We’re approaching the end of March already, and the Houston Inno Madness bracket has been whittled down to two finalists.
Cast your votes here to decide the winner of this year’s competition. Voting ends March 27 at 11:59 p.m. American City Business Journal voting rules are in effect for this competition.
For the championship round, food delivery service UrbanGoodzDelivery and property tech app BlockX are facing off. BlockX overcame renewable energy startup CES Renewables in the third round with over 87% of the vote, while UrbanGoodz narrowly clinched it with 53% of the vote against project management platform provider ProjectUS.
UrbanGoodz’s path to the final saw wins over biotech startup Cellvie in Round 1 and engineering tech company BlackPearl Technology in Round 2. Meanwhile, BlockX made it past blockchain startup Topl in the first round before beating education artificial intelligence startup Upbrainery in the second round.
According to information the two companies submitted in their nominations, BlockX has been bootstrapped, while UrbanGoodz has received $100,000 in funding.
Inno Madness is designed to generate awareness and excitement for the city’s startup ecosystem and those who are driving it forward. This year, we had 16 companies submitted from Houston Inno readers and from the Inno editorial team. This year’s contestants represented a variety of industries and the many ways Houston founders have gotten their starts.
