Greentown Labs Appoints Lawson Gow to Head of its Houston Incubator

Leader with extensive background in entrepreneurial support to helm Greentown Houston

HOUSTON and SOMERVILLE, Mass., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Greentown Labs, the world's largest climatetech and energy incubator, today announced Lawson Gow as its Head of Houston. In this role, Gow will champion the success of Greentown Houston's startups and lead Greentown's next chapter of impact in the region.

Gow's extensive track record of supporting entrepreneurs, building community, and scaling ventures will play a critical role in Greentown Houston's continued efforts to bolster the energy-innovation ecosystem. Gow will enhance the founder experience, cultivate strategic partnerships, and accelerate climatetech solutions that create more energy with fewer emissions—all while emphasizing the importance of industry-wide collaboration.

"We are thrilled to welcome Lawson to our leadership team," said Georgina Campbell Flatter, CEO of Greentown Labs. "Lawson has spent his career building community and championing entrepreneurs, and we look forward to him deepening Greentown's support of climate and energy startups as our Head of Houston."

"Lawson is the perfect fit for this role, given his deep understanding of entrepreneurship and his history of fostering growth in the Houston ecosystem," said Bobby Tudor, Greentown's Board Chair, CEO of Artemis Energy Partners, and Chairman of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative at the Greater Houston Partnership. "The rest of the board and I are delighted to have him take the helm at Greentown Houston."

Gow is the founder of The Cannon, an innovation-infrastructure provider that operates a growing network of innovation hubs for its community of startups, entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate innovators. Most recently, Gow served as Managing Partner at Helium Capital, an investment and advisory firm that aims to support founders across the entire lifecycle of entrepreneurship.

"I couldn't be more excited to join Greentown at this critical moment for the energy transition," said Gow. "Greentown has a fantastic track record of supporting entrepreneurs in Houston, Boston, and beyond, and I am eager to keep advancing our mission in the energy transition capital of the world."

Prior to founding The Cannon, Gow held positions across venture capital, advising, and strategy. Gow is a Houston native and received a bachelor's degree in business and health science from Rice University.

Gow will provide remarks at Greentown Houston's next Transition On Tap networking event on Aug. 21; register here.

About Greentown Labs
Greentown Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit accelerating climatetech innovation and commercialization by empowering entrepreneurs and enabling collaboration. As the largest climatetech and energy startup incubator in the world—with locations in Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas—Greentown convenes the climatetech ecosystem to provide entrepreneurs the community, connections, labs, and resources they need to thrive. Greentown is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 600 since its founding in 2011; these startups have collectively created more than 13,500 jobs and raised more than $9.6 billion in funding. For more information, visit www.greentownlabs.com or follow Greentown on LinkedIn.

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