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| Nov 5, 2021 | 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, , and more.
3 Houston innovators to know... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Hardworking Houston suburb tops list of biggest boomtowns in Texas | The Houston suburb of Conroe has come a long way since Civil War veteran Isaac Conroe planted roots there in October 1881 with the purchase of a tract of land and the establishment of a sawmill.
Fast forward 140 years, and Conroe now reigns... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Nuro scores $600M, Houston e-commerce startup launches ESG tool, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Houston expert explains health care's inequity problem | We are currently in the midst of what some have called the "wild west" of AI. Though healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, the regulation of AI in this space is still in its infancy. The rules are being written ... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | University of Houston: 3 problems with the 'covidization' of science and research | It has been – and for a while, will be – everywhere. The words: COVID-19, coronavirus and pandemic. According to an article by Holly Else in Nature, "coined in April by Madhukar Pai, a tuberculosis researcher at McGill University in Mo... |
| Nov 2, 2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| Nov 1, 2021 | 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 clean energy — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Carolyn Rodz, CEO and... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 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 new partnership between The Ion and Ca... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston makes the grade as a top place to live after college, says new report | For many college students, it's tough to imagine life after college when they're cramming for exams and cranking out research papers. Yet the time does come when they'll venture into the "real world" with their degrees.
Before gra... |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Houston expert: Prime times for cyber-attacks and how to stay protected | October is cybersecurity awareness month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Be mindful of timing
Cyber actors target certain t... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Houston university's MBA program claims coveted top spot of annual ranking | Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business has raked in yet another top spot on an annual list of top MBA programs.
A new ranking from Poets & Quants, which covers news about business schools, puts Rice at No. 3 among the world... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Greentown Labs hires former Houston sustainability exec | The country's largest climatetech startup incubator has made a strategic new hire.
Lara Cottingham is the new chief of staff for Greentown Labs, a Boston-area company that opened in Houston earlier this year. Cottingham previously served as... |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Renewables are Houston's next chapter, says this expert | Houston has long been known as an innovative city — from medicine to technology to creative cuisines (see Viet-Cajun). I am always proud to see how cultures, education, and change come together to build the fabric of our city. As we look fo... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Texas billionaire and family reign as the world’s richest clan | It's hardly a surprise that America's Walton family, including Fort Worth billionaire Alice Walton, remains the world's richest family. What's truly stunning is how much their wealth has grown in the past year — by more than $23 billion.
In... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Houston rise in the ranks of the top emerging ecosystems in the world | If you need evidence that Houston's startup ecosystem is flourishing, look no further than a new report from Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network.
This year's Global Startup Ecosystem Report, released September 22, places ... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Houston female-founded startup takes on national expansion | Houston-based Work & Mother Services LLC is embarking on a nationwide expansion of its network of lactation suites.
Work & Mother already operates two locations in downtown Houston (The Jones on Main and Three Allen Center) and is p... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Rice University rises with massive $100M gift for innovative new student center | Rice University's Owls are soaring of late, with the school just being named the top in Texas and No. 7 in the U.S. Now, the institution known as the "Ivy League of the South" is the recipient of a mammoth gift aimed at a game-cha... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | City launches public dashboard for tracking COVID-19 in Houston's wastewater | In 2020, a group of researchers began testing Houston's wastewater to collect data to help identify trends at the community level. Now, the team's work has been rounded up to use as an online resource.
The Houston Health Department and Rice... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 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 new hires at Houston startups, photos from the InnovationMap... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Overheard: Experts share how Houston can lead commercial space exploration | Is the Space City poised to continue its reign as an innovative hub for space exploration? All signs point to yes, according to a group of experts.
The Greater Houston Partnership hosted its annual State of Space this week. The virtual even... |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Houston expert: Texas energy customers deserve transparency | As Texas continues to grapple with fallout from Winter Storm Uri and state regulators determine the next steps forward to strengthen the electricity grid, protecting consumers and providing transparency regarding their energy bills must be ... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Houston startup with AI-optimized surgical scheduling technology is ready to scale | With so many moving parts in the health care industry, Pamela Singh says patients can go through all the pre-operation steps up to literally arriving to the hospital, only to find out their surgery has been canceled due to an admin error.
S... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | Photos: InnovationMap shares scenes from its inaugural awards celebration | Last week, the inaugural InnovationMap Awards presented by Techwave honored 28 companies across eight categories.
