Applications are now open for the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition on April 4-6. Graduate student entrepreneurs who meet the competition’s eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply. Applications are due January 31. An informational webinar for applicants will be held on January 10. The Global Sustainability Leadership Institute is accepting applications for its fifth annual […]
Author: Texas Venture Labs
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs (TVL) is a McCombs School of Business Center of Excellence created to foster entrepreneurship for graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin. TVL offers programs including courses, competitions, and access to the startup community in Austin, Texas. TVL connects students from the Texas MBA and MSTC programs to graduate students from across campus to encourage innovation and commercialization.
December Alumni News
Outmore Living, winners of the Fall 2022 TVL Investment Competition, have launched their first line of outdoor heated furniture. The Salerno Collection is available for pre-order now on Outmore Living’s newly designed website. Mesocano Foods (formerly Algo Dulce), a TVL Accelerator alumni company founded by three UT grads, was recently featured in the Daily Texan. […]
Tano Pharmaceuticals is the Fall 2023 TVLIC Texas Champion!
Congratulations to Tano Pharmaceuticals, the Fall 2023 TVLIC Texas Champion! The Fall 2023 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition was held on Friday, December 8 featuring the top graduate student startups on the UT campus. Twenty-five companies competed in five Semifinal rounds in the morning with the winners advancing to the Finals in Crum Auditorium in the […]
Fall 2023 TVLIC Semifinalists and Pitch Schedule
Thank you to all those who applied to our Fall 2023 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition! Below are the 25 companies that were chosen to compete at our Semi-Finals happening on Friday, December 8 starting at 9 AM. The times and room numbers where each team will be presenting are included below. Division I – […]
Last Call for TVLIC Competitors!
The Fall 2023 TVL Investment Competition will be held at Robert B. Rowling Hall on Friday, December 8. This competition offers an invaluable opportunity for graduate students from UT System schools to pitch their startup ideas to a panel of investors and entrepreneurs. Past participants, such as the founders of uShip, BeatBox Beverages and Ordoro, to […]
Upcoming Opportunities
The application deadline for the Spring 2024 TVL Energy Ventures Practicum course has been extended to December 15. The TVL Energy Ventures Practicum brings together cross-disciplinary teams of graduate students to develop essential skills, capabilities, and connections for creating ventures in the dynamic energy sector. The primary objectives of the class include providing a robust […]
November Alumni News
Wilder Systems, a robotics company that uses automation for aircraft manufacture and maintenance, raised a $7.5M seed round led by Star Castle Ventures. Wilder Systems was the Spring 2018 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition Champion and is an alumni of the Spring 2019 TVL Accelerator cohort. You can read more HERE. Grounded has announced the […]
Upcoming Opportunities
Join TVL Director Mellie Price for Pitch Basics: Business Modeling & Financial Analysis, a dynamic workshop designed to help you understand financial projections, create realistic revenue models and effectively present your projections. This is a great opportunity for grad students planning to participate in the TVL Investment Competition or any graduate student with entrepreneurial aspirations. Thursday, […]
October Alumni News
Iman Salafian was named one of three winners of the 2023 Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids by the Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics for Trinity Tube, an orogastric/nasogastric feeding tube with an embedded MicroElectrical Mechanical Pressure Sensor. Iman has participated in the TVL Practicum, the TVL Investment Competition and TVL Startup […]
Upcoming Ecosystem Events
McCombs’ Graduate Entrepreneurship Society is hosting “Navigating Startup Accelerators — From Application to Success” on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 4:00 PM in RRH 5.382. Sergei Baranov, co-founder and CPO of Audioland, will share his insights into navigating the complex world of startup accelerators, providing tips for application, interviews, networking, attracting investors, and best practices for […]