Explore the Resources

• Commercialization
• Licensing
• Research Partnership

UT Southwestern’s technology development office — the entry point for licensing, sponsored research and startup pathways out of the medical center.

Cost – Format

Contact for terms – In Person / Hybrid

• Austin
• Central Texas
• Life Sciences

Central Texas industry organization supporting connectivity, collaboration and growth across the life sciences.

Cost – Format

Membership varies – In-person + online

• Incubation
• Infrastructure
• Wet Lab

Texas State University’s 58-acre research park in San Marcos, offering wet-lab space and incubation in the Austin–San Antonio corridor.

Cost – Format

Contact for pricing – In Person

• Border Region
• Manufacturing
• Medical Device

A cross-border nonprofit connecting the El Paso, Texas–Juárez, Mexico medical device and biomedical manufacturing industry.

Cost – Format

Membership, from $75 – In Person

• Commercialization
• Entrepreneurship
• Investors

Rice University’s entrepreneurship center connecting Houston-area startups to capital, mentors and investor networks.

Cost – Format

Membership / Program-based – In Person

• Economic Development
• Healthcare
• Regional

A Temple, Texas economic-development district built around Baylor Scott & White Health and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Cost – Format

N/A – In Person

• Accelerator
• Incubator
• Life Sciences

VelocityTX is a bioscience research and innovation campus in San Antonio helping commercialize life-saving technologies through a “Connect-Support-Fund” model.

Cost – Format

Free (program-dependent) – Hybrid

• Events
• Market Entry
• Soft Landing

Q-Branch, known as “the Texas Embassy,” is a business accelerator and international soft-landing program paired with an event venue in downtown Austin, helping international companies establish a U.S. presence.

Cost – Format

Contact Provider (venue rental from approx. $690/hour) – In-Person

• Advocacy
• Medical Device
• Networking

A free, statewide nonprofit alliance helping Texas medical device companies succeed from idea conception to patient-care implementation.

Cost – Format

Free to join – In Person

• Healthcare Innovation
• Life Sciences
• North Texas

BioNTX is the bioscience and healthcare innovation trade organization connecting companies, researchers, institutions and leaders across North Texas.

Cost – Format

Membership varies – In-person + online

• Commercialization
• Regulatory
• Reimbursement

UT Austin’s startup incubator vertical for healthcare, biopharma and medical device companies proving out market, IP, regulatory and reimbursement strategy.

Cost – Format

2% equity stake – In Person / Membership

• Bioscience
• Healthcare
• Networking

An all-volunteer, no-dues network connecting San Antonio’s healthcare, bioscience, military and academic leadership.

Cost – Format

No dues – In Person

• Life Sciences
• Mentorship
• Networking

A national professional network for women in life sciences, newly represented in Texas by its North Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth) chapter.

Cost – Format

Membership – In Person

• Commercialization
• Investors
• Pitch

Texas’s premier life-science and healthtech conference, connecting emerging ventures with investors, tech scouts and corporate venture groups.

Cost – Format

Paid registration – In Person, Annual

• Infectious Disease
• Research
• Vaccines

An independent San Antonio research institute studying infectious disease, therapeutics and vaccines, with biocontainment lab infrastructure for partners.

Cost – Format

Contract / fee-for-service – In Person

• Mentorship
• Seed Funding
• Translation

Dell Medical School’s program that funds and mentors early-stage UT Austin health innovations from idea toward product.

Cost – Format

Grant-funded – In Person / Hybrid

• Healthcare
• Infrastructure
• Medical Education

A 1,200-acre Fort Worth hub anchored by six hospital systems and TCU’s Burnett School of Medicine — North Texas’s geographic healthcare anchor.

Cost – Format

N/A – In Person

• Accelerator
• Fort Worth
• Physical Health

The Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator, launched in partnership with UNT Health Science Center and the City of Fort Worth, was the world’s first accelerator dedicated to physical health and human movement.

Cost – Format

Free to apply; $220,000 investment package provided – In-Person (cohort-based)

• Accelerator
• Digital Health
• Investment

Health Wildcatters is a mentor-driven seed accelerator and investment firm turning digital health, medical device, and biopharma startups into investible businesses.

Cost – Format

$30,000 investment for 8% equity – Hybrid

• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation

Developed by Rice University, the Ion District is a comprehensive 16-acre innovation corridor in Midtown Houston anchored by its flagship 266,000-square-foot collaborative hub, the Ion. The district provides early-stage startups, hardware engineers, and global enterprises—such as Microsoft and Chevron Technology Ventures—with key physical infrastructure, including flexible coworking spaces, advanced prototyping labs, and specialized cleantech incubators. By leveraging strategic institutional partnerships, like its active tech-transfer collaboration with NASA, the Ion District accelerates commercial scale-up and ecosystem collaboration across the energy, AI, aerospace, and deep-tech markets.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Biotechnology
• Houston
• Life Sciences

Houston’s regional organization connecting and strengthening the life science and biotechnology community.

