How Do You Fund a Deep Tech Startup Without Venture Capital? Ep 34

SCORE Houston Podcast: Subscribe/ Follow FREE: YouTube:    / @scorehouston   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3DTCZlN... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b4a. In this episode of the Go Houston Podcast, host PV Bala of SCORE Houston sits down with Dr. Bryton Praslicka, Founder & CEO of Fluxworks LLC — a Conroe, Texas deep tech startup manufacturing revolutionary magnetic gears that transmit power using magnets instead of metal teeth, with no lubrication, less noise, and far less maintenance. 🚀 What You'll Learn in This Episode: • How Dr. Praslicka turned his Texas A&M PhD research into a NASA-funded startup • How Fluxworks LLC won a $1.69 million Army SBIR contract while still in graduate school • Why magnetic gears are critical to NASA's Artemis moon mission and the International Space Station • How to fund a deep tech startup without venture capital using SBIR grants, SBA loans, and pitch competitions • What it takes to land contracts with NASA, the US Army, and the Department of Defense • Lessons learned from the Rice University Business Plan Competition • Why Dr. Praslicka turned down a $2 million investment offer • How Fluxworks LLC became profitable in 2023 and relocated to Houston, Texas 🏆 Guest Highlights: ✅ Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree ✅ 2026 SBA Houston District Innovation Award recipient ✅ Rice Business Plan Competition winner ✅ Supplier to NASA, US Army & Department of Defense ✅ Technology aboard the International Space Station Subscribe for more inspiring Houston small business success stories every week! 👍 Like | 💬 Comment | 🔔 Subscribe #HoustonStartup #deeptech #MagneticGears #nasa #sbir #sbaloans #spacetechnology #SCOREHouston #smallbusiness #Entrepreneur #Fluxworks #ArtemisMission #Forbes30Under30 #TexasStartup #NonDilutiveFunding #houstonbusiness #BrytonPraslicka