Rice Business Plan Competition

2026 Startups

42 Teams 2026 RBPC

Startups from around the world applied for the Rice Business Plan Competition, presented by Rice Business. 2026 was a record-breaking application season, and only 42 of the very best student-led startups are invited to compete for more than $1M in prizes on April 9-11 in Houston, Texas! 

Read more about the 2026 startups here.

2026 Participating Startups

StartupUniversity
AlchemIIUniversity of Tennessee - Knoxville
Altaris MedTechUniversity of Arkansas
Armada TherapeuticsDartmouth College
Arrow AnalyticsTexas A&M University
Aura Life ScienceNorthwestern University
BeamFeedCity University of New York
BiliRooUniversity of Michigan
BioLegacySeattle University
BlueHealerJohns Hopkins University
BRCĒMichigan State University
ChargeBayUniversity of Miami
Cocoa PotashCase Western Reserve University
CosnetixYale University
Cottage CoreKent State University
Crack'd UpUniversity of Wisconsin - Madison
CurbonPrinceton University
DialySafeRice University
Foregger Energy SolutionsBabson College
ForgeUniversity of California, Berkeley
Grapheon University of Pittsburgh
GUIDEAIR LabsUniversity of Washington
HydrastackUniversity of Chicago
Imagine DevicesUniversity of Texas at Austin
Innowind Energy SolutionsUniversity of Waterloo (Canada)
JanuTechUniversity of Washington
LaetechUniversity of Toronto (Canada)
Lectra TechnologiesMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Legion PlatformsArizona State University
LucyUniversity of Pennsylvania
NerView SurgicalMcMaster University (Canada)
Panoptica TechnologiesGeorgia Institute of Technology
PowerHouseMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Quantum Power SystemsUniversity of Texas at Austin
Routora University of Notre Dame
Sentivity.aiVirginia Tech
Shinra EnergyHarvard University
Solid Air DynamicsRWTH Aachen (Germany)
Spine BionicsUniversity of North Carolina - Chappel Hill
The Good CompanyMichigan Technological University
UNCHAINLehigh University
VivoFluxUniversity of Rochester
VocadianUniversity of Oxford (UK)