The hybrid event, which took place on September 8, was hosted at The Cannon West Houston as well as streamed online. The in-pe... |
| Sep 13, 2021 | University of Houston prescribes homeless relief with new free clinic | Houston is no stranger to the plague of homelessness and now, a major university has a prescription for some relief.
The University of Houston College of Nursing will open its new Nursing Health Clinic in Midtown on September 13, the school... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Editor's note: Celebrating 100 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast and the InnovationMap Awards | Editor's note: It's been a big week for InnovationMap. Not only did we celebrate our inaugural awards program on Wednesday, September 8, but, coincidentally, this week marked the 100th episode of the Houston Innovators Podcast.
The podcast,... |
| Sep 10, 2021 | 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 overwhelmingly included coverage of the inaigural InnovationMap Award... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Watch the InnovationMap Awards livestream honoring Houston tech and innovation | Who are Houston's rising stars across energy transition, sports tech, health, and more? Watch the livestream to find out. Click play on the video above, or join the conversation on YouTube by clicking here.
We are also honoring our 2021 Tra... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Rice University named one of the greatest schools in U.S. in prestigious new report | Just mere weeks after being named the No. 7 university in the nation, a local hall of higher learning has just landed on yet another prestigious list.
Rice University has scored high marks in the Princeton Review's annual survey on the nati... |
| Sep 7, 2021 | GSV Announces $750K Partner Preferred Investment in HLA Data Systems | |
| Sep 2, 2021 | University of Houston: Tips for balancing faculty and founder life | Finding balance in your professional life and your dreams can be hard for anyone. Faculty in academia, hoping to become entrepreneur and start their own companies, find this especially difficult. Finding this balance is essential to having ... |
| Sep 2, 2021 | New Houston-based app tips the scales in favor of musicians and fans | Like so many business owners, Jeff James' inspiration for his innovative new music app PickleJar, came out of sheer necessity. Sitting in a bar in the buzzy Broadway district in Nashville, Tennessee, James, a serial entrepreneur, realized t... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Houston artificial intelligence startup raises $6M in seed funding | A computer science professor at Rice University has raised seed funding last month in order to grow his company that's focused on democratizing artificial intelligence tools.
ThirdAI, founded by Anshumali Shrivastava in April, raised $6 mil... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in September | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of in-person and online innovation events, including the inaugural InnovationMap Awards, and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to mi... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Collaborative organization launches to support minority and female founders | A group of organizations — consisting of entrepreneurs, investors, chambers of commerce, business support organizations, and small business advocates — have teamed up to bridge the gap in resources for women- and minority-owned businesses.
... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Houston expert: Corporations can help level the playing field for BIPOC-owned businesses | There were times when I wasn't sure what to do next.
When I started Connect the Dots PR in 2012, I wrote out detailed business plans, saved startup dollars, and leaned heavily on people in the PR industry to guide me in terms of pricing and... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Overheard: 4 Houston BIPOC startup founders share their advice ahead of InnovationMap Awards | Houston is often lauded as one of the most diverse cities in America, and that diversity is seen across its business communities as well, which includes its innovation ecosystem.
The InnovationMap Awards presented by Techwave announced its ... |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Houston-based research organization teams up with SpaceX for historic mission | The world's first all-civilian human spaceflight mission to orbit will be participating in health-related research projects sponsored by a Houston organization.
The crew of Inspiration4 will contribute to research projects that the Translat... |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Houston startup addresses gaps in the gig economy with new app | Two Houstonians are making student side hustles on college campuses a whole lot safer and easier.
When Madison Long and Simone May were undergraduate students at Purdue University, their only option for scoping out basic services — like get... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | 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, 28 companies being named as finalists in... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Houston-based composting startup grows commercial and residential subscribers amid pandemic | From landfills leaking into the water supply to reports of recycling being dropped in landfills, Houston's sustainable future has been mired by waste management faux-pas. According to a fact sheet from the City of Houston, 81 percent of tra... |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Here's which of the InnovationMap Awards finalists are hiring | After scouring Houston for the best of the Houston innovation ecosystem and evaluating dozens of companies, InnovationMap has announced the finalists in its inaugural awards. But which of these companies are growing their teams?
Turns out, ... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Innovative Houston-based pharmacy debuts new $55M facility | Adding heft to Houston's health care economy, Empower Pharmacy on August 26 publicly debuted what the company bills as North America's most technologically advanced compounding pharmacy.
