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With many taking pride in the startup culture of Houston, it's difficult to narrow down which startups should be listed. There are so many great startups you could include on the list. Here are the top 11 startups in Houston that I think make the list.
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Top 11 Startup firms in Housten
1. Solugen
Solugen is a venture-backed biotech company that replaces petroleum-based products with plant-derived substitutes. They combine the elements of fermentation with the elements of petrochemical processing to create the carbon negative molecular manufacturing platform. They produces chemicals from bio-based feedstocks and is based on breakthroughs insynthetic biology, metal catalyst engineering, and modular plant design. Its solutions will also address clean water, sustainable materials, safer food, and healthy personal care.
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Website: https://solugen.com/
Founded: 2016
Total Funding: $635.2M
Last Funding Type: Series D
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2. HighRadius
HighRadius is a Fintech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company that leverages Artificial Intelligence-based Autonomous Systems to help 600+ industry-leading companies automate their Accounts Receivable and Treasury processes.The HighRadius® Integrated Receivables platform reduces cycle times in your order-to-cash process throughautomation of receivables and payments processes across credit, electronic billing and payment processing, cash application, deductions, and collections.
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Website: https://www.highradius.com/
Founded: 2006
Total Funding: $475M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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3. Axiom Space
Axiom Space is the builder, owner, and operator of the commercial space station modules connected to the International Space Station (ISS).The company's Low Earth Orbit platform access and decades of human spaceflight management experience support the research, testing of exploration-enabling technologies, and in-space manufacturing thatcreates new opportunities for advanced industries, governments, and educators and enable future human space exploration.
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Website: http://www.axiomspace.com/
Founded: 2016
Total Funding: $200M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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4. Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal developer generating clean power in new places. Fervo Energy commercializes proprietary technology to own, develop, and operate geothermal assets as the dispatchable foundation for a 100% clean energy future. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Berkeley, California.
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Website: https://www.fervoenergy.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $177M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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5. Avelo Airlines
Avelo Airlines offers customers time and money-saving convenience, low everyday fares, and a smooth and caring experience through its Soul of Service culture. Avelo Airlines operates a fleet of Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft and currently serves 27 popular destinations across the U.S., including its three bases at Los Angeles' HollywoodBurbank Airport (BUR), Southern Connecticut's Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN), and Orlando International Airport (MCO).
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Website: https://www.aveloair.com/
Founded: 2020
Total Funding: $167M
Last Funding Type: Series B
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6. Lancium Technologies
Lancium is a new technology company using distributed parallel computing to enable the growth of renewable energy. It builds and operates data centers that bring incremental demand directly to the power source. This computing provides a unique solution to over-generation problems caused by the intermittency of solar and wind power.
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Website: https://www.lancium.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $150M
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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7. GoExpedi
GoExpedi is an innovative end-to-end digital supply chain and data analytics solutions company that is revolutionizing procurement and delivery of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products for heavy industries.Launched in 2017 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, GoExpedi provides over 200,000 critical parts and supplies with completetransparency on price, supplier choice and availability through its digital procurement platform. The company's innovative end-to-end supply chain model with an average delivery time of 2.5 days ensures the right part, at the right time for clients in heavy industries. Staffed by experts with specialized in-market management experience and backed by patented innovative technology, GoExpedi delivers critical supplies faster, smarter and at a lower cost than traditional suppliers.
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Website: https://www.goexpedi.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $108.3M
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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8. ColubrisMX
ColubrisMX is developing a minimally invasive microsurgical robotic device that can treat life-threatening conditions such as fetal malformations and brain abnormalities through microsurgery. These state-of-the-art, minimally invasive, microsurgical robots will perform procedures in delicate regions of the body that cannot be accessed by currenttechnology.
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Website: https://www.colubrismx.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $86.7M
Last Funding Type: Series B
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9. Alleviant Medical
Alleviant Medical focuses on developing a minimally-invasive medical device to treat congestive heart failure. Its proprietary transcatheter technology is designed to create a paradigm shift in the treatment of heart failure by relieving patient symptoms, improving quality of life, and reducing hospital readmissions for over 6 million Americans
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Website: https://www.alleviantmedical.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $86.7M
Last Funding Type: Venture - Series Unknown
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10. Tvardi Therapeutics
Tvardi Therapeutics they are focused on the development of orally delivered, small molecule inhibitors of STAT3. They provide medicines for diverse cancers, chronic inflammatory diseases and fibrotic diseases.
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Website: https://www.tvarditherapeutics.com/
Founded: 2017
Total Funding: $81.4M
Last Funding Type: Series B
11. MacroFab
MacroFab builds millions of custom-manufactured PCBA products every year through its North American factory lines. The company's easy-to-use platform reduces upfront costs and complexity while making it easier for companies of any size and at any stage of product development to bring products to market quickly and efficiently.By enhancingtransparency and traceability, our technology platform helps teams maintain resiliency in the face of rapidly changing conditions by integrating design data, getting early risk feedback, and managing production around fast-changing conditions.
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Website: https://macrofab.com/
Founded: 2013
Total Funding:$76.2M
Last Funding Type: Series C
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