“This well deserved accolade for our community reflects the great progress made in the ten years that the Houston Technology Center has been fostering entrepreneurship,” said Walter Ulrich, president & CEO, Houston Technology Center.  “This is a true testament to the work being done by the HTC and its partner organizations: The Greater Houston Partnership, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, BioHouston and the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas. This also speaks to the terrific advances that are coming out of the regions Universities and Research Institutions.”

Ulrich goes on to say, “the spirit of the wildcatter lives, only now we are wildcatting in new technologies and breakthrough advances in healthcare, energy and more.”

This ranking follows several other prestigious rankings. Forbes.com has rated Houston among Top Ten Up-and-Coming Tech Cities and number one for the Best Cities to Buy a Home and in both credited the Houston Technology Center’s key role in those rankings.

About the Houston Technology Center

The Houston Technology Center (HTC) is a non-profit business accelerator that assists Houston-based emerging technology companies within several key sectors: Energy, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Nanotechnology and NASA/Aerospace technologies. HTC also serves as the Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization for the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, providing funding for small to mid-size companies to expedite the commercialization of new technologies. For more information, visit www.houstontech.org.