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| 13.10.2025 | Houston professor awarded $2.6M grant for retina, neurological research | University of Houston College of Optometry Professor John O’Brien has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Eye Institute to continue his research on the retina and neurological functions.
O’Brien is considered a leading expert in... |
| 03.10.2025 | Texas: A Hub of Future Innovation, from Finance to Space | Texas accelerates its role as a national leader. Groundbreaking advancements span finance, healthcare, space, and environmental technology. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves the Texas Stock Exchange. This marks a pivotal ... |
| 02.10.2025 | TXSE Group wins SEC approval for Texas Stock Exchange to start in 2026 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given the go-ahead to the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange to operate as a national securities exchange, clearing the way for the TXSE to begin trading stocks and exchange-traded products by ... |
| 02.10.2025 | Houston digital health platform Koda closes $7 million funding round | Houston-based digital advance care planning company Koda Health has closed an oversubscribed $7 million series A funding round.
The round, led by Evidenced, with participation from Mudita Venture Partners, Techstars and Texas Medical Center... |
| 02.10.2025 | Koda Health Secures $7M to Scale AI-Enhanced Patient Decision Platform | Co-Founders Tatiana Fofanova, PhD and Desh Mohan, MD
What You Should Know:
–Koda Health, a digital health company building an AI-enhanced patient decision support platform that enables health systems and payers to scale advanced care planni... |
| 01.10.2025 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for October | Editor's note: Houston's October calendar is packed with informative and impactful events—plus a few fun ones, too. From the fourth annual Tejano Tech Summit to the first-ever Ion Family Tech Festival, here's what not to miss and how to reg... |
| 30.09.2025 | Ion expansion, Eli Lilly factory, and more Houston innovation news to know | Editor's note: We're looking back at the top Houston innovation news for the second half of September. Catch up on the latest from the Ion District, Oxy, Eli Lilly, and more. Here are the five most-read InnovationMap stories from September ... |
| 29.09.2025 | Meet the judges for the 2025 Houston Innovation Awards | Editor's note: Judging is now underway for the 2025 Houston Innovation Awards, and before we reveal this year's finalists, it's time to meet the decision makers.
Our 2025 judging panel comprises past award winners who represent a variety of... |
| 29.09.2025 | Houston native picked for 2025 class of NASA astronaut candidates | NASA has selected 10 new astronaut candidates, including one whose hometown is Houston, for its 2025 training class. The candidates will undergo nearly two years of training before they can assume flight assignments.
The 10 future astronaut... |
| 15.09.2025 | Texas among 5 hardest working states and more innovation news to know | Editor's note: As we look back at the top Houston innovation news for the first half of September, reports show that Texas is one of the hardest working states, while local startup activity has slowed down. Plus, exciting medical innovation... |
| 27.05.2025 | Insight Surgery Raises $2.5M to Scale Personalized Surgical Solutions Across U.S. | Houston-based medtech company Insight Surgery has raised $2.5 million in a Series A equity round led by US venture capital firm Nodenza Venture Partners, positioning the company for its next phase of U.S. growth. The investment follows FDA ... |
| 23.04.2025 | Lena Health Raises $2M for AI-Powered Care Coordinator | What You Should Know:
– Lena Health, an AI-powered care coordinator raises $2M in seed funding round co-led by Emergent Ventures and Cultivation Capital, the round saw participation from the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund and Carav... |
| 06.03.2025 | Houston's Innovation Landscape: A March to Remember | March is a vibrant month in Houston. The city pulses with energy, innovation, and opportunity. As spring blooms, so do events that shape the future of business and technology. From women’s empowerment to groundbreaking neurotechnology, Hous... |
| 03.03.2025 | 10 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | Editor's note: March is here, and that means the return of some of Houston’s signature innovation events, as well as insightful talks and a Mardi Gras block party. Here are the Houston business and innovation events you can't miss in March ... |
| 05.12.2024 | Looking back: Top 5 most-read Houston sports tech stories of 2024 | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. Houston is a city primed for sports tech innovation — with its collection of major sports teams, vibrant population,... |
| 05.12.2024 | Autonomous cab company launches Houston pilot program for wheelchair-accessible rides | A California company with autonomous cabs has announced a new pilot program in partnership with a provider of wheelchairs and mobility solutions.
Cruise has teamed up with Numotion for a six-month wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) pilot p... |
| 02.12.2024 | 3 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 three innovators across academia a... |
| 02.12.2024 | Houston's Texas Medical Center wins prestigious global award recognizing leaders in life science innovation | Last month, a global organization honored innovation leaders in life sciences, and the Texas Medical Center was among the recipients of the prestigious awards program.
