Rice Ventures

02/09/2022

We're dropping our application! Apply for our Rice Ventures Spring 2022 Cohort if you're interested in accelerating your venture. Find out more and apply here: https://riceventures.org/join/

09/06/2021

Do you have a startup that you're trying to launch, but need an extra boost? Are you a student at Rice? Then you should apply for Rice Ventures! Rice Ventures is Rice University's student-run accelerator program. Join our Fall 2021 Cohort! Applications are due on September 20th at 11:59 PM. We will be having office hours on September 13th to help interested people prepare their application materials (more details to come).
Message us if you have any questions!
Apply at bit.ly/RVFall2021App

03/18/2021

🚨 Opportunity alert! 🚨

The YES Internship Program gives undergraduates the chance to connect with startups for internships. Participants get hands-on experience growing a startup alongside founders from Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and other top schools. With our 100+ affiliated startups ranging from pre-seed companies to those currently financing a Series C, our program has helped over 125 undergraduates from all years to live and breathe the startup experience. Applications close soon on March 22nd! You can apply at http://bit.ly/Apply-YES-Internships.

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03/03/2021

Rice Ventures and Rice Apps are hosting their first speaker of The A* Speaker Series, Kenan Saleh, on March 9th at 7PM CST While being a student at Penn, Kenan founded a startup called Halo Cars which was acquired by Lyft. He’ll take us through his journey to becoming a startup founder and answer any questions you might have. We look forward to seeing you there!

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02/25/2021

Amazing opportunity to practice pitching and potentially gain funding!

Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC) registration is due Tuesday, March 3rd.

Any students with innovative ideas or active ventures are encouraged to participate for the chance to take home a piece of our $60,000 prize purse! Registration takes

01/21/2021

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🚀𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 @ 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗲!

Our Spring 2021 Cohort will engage in eight weeks of mentor meetings and community building in order to accelerate their venture. If you want to build your network by 30+ founders, investors, and professionals and pitch your startup in a public demo day, apply today: https://xgtxd2fpily.typeform.com/to/xyn9rIoG

Here's the nitty-gritty:
-Sessions occur virtually between 4:00-6:00 PM CST on Saturdays
-Our program begins on February 20th, and ends on April 17th
-Our early deadline is on January 30th; our regular deadline is on February 13th

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12/13/2020

3...2...1...🚀! It is OFFICIAL — VC-RANK.com, the tool to help founders find capital, is now live! Find best-fit VC firms to pitch with just a few clicks.

11/12/2020

We're so excited to see you at our Women in Tech + Biz event TODAY at 6PM CST!

Before the event, don't forget to fill out the Google Form for Connect. Virtual networking is hard enough! How are we supposed to hand out our business cards in a virtual world? Sign-up for the Connect App! Connect is an application whose goal is to redefine the way people connect with one another on social media through the use of a 'digital business card'. We'll be using the app to connect during the event! https://forms.gle/9JBNdWyc2X9vURCo8

Check to see that you have the most updated version of Zoom to better facilitate the networking portion of the event. Feel free to fill out this Google form for questions you may want to hear the panelists answer: https://forms.gle/dk8YfDqhkEhRnsJ59

Finally, spread the word and invite your friends to this event! It will be open to any Rice-affiliated person, so feel free to send along this registration link to your fellow Rice Owls!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/126410823175/

Network, ask questions, and hear from some badass women in entrepreneurship and product management!