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- 🔥What's hot in Houston's Innovation Ecosystem this week?
🔥What's hot in Houston's Innovation Ecosystem this week?
7/7/25 - 7/13/25


🚀 Opportunity for Energy Startups
COPILOT is here — a 9-month accelerator from Energy Tech Nexus, NREL, Wells Fargo & Browning the Green Space. It’s built to advance energy access and resilience across the Gulf Coast through real-world pilot projects with corporate, community & government partners.
💡 Benefits include:
Connections to corporate & government pilot partners
Expert training on pilot readiness & investor strategy
Mentorship & showcase spots at Houston Energy Week & CERAWeek
Deadline to apply: July 15, 2025
No cost to join. Ideal for early-stage climate and energy tech.
👉 Questions? Reach out to [email protected] and watch this video
Let’s get real solutions deployed. Feel free to forward to any startup that should apply.
Check out “HOPEFULLY, USEFUL LINKS” section below to see other opportunities

🚨 Last Chance: CodeLaunch USA Applications Close TONIGHT 🚨
This is it — your shot at $50K in investment, tens of thousands in dev services, and the legendary CodeLaunch Championship Belt.
CodeLaunch USA 2025 is only for US-based founders, and it’s the 24th competition + 13th year running in DFW.
Want in? Hit that apply button before midnight. 👉 APPLY

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 7
Tuesday, July 8
Wednesday, July 9
Thursday, July 10
Friday, July 11
Friday Open House@TXRX Labs
🚀Ion Networking with Cup of Joey
SCORE Office Hours
🚀Greater Houston Support Stack: LeanSupport ONLINE

⚠️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

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That’s a wrap for now, RocketNetworkers,
Stay tuned, and keep grinding!
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