Startups

Take The First Step

Launching a startup can be an exciting and fulfilling endeavor. Rice’s Office of Technology Transfer would like to assist your startup with licensing and commercialization of Rice University technologies and IP. If you are a Rice researcher, student or faculty member interested in entrepreneurship and forming a startup around Rice technologies please check out our resources above.

Entrepreneurs are encouraged to contact a licensing associate or email techtran@rice.edu for more information about startup licensing and commercialization. For other general questions please reach out to Dr. Asha Rajagopal, Office of Technology Transfer director, at asha.rajagopal@rice.edu.

Startups Launched and Supported

Success Stories & Press Releases


Avenge Bio Announces Closing of $45 Million Series A Financing		Rice University deploys grant funding to 9 innovative Houston research projects		Volumetric to be Acquired by 3D Systems to Advance Tissue and Organ Manufacturing		SYZYGY Plasmonics raises $23 million Series B to Electrify Chemical Manufacturing