Oil and Gas Startups Podcast

The Dot Com bubble led to many businesses failing, our guest today took his company through an important pivot during that time and it ended up selling for $4 billion a few years later. Charles Dauber has an interesting point of view, not only did he survive during the Dot Com bubble, but now he’s navigating the current tech bubble — we discuss the comparisons of the two. Charles Dauber, CEO of Wa...

As the Oil & Gas industry becomes more and more digital, we’re also becoming more and more vulnerable to cyber attacks.<br /> There have been many high profile attacks and data leaks in the consumer world over the past few years but there hasn’t been enough attention on cybersecurity in the industry. Ted Gutierrez, Co-founder and CEO, of SecurityGate schools us on cybersecurity in energy...

Cottonwood Venture Partners is an investment firm partnering with technology companies that provide digital solutions for the energy industry. They have some impressive startups in their portfolio. Companies like:1. Ambyint (Episode 22)2. Engage3. MineralSoft4. Well Data Labs (Episode 43)5. Tachyus (Episode 24)6. SitePro7. Novi Labs (Episode 75)8. Hitched Inc. (Episode 40)We had the Managing Partn...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Kelly Belcher, Director of Silicone Valley Bank, to hear about Kelly’s journey setting up their Energy Tech Division here in Houston. We met Kelly a while back and wanted to get him on to tell his story because SVB doesn’t operate like a traditional bank and they are one of the only banks that bank the “unbankable” aka startups. Join the conversation shapi...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Brian Gollehon, President and CEO of Accuscribe, to hear about Brians’s story as a directional driller and how Accuscribe is meshing hardware with software to help obtain the most accurate measurements as possible. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and sol...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Jim Shaw, President and COO of LandVantage. We dove into Jim’s experience dealing with Land Admin at Chesapeake and how he was able to leverage that experience into building some pretty cool tech. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world prob...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Armand Paradis, CEO, and Jeremy Gottlieb, CFO of Inside Petroleum. They are disrupting a space dominated by legacy players — if you are an engineer or finance guy, you are going to love this episode. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world p...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Brock Meyer, Founder of Wise Rock. If you have been laid off recently, this is a great and really inspiring  episode. Brock worked at Hess for seven years and one day was sent home with no explanation. He then had to downsize his lifestyle and went into a couple other jobs — which ultimately led to him starting Wise Rock. Join the conversation shaping the...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Jon Ludwig, President at Novi Labs, who is actually a previous guest! Jon joined us again to talk about how they have pivoted to adapt to the new environment of the industry. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No nois...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Eléonore Cluzel of gener8tor. Eléonore is the Director of gBETA Houston. gBeta is a free, seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots. Each program is capped at five teams, and requires no fees and no equity. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share i...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Don Herman and William Gough of Cordax. We talked about how they’re disrupting the open hole logging space with their logging while tripping technology. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Ted Kernan, Founder and CEO at SubsurfaceIO. We discuss SubsurfaceIO, which is a cloud-native geologic software and data management tool. We also talk about Ted’s background and dive into his thought process when having to pivot his company (a few times). Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas profe...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with David Forsberg, Managing Partner at Ascent Energy Ventures. We dove into his 15 years of experience deploying capital into investments and how he’s looking to leverage that experience to invest in oil & gas tech startups. We haven’t had too many Venture Capitalist on the show lately, so this was pretty refreshing and a lot of fun. Join the conversation...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Fred Enochs, Co-founder and CEO of Enertel, and Jonathan Henderson, Chief Analytics Officer. We dive into how Fred’s CIA background and Jon’s Finance background helped them craft some really cool tech. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Luke Glass, CEO of RealX Ventures. We dove into the interesting story about how he and his cofounder met and how he parlayed his experience from the real estate industry into RealX. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together....

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Ugwem Eneyo, Co-founder and CEO of Shyft Power Solutions. We discuss how they are building technology that will enable the transition to decentralized, democratized and digitized energy landscape. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world prob...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Ryan Sitton, Texas Railroad Commissioner. We dive deep into how he is an entrepreneur turned politician who is making a transition back to the private sector. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Jus...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with David Moore, President, and CEO of Deep Imaging Technologies Inc., to discuss his journey and how their real-time fluid tracking technology is changing the game for operators. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noi...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Mark McClure, CEO of ResFrac Corporation, to discuss how he got started as CEO. They dive into Mark’s background and of course talk fracking. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just the discussions...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Mark Bahorich, founder of Q Engineering, and Allen Gilmer, the founder of Enverus (formerly DrillingInfo), to discuss Enverus’ acquisition of Q Engineering. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluff. Just...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with J.D Smith, CEO of EnCore Permian, to talk about how they acquire leasehold and mineral interests throughout the Midland and Delaware basins focusing on the Wolfcamp Shale. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise....

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Justin Love, CEO at Blackbuck Resources , to discuss his background and how he started his company. Blackbuck Resources designs, builds and operates water infrastructure and provides water-related services to the oil and gas industry. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, sha...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Chris Bentley, President and CEO of Bellatorum Resources, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, how he started Bellatorum, and how they provide land and royalty acquisitions to the industry.   Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world proble...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Vicki Knott, founder of Crux OCM, to discuss how they are using automation in control rooms which increases safety, efficiency, and volumetric throughput up to 10%. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights, and solve real-world problems together. No noise. No fluf...

In this episode, Collin and Jake sit with Mike Fry, founder of Deepwater Subsea. We discuss unconventional marketing, the entrepreneurial journey, and how Deepwater Subsea specializes in subsea operational support, compliance verification, and real-time monitoring. Join the conversation shaping the future of energy. Collide is the community where oil & gas professionals connect, share insights...