The 18th annual Prix Galien Awards Gala awarded TMC Innovation with the ... |
| 30.10.2024 | The Future of Startups in Texas’s Tech Scene | Share
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| 10.10.2024 | Texas’s Place in the National and Global Tech Ecosystem | Share
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| 02.10.2024 | A New Dawn for Geothermal Energy: The Rise of Sage Geosystems | In the heart of Houston, a quiet revolution is brewing. Geothermal energy, often overshadowed by solar and wind, is stepping into the spotlight. At the helm of this transformation is Cindy Taff, a former oil and gas executive turned geother... |
| 01.10.2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for October | From networking meetups to pitch competitions, October is lined with opportunities for Houston innovators.
Here's a roundup of events you won't want to miss out on so mark your calendars and register accordingly.
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| 29.08.2024 | Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Rise of Intelligent Supply Chains and Homecare Solutions | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, technology is the compass guiding the industry toward efficiency and better patient outcomes. Two recent developments illustrate this trend: Clarium's innovative supply chain solutions and Homec... |
| 27.08.2024 | Clarium: Healthcare Technology Company Raises $10.5 Million | Clarium, a healthcare technology company transforming hospital supply chain operations, announced a $10.5 million strategic funding round. This investment was led by General Catalyst, with backing from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medi... |
| 21.08.2024 | Clarium's $10.5M Boost: Revolutionizing Hospital Supply Chains with AI | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, efficiency is the golden key. Clarium, Inc. has just unlocked a new door with its recent $10.5 million funding round. This investment, led by General Catalyst and supported by notable players li... |
| 20.08.2024 | Hospital supply chain automation company Clarium raises $10.5M, debuts AI-powered tool | Astra OS uses real-time data to improve visibility, collaboration, and resiliency
Healthcare data is notoriously fragmented across multiple systems, leading to inefficiencies and challenges in many areas. That includes inventory management,... |
| 21.06.2024 | Koda Health: Seed+ Funding Round Raised To Expand Care Planning Platform | Koda Health, a leader in digital Advance Care Planning, announced the successful oversubscription of its Seed+ funding round. This funding round was led by Ecliptic Capital, with strategic investment from Memorial Hermann Health System, AAR... |
| 04.05.2024 | MOGAS Mourns the Death of Their Beloved Chairman and Founder Vincent Louis Mogas | Houston--(ANTARA/Business Wire)-- MOGAS mourns the death of their beloved chairman and founder Vincent Louis Mogas, who died on May 2, 2024 in Houston, Texas. Louis spent his life building a valve manufacturing business and a company cultur... |
| 01.05.2024 | 10+ can't miss Houston business and innovation events for May | From pitching competitions to expert speaker summits, May is chock-full of opportunities for Houston innovators.
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 b... |
| 25.04.2024 | Report: Houston's VC trends so far in 2024 and what to watch for the rest of the year | Houston-based geothermal company Fervo Energy accounted for more than half of the venture capital raised by Houston-area startups in the first quarter of 2024.
The region’s VC haul in the first quarter totaled $462.4 million, according to t... |
| 23.04.2024 | Op-Ed: Removing barriers is critical for the future of Houston's health care workforce | Houston houses one of the most renowned medical communities in the world. However, Texas' current health care workforce shortage has severely impacted the city, with large swaths of the Gulf Coast Region deemed medically underserved. Thousa... |
| 19.04.2024 | Houston's health tech wins, startup opens new facility, and more trending innovation news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included NanoTech moving into its new space, two health tech companies with big wins, and more.
Growing H... |
| 18.04.2024 | Houston-area school secures grant to foster STEM innovation, entrepreneurship | Three academics at Sam Houston State University have secured grant funding to support innovation and entrepreneurship at the university across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Kyle Scott, assistant professor of entrepreneu... |
| 17.04.2024 | With FDA approval, Houston health tech company prepares nationwide deployment | Jessica Traver Ingram has been captivated by the intersection of physics and health care for most of her life, and that passion led her to contributing to the establishment of the Texas Medical Center's Biodesign Fellowship. After helping m... |
| 16.04.2024 | How corporations can implement meaningful innovation, according to this Houston expert | I vividly remember, it was a typical Tuesday at Houston Exponential, and I’m sipping maybe my third coffee of the morning when the phone rings.
