| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.02.2025 | Mitico's $4.3 Million Seed Funding: A Leap Towards Carbon Capture Innovation | In the race against climate change, every innovation counts. Mitico, a Pasadena-based carbon capture technology company, has just secured $4.3 million in seed funding. This financial boost is not just a number; it’s a lifeline for a technol... |
| 26.02.2025 | Mitico: $4.3 Million (Seed) Raised For Commercializing Industrial Carbon Capture Technology | Carbon capture technology company Mitico announced it raised $4.3 million in seed funding to scale its innovative granulated metal carbonate sorption technology capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from industries. This funding round was ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Rice researchers secure $35M federal grant to advance medical device technology | Rice University has secured part of a nearly $35 million federal grant aimed at commercializing a bioelectric implant for treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health awarded the $34.9 m... |
| 25.07.2024 | Aurora Hydrogen: Over $4 Million Raised From Natural Resources Canada And NGIF Accelerator | Aurora Hydrogen, an Edmonton-based hydrogen technology company, was awarded $3 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and $1+ million from the NGIF Accelerator to scale its production of low-carbon / low-cost hydrogen and ... |
| 07.02.2024 | Houston Methodist signs on at new TMC Helix Park building | Texas medical giant Houston Methodist is the latest to join the Dynamic One building within TMC Helix Park.
The hospital announced that it has signed a 75,800-square-foot lease in the building and will take over two floors of biomedical res... |
| 06.02.2024 | Houston expert shares 3 business trend predictions for 2024 | Last year was a dynamic year for businesses across all sectors. Artificial intelligence went from a novel technology to a more widely utilized business productivity tool. Many companies invested additional resources in sustainable business ... |
| 12.01.2024 | Driverless semi-truck tech to launch between Houston and Dallas later this year | Kodiak Robotics is scaling up its driverless semi truck, which will initially carry cargo on a Houston-to-Dallas route that’s set to formally launch this year.
The most recent version of Kodiak’s truck debuted in Las Vegas at the recent 202... |
| 12.01.2024 | Freshly funded startups, NASA-backed engine testing top this week's top Houston innovation stories | Editor's note:Welcome back for another roundup of top Houston innovation news from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included recent startup funding rounds, two new hires, and more.
These 9 Houst... |
| 12.01.2024 | Houston innovation leader named to new role to drive strategy, programming | A longtime Houston innovation leader has added a new title to his role at Rice University.
Brad Burke, who has served as executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship for 20 years, has been named associate vice... |
| 10.01.2024 | NASA postpones historic crew landing until 2026 | Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday.
The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around th... |
| 10.01.2024 | 10 Houston scientists named to fellowship for turning research into businesses | Rice University has announced its latest cohort of fellows who aim to translate research into real-world startups.
The 2024 cohort of Rice Innovation Fellows is the third of its kind since the university's Office of Innovation and The Liu I... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston innovator: Why we need to protect the individual inventor | In 2011, Congress passed The America Invents Act, which created an administrative pathway for challenging the validity of patents. This allowed an opportunity to bypass our courts and get non-judges to determine whether an already issued pa... |
| 04.01.2024 | Houston small biz organization expands strategic partnerships | In alliance with their mission of supporting Houston small businesses the Small Business Administration Houston District Office has expanded its partnerships.
The Houston SBA has joined forces with various organizations across a 32-county f... |
| 03.01.2024 | 5+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for January | Ring in the new year with fellow Houston innovators at everything from networking meetups to startup showcases.
Here's a roundup of events you won't want to miss out on so mark your calendars and register accordingly.
Note: This post may be... |
| 02.01.2024 | Houston sustainability startup secures million-dollar prize after global competition | A Houston sustainability startup has secured a major win on a global scale.
Revterra, which produces novel batteries made from recycled steel, has been awarded a million-dollar piloting opportunity by ADNOC following a global competition.
T... |
| 28.12.2023 | Money moves: Most-read Houston innovation grant and gift news of 2023 | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. Money means a lot to startups and other innovative entities, and while startups are usually scouting venture capital... |
| 21.12.2023 | City approves $5.5M investment for Houston flight school | Houston City Council approved Houston Airports to use $5.5 million from its Airport Improvement Fund to build the Texas Southern University Flight Academy at Ellington Airport.
