| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.04.2025 | Collide: $5 Million Raised To Scale GenAI Platform For Energy Industry | Collide, a GenAI Platform for the energy sector, announced the closing of its $5 million seed round, led by Mercury Fund. Bryan Sheffield, Billy Quinn, David Albin, and several other oil and gas leaders also joined.
Collide also counts lead... |
| 31.01.2025 | Kode Health's $27M Funding: A Game Changer in Medical Coding | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, Kode Health has emerged as a beacon of innovation. The Holland, MI-based company recently secured $27 million in Series B funding, a significant boost that promises to reshape the medical coding... |
| 31.01.2025 | Houston's Biotech Revolution: A New Dawn in Cancer Treatment | In the heart of Houston, a biotech revolution is brewing. Cellenkos Therapeutics, a female-founded company, is making waves with its innovative approach to treating myelofibrosis, a rare and challenging blood cancer. This breakthrough could... |
| 30.01.2025 | KODE Health Raises $27M for On-Demand Medical Coding Platform | What You Should Know:
– KODE Health, a leading provider of on-demand medical coding solutions, today announced a $27M in Series B funding round led by Noro-Moseley Partners with participation from Mercury, FCA Venture Partners, Epsilon Inno... |
| 29.01.2025 | Play it back: Houston home tech startup begins 2025 with fresh funding | One of the dozen or so Houston startups kicking of the new year with fresh funding is SmartAC.com, a company that's designed a platform that enables contractors in the HVAC and plumbing industries to monitor, manage, and optimize their main... |
| 28.01.2025 | Houston biotech company tests hard-to-fight cancer therapeutics | A Houston-based, female-founded biotech company has developed a treatment that could prove to be an effective therapy for a rare blood cancer.
Cellenkos Therapeutics has completed promising Phase 1b testing of its Treg cell therapy, CK0804,... |
| 19.12.2024 | SmartAC.com Raises Funding; $42M in Total Capital | SmartAC.com, a Houston, TX-based company which specializes in customer loyalty management for contractors, raised an undisclosed amount in funding.
The round was led by Mercury Fund, with follow on participation from existing investors, bri... |
| 13.11.2024 | Houston innovator builds tech to revolutionize pipeline safety, efficiency | After working for years in the downstream energy industry where safety and efficiency were top priorities, Dianna Liu thought there was a way technology could make a huge difference.
Despite loving her company and her job, she took a leap o... |
| 09.09.2024 | Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Every week, I introduce you to a handful of Houston innovators to know recently making headlines with news of innovative technology, investment activity, and more. This week's batch includes a health tech innovator, an invest... |
| 24.08.2024 | Healthcare startup Even Healthcare raised $20 M from Khosla Venture | The healthcare startup Even Healthcare has raised a fresh round of funding led by Khosla Ventures, totaling Rs 169 crore, or roughly $20 million. After a 20-month pause, the Bengaluru-based company has received new funding.
According to its... |
| 24.04.2024 | Rice University's edtech company receives $90M to lead NSF research hub | An educational technology company based out of Rice University has received $90 million to create and lead a research and development hub for inclusive learning and education research. It's the largest research award in the history of the u... |
| 22.04.2024 | Houston Spaceport takes off with second phase of development | Since the Houston Spaceport secured the 10th FAA-Licensed commercial spaceport designation in 2015, the development's tenants have gone on to secure billions in NASA contracts. Now, the Houston Spaceport is on to its next phase of growth.
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| 22.04.2024 | New report calls for Houston health care community to take action amid climate change | A new report underscores an “urgent need” for health care systems in the Houston area to combat climate change and avoid an environmental “code blue.”
“By adopting collaborative strategies and leveraging technological innovations, health ca... |
| 18.04.2024 | Expert voices: Mercury Fund's Blair Garrou on the return of fintech M&A | After two slow years, growth equity investors and potential acquirers are revisiting the fintech market, says Mercury Fund founder and managing director Blair Garrou.
Why it matters: Leading a fund focused on startups in middle America, Gar... |
| 15.04.2024 | Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas | The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas.
