“Do you know what my favorite renewable fuel is? An ecosystem for innovation.” – Thomas Friedman

BBL Ventures is excited to launch BBL Labs, an energy tech accelerator program in partnership with Station Houston. We will discuss the programming and initial tracks as well as demo one of its first startups - a fully autonomous drone navigation technology.

Join us for this event where business leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs will explore the opportunities presented by BBL Labs and Station Houston and insights on how these initiatives can help them to solve real-life industry problems.

Who Should Attend:

• Energy executives, corporate innovation and venture groups

• Startups targeting the energy and natural resource industry

• Investor community

• Potential technology partners

• Other startup ecosystem stakeholders

What You’ll Learn:

• BBL Ventures’ mission

• Why Houston needs an energy tech accelerator

• BBL Labs programming and how you can participate

• See a demo of the first fully autonomous drone navigation technology

Agenda

6:00 – 6:30pm Opening mingle

6:30 – 6:45pm Intros BBL Ventures + BBL Labs

6:45 – 7:00pm Station Houston and HX commentary

7:00 – 7:15pm ExxonMobil and Shell commentary

7:15 – 8:00pm Fully Autonomous Indoor Drone Navigation Demo

8:00 – 9:00pm Closing mingle & cocktails

About BBL Ventures:

BBL Ventures is a venture capital fund designed to address the unique needs of early-stage startups in the energy industry. They provide support and deep industry expertise across the product development, strategy, business model, and financing stages. BBL Venture’s new energy accelerator, BBL Labs, will enable the growth of strong startups that will be key solution providers to some of the energy sector’s hardest problems — and a great addition to growing Houston’s startup ecosystem.

About Station Houston:

Station Houston's vision is to transform Houston into a world-leading hub for technology innovation and entrepreneurship. This vision unfolds as a vibrant community where people live, work and play, with Station serving as the connective tissue fostering our culture of innovation. Station launched in March 2016 and now serves over 200 startups, 400 members, 130 mentors, and dozens of high-impact strategic partnerships with corporations and service providers that represent the key industries serving the Houston economy.

About NTR Lab:

NTR Lab is a robotics company with more than 16 years of software and hardware development. NTR Lab’s vision is to build a platform for developing fully autonomous robotics applications for the energy industry including drones, crawlers, and other moving machines without GPS and radio control in complex magnetic environments and in total darkness.