Rose Rock Bridge

Last month, Rose Rock Bridge hosted a dynamic showcase, spotlighting 15 groundbreaking energy startups. With a full year of support, these innovators are set to transform the energy industry and pave the way for the next generation of successful entrepreneurs.?Stay tuned for more updates and join us in celebrating these trailblazing companies as they embark on their journey of growth and innovation.???

We are proud to partner with?PartnerTulsa?in driving business growth and expanding career opportunities across our community. Their unwavering commitment to economic progress makes them an indispensable asset to Tulsa’s development. We’re thrilled to share a recent feature on our Managing Director,?Kastle Jones, which highlights our collaborative efforts to enhance Tulsa's energy ecosystem.?

Our mission is twofold: catalyze innovation with real business outcomes for our energy partners and deliver high-quality, customer-validated deal flow to our VC partners. Earlier this month, we delivered on this mission with our first-ever Rose Rock Bridge Showcase! ?? We brought together Oklahoma’s largest energy companies—our RRB partners—and set the stage for our 15 brilliant startups to pitch to a room full of top strategic investors. The outcome was electric! 10 out of the 15 startups are receiving significant commercialization support—grant funding, R&D, pilot testing, business support services, and direct access to customers and investors. 4 of the 15 will join the Rose Rock Bridge studio full-time to scale their companies in the Tulsa region. This highlights the impact of RRB’s studio model and our commitment to advancing breakthrough technologies. The Showcase wasn’t just a milestone for our founders but also for our team, who pulled off this incredible feat in just our second year of operations. A huge thank you to our partners - Devon Energy, Helmerich & Payne, ONEOK, Williams, EIC Rose Rock, Tulsa Innovation Labs, PartnerTulsa, and VentureWell for their continued support! ? #energytech #investments #startups #venturecapital #roserockbridge Kastle Jones, Prutha Atre, Joanna Jeffries, David Clouse, Kyle Haustveit, Chris Miller, John Schwarck, CFA, MBA, Gregory Douglas, PE, Andrew Lackner, Jennifer Hankins, Michelle Barnett, Tricia Compas-Markman, Bill Robertson

Last week was the Rose Rock Bridge Showcase, and what a week it was! ?? Our 15 breakthrough startups took the stage to pitch our advisory board for the opportunity to unlock the next level of support from RRB. ? Over the past 6 weeks, these incredible founders have worked tirelessly with VentureWell mentors, conducted deep customer discovery, validated their financial models, and collaborated with fellow founders—all to perfect their pitches. We’re huge fans of our founders and the tech they’re building. Along with our advisory board, we’re thrilled to support them on their journeys. ? A big shoutout to our advisory board members and their extended teams for their time, insights, and unwavering support. Here’s to the future of energy innovation! ?? ? #StartupShowcase #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #RRBCohort2024 #TechForGood #FoundersJourney

We are excited to have our 15 startups and the VentureWell team here with us in Tulsa for the next few days! Special thanks to Garrison H. and Vicki Knott, P.Eng for joining us today and sharing your learnings on startup building and your RRB experience. Tomorrow is the day - the RRB Showcase day - where our startups will pitch to unlock RRB’s grant funding. Stay tuned!

Aquanta Vision's innovative app, NetxteN, is revolutionizing methane inspections by solving the interpretation problem with OGI cameras. This breakthrough technology, developed by the talented Marcus Martinez at Colorado State University, is already making a huge impact in the field. With successful testing at METEC and over 1400 real-world test runs completed, NetxteN is set to change the game for leak detection. Aquanta Vision has received funding from NREL and investments from Chevron Technology Ventures, Ecosphere Ventures, and Odyssey Energy Advisors. Founded in February 2023 by Babur Ozden, this 2-person startup is on the rise, currently participating in RRB Ascend and Chevron Studio Field Trial programs. Keep an eye out for the commercial release of NetxteN version 1, coming to you in just 4 months! #MethaneInspections #Innovation #rrbcohort2024 #roserockbridge

Exciting news! Our 2024 cohort has just wrapped up the virtual portion of our VentureWell Ascend program and are gearing up for the Rose Rock Bridge Showcase on August 8th. After 5 weeks of workshops and mentor sessions, our selected 15 startups are ready to pitch to our advisory board to unlock RRB's full suite of venture studio support. Next week, we will have the pleasure of hosting this talented group of technologists in Tulsa for the showcase. Stay tuned for updates on their pitches and join us in cheering them on as they take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey! #InnovateEnergy #RoseRockBridge #AcceleratorProgram #TulsaBound?

It's no secret that we, along with our partners, are passionate about geothermal technologies. We're thrilled to introduce another gem from our 2024 startup cohort: Geothermal Radar. This data and modeling platform empowers energy companies and investors with comprehensive techno-economic insights for geothermal projects, all from a single pin on a map. Geothermal Radar's platform seamlessly combines existing data and models with proprietary information, enabling fast and frictionless simulations for various geothermal engineering approaches (EGS, hydrothermal, closed loop). Vladimir Stroganov, the founder of Geothermal Radar, is revolutionizing investor decision-making for geothermal project development. We're excited to have him as part of the Rose Rock Bridge 2024 cohort. #Geothermal #Innovation #CleanEnergy #RRBCohort2024 #TechForGood #Sustainability

At Rose Rock Bridge, we've been fortunate to have Bill Robertson mentoring us as we develop our venture studio to accelerate entrepreneurship. This week, we expanded the scope of our discussions to explore collaboration pathways between Microsoft, Rose Rock Bridge, Tulsa Innovation Labs, and Black Tech Street to promote equity through entrepreneurship in the Tulsa region. We’re excited about leveraging these regional partnerships to foster the next generation of entrepreneurs. A special thank you to M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund and Microsoft for Startups teams for joining us and sharing their insights on startup support. Stay tuned for more exciting developments! #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #Equity #TechForGood #TulsaInnovation #Partnerships #Microsoft #RoseRockBridge

Secure, decarbonized, always-on power is making geothermal the hottest thing in energy today (pun intended)! Although still emerging, next-gen geothermal has significant starting advantages, including transferrable technology, supply chains, and workforces from the oil & gas sector, priming it for rapid scale. A true game-changer in this field is Thermofilic, an AI startup transforming geothermal exploration. With a proven ability to delineate geothermal sites with 75% to 90% accuracy, Thermofilic reduces the number of exploration wells needed, increasing project viability by over 30%. Led by Dr. Sebnem Duzgun, an expert in AI and energy systems, Thermofilic has earned praise in DOE GTO’s peer reviews for having enhanced the industry’s geothermal exploration capabilities. We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Sebnem Duzgun and her co-founder Gene Sobczak to RRB's 2024 cohort! #Geothermal #CleanEnergy #Innovation #RRBCohort2024