The funding announced Monday by the Commerce D... |
| 29.03.2024 | LISNR Welcomes Retail Tech Executive Kirk Ball to Board of Advisors | LISNR Appoints Kirk Ball to Board of Advisors
The Appointment of Kirk Ball to the LISNR Board of Advisors Signals the Innovative Strength and Strategic Vision in the Data-Over-Sound Sector with Its High-Profile Technology Leadership
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| 21.02.2024 | The Shift: Venture capitalists immersed in NWA | There's never been a better time to launch a company in a Bentonville-type city, Blair Garrou, managing director of Houston's Mercury Fund, told Worth.
A mix of growth, opportunity and available investment capital were the context for his c... |
| 28.11.2023 | Canadian energy company secures Houston funding, relocates HQ | An AI-powered energy tech company has raised additional funding and relocated it's main office to Canada.
Ambyint, a Canadian company that's had a Houston presence for a few years, has announced its latest round of funding and new headquart... |
| 28.11.2023 | Houston research: How social pressures are affecting digital product evaluations | Theoretically, product evaluations should be impartial and unbiased. However, this assumption overlooks a crucial truth about product evaluators: They are human beings who are concerned about maintaining credibility with their audience, esp... |
| 01.11.2023 | Houston software co. secures $39M in financing, launches latest product upgrade | A Houston software-as-a-service company has secured $39 million in financing and announced its latest upgrade to its platform.
Graylog, which has created an innovative platform for cybersecurity and IT operations, raised equity funding with... |
| 02.10.2023 | Mercury Fund reaps rewards of non-coastal VC talent migration, raises $160m for fifth SaaS, data fund | |
| 28.09.2023 | Mercury Fund Raises $160M for Fund V | Mercury Fund, a Houston, TX-based early-stage venture firm focused on investments outside of traditional coastal tech hubs, raised $160M for Fund V.
The fund was supported from existing investors and new limited partners, including universi... |
| 28.09.2023 | Mercury Fund closes largest fund to invest in SaaS startups between the coasts | Mercury Fund, an early-stage venture firm, closed on $160 million in capital commitments for its fifth fund, also its largest.
In general, it’s been a busy month for venture capital firms announcing new capital commitments. Mercury Fund joi... |
| 13.06.2023 | How to pitch me: 10 investors discuss what they’re looking for in June 2023 | Let’s explode a few myths.
For starters: The tech industry is not a meritocracy. There’s a direct correlation between the size and strength of your network and your chances of success.
Second: It’s relatively easy to connect with reputable ... |
| 10.01.2023 | 6 crypto investors talk about DeFi and the road ahead for adoption in 2023 | The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space.
... |
| 21.12.2022 | Houston investor shares what startup founders need to prioritize in 2023 | Heading into the new year, startup founders in Houston and beyond need to focus on conserving and raising cash, says Samantha Lewis, principal of Houston-based venture capital firm Mercury.
“We all know it’s turbulent market times. We’re un... |
| 09.12.2022 | Walmart, Houston startup team up to bring small biz products to shelves | Thanks to a pop-up shop marketplace platform, small businesses will now have the opportunity to have their goods displayed in one of the country’s largest national retail stores.
Through a strategic partnership between Houston-based Popable... |
| 08.12.2022 | These were the most-read guest columns by Houston innovators in 2022 | Editor's note: Every week, InnovationMap — Houston's only news source and resource about and for startups — runs one or two guest columns written by tech entrepreneurs, public relations experts, data geniuses, and more. As Houston's innovat... |
| 23.11.2022 | SXSW announces first keynote and more featured speakers for 2023 festival | For Texans — especially Austinites — if there's one major milestone that truly puts the pandemic behind us, it's the in-person return of SXSW. We got a taste of it this year with the hybrid online/in-person format, but 2023 will likely be t... |
| 23.11.2022 | Houston low-carbon fuel company scores United investment, plans to IPO via spac | It’s been a momentous month for Houston-based NEXT Renewable Fuels Inc.
On November 15, United Airlines Ventures announced an investment of up to $37.5 million in the next-generation, low-carbon fuel producing company.
