We are thrilled to announce that our fourth cohort of The Ion Smart and Resilient Cities Accelerator and the second cohort of The Ion Aerospace Innovation Accelerator for Minority Business Enterprises are in the home stretch of programming. For the last three months we have been working with 10 companies in Houston that are working on building a safer, smarter, and more accessible city for all Houstonians.

Presenting Companies:

• Boxes – Boxes is a Techstars and Greentown Labs startup. With their devices, they are powering the future of retail by combining physical and digital technology to democratize convenient, affordable, and sustainable retail.

• Cochran Aerospace – Cochrane Exploration offers everyone the opportunity to experience and experiment in space. They are developing unmanned vehicles to offer asset deployment and recovery for various mission profiles on a recurring schedule and crewed vehicles to transport teams to Space Stations, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

• InnoGrid – The mission of InnoGrid is to provide equity through energy resiliency. They are developing the first working lab in the heart of Houston’s Innovation Corridor for microgrid and distributed energy resource (DER) innovators and start-ups from near and far.

• My After Life – My After Life organizes your entire online life into a bundle of digital living wills, funeral plans, multimedia memorial portfolios, and estate arrangements. They help you with the details of how you’re laid to rest and assure you get the final say.

• Renu Energy – Renu Energy Services Inc. is an energy technology company focused on energy recovery, creation, and storage. The startup is a services-based company converting waste to electricity on-site, providing reliable 24/7 energy, and keeping waste from the environment, landfills, and oceans.

• Rescunomics – Now First Responders and Active Shooter victims can be found in real-time without latency. For the first time emergency workers and Law Enforcement can view the internal layouts of the building they respond to just by typing the address into their Mobile Display Units (MDC).

• Spark Spaces – Sparks Spaces is an ESG focused project management firm working on electrification, mobility, and energy transition. Their current solution allows EV drivers to charge anywhere.

• Smartiron – Smartiron is pioneering AI-enabled guidance for construction equipment. Our foundational product is an AI guidance module mounted on top of manned construction equipment providing operators with AI-assisted vision into their productivity, safety, and workflow.

• Studio Pod – Studio Pod was created with the mission to make professional-quality headshots more accessible through an interactive and self-guided experience. Through automation, we deliver a superior experience and product at a fraction of the price of a traditional headshot taken by a photographer.

• Universal Toll Tag – Unytag offers on-demand toll travel from your phone.Use their safe, simple, secure platform to pay as you travel through each toll. No more down payments at the beginning of the month to pay for tolls you haven’t passed through yet. Unytag only charges the account as you drive through the toll.

Agenda:

Tuesday, June 14, 4 – 8 PM | Demo Day

• 4:00 – 5:30 pm — Company Expo and Demo Day Registration Opens
• 5:30 – 5:45 pm — Welcome and Intro to Program and schedule for the evening
• 5:45 – 6:45 pm — Company Presentations
• 6:40 – 6:45 pm — Closing Remarks
• 6:45 – 8:00 pm — Networking