The new facility will add to student learning with TSU’s aviati... |
| 18.12.2023 | New GHP leader takes helm, creates ‘shared leadership model’ | The Greater Houston Partnership announced organizational changes under the tenure of its new president and CEO, Steve Kean.
Kean officially took on his new role earlier this month, after being named the next CEO this summer. The GHP's forme... |
| 18.12.2023 | 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 recently making headlines in Houston across energy and space tech.
Samra Nawaz, CEO and co-founder of WellW... |
| 15.12.2023 | Houston small biz services co. secures $30M in financing from Austin firm | Missouri City-based Exectras, a provider of services for small and midsize businesses, has secured debt financing of up to $30 million from Austin-based investment manager Tacora Capital.
Exectras says the money will go toward beefing up it... |
| 14.12.2023 | 7 energy startups tapped for Houston incubator program | Seven companies from around the world have been invited to join Halliburton Labs, the company announced today.
Halliburton Labs is an incubator program that helps early-stage energy tech companies through connections, access to facilities, ... |
| 13.12.2023 | How this Houston SaaS startup plans to scale with future of energy in mind | As much as she loves a good Excel spreadsheet, Samra Nawaz had just about had it with the convoluted — and not always completely accurate — process of building financial models within upstream oil and gas.
"Excel is generally a good to... |
| 12.12.2023 | Proposed Texas high-speed Houston-Dallas rail lands $500K in federal funds | Amtrak and its partners will receive more than $2.1 billion in a federal program to improve existing routes and expand Amtrak service across the U.S.
That includes $500,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration awarded to the long-in-the... |
| 12.12.2023 | Space tech unicorn opens new 22-acre HQ in the Houston Spaceport | The Houston Spaceport has officially celebrated the opening of another facility from a fast-growing space tech company.
Axiom Space has opened its new Assembly Integration and Test Building, which will be the new headquarters for the Housto... |
| 11.12.2023 | Customizable commercial condo concept expands to The Woodlands | An Austin-based company that provides ownable multi-use space is expanding in the Houston area.
XSpace has announced that it will break ground next year in The Woodlands and open near the intersection of Six Pines Drive and Lake Woodlands D... |
| 11.12.2023 | 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 recently making headlines in Houston across energy, health care, and more.
Natara Branch, CEO of Houston Ex... |
| 24.10.2023 | Houston expert: How early tech exposure can prepare the future workforce | In our ever-evolving digital landscape, there's no better time to embrace technology than now. This is evident by a fascinating prediction from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: a whopping 100,000 tech-related jobs are projected in the n... |
| 24.10.2023 | Rice University secures NSF support to look into Houston flooding | Houston will be the setting of a new three-year National Science Foundation-funded study that focuses on a phenomenon the city is quite familiar with: flooding.
Conducted by Rice University, the study will consider how "design strategi... |
| 11.10.2023 | Houston corporate communications expert on importance of messaging when scaling a tech company | Several years ago, Kelsey Hultberg decided to make a pivot. Looking for a role with career growth opportunities, the communications professional thought she'd find something at an oil and gas company, but then she met John Berger, founder a... |
| 02.10.2023 | 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 femtech to edtech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Pedro Silva, CEO and co-founder... |
| 19.09.2023 | 6 ways Houston startups and small businesses can integrate AI, machine learning | In today's fast-paced and technologically driven world, artificial intelligence and machine learning have emerged as transformative technologies that hold immense potential for startups and small businesses. While AI was once perceived as t... |
| 28.08.2023 | Houston caught slacking in Forbes study on best cities for remote workers | With many companies encouraging — or commanding — that remote workers return to the office in 2023, more and more Americans are seeking employment opportunities that will give them the freedom to work from elsewhere.
Houston is (remotely) c... |
| 24.08.2023 | Houston robotics startup secures $2.1M contract extension with engineering tech co. | A Houston startup has just secured an extended contract with a major customer.