On the line is yet another hopeful voice from a newly minted innovation group at a "big com... |
| 12.04.2024 | Here's what Houston startups have raised in funding so far in 2024 | Five Houston startups have started the new year strong with over $320 million in venture funding — most of which from one mega deal for a geothermal company.
According to InnovationMap reporting, Houston's VC activity in the first quarter o... |
| 09.04.2024 | Early-stage accelerator names 9th Houston cohort | For the ninth time, gBETA is incubating five early-stage Houston startups providing innovative solutions across skincare, human resources, and more.
Global organization gener8tor, along with Downtown Launchpad, started its ninth gBETA Houst... |
| 09.04.2024 | Houston organization introduces inaugural cancer-fighting cohort of data sciences, experts | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one step closer to ending cancer thanks to its new institute that's focused on data science.
MD Anderson’s goal with the new Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO) is to advance co... |
| 04.04.2024 | Houston tech platform raises series C round backed by Mastercard | Hello Alice, a fintech platform that supports 1.5 million small businesses across the country, has announced its series C round.
The amount raised was not disclosed, but Hello Alice reported that the fresh funding has brought the company's ... |
| 02.04.2024 | Houston expert shares 3 leadership challenges inspired by jazz improvisation | Crises, whether supply chain disruptions, natural disasters, or the arrival of an upstart rival, are a revealing moment for leaders. Such scenarios can push companies to the brink of meltdown or usher in dramatic organizational transformati... |
| 02.04.2024 | Houston startup scores $12M grant to support clinical evaluation of cancer-fighting drug | Allterum Therapeutics, a Houston biopharmaceutical company, has been awarded a $12 million product development grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).
The funds will support the clinical evaluation of a the... |
| 02.04.2024 | Houston researcher scores prestigious NSF award for machine learning, power grid tech | An associate professor at the University of Houston received the highly competitive National Science Foundation CAREER Award earlier this month for a proposal focused on integrating renewable resources to improve power grids.
The award gran... |
| 02.04.2024 | Gilbane, Inc. Announces Appointment of William F. McKeon to Board of Directors | William F. McKeon, President & CEO of the Texas Medical Center, joins Gilbane, Inc.'s Board of Directors. (PRNewsfoto/Gilbane, Inc.)
Healthcare chief executive brings global life sciences expertise to Gilbane, a leader in construction s... |
| 01.04.2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for April | From pitching competitions to expert speaker summits, April is filled with opportunities for Houston innovators.
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 b... |
| 29.03.2024 | Health tech startup launches Houston study improve stroke patients recovery | A Houston-born company is enrolling patients in a study to test the efficacy of nerve stimulation to improve outcomes for stroke survivors.
Dr. Kirt Gill and Joe Upchurch founded NeuraStasis in 2021 as part of the TMC Biodesign fellowship p... |
| 29.03.2024 | Latest Houston health tech news dominates this week's top stories | Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included introducing the Texas Medical Center's ongoing cohort, generative AI at Baylor College of Medici... |
| 28.03.2024 | Texas has the 5th highest health care costs in the nation, Forbes says | A new Forbes Advisor study shedding light on Americans' top financial worries has revealed Texas has the fifth highest health care costs in the nation.
Forbes Advisor's annual report compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C. across nine d... |
| 25.03.2024 | Novosound Secures Patent for Wearable Ultrasonic System | Novosound, the Scottish sensor technology scaleup, has secured a patent for its ultrasonic instrumentation system, with the firm recently launching its related Slanj platform targeted at the medical and wearable device sectors worldwide.
Th... |
| 25.03.2024 | TMC names latest cohort of health tech innovators for 2024 program | The Texas Medical Center Innovation has named its new cohort of health tech companies it's currently accelerating.
This first batch of companies for 2024 was selected from last fall's TMC Bootcamp. Eight of the 10 startups from the bootcamp... |
| 04.03.2024 | Reglagene Expands to Houston and Joins TMC's Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics | Reglagene's RGN6024 is on track to give new hope to provide orally administered therapy for brain cancer patients whose survival has historically been very low.
Will speed development of RGN6024 therapy into the clinic
This is a exciting. A... |
| 27.12.2023 | The CEO who went head-to-head against Apple — and won | Tech The CEO who went head-to-head against Apple — and won
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| 21.12.2023 | Интервью со Стефани Планк из Covalent Bioscience | Dr Stephanie Planque
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| 16.10.2023 | Houston-area selected among 7 regions for $7B federal hydrogen hub investment | A Houston-area project got the green light as one of the seven regions to receive a part of the $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to advance domestic hydrogen production.
