Community Impact

We our Enventure Alumni network!

Our track record of empowering students to launch startups and consider non-traditional career paths speaks for itself. Check out some of Houston's best and brightest below:

1500
members

Students and young professionals

6
PROGRAMS

Educational content tailored to new and aspiring entrepreneurs

$3M
FUNDING

Raised by Enventure Startups

Dessy Vekilov
Dessy Vekilov
Rice
ENRICH
Robert Kruse, MD
Robert Kruse, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
ENRICH
Henry Vo
Henry Vo
UH
Bioventures
Nico Medellín
Nico Medellín
Rice
Bioventures
Krishna Badhiwala
Krishna Badhiwala
Rice
ENRICH
Emily Reiser, PhD
Emily Reiser, PhD
Rice University
Bioventures
Bioventures 2015, core team, enrich pilot team member and project mangager
Min-Shan Chen, PhD
Min-Shan Chen, PhD
BCM
Bioventures
Elizabeth Jaworski, PhD
Elizabeth Jaworski, PhD
UTMB
Bioventures
Daniel Weisfeld
Daniel Weisfeld
Resthetics
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017 participant
Andrew Patterson, PhD
Andrew Patterson, PhD
Luminostics
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014 participant
Le Huang, PhD
Le Huang, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
ENRICH
Bin Huang, PhD
Bin Huang, PhD
Pheramor
Bioventures
Co-founder of Pheramor in Bioventures
Martin Bell
Martin Bell
Rice
Bioventures
James Hwang, MBE
James Hwang, MBE
MD Anderson
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017 participant
Hima Vangapandu, PhD
Hima Vangapandu, PhD
MD Anderson
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017 participant
Shekhar Patil, MD
Shekhar Patil, MD
UT Health
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017
Jamie Alvarez
Jamie Alvarez
UH
Bioventures
Xuanye Cao
Xuanye Cao
BCM
ENRICH
Laura Ortiz, PhD
Laura Ortiz, PhD
BCM
Bioventures
Nipun Kakkar
Nipun Kakkar
Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
ENRICH
Brittany Barreto, PhD
Brittany Barreto, PhD
Pheramor
Bioventures
Brittany co-founded Pheramor through Bioventures
Steven Lu, PhD
Steven Lu, PhD
Secant Group
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014 participant
Kelly Weilu Han
Kelly Weilu Han
UT Health
Bioventures
Vivek Kumar, PhD
Vivek Kumar, PhD
NangioTx
Bioventures
Founded company in BioVentures course
Jing Jin
Jing Jin
Rice University
ENRICH
Maitri Shah, PhD
Maitri Shah, PhD
MD Anderson
ENRICH
Enrich Pilot
Gavin Garvey, PhD
Gavin Garvey, PhD
DxRuptive (Co-founder and CEO)
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014 Alum
Asma Mirza
Asma Mirza
Pheramor
Bioventures
Asma co-founded Pheramor through Bioventures 2017
Antonio Hung
Antonio Hung
Resthetics
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017 alum
Jon Mercado
Jon Mercado
BCM
ENRICH
Benedict Igwe
Benedict Igwe
MD Anderson
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014
Trenton Piepergerdes
Trenton Piepergerdes
Rice
ENRICH
Khurrum Khan
Khurrum Khan
BCM
ENRICH
Amy Ku, PhD
Amy Ku, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
ENRICH
Bioventures 2017
Norah Owiti, PhD
Norah Owiti, PhD
UT Health
ENRICH
Marco Morales-Garza, MD
Marco Morales-Garza, MD
Otricath
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017 participant
Rose Xie, PhD
Rose Xie, PhD
Resthetics
Bioventures
Joined Resethetics in Bioventures 2017
Craig Vollert
Craig Vollert
Teomics
Bioventures
Bioventures 2015 participant- prepared for Teomics
Chenfei Huang, PhD
Chenfei Huang, PhD
BCM
Bioventures
Alem Belachew
Alem Belachew
UT Health
Bioventures
Brian Dawson
Brian Dawson
Baylor College of Medicine
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014
Timi Folorunso, PhD
Timi Folorunso, PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwarotimi-folorunso-b617b7a3/
ENRICH
Lindsay Deneault, MBA
Lindsay Deneault, MBA
Carolinas Healthcare System
Enventure Community
Connect with first job in healthcare
Omar Merchant, MD
Omar Merchant, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Bioventures
Bioventures 2015 - Co-founder Nangiotx
Yi Liu
Yi Liu
UT Health
ENRICH
Courtney Garcia
Courtney Garcia
BCM
Jd Dornell, PhD
Jd Dornell, PhD
Colgate-Palmolive
Bioventures
Bioventures 2015 Alum
Jessica Dobbs, PhD
Jessica Dobbs, PhD
DNAtrix
Bioventures
Experience developing pitch for medical technology
Doug Litwin
Doug Litwin
UT Health
ENRICH
Tim Dosey
Tim Dosey
Baylor College of Medicine
Bioventures
Trained in Bioventures 2015 - Fannin Intern after Bioventures
Afzal Ahrorov, PhD
Afzal Ahrorov, PhD
UH
ENRICH
Miriam-Rose Menezes
Miriam-Rose Menezes
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
ENRICH
Lauren Popp, PhD
Lauren Popp, PhD
Rice University
ENRICH
Enrich Fellow, Enrich Project Manager
Andreas Benitez, PhD
Andreas Benitez, PhD
Rice University
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017
Simran Madan, PhD
Simran Madan, PhD
Putnam Associates
Bioventures
Co-Founder of Riha Life in BioVentures, ENRICH Project Leader
Bala Raja, PhD
Bala Raja, PhD
Luminostics
Bioventures
Founded startup in BioVentures course
Michael Cato, PhD
Michael Cato, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical School (Licensing)
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014
Gwen Musial
Gwen Musial
UH
ENRICH
Sammy Nava, PhD
Sammy Nava, PhD
UTMB
ENRICH
Sally Choi
Sally Choi
BCM
ENRICH
Lorenzo D'Amico, PhD
Lorenzo D'Amico, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Bioventures
Bioventures 2014
Andrea Ballerini, PhD
Andrea Ballerini, PhD
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017
Benu Atri, PhD
Benu Atri, PhD
BCM
Bioventures
Alex Li
Alex Li
UT Health
Bioventures
Marco Farina
Marco Farina
Houston Methodist
ENRICH
Sydney Gibson, PhD
Sydney Gibson, PhD
Rice University
ENRICH
Kedar Karkare, PhD
Kedar Karkare, PhD
University of Houston
ENRICH
Bioventures 2017, Core Team, ENRICH founder
Matthew Pena, PhD
Matthew Pena, PhD
Rice University
Bioventures
Bioventures 2017
Jonathan Martinez, PhD
Jonathan Martinez, PhD
Houston Methodist Research Institute
ENRICH
ENRICH pilot
Mohamed Hashim
Mohamed Hashim
Resthetics
Bioventures
Brought in as CTO of Resthetics because of Bioventures 2017
Avi Thangirala
Avi Thangirala
BCM
ENRICH
Adeel Faruki, MD
Adeel Faruki, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bioventures
Christopher Frey, MD
Christopher Frey, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
ENRICH
Project Manager
Xavier Garcia-Rojas, MD, MBA
Xavier Garcia-Rojas, MD, MBA
IntuiTap Medical
Enventure Community
Introduced to medical entrepreneur career path
Jared Gilliam, PhD
Jared Gilliam, PhD
MD Anderson
Bioventures
Bioventures 2015 Participant
TESTIMONIALS

