Top Texas Social Impact Startups (44)

Founded in 2015, ReUp Education is the only organization that focuses exclusively on helping colleges and universities engage and re-enroll the more than 40 million US residents who have "stopped out" and support them until graduation, through our technology-enabled service. Today we build regional marketplaces to connect the supply of educational opportunities with the demand for skilled and credentialed workforce...

inKind's mission is to support the success of independent restaurants and hospitality groups by providing funding and enriching customers' dining experiences with the inKind platform. At inKind, we believe restaurants are integral parts of our communities, and recognize the economic realities of being a successful operator. To better support hospitality ventures, we created a unique funding model that focuses on...

We empower districts with accredited middle and high school original credit, credit recovery, and multilingual courses that meet the needs of today’s learners and educators. Our platform was built from the ground up based on extensive feedback from educators and team members who understand firsthand the challenges of teaching today's digital-native students. Teachers told us they needed better ways to...

Social Factor is the human layer of your digital customer experience, supporting world-leading brands with the platforms, processes and people they need for success. What We Do. Every great digital customer experience starts with a human connection. Social Factor brings the Sprinklr-certified people, the real world-tested process, and the platform expertise every enterprise needs to create incredible customer experiences. ...

Topl is an ESG technology company that is building a blockchain ecosystem to prove a business’ ethical and sustainable business practices.

We’re in a global housing crisis — about 1.8 billion people live without adequate housing. And building houses simply isn't addressing the problem. At New Story, we're on a mission to change this story by building an inclusive housing market by bringing market-based solutions to those who need them most. Our strategy focuses on making land accessible for families in Latin...

Aspire Food Group is a global food-tech company based in Austin, Texas. We address food security and food sustainability by developing pioneering technology to commercialize the cleanest and most ethical source of animal protein in the world: insects. We are global industry leaders in the edible insect movement.

Mighty Citizen transforms mission-driven organizations through branding, marketing, and digital communications. We marry data with human-centered design to craft brands, build websites, and launch marketing campaigns that improve the world.

Enterprise SaaS for Social Impact & Sustainability Performance

Each of our three locations offer private offices, dedicated desks, coworking spaces, meeting rooms, event space, and virtual offices.

SmarterX helps companies know more about consumer products to make, market and move them better. Our customers are the places you shop everyday like Costco and Albertsons, as well as brands like Lysol, Miracle-Gro and Colgate. They use our product intelligence to identify how to best handle regulated consumer products across the supply chain to remain compliant, avoid fines and...

The Women's Resource helps women and girls make choices towards becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We are one of the leading providers of free financial education in the Houston area and the only with a focus on women and girls. We offer free and unbiased personal finance classes to low income women and girls through our partnerships with social service...

Matr Boomie is an ethical gift shop featuring collections of fair trade, sustainably-made, handcrafted artisan treasures. The collections blend the traditional artforms of India with a timeless and modern design aesthetic.

WiNGS mission is to empower women, fight poverty and impact generations. We serve women in crisis or at critical life crossroads delivering programs in the areas of financial education/capability and work skills support, pregnancy and parenting education, and small business development Each program has its own goals, with outcomes designed to help women make measurable changes in their lives on...

Pecan Street is focused on advancing research and accelerating innovation in water and energy. We provide utilities, technology companies and university researchers access to the world’s best data on consumer energy and water consumption behavior, testing and verification of technology solutions, and commercialization services.

Day Dreamer is a mobile application and social community that helps creatives (musicians, artists, etc.) find the perfect collaborator. No longer are the days when you'll need to scour through creative Craigslist in hopes of making your creative dream a reality. We're changing how artists connect, collaborate, and succeed to better our communities.

AIQUEOUS is a software-as-a-service company for energy and water utilities addressing the challenges of climate change. Our products deliver end-to-end experiences for customer services, programs and relationship management, and integrate with existing enterprise utility systems. Built on the industry-leading platforms Salesforce and Microsoft Azure, we provide scalable, secure and simple utility customer, contractor and staff experiences to reduce carbon emissions,...

Humanity has lost touch with nature - we’ve traded dirt and trees for asphalt, and we rely on loud, polluting, gas-powered machines to care for our limited natural spaces. At Scythe, we’re reinventing how we care for the outdoor world by building intelligent, all-electric machines that unlock a new superpower: the ability to care for the outdoors pollution-free at enormous scale....

Our Mission: CHILDREN AT RISK serves as a catalyst for change to improve the quality of life for children through strategic research, public policy analysis, education, collaboration and advocacy. How We Are Different: CHILDREN AT RISK is the only nonprofit organization that is focused solely on the well-being of the whole child, tracks those indicators through its publication Growing Up in...

Upswing helps more students earn a college degree by providing support to students through a virtual assistant that answers any questions about the college experience and connects students with their college tutors, advisors, and coaches. In 5 years, we've partnered with over 100 institutions and have prevented more than 20,000 student dropouts.