Industrial & Robotics Startups in Texas

Houston, TX

Ceiling fan blades accumulate dust, allergens, pet dander and are hazardous to clean (risk of falling).

Austin, TX

Nutrition data for real mixed meals is highly inaccurate using photo vision or database lookups (±30–60%), undermining metabolic health management and personalized cooking.

Dalton, TX

Public safety personnel (law enforcement, military, private security, industrial workers) face rising violence and on-the-job injuries. Existing body armor is largely non-instrumented and lacks...

Houston, TX

Sensors today are limited by low surface-area materials, leading to lower sensitivity and potential failures in critical systems (e.g., Deepwater Horizon, Boeing 737 MAX). There is growing demand for...

Prosper, Texas

Smart home assistants act as surveillance devices: always-listening microphones, cloud-dependent storage, and no user control over data.

Texas

Traditional residential construction remains highly fragmented, with design, engineering, framing, material sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and construction often operating independently.

TX

Traditional metal antennas and EMI shielding are heavy, limited at higher frequencies, and subject to corrosion; customers need lighter, higher-performance alternatives.

Austin, Texas

Pest control operators waste time and money on manual trap-check routes; labor and fuel costs and compliance requirements drive need for remote verification.

Austin, Texas

Reusable transport items are expensive to lose and hard to manage. Operators lose 25-50% of assets ($2M to $30M), suffer slow returns (1 day on a 10 day cycle, $1M-$5M) and early scrap (assets...

Austin, TX

SRM buys or takes controlling interests in companies and grows them organically or through add-on acquisitions, in the style of Vista Equity and Thoma Bravo. Historically regulated business services...

San Antonio, TX

Aggie Angel Network (AAN) connects Aggie-affiliated accredited investors with early-stage, high-growth technology ventures, providing capital, mentorship, and strategic connections within the Texas...

Brownsville, TX

BCIC is a Type B economic development organization funded by a quarter-cent sales tax, investing in programs and projects that enhance quality of life through innovative and equitable economic...

Dallas, Texas

No-equity, no-cost nonprofit accelerator (~15 programs globally) across healthcare/life science, fintech, climate, and security & resiliency. Dallas hub is a second full office. Offers...

Texas

Early-stage (pre-seed, often pre-revenue) companies in electronics or software, and especially widget/healthcare/medical device companies, where he can give technical guidance and industry...

Austin, Texas

Austin-based syndicated investor community of ~40-50 angels, exited founders and Big Tech employees; one deal at a time with a three-week close window; pre-revenue acceptable when the founding team...

TX

Emerging tech: anything innovative and compelling, AI included, but AI is overplayed so it has to be real, novel and defended by a moat. Solving normal problems in a novel way, with enough of a...

College Station, TX

Focused on one signal: angel network-backed startups that are actively raising. A company only qualifies if it has capital-called an angel investor who came through an angel network — a solo angel...

Houston, TX

A coachable, pre-seed founder in energy, tough tech, or real manufacturing who needs their business made fundable before the pitch — and will do 3–6 months of proof-of-market and economic-modeling...

Texas

Background: Data centers. Ideal founder: Smart operator that works hard and likes to systemize. Not interested in B2C. Investment types preferred: EQUITY, CONVERTIBLE_NOTE. Preferred business models:...

Dallas, TX

Interlock Partners makes early-stage and growth investments in technology companies that transform legacy industries. They focus on tech-enabled business services, advertising and marketing,...

Houston, TX

Democratize access to premium venture-backed investments by offering affordable, de-risked, diversified fund-of-funds and co-investment opportunities with a focus on inclusive impact (investing a...