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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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Innovation Hub

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.