Date | Title | Description |
14.12.2024 | Hyro: Healthcare-Focused Voice And Chat AI Company Raises Funding (Series B Extension) | Hyro, a leader in voice and chat artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare, announced that it had finalized an extension to its Series B funding round led by Healthier Capital, joining previous investors, including Macquarie Capital, Libe... |
12.12.2024 | Hyro's Funding Surge: A Leap into the Future of Healthcare AI | In the bustling streets of New York City, a quiet revolution is brewing. Hyro, a trailblazer in voice and chat artificial intelligence for healthcare, has secured a significant boost in funding. The company recently announced an extension o... |
12.12.2024 | The Future of Healthcare: AI Innovations Reshape Patient Care | The healthcare landscape is evolving. Two companies, Maria Saúde and Hyro, are at the forefront of this transformation. They harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance patient care and streamline operations. This article e... |
10.12.2024 | Hyro secures Series B extension for GPT-enabled conversational AI tool | Photo: miniseries/Getty Images
GPT-enabled conversational AI provider Hyro announced it finalized an extension of its Series B funding round. The company told MobiHealthNews that the total Series B funding equates to $35 million, bringing t... |
10.12.2024 | Hyro Receives Series B Extension Funding Led by Healthier Capital | Rom Cohen, CIO & Co-Founder and Israel Krush, CEO & Co-Founder (Photo: Hyro)
Hyro, a NYC-based company which specializes in voice and chat artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare, received an undisclosed amount in Series B exten... |
10.12.2024 | Hyro Secures $50M to Expand its AI-Powered Healthcare Communication Platform | What You Should Know:
– Hyro, the leader in voice and chat artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare, today announced that it has finalized an extension to their Series B funding round led by Healthier Capital, joining previous investors ... |
03.08.2024 | Outpace Bio: A New Dawn in Cancer Treatment with AI-Powered Cell Therapies | In the realm of cancer treatment, innovation is the lifeblood. Outpace Bio is injecting fresh vigor into this field with its recent $144 million Series B financing. This funding, led by RA Capital Management, is a beacon of hope for patient... |
01.08.2024 | Outpace Bio Secures $144M for AI-Powered Cell Therapy Platform | What You Should Know:
– Outpace Bio, a pioneering cell therapy company raises $144M in oversubscribed Series B financing round led by RA Capital Management with participation from both new and existing investors, including Qatar Investment ... |
17.11.2023 | Meet Tara Bishop and Eileen Tanghal, the founders of Black Opal Ventures | The fund focuses on the collision of healthcare and technology
Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed! While there are more startups than ever, ... |
02.06.2023 | Hyro Raises $20M for Conversational AI Assistant Used by Intermountain, Novant & More | Health-focused AI companies are continuing to generate venture capital funding as the healthcare industry works to automate its myriad of time-consuming administrative processes. This week, Hyro — a New York-based startup that is building a... |
31.05.2023 | Hyro Secures $20M to Expand Generative/Conversational AI Platform | Hyro Co-Founders Rom Cohen & Israel Krush
What You Should Know:
Hyro, the leader in plug-and-play conversational artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has finalized a $20 million Series B funding round led by Macquarie C... |
09.11.2022 | Houston founder grows B2B SaaS platform that's supporting the neurodiverse workforce | Much of the workforce — and humanity in general – is neurodiverse, and the business world doesn't factor in cognitive differences into the workplace like it should in order to support employees of all learning abilities.
Betsy Furler wanted... |
26.10.2022 | Here's which of the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring | After scouring Houston for the best of the Houston innovation ecosystem and evaluating dozens of companies, InnovationMap and Houston Exponential have announced the finalists that will be honored at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards. But w... |
24.10.2022 | Early-stage startup accelerator names latest Houston cohort | The sixth Houston cohort for global startup accelerator and investor gener8tor's gBETA program is underway, and five Houston early-stage companies have joined the program.
The no-equity program, which is based out of the Downtown Launchpad,... |
20.10.2022 | 6 startups join Houston sports tech program | A Houston-based organization focused on advancing sports tech startups has named its latest cohort.
Pokatok Labs announced the addition of six companies to its portfolio as the program — focused on seed and series A startups across health t... |
05.10.2022 | Houston robotics company secures multi-million-dollar government contract | Webster-based Nauticus Robotics Inc., a newly minted public company, continues to make waves with government contracts.
Nauticus says it has been awarded a second multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit, part of t... |
05.10.2022 | VC roundup: Here's what Houston startups raised funds last quarter | Houston startups are keeping pace when it comes to venture capital raised this year. In this roundup of funding closed in the second quarter, Houston businesses across sectors and industries close significant rounds from seed to series C.