Enventure was a wonderful introduction to a network of aspiring biomedical entrepreneurs. I felt the support of a peer group to charge ahead in career adventures and to take intelligent risks in sight of greater goals. Enventure was part of what gave me the courage and determination to venture into the unproven path of the startup world, rather than settling on a well-worn career path that may not have been as fulfilling to the soul.

Xavier Garcia-Rojas
CMO, IntuiTap Medical

"At Enventure’s first event, featuring Dr. Billy Cohn, I found my calling. That event was the key turning point in my career. At that time, there were very few formal classes about life science entrepreneurship, so I relied on the educational and networking resources Enventure provided. I landed a dream job building Texas Medical Center’s Innovation Institute entirely through the connections I made through Enventure."

Lindsay Deneault
Director of Innovation, Carolinas Medical Center

"Bioventures was instrumental in the founding of Luminostics, and is the perfect springboard for scientists interested in hard science entrepreneurship."

Bala Raja
CEO, Luminostics
BioVentures Class of 2014

"As a science and engineering PhD student, Bioventures helped me to look beyond 'cool science' and understand what could actually be developed into a product or a company."

Jessica Dobbs
Businesss Development Associate, DNATRIX

Portfolio

Teomics

Co-founded by Bioventures 2015 Alum

Intuitap Medical

Co-founded by Bioventures 2014 Alum

DexMat

Early Stage Business Developement

NanoLinea

Intial Business Development

NangioTx

Founded in Bioventures 2015

Helios Medical

Customer Interviews

Resthetics

Incubated in Bioventures 2017

Luminostics

Founded in BioVentures

Pheramor

Founded in BioVentures

DoSi BCM

ENRICH Client

Ion Biotechnology

ENRICH Client Company

Noleus Technologies

Initial Business Plan Development

Braincheck

ENRICH Client Company