Texas Triangle RCCIC

Welcome to the Texas Triangle Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (RCIC).

The Texas Triangle Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (Texas Triangle RCIC) serves the entrepreneurial community by helping them apply for capital with the Emerging Technology Fund and connecting these applicants with local resources. They are committed to providing the best services for entrepreneurs to build their businesses into impactful and profitable companies of the future within the Texas Triangle region. The Texas Triangle RCIC partners with a Regional Advisory Committee, composed of technical and business experts, who provide due diligence for all applications. The Texas Triangle RCIC is governed by eleven regional board members and is hosted by Research Valley Partnership, Inc., the economic development organization of Research Valley. In 2005, the Texas legislature passed the under HB 1765, establishing an investment fund for technology-based start-up ventures. The objectives of the legislation were to foster research initiatives among the State’s institutions of higher learning and encourage the development of “next generation” innovative, competitive technology companies in the State of Texas. The Emerging Technology Fund has been renewed twice; most recently with $203.5 million for the next biennium to continue the commitment to advance Texas as an entrepreneurial state through investment in commercialization ventures and applied research.