Just a week later, th... |
| 16.11.2022 | Texas coworking company opens latest location in downtown Houston | A Texas-based coworking company has rolled out its fifth Houston-area location just on the edge of downtown.
Common Desk has opened in 32,000 square feet of space in the POST Houston, a recently renovated historic building built in 1934 at ... |
| 15.11.2022 | Photos: InnovationMap, HX share moments from the Houston Innovation Awards Gala | Last week, the Houston Innovation Awards Gala honored 44 honorees within the Houston innovation ecosystem and named 11 winners across categories.
The event, held November 9 at the Ion, was hosted by InnovationMap and Houston Exponential. Ne... |
| 14.11.2022 | Houston organization leads collaboration to advance Gulf Coast clean hydrogen projects | A handful of organizations have joined forces to create a new hub for the advancement of clean hydrogen projects in Texas, Southwest Louisiana, and the surrounding Gulf Coast region.
The HyVelocity Hub announced last week that it is applyin... |
| 04.11.2022 | Houston SaaS company raises $15M series B, announces latest release | A Houston startup that is optimizing human resource operations for small businesses has raised fresh funding from an Austin-based venture capital investor.
GoCo.io raised $15 million in September in a funding round led by ATX Venture Partne... |
| 24.10.2022 | 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 venture capital to software — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Craig Ceccanti, found... |
| 21.10.2022 | 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, Trailblazer Award recipient announced, th... |
| 21.10.2022 | Finalists named ahead of 2022 Houston Innovation Awards Gala | The Houston Innovation Awards Gala is just a few weeks away — and now the city knows who all it will be celebrating on November 9.
Eight judges evaluated over 150 companies and individuals across 11 categories for the 2022 Houston Innovatio... |
| 21.10.2022 | Tech company revs up support for Texas women in STEM at special F1 event | This week, the worlds of the Lone Star State's tech scene, women in STEM, and Formula 1 collided.
At a private event on Wednesday, October 19, hosted by computational software company Cadence Design Systems, Senior VP of Global HR Tina Jone... |
| 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... |
| 20.10.2022 | 4 lessons learned from this Houston-based serial entrepreneur | A true test to determine if you are an entrepreneur is knowing if you can recognize your failures. From the outside, we often think of every business leader as having a resume of success stories. You see CEOs in magazines, on television, an... |
| 19.10.2022 | Houston startup names new exec, innovators join prestigious program, and more news | Houston's cooling down, but the city's innovation news is heating up, and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, a Houston startup has a new C-level exec, two in... |
| 19.10.2022 | Houston innovator grows mobile vet clinic amid growing industry challenges | For years, Dr. Katie Eick wanted to provide mobile veterinary care for her patients, but the technology wasn't where it needed to be. She took a gamble and bought her first truck in 2016 as ridesharing and mobile ordering took off. A new bu... |
| 18.10.2022 | Houston sustainable energy company to be acquired by industry giant for $4.1B | BP’s proposed $4.1 billion acquisition of Houston-based Archaea Energy promises to dramatically boost the energy giant’s presence in the biogas market.
Publicly traded Archaea is one of the largest producers of renewable natural gas, or RNG... |
| 18.10.2022 | Why absolutism has no place in research, according to University of Houston | Science, like politics, can elicit polarizing opinions. But with an ever-expanding body of knowledge — and the especially dizzying flurry of findings during the pandemic — is it fair to say that views on science are becoming more extreme?
M... |
| 18.10.2022 | IKEA to test self-driving deliveries between Houston and Dallas | A California-based driving trucking company has announced a new partnership with IKEA to pilot autonomous freight deliveries in Texas.
Kodiak Roboticsand IKEA agreed on a pilot program announced today that will transport IKEA products seven... |
| 17.10.2022 | Houston researchers create unprecedented solar energy technology that improves on efficiency | Two Houstonians have developed a new system of harvesting solar energy more efficiently.
