Nexus
Residents

Meet the innovators that call the Rice Nexus home.

Startups

  • Aikynetix

    Making human motion assessment available to all.

  • Ampla

    Ampla uses AI to search connections — helping you discover the right people for any opportunity.

  • ArcLine Supply

    Your electrical supply partner for hyperscale data centers.

    ArcLine Supply is a vertically integrated sourcing partner for electrical infrastructure on mission-critical builds, de-risking supply and moving at the speed of hyperscale data centers

  • Aurelia Vitals

    Wearable hormone tracking with Phira, a discreet earring-back wearable designed to non-invasively track estrogen, LH, and progesterone in real-time, giving women unprecedented insight into their hormonal health, fertility, and longevity.

  • Banxtel

    Professional currency exchange that actually saves you money

  • BigMachine AI

    BigMachine AI transforms engineering drawings into automated workflows.

  • Cuadrilla

    AI-Native Operating System for Residential Remodeling

  • dhi

    Safety intelligence for the cameras you already have.

  • EasilyBEE

    Strengthen collaboration between school leaders, families, and community partners—boosting student success and rewarding everyone who helps make it happen.

  • Feather Medical

    Easier, safer, predictable childbirth without the incision

  • Fortamis

    Regulatory compliance software for the energy sector

  • Honeycomb

    We create and bring to market patented power technologies.

    Built by the founders of AIWEX, our focus is turning innovation into real-world solutions with meaningful commercial impact.

  • IronLattice

    IronLattice is developing next-generation nonvolatile memory architecture for AI and high-performance computing. The technology delivers high-speed, persistent memory in a drop-in solution designed for existing semiconductor fabs.

  • Junipix

    Helping industrial companies analyze operational data, improve margins, and make faster decisions.

  • Lift Biolabs

    Lift Biolabs builds buoyant protein reagents that simplify purification across therapeutic and industrial biotech.

  • Lucero Health

    Lucero Health connects patients to social and community resources, turning non-medical needs into actionable care beyond the clinic.

  • MedIQ Health

    MedIQ Health transforms asthma care with a smart inhaler clip-on and companion mobile app that give patients clear, real-time control over their lung health. 

  • Rivsal

    Dedicated to engineering green, clean electricity.

  • Simulos

    The flight simulator for B2B jobs. Real-world tasks. Powered by AI. Graded by experts.

  • TAMOS

    Developing robust and scalable hardware for quantum applications.

  • Telios

    A sports performance technology company combining wearable sensors with its proprietary OPD coaching methodology to help coaches and athletes measure and improve performance.

  • Tether

    Connecting imaging centers with supervising radiologists to support safe, compliant contrast administration across every site and shift.

  • Three Horizons

    Intelligent front-office infrastructure for asset and wealth managers.

  • Trialcliniq

    Partnering with community health centers to integrate directly with their EHR systems.

  • Waxley Graham

    A software development studio partnering with businesses as their built-in tech team and optimizing how they run.

Investors

  • Energy Transition Ventures

    Investing in startups leading the energy transition

  • Fitz Gate Ventures

    An early stage, network-driven venture capital firm.

  • Goose Capital

    An investment firm comprised of former Fortune 500 executives, industry leaders, and serial entrepreneurs. We invest in breakthrough technologies and innovative founders.

  • More Than Capital

    An early-growth VC firm focused on investing globally in companies that aim to have a positive impact on our future.

Partners

  • Baker Botts

    Legal Partner to the Innovators

  • Social Design Lab

    energy. environment. media. culture

  • Woodside Energy

    Providing energy that the world needs to heat and cool homes, keep lights on and support industry.

Alumni Companies

  • Abunden

    CFO expertise guides lower-middle market B2B companies to grow confidently without running out of cash.

  • BeOne Sports

    Mobile computer vision for sports training.

  • Coflux Purification

    Breakthrough technology erasing forever chemicals.

  • Dialysafe

    Making at-home peritoneal dialysis smarter, simpler, and safer.

  • HEXAspec

    Enhancing the future of computing by substantially improving the thermal conductivity of chips.

  • Kinnections

    A low-cost, vibration glove for Parkinson's.

  • LabShare

    Lab manager in your pocket.

  • Rice Space Institute

    Shaping the future of space exploration by training the next generation of visionary leaders in space science, exploration, and advocacy.

  • Taurus Vascular

    Focused on improving long-term outcomes for patients with aortic aneurysms.

  • Train Genomics

    Training genomics to rapidly detect the undetected.

  • UBiosis Health

    An AI nurse connecting GI patients and their doctors through pre-emptive, biomarker-driven care.

  • Veloci

    Naturally-fitting footwear with modern day support.

  • Voythos

    The precision medicine engine for vascular disease.