Cost – Format

Membership varies – In-person + online

• Advocacy
• Life Sciences
• Policy

A statewide trade association that develops and advocates for the policies that keep Texas competitive in biomedical science, biotechnology and medical device innovation.

Cost – Format

Membership – In Person / Statewide

• Community
• Life Science
• Network

San Antonio’s member-driven hub connecting the region’s healthcare and bioscience industry. BioMedSA is a non-profit, member-driven organization that acts as the central coordinating hub for San Antonio’s healthcare and bioscience ecosystem. By facilitating high-impact collaborations between startups, academia, and military medical research, BioMedSA streamlines the commercialization of biomedical technologies.

Cost – Format

Membership fees – In-person + online

• Executive Network
• Healthcare
• Leadership

A premier, C-suite-restricted membership association for hospitals, health systems and payers that serves as the strategic coordinating body for Central Texas’s $5.2 billion healthcare economy.

Cost – Format

Membership – In Person

• Business Growth
• Economic Development

Opportunity Austin, operating as the Greater Austin Economic Development Corporation, is the region’s economic development partnership dedicated to fostering job-creating investment and business growth across the five-county Greater Austin metro area.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Healthcare Innovation
• Houston

Located inside the world’s largest medical city, TMC Innovation is a global life science hub and accelerator that forms, recruits, and funds healthcare startups. Operating out of the massive TMC Innovation Factory, it provides early-stage founders with specialized prototyping spaces (including the Medical Device and Therapeutics Labs), targeted program pathways like the Healthtech Accelerator, and access to a $75M venture fund. By systematically aligning startups with clinical champions across the Texas Medical Center’s 60+ member hospitals, TMC Innovation streamlines the transition of medical devices, digital health software, and oncology therapeutics from the laboratory bench to active clinical deployment.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Entrepreneurship
• Startup
• Venture Capital

Capital Factory is a Texas venture capital firm and startup hub with locations in Austin, San Antonio and Dallas, described as a “primary connecting hub for technology and frontier innovation in Texas.” Its model combines investment, mentorship, community programming, events and access to corporate and government partners, giving founders a practical way to enter and navigate Texas’s innovation ecosystem.

Cost – Format

Free (community access); investment terms vary – Hybrid

• Education
• Healthcare Innovation

The UT Austin McCombs HIHIT program is an intensive workforce accelerator that trains professionals and students in clinical data systems and health analytics. Through a 9-week live cohort or self-paced online tracks, participants gain hands-on expertise in EHR software, SQL database structuring, and Tableau visualization. The curriculum bridges the gap between medicine and data science, preparing graduates to solve health system interoperability challenges and qualify for four professional Health IT certifications.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Biotechnology
• Labs
• Wet Lab

The ACC Bioscience Incubator is a 10,000-square-foot wet-lab facility at Austin Community College providing affordable lab space for early-stage life science companies.

Cost – Format

Contact Provider – Hybrid

• Incubator
• Labs
• Life Sciences

Alamo BioCenter is a biotechnology incubator in San Antonio providing shared wet-lab space and professional support for researchers and startups.

Cost – Format

Contact Provider (flexible membership) – Hybrid

• Founder Community
• Health Tech
• Innovation

Whether you’re a founder, clinician, developer or investor, Austin Medtech Connect is your gateway to a thriving community, where innovation meets collaboration.

Cost – Format

Varies by event – Hybrid

• Business Viability
• Commercialization
• Market Entry

A practical readiness framework for health tech, medtech and life sciences companies evaluating U.S. expansion through Texas. Identify gaps in market strategy, business model, evidence, reimbursement and adoption before committing significant time and capital.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Compliance
• Cybersecurity
• HIPAA

CEBA is Cyber Trust Alliance’s compliance and risk-assessment platform for HIPAA Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rule compliance.

Cost – Format

Starting at $79/month (self-assessment tier) – Online

• Compliance
• Legal

Husch Blackwell LLP is a premier national law firm that delivers sophisticated litigation, corporate, and regulatory legal services structured entirely around specialized industry lines. By organizing its legal talent into distinct commercial sectors—such as healthcare, life sciences, energy, and advanced manufacturing—the firm ensures its attorneys possess deep domain expertise alongside technical legal acumen. For high-growth startups and mature enterprises navigating complex market entries, Husch Blackwell provides the critical intellectual property protection, corporate governance, and federal regulatory compliance needed to scale safely inside heavily monitored commercial ecosystems.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Compliance
• Cybersecurity

Cyber Trust Alliance is a dedicated data compliance and risk management firm that provides affordable, achievable security solutions tailored for the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Driven by its comprehensive CEBA platform, the firm automates and simplifies regulatory management for complex frameworks including HIPAA, NIST, and SOC 2. Through its specialized Virtual Telassessment methodology—which integrates annual risk audits, quarterly network vulnerability scans, and continuous simulated phishing assessments—Cyber Trust Alliance equips medical groups, hospitals, and vendor networks with the practical roadmaps and employee training needed to defend clinical data and simplify institutional compliance.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Board
• Governance
• PreTest

PreBoard is an AI-powered simulation backed by real-world healthcare experience that helps healthtech and medtech companies pressure-test their strategy before high-stakes conversations with hospital and health system leaders, boards and other decision-makers.

