Join us to celebrate the launch of Activate Houston's 2026 Cohort and discover the breakthrough technologies they're building to solve some of the world's biggest challenges.
Anning Corporation: Pioneering geologic hydrogen through advanced geoscience and stimulation technologies, creating a scalable low-cost, clean energy
Brint Tech: Building optical sensing systems that quantify hydrogen, giving infrastructure operators the data to scale safely and credibly
Simora Core: Building rare-earth free, contact-free electric motors with wireless rotors for everything from small appliances to vehicles and heavy industry
Nivera: Developing natural composite coatings and packaging materials that reduce food waste and sustainably extends the shelf life of fresh food
Orbital Arc: Creating electric propulsion on a microtrip to power movement in space at an unmatched scale, speed, and cost
Renesin: Developing advanced materials that enable faster, more efficient AI hardware
Selerra Separations: Engineering high-performance membranes that cut the cost and energy consumption of water treatment without compromising durability or water quality
SwieNitro Recovery: Transforming nitrogen-rich waste streams into valuable fertilizer through a low-energy ammonia recovery platform
Also, learn more about our C25 cohort:
Biosimo: Enabling the chemical industry's net-zero transition by replacing fossil-based essential chemicals with identical quality ones made from bio-ethanol
Brightlight Photonics: Replacing tabletop laser systems with chip-scale titanium:sapphire lasers—bringing lab-grade performance to quantum technologies, diagnostics, and advanced manufacturing in a package that’s 100x smaller and cheaper
Deep Anchor Solutions: Compact anchor making offshore energy viable in new and remote markets worldwide by enabling faster, cheaper deployment of floating renewables
FlowCellutions: Chemistry-agnostic diagnostics for grid-scale batteries
KIRA: Reimagining desalination expanding access t
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Office Hours are unstructured discussions between Golden Seeds members and entrepreneurs. This opportunity is particularly relevant for companies that are likely to seek funding in the next 12 to 24 months.
State of the Commons 2026 HIC End-of-Year Gathering & Social Join Houston Innovation Commons for our final gathering of 2026 — an evening to reconnect, reflect on what we’ve learned together, and look ahead to the questions Houston’s innovation ecosystem should tackle next. Throughout the year, HIC has brought together founders, investors, operators, ecosystem leaders, and community members to interrogate some of the persistent challenges facing innovation-driven entrepreneurship in Houston. We’ve asked questions about technical talent, incubators and accelerators, early-stage capital, and the infrastructure that helps promising ideas move forward. At State of the Commons 2026, we’ll bring those investigations together for the first time. State of the Commons We’ll share a short annual briefing synthesizing what we heard and discovered across the year: What patterns emerged across our investigations? Where does Houston’s innovation ecosystem appear to be working well? Where does friction continue to show up? What have we learned that changes how we understand the problem? What questions and opportunities deserve greater attention in 2027? This won’t just be a recap of HIC events. It’s an attempt to step back, connect the dots, and take stock of the state of Houston’s innovation commons. And then, we celebrate. The rest of the evening is an open house and social. Come grab a drink, eat, reconnect with people you’ve met through HIC, meet someone new, explore some of the findings from the year, and help us think about where the Commons goes next. So expect: State of the Commons annual briefing Food + drinks A little end-of-year atmosphere Plenty of time to actually hang out Whether you joined us for one gathering or have been part of the Commons throughout the year, we’d love to close out 2026 with you. Hosted by Houston Innovation Commons Houston Innovation Commons is a community-driven effort to better understand the friction within Houston’s innovation ecosystem