- 🚀RocketNetwork
- Posts
- 🔥What's hot in Houston's Innovation Ecosystem this week?
🚨The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) - a non-profit program aimed at scaling early-stage technology companies by prioritizing actions of founders through the frequent and focused advice from world-leading business, investment, and technical mentors. CDL-Texas through Texas A&M’s Mays Business School marks the 12th site in the global CDL ecosystem and is launching this fall with a specialized Energy Stream. CDL-Texas’ Energy Stream is focused on helping founders create scalable solutions to energy generation, storage, and optimization and we are looking to recruit ventures.
✅Access the minds that built today's industry giants with advice tailored specifically to your challenges– without giving up equity.
✅Learn through action, not theory – maintaining momentum while gaining insights. ✅Replace guesswork with calculated decision-making.
✅Collaborate with an elite network of 40 brilliant and accomplished mentors ready to transform your company's trajectory. Join the CDL-Texas inaugural year to transform your innovative tech into a market-leading venture. Application Deadline: July 25th, 2025
Apply Today
LET'S ROCKET NETWORK!
We are using emojis to guide subscribers in our event list 📅📍
🚀 - must attend
🔥🌶️ - something hot
🤓💻 - good for developers and other technical folks
🦄💰- venture capital and investing-related
⚡- energy-related
♻️- renewable energy and sustainability-related
🏥 - health care related
🎖️🪖 - veteran or military related
🏅 - sports tech related
₿ - web3 related
HERE ARE OUR PICKS FOR THIS WEEK
Monday, July 21
Tuesday, July 22
Wednesday, July 23
Thursday, July 24
Innovation Connect: Summer Social & ADM Showcase
(College Station)
Friday, July 25
⚠️Hosting a tech meetup or startup event? Submit it via the RocketNetwork Event Submission Form to boost your visibility!
HOPEFULLY, USEFUL LINKS
🚨BANKING FOR YOUR STARTUP + Free AWS Credits - LINK
🚨Master The Art of Crafting a Pitch Deck That Gets You Funded - LINK
🚨Apply for up to $100K equity-free funding and one year of mentoring from Unicef - LINK
🚨Invest in Houston's first community-owned food-maker hub - LINK
🚨Black Founders Fund by Google - Register your interest
🚨Greater Houston Support Stack Program by Impact Hub Houston - Participant Form
🚨YC Requests for Startups - LINK
🚨AI Voice Agents: 2025 Update - LINK
🚨$100,000 For Researchers, Builders and Creatives - LINK
🚨Apply to Startup Battlefield - APPLY
🚨Win up to $10,000 in cash & prizes! Will you accept The Challenge? Entries are open April 7 - June 15 - APPLY
🚨Apply to Tech Stars - APPLY
🚨Perplexity for Startups - Apply
🚨n8n is a powerful workflow automation platform that blends AI with business process automation—start building smarter workflows today - LINK
🚨Apply to the AI Futures Fund - Apply
🚨⚡2025 SPE ATCE Startup Village | Application
🚨WALMART Innovation Day Application - Event: Oct 13–14 in Bentonville - APPLY
Deadline: June 30 (rolling review—apply early for faster feedback)
🚨⚡Energy Tech Venture Forum Application -https://alliance.rice.edu/etvf
🚨The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2025
🚨AI FOUNDER SPRINT 2025
FEATURED EVENTS
FEATURED JOBS
__________________________________________
That’s a wrap for now, RocketNetworkers,
Stay tuned, and keep grinding!
Disclaimer: The content in this newsletter is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by any sponsors. All opinions and information are those of the author and not of the sponsors or affiliated organizations.
Reply