Bo Zhao, the Kalsi Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, along with his doctoral student Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh,... |
| 17.10.2022 | 4 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to four local innovators across industries — from digital health to research — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tatiana Fofanova, co-fo... |
| 17.10.2022 | Report: Houston, Texas rank as top locations for coworking space | Attention all Houston-based remote workers, small business owners, and startups — if you're looking for flexible office space, you're in the right place.
Both the city and state have landed on CoworkingCafe's list of the best places for cow... |
| 14.10.2022 | New surfing lagoon paradise to bring ocean-perfect waves to Houston | Thanks to its relative proximity to the coast, Houston has always enjoyed an underground surf culture (be it shortboarding, longboarding, or even tanker surfing). Now, those who walk the nose and shred can at a new, world-class surf destina... |
| 14.10.2022 | 2022 Trailblazer Award recipient named for Houston Innovation Awards | In less than a month, InnovationMap and Houston Exponential will honor dozens of movers and shakers within the Houston innovation community at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards — and the first award recipient has officially been named.
Bla... |
| 02.10.2022 | Careviso rakes in $17M to enhance price transparency in diagnostic testing | Legislative changes such as the No Surprises Act and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ price transparency rule have promised to improve patients’ understanding of the process of paying for healthcare. But these promises remain... |
| 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 ... |
| 22.06.2021 | 3 Houston innovators make Forbes list of up-and-coming entrepreneurs | Three Houston entrepreneurs are basking in the national spotlight.
The trio — Vernee Hines, Carolyn Rodz, and Siddhartha Sachdeva — were just named to Forbes' Next 1000 list of the country's up-and-coming entrepreneurs. They're among the 25... |
| 22.06.2021 | 2 Houston research projects unveil groundbreaking solar and battery technologies | 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, two Houston institutions are wor... |
| 21.06.2021 | 3 Houston companies named to semifinals of clean energy competition | Three Houston energy startups are in the running for the $100,000 cash prize in Cleantech.org's GS Beyond Energy Innovation Challenge.
Amperon Holdings, Cemvita Factory, and Veloce Energy are among the competition's 24 semifinalists, which ... |
| 21.06.2021 | 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 startup and small business support to electric vehicles — recently making headlines in Houston innov... |
| 21.06.2021 | Houston-Dallas high-speed train still not official but now it has a builder | The high-speed train between Houston and Dallas still needs an official sign-off before it happens, but a builder has been hired for when that day comes.
Texas Central, the developers of the train, have signed a $16 billion contract with We... |
| 18.06.2021 | Houston shopping center opts for buzzy new environmental project | Bees are glorious creatures, tasked with pollination and the no-big-deal duty of balancing our planet's ecosystem and keeping the circle of life moving. Oh, and the honey!
No surprise, then, that beekeeping is all the buzz. With that in min... |
| 18.06.2021 | 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 autonomous delivery pilot, an Euro... |
| 16.06.2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| 16.06.2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| 16.06.2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| 15.06.2021 | Houston unicorn fintech company launches new B2B education platform | Houston-based HighRadius — which recently hit $1 billion valuation, reaching unicorn status — has launched a new learning platform.
Highako Academy by HighRadius, launched the platform to help credit and collections teams build certain skil... |
| 15.06.2021 | Lessons in prototyping: Figuring out the best type of prototype | As you continue your journey of developing and bringing a new product to the market, you have a series of decisions to make when it comes to prototyping — whether you're going to launch a hardware or a software product, or the combination o... |
| 15.06.2021 | Autonomous delivery company joins forces with FedEx for new pilot in Houston | A tech company with self-driving robots deployed across Houston delivering pizza, groceries, and more has yet again launched a new pilot program — this time focused on parcel delivery.
Nuro and FedEx announced a new partnership to deploy Nu... |
| 14.06.2021 | Nearly half of Houston workers complain of serious burnout, says new report | Local workers who're especially dreading that commute or cracking open the laptop in the morning aren't alone. A new study reveals that nearly half of Houston laborers are more burned out on the job.
Some 49 percent of Bayou City residents ... |
| 14.06.2021 | Houston small biz tech platform raises $21M series B | A tech company focused on supporting and growing startups and small businesses has reached its own next big growth milestone this week.