E... |
04.10.2022 | Expert: Building Hispanic wealth means investing in Houston | Every year at this time ― Hispanic Heritage Month ― we collectively celebrate the economic, cultural, and social contributions of the Hispanic-Latino community to our nation. We honor the work of past generations which have allowed children... |
04.10.2022 | Houston's biggest benefactors gift massive $50M to pivotal Rice University institute | Houston’s most generous couple has once again gifted a massive sum to a local institution. Rich and Nancy Kinder’s Kinder Foundation has donated $50 million to Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the organization announce... |
03.10.2022 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to software — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Asma Mirza, founder and C... |
03.10.2022 | Houston organization launches new fellowship to support the future of space health | A space health-focused organization has announced a new fellowship opportunity for scientists.
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health, or TRISH, housed out of Baylor College of Medicine has announced — along with partners Cal... |
03.10.2022 | Houston-based language processing co. lands latest partnership with UC Irvine | Melax Tech Partners, a leader in natural language technology processing, announced a new partnership with the University of California at Irvine that will help researchers derive insights from the UCI Health Data Science Platform’s electron... |
30.09.2022 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for October | Houston's busy business event season is in full swing, and there are ton of local innovation and entrepreneurship-focused programming across the city. Here's a rundown of what all to throw on your calendar for October when it comes to innov... |
30.09.2022 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, a biomaterials startup raising funding, q... |
29.09.2022 | Why the banking biz is ripe for innovation, according to this Houston founder | After our doctor and our child’s school, a bank is an institution with which we share the relationship that is most personal and vital to our well-being in this world. Some might put a good vet third, but other than that, no private entity ... |
28.09.2022 | How a Houston med device startup pivoted to impact global health and diagnostics | In the span of a couple years, a Houston startup went from innovating a way for patients with degenerative eye diseases to see better to creating a portable and affordable breath-based diagnostics tool worthy of a prestigious grant from the... |
28.09.2022 | Houston named best city in Texas and No. 11 in U.S. in prestigious report | At least according to one new report, Houston is not only the Energy Capital of the World but also the livability capital of Texas.
A new study from Best Cities, powered by Resonance Consultancy, puts Houston at No. 11 among the best cities... |
27.09.2022 | Houston-based biomaterials company raises $1.1M to grow team, build new HQ | A Houston company that has created a plant-based material that can replace unsustainable conventional leathers and plastics has announced the close of its oversubscribed seed funding round.
BUCHA BIO announced it's raised $1.1 million in se... |
27.09.2022 | Oxford medtech Optellum gets $14 million shot to accelerate early detection of lung cancer | Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Approximately 150,000 people in the U.S. and 1.8 million people worldwide die from lung cancer each year. There is a critical need for diagno... |
27.09.2022 | Health tech startup with Houston HQ raises $14M series A | A Oxford-based health tech startup that has its United States headquarters in Houston has announced the close of its series A round of funding.
Optellum, which has created a breakthrough AI platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung ca... |
27.09.2022 | Optellum Raises $14M for AI-Enabled Lung Cancer Diagnosis | What You Should Know:
Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the world. Approximately 150,000 people in the United States and 1.8 million people worldwide die from lung cancer each year. The ... |
27.09.2022 | Houston expert: How employee groups help Hispanic professionals win in corporate America | Making a name for yourself in corporate America is no easy task. It is especially hard if you are the first generation in your family to attend college in this country and the first to take a stab at climbing the corporate ladder. The secre... |
26.09.2022 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from photonics to robotics — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Brad Burke, managing direct... |
23.09.2022 | New program launches in Houston to educate health care leaders | Two Houston institutions have teamed up to create a health care leadership program to prepare the next generation of life science executives.
Rice Business and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have launched the Executive Le... |
23.09.2022 | Houston startup snags prestigious grant from global health leader | A female-founded biotech startup has announced that it has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Steradian Technologies has developed a breath-based collection device that can be used with diagnostic testing systems... |
22.09.2022 | Texas A&M receives $10M to create cybersecurity research program | Texas A&M University has launched an institute for research and education regarding cybersecurity.
The Texas A&M Global Cyber Research Institute is a collaboration between the university and a Texas A&M University System enginee... |
22.09.2022 | Ion names latest partner, Houston startup raises more funding, and more local innovation news | As Houston ramps up for fall, the city's innovation news has followed suit, and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, Houston investors announce new deals in sp... |
22.09.2022 | Houston expert: 3 emotional intelligence tips for improving patient-practitioner experience | After spending hours with healthcare professionals as both a consultant and patient, I know that it takes a special kind of person to take care of others in their most distressing and vulnerable times. That responsibility has been in overdr... |
21.09.2022 | TMC unveils details of new bioport, Helix Park at annual Greater Houston Partnership event | Within the next five to 10 years, the Texas Medical Center you know today will be double the size. That's what Bill McKeon, president and CEO of the TMC, said at yesterday's State of the Texas Medical Center event hosted by the Greater Hous... |