Webster-based Nauticus Robotics, a maker of autonomous oceangoing robots, has bulked up its current contract with Reston, Virginia-based Leidos in a $2.1 million... |
| 08.12.2022 | Ionada Completes Revolutionary Carbon Capture Pilot Project | Edoardo Panziera, CEO of Ionada, announces CCUS Pilot
Ionada completes carbon capture pilot at Halliburton Labs with the support of NGIF.
The pilot at Halliburton is a major milestone achievement in our path towards commercialization of our... |
| 26.11.2021 | 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 Texas fund with fresh investment to su... |
| 26.11.2021 | Elon Musk taps into Texas workforce for out-of-this-world bartender gig | Can you mix a mean margarita? Are you capable of slinging a superb Aperol spritz? If so, Elon Musk wants you to become a "spaceport mixologist."
Musk's SpaceX, which builds and launches rockets, is hiring a "passionate, exper... |
| 24.11.2021 | Houston hospital receives $37M in donations to continue its life-saving cancer care | A $25 million gift will support expansion of research conducted at the Houston Methodist Cancer Center and may help the center earn top-tier federal designation.
In honor of the $25 million donation from Dr. Mary Neal and husband Ron Neal, ... |
| 24.11.2021 | 2 new COVID-19-focused research projects happening in Houston | While it might seem like the COVID-19 pandemic has settled down for the time being, there's plenty of innovative research ongoing to create solutions for affordable vaccines and tech-enabled protection against the spread of the virus.
Some ... |
| 23.11.2021 | Houston entrepreneur launches diversity-focused fund, programming to address inequality in tech | Phillip Yates is juggling a lot. The Houston lawyer started Equiliberty, a technology company that's part financial resource and part social network, to help diverse communities create lasting wealth. Now, he's also launching Diversity Fund... |
| 23.11.2021 | How this Houston-based alcohol importer, distributor uses tech to stay ahead of the curve | You might say that Mexcor International, a Houston-based importer and distributor of wine, spirits, and other types of alcohol, relies on a single bottle of vodka rather than a case of vodka when it comes to its tech capabilities.
The annua... |
| 22.11.2021 | Innovative Houston plastics company scores $100M 'Green Loan' and prepares to scale | Fueled by a new $100 million credit facility, a Houston-based company that specializes in plastics recycling is establishing a nationwide network of recycling plants.
Circulus Holdings secured the $100 million credit facility from Riverston... |
| 22.11.2021 | 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 energy to design innovation — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Allie Danziger, co-fo... |
| 19.11.2021 | 4 energy transition companies join Houston accelerator | Halliburton Labs has named for clean energy companies to its accelerator program.
Halliburton Labs, which originally launched in 2020, has 12 member companies now. The startups will have access to the Halliburton facilities, the company's e... |
| 05.11.2021 | Overheard: Energy transition experts weigh in at Houston climatetech conference | This week, world leaders are discussing climate change and the future of our planet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, but local leaders were also discussing much closer to home.
Greentown Labs hosted its ... |
| 02.11.2021 | 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... |
| 02.11.2021 | 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... |
| 29.10.2021 | 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 included innovators to know, a new partnership between The Ion and Ca... |
| 28.10.2021 | 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... |
| 28.10.2021 | 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... |
| 27.10.2021 | 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... |
| 01.10.2021 | 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... |
| 29.09.2021 | 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... |
| 28.09.2021 | 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? ... |
| 28.09.2021 | 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... |
| 27.09.2021 | 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 space health to virtual collaboration — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
James Hury,... |
| 27.09.2021 | 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... |
| 27.09.2021 | 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... |
| 13.09.2021 | 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... |
| 13.09.2021 | 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... |
| 10.09.2021 | 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... |
| 08.09.2021 | 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... |
| 30.08.2021 | 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... |
| 27.08.2021 | 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... |
| 11.08.2021 | Software co. leader shares why he bet on Houston's tech talent with HQ move | A couple years ago, Raj Gummadapu and his executive team moved the Techwave headquarters to Houston from the Northeast in order to access a diverse workforce in a city with a developing tech scene. He's never looked back.
Gummadapu joined t... |
| 10.08.2021 | How Houston companies can best learn and navigate startup etiquette | We often rely on frameworks, skillsets, and mindsets – many of which we can acquire in the classroom – to prepare us for a successful career. Even at Lilie, we emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and design processes. Yet w... |
| 10.08.2021 | Startup taps UH-licensed technology to better optimize rig analytics | A Houston startup has tapped into the know-how of three University of Houston professors to help improve oil and gas drilling operations.