Highlights of the new $55 million, 86,000-square-foot... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Houston expert shares tips for shrinking your lab's carbon footprint | Trying to make your lab greener? Here are some practical examples of how to reduce your lab's carbon footprint and increase sustainability. Since China stopped accepting certain types of plastic waste from the United States and Europe in 20... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Comcast program helps Texas families log on to reliable internet | The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the digital divide when it came to online learning, but one tech company is hoping the bridge the gap in Texas.
Comcast's Internet Essentials program and Region 4 Education Service Center have par... |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Halliburton company raises $10M, gBETA opens apps, Houston coworking space expands, and more innovation news | It's been a busy summer for the Houston innovation ecosystem, and for this reason, local startup and tech news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, a Halliburton Labs member... |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Houston investor shares why she's focused on funding the future of femtech | Successful investors find gaps in the marketplace and direct funds into startups and technologies resolving those gaps. For Kyra Doolan, managing director at Houston-based Texas HALO Fund, femtech represents a huge opportunity for innovatio... |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Report: Venture capital funding, tech jobs up in Houston | In just a five-year span, Houston's annual haul of venture capital has skyrocketed by nearly 200 percent.
Startups in the region raised $283.8 million in 2016, according to Pitchbook data cited in the Greater Houston Partnership's newly rel... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Houston health tech company raises $7.85M series A led by local VC | A Houston-based health tech company has scored fresh funds from a Houston venture group to fuel its growth and to expand nationally.
KARE Technologies, a digital labor marketplace for health care workers, raised a $7.85 million series A inv... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | AI-backed SaaS company based in Houston secures $30M series B funding | Houston-based Imubit, whose AI-powered technology provides process optimization for refiners' and chemical operators' manufacturing plants, has raised $30 million in venture capital.
Zeev Ventures led the $30 million Series B round alongsid... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Houston researchers tap into tech to provide new brain-related health care solutions | Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses.
In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research news, three Houston institutions are w... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | ExxonMobil announces $100B carbon-capture hub for Houston area | In a move that would be a gamechanger for Houston, oil and gas giant ExxonMobil envisions creating a $100 billion carbon-capture hub along the Houston Ship Channel.
ExxonMobil foresees the Houston Ship Channel being the site of an "inn... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Newly appointed innovation leader calls for more health care collaboration in Houston | Allison Post is a professional dot connector for the Texas Heart Institute. Located in the Texas Medical Center and founded in 1962, THI has long had a history of innovation — from Denton Cooley, THI's founder, performing the first artifici... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | New Houston accelerator supporting BIPOC in aerospace announces inaugural cohort | A new accelerator program that is focused on aerospace innovation and supporting entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color has announced its first cohort.
The Ion's Aerospace Innovation Accelerator for Minority Business E... |
| Apr 20, 2021 | Web page or app? Houston expert shares his tips for launching your online platform | One of the biggest decisions you'll have to make as an entrepreneur is whether you should host your product or service on the web, via an app, or through a webapp. In this quick guide, I'll go over a few tips to help you narrow down the opt... |
| Apr 13, 2021 | Houston Climathon winning microgrid solution is more important now than ever | More than 6,000 participants in 145 cities around the world gathered virtually for last year's Climathon, a global event put on by Impact Hub Houston to unite innovators and collaborate on climate solutions. When Winter Storm Uri left the T... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Houston fintech unicorn raises $300M in series C | Houston's first "unicorn," fintech company HighRadius, is growing up fast.
On March 30, HighRadius, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, reported it raised a $300 million Series C round of funding that values the company at $3... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Longtime Houston tech entrepreneur prioritizes giving back to ecosystem | When Chris Howard founded his technology consulting firm in 1997, there wasn't a tech scene in town. But as the company grew over the past 20-plus years, so did Houston's innovation ecosystem — and Howard had a front-row seat for it all.
No... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Houston expert: Now is the time to diversify your workforce in the name of innovation | Pop quiz: What's the best way to introduce and nurture a culture of innovation in your organization?
Give all employees a VR headset
Mandate every team leader offer one new idea per quarter
Add the word "innovate" to the organizat... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Greentown Houston announces grand opening, clean energy accelerators open apps, and more innovation news | It's been a crazy start to 2021 with the innovation ecosystem being especially busy. For this reason, Houston innovation news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, Greentown ... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Houston B2B software company raises $3.2M in seed funding to grow team and product | A Houston-based software-as-a-service company that is revolutionizing the contract process has closed a round of funding this week.
