Events

Join us for an in depth discussion on corporate innovation and intrapreneurship. Learn from incredible industry experts on how to be a mover and shaker in your current role. After the discussion, we invite you to stick around for a holiday happy hour.

HX Speaker Series: Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship

Have you ever been curious about Angel investing? 

Join us for a speaker series to learn the difference between Angels and traditional VCs as well as the difference between debt and equity investments. Plus, enjoy a great lunch at Whiskey Cake with the HX team!

HX Speaker Series: Angel Investing 

Houston Exponential is excited to be expanding into Greater Houston innovator communities and invite you to join us for the official launch of the Fort Bend Innovation Council!

In partnership with the Fort Bend EDC, The Cannon, Born Global Ventures, and Code Launch,  we'd love to invite all ingenious innovators, enterprising educators, collaborative corporates, inquisitive investors, exhausted entrepreneurs, and all friends and family to help kick things off!

You'll have the opportunity to hear from the founders in Fort Bend County, our incredible partners in the Fort Bend EDC, corporate innovators and more. Following the presentation, we invite you to mix and mingle with like-minded individuals who are excited to make a difference. 

Fort Bend County Innovation Council Launch

​​​We invite all professionals and aspiring professionals in sports to join the Pokatok & Sports Innovation Texas team for a happy hour at Pitch 25! 

Pokatok is a sports tech venture, events, and media company focused on the promotion of sports culture and innovation, sports network building and the acceleration of sports tech business. Pokatok will host Pokatok Festival, the world's largest sports festival in Houston come fall of 2023, which will be a gathering at the intersection of sports, culture, and innovation.

Sports Innovation Texas (SITX) is the leading local resource & advocate for sports professionals & aspiring professionals across Texas. Our mission is to grow the sports economy of Texas through connection & community across all corners of the sports industry, including the adjacent areas of esports, fitness & wellness.

Pokatok & Sports Innovation Texas Happy Hour

Join the Pokatok team as we take on the Karbach Running Club! Be sure to register through the Karbach Brewing site (link below) to join us for the fun!

https://store.karbachbrewing.com/products/running-club-sign-up

​Pokatok is a sports tech venture, events, and media company focused on the promotion of sports culture and innovation, sports network building and the acceleration of sports tech business. Pokatok will host Pokatok Festival, the world's largest sports festival in Houston come fall of 2023, which will be a gathering at the intersection of sports, culture, and innovation.

Pokatok Pop-Up: Karbach Running Club

Join us on July 28th for the Pokatok Labs Spring 2022 Virtual Demo Day! Hear quick 5-minute pitches from each of the 5 companies to learn about some of the latest innovations within sports, health and wellness.

Pokatok Labs is a scale up program for Seed and Series A startups in SportsTech. The 9-week program is free, runs twice a year and participating companies receive access to a network of organizations, advisors, investors and subject matter experts within sports tech.

Demo Day is the culminating event of the Pokatok Labs program, where the cohort companies officially graduate. The event features quick 5-minute pitches by each of the five cohort companies to an audience of investors, high net worth individuals, strategic partners, sports teams and more.

Pokatok Labs Spring 2022 Virtual Demo Day

Join us for the Inaugural Pokatok Labs Demo Day at Minute Maid Park to hear from five stellar sports tech companies, followed by a private networking event to watch the Houston Astros take on the Seattle Mariners!

Demo Day will take place in the Champions Pavilion located closest to the Centerfield Entrance. Once you enter the Park, take the escalator up and the Champions Pavilion will be located on your left (it is a private room with glass walls). Should you have any issues locating the space, guest services will be in place to guide you.

MVP: Pokatok Labs Demo Day

We invite you to join the new team at Houston Exponential for a happy hour at Texas Leaguer Brewing Company! 

We are a team of people who have been deeply involved in the development of Houston’s innovation ecosystem, and we recognize the critical and unique role that HX has played in these efforts over the past 6 years. We love this stuff, and it is an honor to be responsible for ensuring this organization continues to have a tremendous impact going forward.

We would love for you to join the conversation as we expand our reach to support Fort Bend County and the greater Houston area. See you there!

Meet the Team!

The Pokatok Labs cohort is returning to town on 

 to celebrate the end of the program and we would love to have you join us. You'll have the opportunity to hear each of the companies pitch followed by a happy hour!

​Pokatok Labs is a scale up program for Seed and Series A startups in sportstech. The 9-week program is free, runs twice a year and participating companies receive access to a network of organizations, advisors, investors and subject matter experts within sportstech.

​Pokatok is a sportstech venture, events, and media company focused on the promotion of sports culture and innovation, sports network building and the acceleration of sports tech business. Pokatok will host Pokatok Festival, the world's largest sports festival in Houston come fall of 2023, which will be a gathering at the intersection of sports, culture, and innovation.

Pokatok Labs End of Cohort Happy Hour

The Occasional Invitational is back at Wildcat Golf Club! Join listeners, advertisers, and ESPN station staff for a day of golf, 97.5 live broadcast, lunch, and dinner!

. Their mission is to end childhood hunger by delivering free healthy meals to the doorsteps of Greater Houston’s hungriest preschool-aged children and through collaboration provide their families with resources to help end the cycle of poverty.

Summer 2022 Occasional Invitational

Join the Pokatok team for a happy hour at Heights Bier Garden!

Pokatok Pop-Up: Happy Hour + Corn Hole

Join us for a meetup and happy hour to socialize with fellow entrepreneurs and business owners in SportsTech. We look forward to seeing you!

SportsTech Meetup + Happy Hour

Have you ever thought about a new sports fusion or wondered what the rules are for True American in New Girl? Well, now is your chance to create a new sport based off whatever you'd like! Join us for a fun challenge followed by a happy hour with the Pokatok team.

Pokatok Pop-Up: Create Your Own Sport + Happy Hour

Step outside and enjoy the outdoors with a Pokatok Spikeball Tournament at the Eleanor Tinsley Park! Winners will receive a $50 Academy Gift Card!

This tournament is the start of a new miniature sports pop-up challenge series happening around Houston. If you're feelings restless and looking for something to do, be sure to follow Pokatok social media and check 

 to find the next pop-up challenge near you!

Melissa Gonzalez

Events