The startup, DrillDocs, has licensed software developed by UH professors Jiefu Chen, Xuqing (Jason) Wu... |
| 10.08.2021 | Houston businessman sells online gaming casino in $1.56B deal with fantasy sports tech company | DraftKings, the nationally renown fantasy sports and online sportsbook company (Nasdaq: DKNG), announced it will acquire Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta's Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOG) in an all-stock transaction valu... |
| 09.08.2021 | City of Houston launches pilot program to promote stormwater infrastructure growth | The City of Houston has launched a pilot project that will speed up the permitting process for environmentally friendly stormwater projects.
The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expedited Permitting Pilot Program, announced August 4, will ap... |
| 03.08.2021 | Houston energy blockchain company announces $7.7M in funding, plans to expand to the Middle East | A Houston-based tech company has announced another round of funding to support its blockchain network growth as well as to establish a presence in the Middle East.
Data Gumbo has closed its series B funding round totaling $7.7 million with ... |
| 02.08.2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| 02.08.2021 | 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 energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| 29.07.2021 | These 10 Houston companies rank among best U.S. employers for young professionals | Ten businesses in the Greater Houston area are clocking in among the country's best employers for millennials, according to a new report.
The Best Workplaces for Millennials list is published annually by Fortune magazine and compiled by Gre... |
| 22.07.2021 | Why this Italian tech company is betting on Houston | Earlier this year, I opened my company's U.S. headquarters and became an Italian transplant in Houston.
After establishing my additive manufacturing business in my home country, the company thrived in Europe and we began evaluating foreign ... |
| 22.07.2021 | Report: Houston ranks among the top 5 hottest metros in the nation | A new report takes the temperature of urban heat islands across the U.S., and Houston lands in the hotter-than-you-know-what category.
The report, released July 14 by the nonprofit news organization Climate Central, ranks Houston the fourth... |
| 20.07.2021 | The way a workplace is structured can make or break business, Rice University research finds | It's a paradox of power: research shows that hierarchies often undermine the very structures they are designed to uphold. Within organizations, conflicts between members can erode entire systems. In a groundbreaking paper, Rice Business Pro... |
| 20.07.2021 | Houston founder talks growth and innovation in the pharmaceuticals industry | When Shaun Noorian encountered what he felt was a poorly ran process, as an engineer, he built something better. Now, he runs one of the nation's largest compounding pharmacies that's at a pivotal time for growth.
Headquartered in Houston, ... |
| 19.07.2021 | Free virtual event helps healthtech companies go global | In the growing healthtech sector, two is better than one — two partners, that is. If you've ever been curious what collaborating with an international company would be like, HealthTech Beyond Borders can provide answers.
The free virtual ev... |
| 19.07.2021 | Exclusive: New accelerator launches to prepare Houston's future civic leaders | A new nonprofit program dedicated to preparing the future leaders of the city of Houston's is launching with the city's burgeoning innovation ecosystem in mind.
HTXelerator is a three-month program that trains its group of aspiring politici... |
| 16.07.2021 | Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston | The Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute broke ground July 14 on a 64,000-square-foot research and rehabilitation center at Nassau Bay's Space Park, near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The Nassau Bay City Council granted a permit last year for... |
| 14.07.2021 | ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently demanded aggressive action from state utility regulators to shore up the power grid.
Now, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is revealing its plan to address improvements.
On Tuesday, July 1... |
| 12.07.2021 | 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 medical device development to fintech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Stephanie C... |
| 09.07.2021 | 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 on using artificial intel... |
| 09.07.2021 | New Houston fintech platform aims to close the wealth gap in Texas | Systemic and institutional racism have been constants in the history of the United States. Despite protests in response to police violence against Black Americans and last summer's skyrocket sales of anti-racism books, awareness of racial h... |
| 09.07.2021 | City of Houston's startup competition takes off with $30,000 up for grabs | The applications for the 2021 Liftoff Houston Startup Business Plan Competition opened this week and local businesses have less than a month to get their submissions in for a chance to be one of three companies to take home seed funds.