DocJuris, founded in 2018, raised $3.2 million in seed funding led by New York-based RTP Seed with additiona... |
| Feb 26, 2021 | 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 guest column responding to Winter Stor... |
| Feb 25, 2021 | Chevron's Houston-based venture arm launches $300M fund focusing on low-carbon tech | Chevron Corp.'s investment arm has launched a $300 million fund that will focus on low-carbon technology.
Chevron Technology Ventures LLC's Future Energy Fund II builds on the success of the first Future Energy Fund, which kicked off in 201... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Unleashing innovation for resilience is more urgent than ever, says Houston expert | Greater Houston and all of Texas have faced enough persistent challenges over the past seven years that communities and businesses are at a breaking point. Not just financially and economically, but at societal and emotional levels expected... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | University of Houston engineers recognized, TMCx company raises funds, and more local innovation news | It's been a horrific week for both the city of Houston and the state of Texas. Millions of residents have lost power and/or water due to a winter storm that brought low temps. For this reason, Houston innovation news may have fallen through... |
| Feb 11, 2021 | Houston startup nonprofit partners with local initiative to bolster Black entrepreneurs | Impact Hub Houston has partnered with the Black Marketing Initiative to offer a new training, mentoring, and networking program for local black entrepreneurs in honor of Black History Month.
Dubbed MarketBlack, the program will provide part... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Golden Section Ventures Announces Growth Investment in Tango | |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Houston expert: 2020 was 'hugely disruptive — but hugely beneficial' for the energy transition | In 2020, the economy was hit with a double whammy of sorts — from a devastating pandemic to an unprecedented drop in oil prices — and that has meant that the energy transition is happening at a faster pace than ever.
Deeana Zhang, director ... |
| Jan 18, 2021 | Houston earns top spot on list of top regions for minority-owned startups | Both Houston and the state of Texas earned high rankings on a recent study by Self Financial that looked at the percentage of minority-owned startups in regions across the U.S.
"Today there are nearly 170 thousand minority-owned startu... |
| Jan 15, 2021 | 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 top a female-founded startup that helps busy families manage... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Now is the time to bring venture capital to Houston | For so many, COVID has changed the game, and venture capitalists, startups, and corporations are in a flurry to learn the new rules. Investors and entrepreneurs now more than ever are seizing the opportunity to engage with tech ecosystems i... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Houston tech company receives corporate investment, HX names new board members, and more innovation news | Houston's innovation ecosystem has been booming with news, and it's likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
For this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, a startup snags funding from a new corporate venture group, a... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Houston blockchain startup closes $3 million seed led by local VC | A Houston-based blockchain company that focuses on providing companies with ethical and sustainable practices within the supply chain has closed a $3 million round with support from investors both locally and across the country.
Today, Topl... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | Houston-founded venture capital firm heads into second fund focused on social impact | When it comes to business, creating a social impact and a profitable business strategy aren't mutually exclusive — especially nowadays — and a Houston-founded venture capital firm is striving to invest in seed-stage tech companies that chec... |
| May 29, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Houston innovation news has geared up with headlines of major personnel changes, research projects — COVID-19 and otherwise, and more. See below for this week's top five stories of innovation news in Houston.
3 Houston innova... |
| Feb 5, 2020 | Here's what 6 Houston startups have raised millions of dollars this year so far | This year is starting strong when it comes to Houston startups receiving funding. From a $125 million raise from Houston's first unicorn to a local fund gathering up $50 million to deploy in mobility startups, Houston funding news has been ... |
| Jan 27, 2020 | Houston-based energy logistics software prepares to hire, raise funds as it scales up | Many startups turn to offshore outsourcing to fuel their growth. The Now Network, a Houston-based energy tech startup, is doing just the opposite — relying on stateside in-sourcing.
The SaaS company is in the midst of building out its in-ho... |
| May 29, 2019 | Houston startup consulting firm launches $20 million venture capital fund for early stage software companies | A new venture capital fund has launched in Houston to serve seed-stage, software-as-a-service companies. The $20 million fund plans to make its first investment by the end of the third quarter of this year.
The fund is launching under Golde... |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Houston startup founder plants the seeds for innovative capital raising | After eight years as a private equity lawyer, Youngro Lee quit his job to start NextSeed, a digital avenue for businesses to raise capital from the community they serve.
"One thing that I always realized in my professional career is th... |