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SUMMARY:NordicLink 2026: Nordic Innovation Meets the US
LOCATION:Greentown Labs Houston\, 4200 San Jacinto St\, Houston\, TX 77004
DESCRIPTION:Norway sends its boldest climate tech companies to Houston for 
 a live pitch competition\, and Greentown puts American VCs and industrial 
 buyers in the seats. For a Houston founder it is a short\, dense afternoon
 : cross-border investors who rarely come through town\, and a look at what
  the Nordic energy stack is building. Kicks off Houston Energy and Climate
  Startup Week the day before the anchor even\n\nDetails & RSVP: https://fo
 undercal.com/events/nordiclink-2026-nordic-innovation-meets-the-us-2026-09
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URL:https://foundercal.com/events/nordiclink-2026-nordic-innovation-meets-t
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CATEGORIES:Pitch
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SUMMARY:Cypher Pilotathon and Startup Showcase 2026
LOCATION:POST Houston\, 401 Franklin St\, Houston\, TX 77002
DESCRIPTION:Founders do not pitch the company here. They pitch one concrete
  pilot\, in seven minutes\, to the operators and corporates who can actual
 ly greenlight it. That is the point: startups need a pilot to survive\, co
 rporate qualification takes a year\, and this compresses it into a day. Al
 ongside the pitches is a showcase floor of working hardware across critica
 l minerals\, grid infrastructure\, industrial d\n\nDetails & RSVP: https:/
 /foundercal.com/events/cypher-pilotathon-and-startup-showcase-2026-2026-09
 -15
URL:https://foundercal.com/events/cypher-pilotathon-and-startup-showcase-20
 26-2026-09-15
CATEGORIES:Pitch
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SUMMARY:Rice Business Plan Competition 2027
LOCATION:Rice University\, Jones Graduate School of Business\, 1900 Rice Bl
 vd\, Houston\, TX 77005
DESCRIPTION:The largest and richest student startup competition in the worl
 d\, now in its 27th year. Around 40 teams from universities across the glo
 be come to Houston to pitch for more than a million dollars in cash and in
 vestment prizes\, judged by several hundred active investors. Alumni have 
 gone on to raise billions. If you are building out of a university lab or 
 an MBA program\, getting invited here puts y\n\nDetails & RSVP: https://fo
 undercal.com/events/rice-business-plan-competition-2027-2027-04-08
URL:https://foundercal.com/events/rice-business-plan-competition-2027-2027-
 04-08
CATEGORIES:Pitch
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