care in surgical planning and training.

Ember Sleep

Ember Sleep is the next generation of sleep apnea treatment. A comfortable wearable without surgery to open the airway during sleep to breathe and live a healthier life.

FreezeNit Inc.

FreezeNit quickly kills head lice and nits using only cold CO₂ gas, without messy creams, harmful pesticides, or prescriptions.

Glydr Galactic Holdings, Inc.

Glydr is a patented dual-foot controller designed to improve performance and make playing video games more fun. Glydr connects with USB or Bluetooth, is compatible with your entire PC library and is quick and easy to learn. Glydr’s founders and advisors have extensive experience in video game development and media, software and systems and development and manufacturing of consumer products.

IllumaRAS, Inc

IllumaRAS, Inc. is a biomedical startup company developing metabolic agents for diagnosis and precision imaging of cancer.

Paradigm Robotics, LLC

Paradigm Robotics is an Austin, Texas-based robotics startup building advanced and versatile robotic platform solutions to provide mission critical situational awareness for firefighting, disaster response, industrial/manufacturing, and other industries. We help protect the brave in the most hazardous of environments.

ParaDocs Health Inc.

ParaDocs harnesses patent-pending, NSF-awarded AI to transform chronic disease management system, enhancing operational efficiency & transparency in primary care settings.

Pike Robotics

Advanced Robotics Company focused on delivering inspection robots for use in hazardous locations to help maintain critical infrastructure utilized by energy companies.

Southwest Yeast Lab LLC

Southwest Yeast Lab provides fresh yeast and analytical lab services to breweries all across Texas.

Taurus Vascular

Taurus Vascular is a Houston-based medical device company focused on transforming the standard of care for patients with aortic aneurysms. We are developing a novel medical device technology to prevent endoleaks after Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR). Our technology will improve procedure outcomes and allow patients to live longer, healthier lives.

I’m eager to watch each of these companies grow, and expect we’ll see many of them around the angel circuit in the coming years.

Thanks for reading - I’ll be back on Tuesday with my usual weekly podcast.

-Andrew

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