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| 08.07.2021 | Fresh off a $1.4B exit, this Houston innovator is focused on funding medical device tech | Earlier this year, Houston-based serial entrepreneur Larry Lawson celebrated the exit of his medical device company, Preventice Solutions, which he sold to Boston ScientificBoston Scientific in a $1.4 billion deal.
Nowadays, Lawson is laser... |
| 08.07.2021 | Expert: Texas leaders need to expedite long-term energy solutions | Soaring temperatures have arrived, and while Texans should be enjoying the return to normalcy, instead they're facing another energy crisis.
Many saw February's winter storm and severe power outages as a once-in-a-century problem, but these... |
| 08.07.2021 | These 10 Houston startups closed funding rounds in Q2 | It's been a banner year for Houston startups raising funds. From an Amazon competitor emerging from stealth and snagging a $25 million series A to a $74 million series B for a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Houston's innovative c... |
| 05.07.2021 | 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 medical device development to fintech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Dan Purvis,... |
| 05.07.2021 | Comcast gives 50 community centers in the Houston area an upgrade with free Wi-Fi | Comcast is giving a technology lift to thousands of people throughout the Houston metro area.
The media and tech giant says it has started 50 WiFi-equipped "Lift Zones" at community centers across the region. These zones enable lo... |
| 02.07.2021 | 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 on how veterans are leadi... |
| 02.07.2021 | Houston clean energy lab names 4 new companies to program | Halliburton Labs has doubled the number of clean energy companies that are operating out of its facilities with the addition of its second cohort.
Four companies have been selected for the program, joining four existing member companies of ... |
| 02.07.2021 | Houston's Johnson Space Center names history-making new director | NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has witnessed a universe of history-making moments. There's now another milestone to add to the list.
On June 30, Vanessa Wyche was named director of Johnson Space Center, becoming the first Black woma... |
| 01.07.2021 | Houston expert looks into behavioral analytics in private equity, growth equity, and venture capital | Study after study puts the failure rate of mergers and acquisitions somewhere between 70 percent and 90 percent (2011, HBR). One KPMG study narrowed the band of M&A failures to 75 percent to 83 percent (2015, KPMG). One constant in the ... |
| 01.07.2021 | Beloved Houston children's hospital once again named top in nation by prestigious report | Innovative and pioneering, Texas Children's Hospital has landed on many a best-of list. The latest is a ranking of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation by the prestigious U.S. News & World Report.
Texas Children's ranks an impress... |
| 30.06.2021 | Amazon yet again expands its presence in Houston | Jeff Bezos' global powerhouse is showing no signs of slowing; indeed, its Houston-area footprint is growing. Amazon Logistics has announced plans to open a new 180,000-square-foot delivery station located in League City.
This new outpost pr... |
| 30.06.2021 | Local tech exec expands med device company into oil and gas in a 'uniquely Houston' way | When asked about founding his company, the first thing Dan Purvis wants to talk about is the culture.
"The technology of today and the technology of 24 months from now will be very different," Purvis, CEO and founder of Houston-ba... |
| 30.06.2021 | Nominate now: InnovationMap announces inaugural Houston innovation awards | Calling all Houston innovators — now is your time to shine.
InnovationMap and its partner, Houston-based Techwave, a global IT services and solutions provider, are pleased to present an inaugural set of awards honoring Houston's innovators ... |
| 29.06.2021 | Houston-based veterans will lead the energy transition, says this expert | Many people living in Houston don't realize that the veteran community is taking an increasing leadership role in the energy transition. The Greater Houston area is the second largest veteran community in America with over 5,500 new veteran... |
| 29.06.2021 | MassChallenge Texas names the 71 startups that make up its latest Houston cohort | Five Houston-based startups have been accepted into MassChallenge's 50th startup accelerator.
Three of the local startups are part of the program's Houston cohort, and two are part of the Austin cohort. In all, 71 startups from around the w... |
| 29.06.2021 | Houston energy exec launches well-plugging fintech | Long-time Houston energy executive Tony Sanchez has launched a new fintech company that aims to help oil and gas exploration and production operators decommission orphaned wells and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
The company, OneNexu... |
