In this special feature, we spotlight two remarkable alumni who have transitioned from academic success to entrepreneurial triumph. Miles Massidda and James Clarke, both graduates of UT, have recently launched Longhorn Life Sciences, a groundbreaking MedTech venture led by a strong and diverse team of scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs at UT Austin and MD Anderson. Their mission […]
Category: Startups
January 2025 Upcoming Opportunities
Texas Venture Labs is extremely excited for what is in store for 2025! Calling all student entrepreneurs, are you looking for more opportunities to pitch your startup and grow your entrepreneurial network? Applications just opened for the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. The RBPC is the world’s premiere graduate-level student startup […]
August 2024 Ecosystem Events
Texas Venture Labs is gearing up for a dynamic fall semester designed to invigorate and inspire. We want to highlight some other events in our UT McCombs ecosystem that we are excited about! We are hosting the first Startup Coffee Connect of the semester with HKEC on September 12th, the perfect opportunity to start your day […]
July 2024 Upcoming Opportunities
Texas Venture Labs has supported the startup ecosystem in Texas since 2010 through the TVL Accelerator program. We are now expanding our offerings, thanks to the Wells Fargo Foundation, to include our small business community. This Summer, we are offering two opportunities to support our community! The TVL Accelerator presents a remarkable chance for Texas […]
July 2024 Alumni News
Congratulations to Beatbox Beverages whose founders were recently named 2024 Entrepreneurs of the Year for the Gulf South region by EY. Beatbox Beverages is an alumni company of the TVL Accelerator’s Spring 2014 and Spring 2016 cohorts. Fall 2021 TVLIC Champion Bold Move Beverages and Spring 2023 TVL Accelerator alumni company Card.io recently were awarded […]
NovaBuild is the Spring 2024 TVLIC Texas Champion!
Congratulations to NovaBuild, the Spring 2024 TVLIC Texas Champion! The Spring 2024 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition was held on Friday, May 3 featuring the top graduate student startups on the UT campus. After twenty nine companies competed in five semifinal rounds in the morning, five teams advanced to the finals in Crum Auditorium in […]
Spring 2024 TVLIC Semifinalists and Pitch Schedule with updated results
UPDATE: The results are in, and NovaBuild is the Spring 2024 TVLIC Texas Champion! Click HERE for the full results from the competition. Thirty companies have been selected to compete at the Spring 2024 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition Semifinals on Friday, December 8 starting at 9 AM. The times and room numbers where […]
RSVP for the Spring 2024 TVL Investment Competition
The Spring 2024 Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) will be happening on Friday, May 3 in Robert B. Rowling Hall on the University of Texas campus. 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 […]
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 […]