Entrepreneurship Starts Here
TEXAS Entrepreneurship serves UT's undergraduates, graduate students and alumni by fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and connecting them to educational, financial and networking resources.
Undergraduate Students
Discover the wealth of resources designed to support undergraduate Longhorns, whether you're considering launching your own venture or exploring the world of startups and small business.
Programs for Undergraduate Students
Game Development and Design Program
Harkey Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center
Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute
Non-Profits & Social Entrepreneurship Bridging Disciplines Program
Graduate Students
Advance your ambitions with specialized programs and resources that cater to graduate student goals, from founding a new enterprise to launching a career that works with early-stage companies.
Programs for Graduate Students
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship
Kendra Scott Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute
Master's in Technology Commercialization
Portfolio Program in Arts and Cultural Management and Entrepreneurship
Alumni
Once a Longhorn, always a Longhorn. Stay connected to UT's entrepreneurial ecosystem post-graduation through tailored resources and support that advance alumni ventures or help you engage with the startup community.
Resources for Alumni
World-Changing Support
TExAN
The Texas Entrepreneurship Angel Network (TExAN) is an investment network of active angel investors interested in funding startups founded by UT alumni. Applying to TExAN provides selected startups with access to pitch nights and selected investors the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next Longhorn success stories.
TEXAS Entrepreneurship Community Board
Our community board members make a meaningful impact by giving back their time, talent and network to Longhorn founders. Whether as a mentor, judge, guest speaker or in another capacity, they elevate the entrepreneurial experience for our students.
Student Entrepreneur Acceleration & Launch (SEAL) Program
SEAL is the capstone accelerator program at UT, driving startups from across campus. This nine-week summer accelerator provides the tools, workshops and mentorship you need to secure funding and scale your venture. The journey culminates in the anticipated Decision Day, where you'll pitch your business to investors and ecosystem partners for go/no-go feedback. Now in its 18th year, alumni have raised more than $200 million in investment and generated more than $500 million in value. Notable alumni include Favor (acquired by HEB), M87 (acquired by XCOM), Lynx Labs (acquired by Occipital), Accordion Health (acquired by Evolent Health), Ordoro, Apptronik and more.
Texas Is Entrepreneurship
With more than 50 cutting-edge programs for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, UT is at the forefront of the intersection between higher education, innovation and entrepreneurship. As the front door to the University's robust entrepreneurial ecosystem, TEXAS Entrepreneurship is here to foster the entrepreneurial spirit that runs deep in all of our colleges and schools.
Founder Spotlight
Outmore Living
Founded by two McCombs grads, Outmore Living is the first outdoor furniture brand to combine its patented HeatTech™ with beautiful craftsmanship, enabling year-round outdoor living in all climates for years to come.
Tano Skincare
Founded by a McCombs grad, Tano combines banana sap and other ingredients into patented formulations to create effective, science-backed skincare.
An Entrepreneurial Engine
TEXAS Entrepreneurship empowers Longhorns to achieve entrepreneurial success by providing access to the University's vast resources, fostering collaboration and engagement across the campus and throughout the broader entrepreneurial community, and elevating the impact of student and alumni founders beyond the Forty Acres.
#1
Austin is the Top City
In the U.S. to Start a Business
Princeton Review, 2025
#2
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Program
In the Nation
Princeton Review, 2025
#7
Graduate Entrepreneurship Program
In the Nation
Princeton Review, 2025
$4.5 Billion
Raised by Austin Startups in 2024
Positioning Austin Among the Top U.S Metro Areas for Venture Capital Investment
PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, 2024
"Entrepreneurship is a vital part of the college experience. It’s the backbone of the U.S. economy, and the great news is that Texas is arguably near the center of it all."
-Mellie Price
TEXAS Entrepreneurship Executive Director
Discovery to Impact
Are you a UT researcher, staff member or graduate student with an idea or technology that includes University IP? Discovery to Impact handles the disclosure, licensing and intellectual property associated with those projects. They also manage the portfolio of licensable opportunities.
TEXAS Entrepreneurship News
Strengthening U.S. Industrial Independence
Discovery to Impact startups are helping bring American manufacturing home, from critical minerals and safer batteries to AI-powered robots and resilient navigation.
From Senior Design to Startup: How a Wildfire Competition Sparked a UT Spinoff
What began as a design course project grew into an international endeavor and has since become an AI company of its own.
Startup Founded at UT Pinpoints Solution to Common Landscape Challenges
MBA graduate makes a splash in the world of irrigation systems.
Engage & Connect
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