Cost – Format

Contact Provider – Online

• Market Entry
• Readiness

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, US Trade Consult is a leading international market entry and business development consulting firm that helps foreign startups, SMEs, and global enterprises scale operations in the United States. Moving beyond basic administrative setup, the firm utilizes its vast private and public networks to focus heavily on operational revenue growth through structured sales deployment, customer acquisition, local site selection, and direct access to institutional capital. By leveraging over 20 years of international trade experience and specialized sector expertise, US Trade Consult effectively minimizes expansion risks and fast-tracks U.S. commercial market viability for global innovators.

Cost – Format

Free – In-Person/On-Demand

• Commercialization
• Market Entry
• Strategy

Based in Austin, Green Room Technologies is a specialized consulting, marketing, and healthcare technology firm that helps life science and medtech innovators navigate the path from development to market entry. By providing expert guidance on branding, market research, clinical trial advisory, and systems interoperability, the firm assists companies in overcoming complex technical and regulatory hurdles. Deeply embedded in the Texas medical ecosystem, Green Room Technologies also actively sponsors regional initiatives to foster collaboration and showcase emerging technologies like healthcare-focused artificial intelligence.

Cost – Format

Free – In-Person/On-Demand

• Commercialization
• Research
• Texas

A practical guide to the Texas university and academic ecosystem for health tech, medtech and life sciences companies looking for research partners, commercialization support, clinical collaborators, pilots, talent and innovation connections.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Biomanufacturing
• Biotechnology
• Life Sciences

A practical guide to Texas universities, academic medical centers and workforce programs that can help life sciences and biotech companies find research collaborators, specialized facilities, pilot environments, validation opportunities, talent and biomanufacturing expertise.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Business
• Education
• U.S. Healthcare

The Business of American Healthcare is an on-demand UT Austin course exploring how the U.S. healthcare system works.

Cost – Format

$1,750/course – On Demand

• Commercialization
• Healthcare Buyers
• Market Entry

An introduction to the structure and realities of the U.S. healthcare marketplace for global health innovators. Understand why the opportunity is so large, why the market is so fragmented, who the major players are, and how payment, purchasing and regional differences shape commercialization.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Healthcare Innovation
• Market Entry
• Texas Ecosystem

A practical guide to why Texas is a strong starting point for international health technology, medtech and life sciences companies entering the U.S. market. Explore the distinct strengths of Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and how they can support different stages of market entry.

Cost – Format

Free – Online

• Compliance
• Cybersecurity

Cyber Trust Alliance is a cybersecurity compliance management firm (“Compliance Simplified”) helping organizations manage regulatory adherence and cybersecurity risk.

Cost – Format

Contact Provider – Hybrid

• Business Development
• International Expansion
• Market Entry

US Trade Consult is an Austin-based market-entry and business-development consultancy helping international companies enter, expand and grow in the U.S. through strategy, sales, capital access and strategic connections.

Cost – Format

Contact provider – Hybrid

• Compliance
• Healthcare
• Legal

Husch Blackwell is a national Am Law 100 law firm providing industry-aligned legal and regulatory counsel for healthcare, life sciences and technology companies.

Cost – Format

Contact provider – Hybrid

• Engineering
• Medical Device
• Product Development

Hydrix is an ISO 13485-certified product development and engineering consultancy specializing in Class II and Class III medical devices, diagnostics and connected health technologies, supporting companies from concept through manufacture-ready design.

Cost – Format

Contact provider – Hybrid

• Compliance
• FDA
• Regulatory

Founded in 1988, Obelis Group is an ISO-certified global regulatory consultancy and official Authorized Representative (EC REP / UKRP) for life sciences, medical devices, cosmetics, and consumer products. Serving over 7,000 manufacturers worldwide, Obelis enables smooth international market access by providing local representation, technical documentation reviews, EUDAMED registration, and compliance guidance across EU MDR/IVDR, UK, and GPSR frameworks.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Clinical
• Regulatory
• Reimbursement

RQM+ is a global MedTech service provider offering end-to-end regulatory, quality, and clinical trial CRO solutions.

Cost – Format

Contact provider – Hybrid

• Branding
• Marketing
• Websites

Based in the Austin, Texas area, input[idea] is a strategic technology and web development firm that designs, builds, hosts, and manages custom websites and software for growth-focused businesses. By combining modern web architecture, secure hosting, tailored technology, and touchpoint optimization, the firm creates reliable digital systems built to drive engagement and growth.

Cost – Format

Free – Hybrid

• Commercialization
• Market Entry
• Strategy

Green Room Technologies is an Austin-based but globally serving health tech commercialization firm combining strategy, strategic connections and creative execution to help innovators enter markets and accelerate adoption.

Cost – Format

Contact provider – Hybrid