Meet the Activate Houston Cohort 2025 Fellows!

​Join us to meet Activate Houston's C25 cohort and discover the innovative technologies their companies are driving forward.

• ​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

• ​EarthFlow AI: AI-powered platform for subsurface modeling making sophisticated analysis instant and affordable enabling the rapid scaling of carbon storage, geothermal energy, and lithium extraction to meet global demand

• ​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.

​Also, learn more about our inaugural C24 cohort below:

• ​Atolla Tech: Identifying and quantifying airborne insects through lidar and machine learning

• ​Bairitone Health: AI-driven, sonar-based diagnostic imaging technology for home use reduces healthcare costs while improving accessibility

• ​Coflux Purification: Destroying PFAs through a photocatalytic reactor

• ​Elysium Robotics: Developing breakthrough low-cost, high-dexterity muscle like robotic hands for large-scale robotic deployment

• ​LumiStrain: Novel nanotube technology for mechanical strain mapping

• ​Nanoscale Labs: High-throughput and low-cost self-assembly based nanomanufacturing

• ​Phoenix Materials: Working to decarbonizing concrete using industrial waste

• ​Raven Space Systems: Modernizing composite manufacturing with breakthrough 3D printing

• ​Newfound Materials: Identifying new and unconventional inorganic synthesis recipes for efficient material synthesis

• ​Solidec: Manufacturing chemicals and fuels using only air, water, and renewable electricity