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Third Coast Holdings, Inc. provides electronic invoice equipment. The company was established in April 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SURGE Ventures LLC ( SURGE Ventures ) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by kirk Brand Coburn. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Metal Networks, Inc. provides a platform for buying and selling industrial metal. It offers a seller platform and procurement platform. The company was founded by Jeremy Chapman and Adam Richard in 2013 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Southern Methodist University is a private university near the center of Dallas, SMU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through seven schools in the humanities and sciences, business, the performing, visual, and communication arts, engineering, education and human development, law, and theology.

Mercury Partners Management LLC (Mercury Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Threshold Ventures Inc. founded in 2005 by Dan Watkins and Blair Garrou. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Technology & Entrepreneurship Center of Houston operates as a non-profit organization created to accelerate the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem. It aligns ecosystem support around strategic initiatives that are connecting, attracting, and promoting startups, investors, corporations, government, and universities. The company was founded in October 2017 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Texas Ventures LLC (Texas Ventures) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Eugene Scott Crist. The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship is a nationally recognized initiative devoted to supporting technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education, and the launch of technology companies. The private company is based in Houston, TX. The company connects startups to capital, networks, and success. Rice Alliance has supported over 3,165 companies in its 20+ years of startup support, raising $23.60 billion in funding. The company hosts both large-scale and more intimate events to bring together investors, corporations, startups, and technology ventures for deal-flow, networking, and discussions. Rice Alliance has subsidiaries in the United States.

Texas Halo Fund Management LLC (Texas Halo Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Andrew Clark and David Steakley. The firm is Headquartered in Houston, Texas.

AETolls LLC operates as a mobile platform to allow users to pay for tolls. The company was founded by Manuel Fustes in 2015 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Part of Neology, Inc., tapNpay, Inc. is a company that makes paying tolls on your phone easier than ever. The company is based in Cedar Park, TX. tapnpay allows untagged drivers to charge the toll on their mobile phone. The CEO of the company is Kenneth Plunk. tapNpay was acquired by Neology, Inc. on June 21, 2023.

The Houston Angel Network functions as an alternative investment manager. The private company is based in Houston, TX.