APPLY NOW FOR TVL INVESTMENT COMPETITION The Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition awards more than $100,000 each year in prizes and in-kind support during its fall and spring competitions, where graduate students from the University of Texas System present their business ventures to simulate the experience of pitching to investors. Apply by April 21 to […]
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.
April 2024 Alumni News
Fall 2023 TVLIC champs Tano Pharmaceuticals were named a Top 10 Finalist at Baylor University’s 2024 New Venture Competition. Tano received honorable mention and placed second in the Elevator Pitch competition which was decided by audience vote. Tano also debuted its line of face creams and lotions at UT’s Student Founder Fest during SXSW, and […]
Pecan Credit looking for a Chief Technology Officer
Pecan Credit is a pre-seed Cleantech startup dealing with Inflation Reduction Tax Credits and the Transferability Market. Their goal is to make it more open to smaller and medium-sized companies through a more efficient process and save their time. The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is tasked with spearheading the company’s technological vision and strategy, particularly […]
Alumni News
Fall 2022 TVLIC winners Outmore Living are featured in Poets & Quants’ Most Disruptive MBA Startups of 2023.
TVL Info Sessions
Would you like to learn more about Texas Venture Labs’ programs? TVL is hosting several information sessions this semester where UT grad students, faculty and staff can learn more. Interested in earning course credit while gaining valuable experience working with startup companies? Attend one of our upcoming TVL Practicum info sessions. TVL Practicum Info […]
Upcoming Opportunities and Ecosystem Events
Austin Climate Hub is hosting “Why Invest in Climate-Tech Now?”, a panel discussion featuring leading Austin-based climate-tech founders and investors, on Thursday, February 22 in RRH 4.408. Networking happy hour begins at 5:30 PM, and the panel discussion starts at 6:15 PM. Register here. Texas Venture Labs and the Global Sustainability Leadership Institute are co-hosting […]
Upcoming Opportunities and Ecosystem Events
The McCombs Graduate Entrepreneurship Society’s Meeting of the Minds is a monthly meetup for UT graduate student entrepreneurs that features a presentation by a student-run business along with networking and collaboration opportunities. The next Meeting of the Minds is happening on Wednesday, January 31 from noon to 1 PM at Texas Venture Labs, RRH 1.354. […]
January 2024 Alumni News
UnaliWear’s Kanega Watch was recently named the best “wearable, on-the-go” medical alert system by the New York Times. UnaliWear was part of the Spring 2021 TVL Accelerator cohort. TVL Accelerator alumni company Xeris Biopharma has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for Amgen to use Xeris’ XeriJect technology to deliver a subcutaneous medication to […]
Meet the Spring 2024 TVL Accelerator cohort!
The TVL Accelerator connects innovative startups from across Texas with multi-disciplinary teams of graduate students in our unique campus-wide course, the TVL Practicum. These incredible startup ventures are able to leverage the high-impact consulting and market research conducted by their student teams to take their businesses to the next level. Our TVL Accelerator alumni companies represent a diverse […]
Upcoming Opportunities and Ecosystem Events
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 […]