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Collide builds AI infrastructure purpose-built for the energy industry. Our domain-specific systems integrate into complex engineering and commercial workflows, enabling operators to make faster, more reliable decisions at scale.

Republic is a financial technology firm specializing in private market investment services. Republic operates a marketplace platform for community finance, accredited investment opportunities, full-service tokenization, digital asset management, blockchain advisory, and private institutional capital. Republic has deployed over $2.6 billion in investments, supported over 2,500 ventures, with a community of over 3M users across 150 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity. Founded in 2016, Republic is headquartered in New York City with offices worldwide. For additional information, visit republic.com or @joinrepublic on X. Worth building™

Beezi is an AI-powered platform for software development that helps teams code, track, and optimize delivery right inside your devs team workflow. Our platform acts as an AI teammate that turns tasks into production-ready code, scores and clarifies tickets, and helps teams write clear, effective prompts. Beezi optimizes AI costs by routing work to the most efficient models, giving engineering leaders full visibility into performance, token spend, and cost per feature. Make AI adoption feel native, measurable, and genuinely useful for your dev team.

The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is the oldest angel network in Texas and one of the most active angel networks in the USA. Its members have invested more than $100M in more than 400 deals since its inception in 2001. The typical individual HAN member is an accredited investor seriously interested in providing capital and coaching to early stage companies. HAN also has institutional members such as seed funds, accelerators, universities and other networks within the innovation ecosystem. The Houston Angel Network (HAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing the innovation ecosystem by supporting founders and startups with financial resources and mentorship.

Collide builds AI infrastructure purpose-built for the energy industry. Our domain-specific systems integrate into complex engineering and commercial workflows, enabling operators to make faster, more reliable decisions at scale.

We are the premier newsletter for Houstons hottest startup and tech events! In nature, nothing can survive without essential resources such as water and nutrients. Similarly, startups cannot exist in a vacuum and require a thriving ecosystem to grow and flourish. Houston boasts a vibrant startup scene, but keeping track of events across multiple platforms like Eventbrite, Meetup, and various calendars can be overwhelming. Thats where Rocket Network comes in - we want to bring the startup community in Houston together to network, collaborate, and accelerate growth. Our coverage includes all types of events related to startups, technology meetups, venture capital, pitch competitions, and more. Whether youre a founder, mentor, investor, tech enthusiast, or service provider, weve got you covered.

The Cashmere Fund invests in companies we believe can benefit from influence to grow faster than their competitors. Where possible, we work with management teams that are backed by venture capitalists we respect, helping them scale while creating positive, self-sustaining environments for our companies to thrive.