A new Texas tradition: SDOs driving the state’s tech renaissance

According to a recent report by experts supporting the growth of Houston’s innovation ecosystem, local Houston startups raised over $1 billion in venture funding in the first six months of 2021. This amount exceeds total year-end results from previous years. When I started my company and began advising startup technology ventures as an entrepreneur, startup development organizations (SDOs) as we know them today did not exist. Today, there are over 30 SDOs locally.

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