The next generation of leaders starts here.
Advancing energy for every generation starts with connection—bringing together students, founders, industry leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs to move energy innovation forward.
Houston became the Energy Capital of the World because previous generations invested in innovation. The next generation of energy breakthroughs will depend on whether we develop the talent, ideas, and entrepreneurial ecosystem needed to build what comes next.
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Houston’s Future Will Be Built by Energy Innovation
In the 1980s, Houston faced one of the most difficult economic moments in its history. The shale revolution changed that trajectory—creating jobs, attracting investment, and reshaping the global energy landscape.
Now, Houston stands at another turning point.
The next generation of energy innovation is already emerging across geothermal, grid technology, advanced materials, AI, carbon management, and industrial decarbonization. The question is whether the next generation of founders and innovators will build those companies here.
TEX-E exists to help ensure they do.
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It Takes an Ecosystem to Advance Energy for Every Generation
Ideas alone are not enough. Student entrepreneurs need mentorship, industry access, technical collaborators, customers, capital, and real-world experience.
TEX-E helps remove the friction in company building by connecting students to the people and opportunities needed to move from idea to impact.
The TEX-E Toolkit
1. Clarify the Problem
TEX-E Bootcamp helps students identify meaningful energy challenges worth solving.
2. Build the Team
Students connect across engineering, business, science, and operations disciplines.
3. Validate the Market
Industry introductions help students engage directly with real-world energy challenges and customers.
4. Raise Capital
Pitch practice and investor conversations help students prepare for fundraising.
5. Secure Funding
The TEX-E Prize helps founders access early-stage capital and visibility.
6. Scale the Venture
TEX-E connects founders with accelerator pathways, mentors, and long-term ecosystem support.
Your Support Creates Access, Opportunity, and Momentum
Student Access + Proximity
Your support connects students directly with startups, industry leaders, investors, and real-world energy challenges.
Students don’t just learn about innovation—they experience it firsthand through internships, mentorship, venture creation, and industry engagement.
Student Leverage
Every contribution helps unlock opportunities that would not exist otherwise.
From entrepreneurship programming to startup and internship experiences, your support helps students take the next step from potential to action.
Whether supporting the general fund or students from a specific university, every gift strengthens the ecosystem.
Collective Impact
TEX-E is built around students.
By bringing together universities, founders, mentors, investors, corporate partners, and supporters, TEX-E creates a statewide network preparing the next generation of energy entrepreneurs and innovators.
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Building the Next Generation of Energy Entrepreneurs
TEX-E students and fellows are already building startups, joining leading energy companies, participating in accelerators, and contributing to Houston’s innovation economy.
6 Universities
40,000 Students
200+New Fellows
Startup founders across Texas
Internships and industry placements throughout Houston’s energy ecosystem
Can you support One Student Entrepreneur?
The cost to support one TEX-E student is approximately $8,000.
Your investment helps provide:
- Industry access and mentorhip
- Internship and startup opportunities
- Entrepreneurial training and venture support
- Hands-on learning exerpeiences
- Connection to broader energy innovation ecosystem
For donor advised funds, please contact Sandy Guitar
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Cultivate your entrepreneurial skill set with access to networking events, career opportunities, MIT cross-learning, career fairs, on-campus events, pitch competitions, and more! Expand your network, stay up to date on the latest in energy transition & climate tech, meet the best and brightest minds across Texas.
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