Machine learning-enabled small business support company Hello Alice, founded in Houston with a large pre... |
| 14.06.2021 | 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 two local innovators, as well as one honorary Houstonian, across industries — energy, manufacturing, and more — recently making headlines in Houston... |
| 13.05.2021 | To expand or not to expand? Houston researcher weighs in on global growth | You built your business from the ground up, patiently finding techniques and products that work, carefully crafting solid bonds with your clients. Then one day a new project, opportunity or simple request poses a question: Is it time to bra... |
| 12.05.2021 | 3 Houston startups announce strategic appointments across energy and tech | Three Houston startups have new hires they're excited about.
From new board members to c-level execs, here's who's moving and shaking in Houston innovation.
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| 12.05.2021 | New Houston accelerator leader dives into first cohort | Everything's bigger in Texas, but Kate Evinger is focused on zeroing in on a small group of startups to help them in a Texas-sized way.
As director of gBETA Houston, Evinger says the program, which expanded to Houston in 2019, is geared tow... |
| 12.05.2021 | This Houston school makes the grade as one of the nation’s best private colleges for the value | As bastion of higher learning and innovation, Rice University has racked up no shortage of accolades and appearances on "best-of" lists.
Now, a new report casts Houston's "Ivy League of the South" as a top academic insti... |
| 11.05.2021 | Global accelerator announces 5 startups to its Houston cohort | Five Houston companies have been tapped to participate in a Houston-based, early-stage startup accelerator with a national presence.
The accelerator, gBETA, selected the five Houston companies out of over 85 applicants. The cohort represent... |
| 11.05.2021 | Health care in a post-pandemic world: Telehealth is here to stay, but so are in-person visits | As medical practitioners were faced with the abrupt arrival of the pandemic, they had to immediately adapt to new technologies and switch to telehealth – fundamentally changing the way healthcare is delivered. During the first few months of... |
| 11.05.2021 | Energy company with U.S. HQ in Houston acquires local business | A renewable energy retailer based in the United Kingdom is once again expanding its presence in Texas with another strategic acquisition.
Octopus Energy US, which is based in Houston, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Hou... |
| 10.05.2021 | 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 — tech, health care, and more — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Emily Cisek, founder of Th... |
| 10.05.2021 | Energy giant makes Houston sole headquarters in massive move | Power player NRG Energy is laser focused on Houston. The Bayou City will be the energy giant's new sole headquarters; the company will no longer split between Houston and Princeton, New Jersey.
The move to a single headquarters simplifies b... |
| 10.05.2021 | Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds | When Americans think of tech hubs, Silicon Valley or even Austin may initially come to mind. However, Houston appears to be making a play for tech-hub status.
Citing data from career platform LinkedIn, the Axios news website reports that Ho... |
| 07.05.2021 | 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, events not to miss this month, big winne... |
| 07.05.2021 | Houston SaaS startup closes $12M series A funding round with support from local VC | A Houston startup with a software-as-a-service platform for the energy transition has announced it closed a funding round with participation from a local venture capital.
Molecule closed its $12 million series A, and Houston-based Mercury F... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston research: Why venture capital firms might change a startup's leadership | Consider the 21st century's most storied CEOs: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All have one thing in common – not only did they run their companies, they founded them.
Each of these corporate leaders, in other words, had to deal with ve... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston school recognized as among the top institutions in the nation | Houston's Rice University continues to burnish its reputation in higher education.
A ranking released May 5 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British company that specializes in higher education data, puts Rice at No. 23 among the top colleges ... |
| 05.05.2021 | Houston health tech company bounces back from COVID-19 in a big way | The pandemic hit life science innovation hard. And no one knows that better than Kevin Coker, co-founder and CEO of Proxima Clinical Research, a Houston-based contract research organization focused on supporting life science startups as the... |
| 05.05.2021 | University of Houston power couple prescribes major gift for college of medicine | University of Houston medical students and staff will receive a gift that's just what the doctor ordered.
