Innovation Hub
Accelerator Awards Reception
Meet Our Finalists Below!
Join the Innovation Hub as we celebrate Discoveries to Impact Month and announce the winners of the 2026 Accelerator Competition. This awards reception marks the culmination of months of hard work, bold ideas, and entrepreneurial grit. The winning startup teams will be awarded $40,000 in seed funding and earn a coveted spot in the year-long Texas Tech Accelerator Program, giving them the resources, mentorship, and momentum needed to take their ventures to the next level. This event is FREE and open to the public, so bring your friends, family, colleagues, and loudest cheer squad as we celebrate the entrepreneurs shaping the future of West Texas and beyond. Enjoy complimentary appetizers and an open bar while networking with founders, mentors, investors, and members of the innovation community.
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Accelerator Competition Winners
Agency-Conduit
Team Lead: Braden Grubb, TTU Alum, Rawls College of Business Administration
Agency-Conduit is a cloud-based, multi-tenant platform that securely syncs and normalizes insurance CRM data while delivering dashboards, automation, and real-time AI coaching to improve agent performance.
ClayPonic
Team Lead: Logman Arja, TTU Faculty, Huckabee College of Architecture
ClayPonic introduces clay 3D-printed hydroponics as a pioneering approach to soilless farming.
Classed
Team Lead: Oliver Currlin, TTU Student
Classed is an all-in-one college application platform.
CocoaMoo LLC
Team Lead: James Woodley, Community Applicant
CocoaMoo develops sugar-free, dairy-free chocolate milk mixes designed to bring healthier options to the chocolate milk market.
HiPR Link Research LLC.
Team Lead: Shashi Sachdev, TTUHSC Student, School of Medicine
HiPR Link is an AI-powered SaaS platform that matches medical students and physicians for research collaboration, reducing faculty workload and increasing academic productivity.
Milk Monitor
Team Lead: Kaytlin Krutsch, TTUHSC Faculty, School of Medicine
Milk Monitor is a consumer product that allows breastfeeding mothers to test their milk for active cannabis metabolites.
Neurokeys Robotics
Team Lead: Ting Ting Goh, TTU Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences
Neurokeys Robotics is developing an autonomous, piano-free robotic glove that delivers AI-powered motor and cognitive training through embodied musical interaction.
Norrod Products
Team Lead: Curtis Norrod, Community Applicant
Norrod Products develops tools and programs that help individuals with poor musculoskeletal function regain quality of life.
ResidAlly
Team Lead: Keya Malhotra, TTUHSC Faculty
ResidAlly is an intergenerational home-sharing rental marketplace service.
Story Writing Lab
Team Lead: Andres Reales, Community Applicant
Story Writing Lab is an educational game that helps students rediscover creative writing.
ViMex Genomics
Team Lead: Chien Ha, TTU Faculty, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
ViMex Genomics addresses global food security by pioneering universal gene-editing technologies that empower breeders.
West Camp Nopal
Team Lead: Veronica Mata, Community Applicant
West Camp Nopal is developing a commercial cactus (nopal) powder that supports diabetes health management.
Wounded Wilson
Team Lead: Jacob Gann, TTU Student, Rawls College of Business Administration
Wounded Wilson is a multi-functional law enforcement training manikin that integrates medical, restraint, and tactical simulation into a single durable platform.
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