
At a glance
Indexed programs
10
8 currently active
Top direct funding
Direct funding available
Equity
Mixed equity terms
Program mix
5
Innovation Program · Pitch Competition · Training Program
Programs to explore
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10 programs indexed
Pitch Competition
Entrepreneurship Center
Startups
Post a startupAlzheimer's Gamma Frequency Therapeutic Device
Texas A&M Ideas Challenge 2020 1st place (Julia Felder, Carmen Gaas).
Arrow Analytics
Aggie PITCH Spring 2025 1st place ($6,000).
Bat City Apparel
Startup Aggieland venture.
Battalion Threads
Startup Aggieland venture.
Dig World
Founded by Jacob Robinson '11; Aggie 100 honoree; featured at Entrepreneurship Summit 2025.
ElastaScan
Aggie PITCH 2024 1st place current students ($7,500).
Endpoint Security Inc
Aggie PITCH 2023 1st place former students ($7,500).
HeyEVA
Aggie PITCH Spring 2025 2nd place ($4,000) and People's Choice ($1,500).
IntuSense
Medical technology startup; Aggie PITCH Fall 2025 2nd place ($4,000).
SomaTech
Aggie PITCH Fall 2025 1st place ($6,000) and People's Choice winner.
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Known Startups and Winners
- SomaTech — Aggie PITCH Fall 2025 1st Place ($6,000); People's Choice
- IntuSense — Aggie PITCH Fall 2025 2nd Place ($4,000)
- Arrow Analytics — Aggie PITCH Spring 2025 1st Place ($6,000)
- HeyEVA — Aggie PITCH Spring 2025 2nd Place ($4,000); People's Choice ($1,500)
- ElastaScan — Aggie PITCH 2024 1st Place Current Students ($7,500)
- Endpoint Security Inc — Aggie PITCH 2023 1st Place Former Students ($7,500)
- Dig World — Founded by Jacob Robinson '11; Aggie 100 honoree; featured at Entrepreneurship Summit 2025
- Battalion Threads / Bat City Apparel — Startup Aggieland ventures
- Alzheimer's Gamma Frequency Therapeutic Device — Ideas Challenge 2020 1st Place (Julia Felder, Carmen Gaas)
More about this ecosystem
Ecosystem Overview
- Central hub: McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship (Office of the Provost since June 2025) — 30+ programs/year, 3,000+ students, $10M Artie McFerrin endowment
- Incubator: Startup Aggieland — Explore/Pursue/Launch phases, Startup Runway pre-accelerator, Business Incubator at Research Park
- Pitch competitions: Aggie PITCH (McFerrin Cup, ~$30K prizes, university-wide), Ideas Challenge (spring, formerly Raymond Ideas Challenge), MBA Venture Challenge
- Training: Blackstone LaunchPad (Koldus Building Suite 105, $3M Blackstone grant 2016), EBV (veterans with disabilities, free three-phase bootcamp)
- Alumni recognition: Aggie 100 (100 fastest-growing Aggie businesses since 2005)
- University-wide events: Texas A&M Entrepreneurship Summit (inaugural November 2025)
- Expansion: First AVP for Entrepreneurship recruiting; Mays CAEI launched 2026 as complementary business-school hub
- No dedicated student equity venture fund identified
News & articles
10 articles
News & articles

Texas A&M University
Aggie 100 Awards
Mays Business School news on the 19th annual Aggie 100, honoring the 100 fastest-growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses worldwide.
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Texas A&M University
MBA Venture Challenge
Mays Business School news on the MBA Venture Challenge, an annual competition pairing Full-Time MBA students with startup ventures for consulting and strategic analysis.
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Texas A&M University Office of the Provost
Texas A&M Entrepreneurship Summit
Provost office news on the inaugural Texas A&M Entrepreneurship Summit (November 11, 2025), hosted by McFerrin Center and Office of the Provost.
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Texas A&M University Office of the Provost
McFerrin Center Provost Elevation
Provost office news announcing the McFerrin Center's move from Mays Business School to the Office of the Provost as a university-wide entrepreneurship engine (June 2025).
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Texas A&M University
Aggie PITCH
Official McFerrin Center page for Aggie PITCH, the university-wide pitch competition awarding the McFerrin Cup and cash prizes to Aggie-led startups.
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Texas A&M University
Blackstone LaunchPad at Texas A&M
Mays Business School news on Blackstone LaunchPad grand opening at Koldus Building Suite 105, supported by $3M Blackstone Charitable Foundation grant (2016).
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Texas A&M University
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Official McFerrin Center page for the Reynolds & Reynolds Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV), a free three-phase program for post-9/11 veterans with service-connected disabilities.
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Texas A&M University
Texas A&M Ideas Challenge
Official McFerrin Center page for the Texas A&M Ideas Challenge (formerly Raymond Ideas Challenge), a spring semester idea pitch competition with tiered cash prizes.
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Texas A&M University
McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Official homepage for the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship, Texas A&M's central hub for entrepreneurship programming serving 3,000+ students through 30+ programs annually.
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Texas A&M University
Startup Aggieland
Texas A&M Stories article on Startup Aggieland's reimagined three-phase model (Explore/Pursue/Launch), Startup Runway pre-accelerator, and Business Incubator.
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