A prestigious and longtime UH power couple has bequeathed two major gifts a major gift to the school's burgeoning College of Medicine.... |
| 04.05.2021 | Report: Houston ranks among the worst cities for unnecessary medical treatments | Houston boasts of being home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's biggest medical complex. Yet Houston's medical community also holds a distinction that's hardly boast-worthy: It's the worst major metro area in Texas for unnecessary hea... |
| 04.05.2021 | Houston hospital reveals renderings of Austin outpost ahead of groundbreaking | Texas Children's Hospital is working on its first freestanding location in Austin — and the hospital system just released a first look at what the state-of-the-art building will look like.
The new Texas Children's Austin campus — to be loca... |
| 04.05.2021 | Expert shares advice for Houstonians experiencing a pandemic-sparked career change | I've had so many pivots in my professional career; moving across the country, internal promotions, leaving a corporate job to launch my own company, and repositioning myself and my brand in new markets. But I'm one of those people who enjoy... |
| 03.05.2021 | These are Houston's 4 best high schools in 2021, says recent report | t's report card time, and four Houston high schools have made the grade, earning top 100 spots in this year's prestigious U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best U.S. High Schools. One even merited a special distinction.
Houston's... |
| 30.04.2021 | Houston med-tech companies partner on wearable device for opioid withdrawal | Houston-based Spark Biomedical has created a revolutionary wearable device that provides unprecedented levels of opioid withdrawal relief.
The device known as the Sparrow Therapy System is worn over the ear for five to seven days and sends ... |
| 29.04.2021 | Houston expert: Telework in research might be here to stay | How many of the research administrator's duties can be done from home? COVID-19 is showing us emphatically that the answer is many.
There are some aspects that take a little bit of inventive scheduling to make happen, but overall, the telew... |
| 29.04.2021 | Comcast to dole out $1M in grants to BIPOC-owned small businesses in Houston | Grants totaling $1 million are being given to 100 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the Houston area through the Comcast RISE program.
In addition, more than 150 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the region will receive technology and marketing... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston startup selected for international carbontech accelerator | A new international accelerator focused on the commercialization of carbontech has announced its new cohort — and one Houston-based company has made the cut.
Cemvita Factory has been accepted into the Carbon to Value Initiative, a recently ... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston investor goes all in on funding female founders | Carrie Colbert wasn't planning on becoming a venture capital investor — it just happened organically.
"This has been kind of a backwards process. Our fund was driven by demand," Colbert, founder and general partner of Houston-base... |
| 27.04.2021 | New COVID-19 variant potentially resistant to antibodies discovered at Texas A&M | Scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Complex identified a new variant of the COVID-19 virus that could present a new challenge to public health, according to a statement.
So far, the new variant, "BV-1," was fo... |
| 27.04.2021 | 3 reasons why you should add podcasting to your marketing plan, according to this Texas expert | As business leaders or marketers, we're always on the lookout for strategic opportunities to reach our target audiences in meaningful ways and move them to action: To like a post, ask for more information, make a purchase and more. When we ... |
| 27.04.2021 | New innovation hub grows with the addition of 6 Houston startups | The East End Maker Hub in Houston's East End District is growing with the recent addition of six startups.
"All of these companies cite the East End Maker Hub's physical innovation infrastructure, customizable spaces, strategic locatio... |
| 27.04.2021 | EY makes the case for people and culture amid historical oil and gas disruption | When considering the future of energy, you might see a world powered by cleaner energy sources and guided by bots and algorithms in the workplace. But digitalization and decarbonization are complex transitions. The road ahead will mix human... |
| 23.04.2021 | 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 luxury car dealership that accepts dog... |
| 22.04.2021 | Houston startup grows C-suite, Deloitte opens awards apps, SDO names leader, and more innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been especially busy this year, 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, local organization... |
| 22.04.2021 | Texas expert: Energy reliability and climate sustainability are not mutually exclusive | It's no secret that Texas has long been a leader in energy production, but it may surprise you to learn that Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation, producing 28 percent of all US wind-powered electricity in 2019.
We're not just ... |
