Houston Regional

The teams that appeared at this event.

2026-03-25 CERAWeek- George R. Brown Convention Center, 2nd Floor, Mickinney Balcoy

1. PolyJoule 1 spun out of MIT and is developing conductive polymer battery technology for energy storage
   Most Promising, Track C | Innovations for Traditional Energy, Electricity, & the Grid, 1st, Startup World Cup
   Eli Paster
2. Agellus Tank Robotics
   Most Promising, Track A | Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization, 3rd
3. Airovation technologies
4. Anax Power
   Most Promising, Track A | Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization, 2nd
5. Armeta
   Most Promising, Track A | Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization, 1st
6. ATS Energy
   Most Promising, Track C | Innovations for Traditional Energy, Electricity, & the Grid, 2nd
7. Capwell Services
   Most Promising, Track C | Innovations for Traditional Energy, Electricity, & the Grid, 3rd
8. CarbonLume
9. Cogniprise
10. Corrolytics
11. Daphne Technology
12. Gemini Energy
13. Goes
14. Grid8
15. H Quest Vanguard
16. intcom
17. Ionada Canada
18. Junipix
19. Kunin Technologies
20. LAVA Power
21. Licube
    Most Promising, Track B | Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, & Other Advanced Technologies, 1st
22. LNK Energies
23. Membravo
24. Mirico
25. Mocean Energy
26. Monitorai
27. OCOchem
28. Oleo
    Most Promising, Track B | Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, & Other Advanced Technologies, 3rd
29. Pix Force
30. Power to Hydrogen
31. Quantum Power Systems
    TEX-E first place, TEX-E Winners
32. Quas (Cocarbon)
    TEX-E third place, TEX-E Winners
33. Resonant Thermal Systems STREED solution converts high-salinity water into fresh water while recovering valuable minerals
    TEX-E second place, TEX-E Winners
34. Sotaog
35. Spotlight
36. Srijan
37. Tierra Climate
38. Verdagy
39. Via Separations
40. Vycarb
41. ZettaJoule
    Most Promising, Track B | Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, & Other Advanced Technologies, 2nd

Sources

• CERAWeek crowns winners of 2026 clean tech pitch competition (2026-03-27)
• 2026 Participating Ventures | Rice Alliance
• Rice Alliance, TEX-E and HETI name energy venture winners at CERAWeek (2026-03-26)
• Huge congratulations to PolyJoule, Inc. for winning the Startup World Cup Houston Regional! (2026-04-01)
• USA Regional(Houston) | Startup World Cup
• We’re honored to be recognized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship as the 1st place winner in Traditional Energy, Electricity & the Grid at Energy Venture Day during CERAWeek! (2026-03-26)