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IMPACT HUB HOUSTON EVENTS
Activate: Meet the Cohort 2026

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Join us to celebrate the launch of Activate Houston’s 2026 Cohort and discover the breakthrough technologies they’re building to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Anning Corporation: Pioneering geologic hydrogen through advanced geoscience and stimulation technologies, creating a scalable low-cost, clean energy
Brint Tech: Building optical sensing systems that quantify hydrogen, giving infrastructure operators the data to scale safely and credibly
Simora Core: Building rare-earth free, contact-free electric motors with wireless rotors for everything from small appliances to vehicles and heavy industry
Nivera: Developing natural composite coatings and packaging materials that reduce food waste and sustainably extends the shelf life of fresh food
Orbital Arc: Creating electric propulsion on a microtrip to power movement in space at an unmatched scale, speed, and cost
Renesin: Developing advanced materials that enable faster, more efficient AI hardware
Selerra Separations: Engineering high-performance membranes that cut the cost and energy consumption of water treatment without compromising durability or water quality
SwieNitro Recovery: Transforming nitrogen-rich waste streams into valuable fertilizer through a low-energy ammonia recovery platform
Also, learn more about our C25 cohort:
Biosimo: Enabling the chemical industry’s net-zero transition by replacing fossil-based essential chemicals with identical quality ones made from bio-ethanol
Brightlight Photonics: Replacing tabletop laser systems with chip-scale titanium:sapphire lasers—bringing lab-grade performance to quantum technologies, diagnostics, and advanced manufacturing in a package that’s 100x smaller and cheaper
Deep Anchor Solutions: Compact anchor making offshore energy viable in new and remote markets worldwide by enabling faster, cheaper deployment of floating renewables
FlowCellutions: Chemistry-agnostic diagnostics for grid-scale batteries
KIRA: Reimagining desalination expanding access to clean water and decarbonizing industries from oil and gas to agriculture
Lift Biolabs: Replacing costly purification tools with buoyant protein reagents making therapeutic manufacturing more affordable while also enabling biotech to scale
Semion: Transforming pest control by restoring crops’ natural defenses with plant-based compounds, reducing chemical use and environmental impact, and offering farmers more sustainable and resilient ways to protect their crops
Activate’s Meet the Cohort is a proud anchor event for Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week, and sponsored by Goodwin Law and Berkner Group.


