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Rice Alliance announces accelerator programs’ latest startups

May 1, 2023

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, a catalyst for innovation and new business, has announced the 17 ventures participating in its summer accelerators for Rice University students, faculty, recent alumni, and staff, the largest number of ventures in the 11-year history of these programs.

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Largest intercollegiate student startup competition announces 2023 teams

March 22, 2023

The 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business, will be held on Rice University campus May 11-13. The competition brings together the most promising student ventures from top universities across the world to compete for prizes in front of active investors, entrepreneurs and the Houston business community.

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Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator opens Class 3 applications for energy transition ventures

March 20, 2023

The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is accepting applications for Class 3 of its Clean Energy Accelerator, the premier energy transition accelerator in Houston, through April 14.

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Cherukuri provides update on Office of Innovation

March 20, 2023

Rice Vice President for Innovation Paul Cherukuri shared an update on the Office of Innovation in a recent email to the university community.

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Rice Alliance Energy Venture Day 2023 selects eight ‘most promising’ companies

March 9, 2023

After 42 pitches and more than 300 meetings, investors and energy corporations have selected the eight “Most Promising Companies” at the 2023 Rice Alliance Energy Venture Day.

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Rice U. technology startup Syzygy Plasmonics raises $76 million in latest funding round

November 17, 2022

Syzygy Plasmonics, a Houston-based startup fueled by technology developed at Rice University, has announced $76 million in Series C financing led by Carbon Direct Capital — one of the largest rounds of funding for a venture spun out of a Rice lab.

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Rice Business No. 1 for entrepreneurship, No. 5 for online MBA

November 15, 2022

Rice Business received top billing on two prominent lists rating academic excellence that were announced today: Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s entrepreneurship ranking (No. 1) and Poets and Quants’ online MBA ranking (No. 5).

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Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator Class 2 Demo Day set for Nov. 17

November 14, 2022

Clean energy startups that are ready for investments and pilot programs will showcase their work during The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator’s Nov. 17 Demo Day.

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Investors, leaders recognize 11 companies at annual Texas Life Science Forum

November 9, 2022

Life science innovators, academics and investors – including those specializing in health tech, medical devices and therapeutics – convened at Rice University this week to discuss Houston’s role in the future of health care and give awards to top early-stage life science companies.

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Top university entrepreneurship centers, programs announced at annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference

November 2, 2022

The largest crowd in the history of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference gathered last week in Las Vegas to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education.

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Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum selects most promising new companies

September 20, 2022

Ten new ventures were named the “Most Promising Companies" at the 19th annual Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum.

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NSF awards $15 million to Rice, partners to create southwest hub

September 9, 2022

The founding partners of the National Science Foundation Southwest I-Corps Node, co-established by Rice University, have been awarded a $15 million grant to form a hub that will expand the partnership to five additional universities.

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Future of energy tech industry to be showcased at 19th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum

August 30, 2022

This year’s edition of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship Energy Tech Venture Forum, the premier venture capital and energy tech conference for connecting innovators, investors, corporations and the energy ecosystem, will feature more than 60 companies pitching their technologies to investors.

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Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator announces Class 2 startups

August 4, 2022

The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator’s second annual class will put a spotlight on 17 early- to mid-stage startups that collectively have already raised more than $54.5 million.

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Bayou Startup Showcase 2022: Tech-focused OwlSpark to debut 10th cohort, BlueLaunch presenting first class of small businesses

July 27, 2022

OwlSpark, Rice University’s high-growth tech startup accelerator, is celebrating 10 years of facilitating entrepreneurship and its 10th cohort, along with debuting the inaugural class of the small business accelerator BlueLaunch, which is focused on growing ventures of any industry.

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