Startup Texas 2024
SBIR/STTR Innovation Competition
September 12, 2024 · eBridge Center, Brownsville
Six Rio Grande Valley startups closed out a 10-week accelerator by pitching for a share of $77,500 in funding. The SBIR/STTR track helps deep-tech companies build toward federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants, run through BCIC's partnership with the UTRGV Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Center and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.
Participants:
AccuCell Biotechnology (1st Place)
Heroica Technologies (2nd Place)
The Partnership Institute (3rd Place)
Sensapath
MerLion Advisory Group
Career Bridge
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
AccuCell Biotechnology
MerLion Advisory Group
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
Heroica Technologies
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
Career Bridge
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
Judges:
Jesus “Jesse” Cano | TMAC/UTRGV
Rubén Cantú | LMNTS / UT Austin
Eduardo Cerca | One Tap MX
The Partnership Institute
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
AccuCell Biotechnology
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
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Sensapath
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.
AccuCell Biotechnology
Ethan Atlan, Founder & CEO
Builds in-vitro devices that mimic human tissue, using technology licensed from NASA. The customizable micro-organ devices give drug researchers more accurate results and cut the need for animal testing.