Activate Houston 2026 Meet the Cohort

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

Kinetiq Drive: 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.