President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer G... |
| 13.10.2023 | UH to deliver on tech to DOD, 2 Houston startups raise funding, and more trending news from the 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 articles on InnovationMap included a major military contract for UH, two startups with fundi... |
| 04.10.2023 | Energy tech startup secures $20M series B, plans to expand platform | A Houston startup has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding in order to accelerate its energy analytics and grid decarbonization technology.
Amperon Holdings Inc. announced today that it closed its series B round at $20 million.... |
| 02.10.2023 | Space tech startup opens new $40M HQ at Houston Spaceport | Houston aerospace company Intuitive Machines has moved into its new $40 million headquarters at the Houston Spaceport.
Intuitive Machines’ new home supports NASA’s $93 billion Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by ... |
| 29.09.2023 | Houston-area schools make best universities list, tech nonprofit expands, and more trending news | 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 Houston schools scoring big on a recent ranking, a tech nonpr... |
| 29.09.2023 | Houston school names digital education expert to newly created position | Rice University is beefing up its digital education efforts with the hiring of an internationally known expert from Duke University.
Shawn Miller is set to join Rice on November 1 in the newly created position of associate provost for digit... |
| 27.09.2023 | TMC again expands global impact with new Netherlands partnership | The Texas Medical Center may be based in Houston, but the organization has again grown its global impact.
Since 2016, TMC’s BioBridges have worked with 88 startup companies. Those include strategic alliances with four other countries. Austr... |
| 22.09.2023 | 3 Houston universities rise to the top in new list of best Texas schools for 2024 | Houston universities are ramping up high quality educational experiences for their students as three local universities earn top 10 ranks for the best Texas colleges in 2024, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report.
Rice Uni... |
| 13.09.2023 | Baylor Medicine opens innovatively inclusive dermatology center in Houston | All skin is created equal, but not all skin behaves the same. It’s with this in mind that Baylor Medicine Dermatology has announced the debut of its newest office.
The Skin of Color Clinic is located inside the Jamail Specialty Care Center ... |
| 13.09.2023 | Houston health tech leader to expand accelerator to continue connecting female founders | With a decades-long career in health care, Ayse McCracken's most recent professional chapter has been laser focused on finding, supporting, and accelerating female-founded startups in health tech with her nonprofit, Ignite Healthcare Networ... |
| 07.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals $35M campus transformation ahead of centennial | As the University of Houston gets ready for its centennial in 2027, the school is launching a major transformation to its urban campus. The $35 million project aims to transform several prominent areas of the university grounds and create a... |
| 07.09.2023 | Rice team develops complex wearables that can navigate users through Houston | A group of Rice researchers have tapped into the sense of touch to improve how wearable technology can communicate with its user.
Barclay Jumet, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Rice working in the labs of Daniel Preston and Marcia O... |
| 06.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals inaugural cohort of energy research fellows | The University of Houston has named eight graduate students to its first-ever cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows.
The PhD and doctoral students will each receive a one-year $12,000 fellowship, along with mentoring from experts at ... |
| 23.08.2023 | A Louisiana-born, Houston-backed outdoors activity startup is expanding into the Bayou City | A Louisiana-founded hunting and fishing startup is growing its operations and expanding into Houston.
Mallard Bay, a marketplace for booking guided fishing and hunting trips, will move half of its employees to Houston and will join the Grea... |
| 18.08.2023 | Top hospitals, accelerator's new leader, and more trending Houston innovation news | 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 the top hospitals in Texas, key facts about Houston's innovat... |
| 17.08.2023 | MD Anderson, UT team up to expand medical school | Powerhouse and award-winning Houston cancer center MD Anderson will partner with the University of Texas at Austin to expand Dell Medical School and build two new hospitals.
This new medical center, called The University of Texas at Austin ... |
| 16.08.2023 | Houston developer to roll out innovative pilot to improve parking at major development | Houston real estate company McCord Development will roll out an innovative 12-week pilot to learn how to make parking smarter at its master planned development Generation Park in Northeast Houston.
In partnership with Milwaukee-based CivicS... |
| 06.07.2023 | Health tech startup raises $1.7M, plans Houston HQ | A health tech startup that just collected $1.7 million in pre-seed funding aims to eventually plant its headquarters in Houston.
The startup, Rosarium Health, currently has no headquarters; its 10 employees work remotely from various locati... |
| 05.06.2023 | INVEST Pitch Perfect Spotlight: How Prana Thoracic Can Help Treat Lung Cancer Sooner | Joanna Nathan (right), CEO of Prana Thoracic, accepts the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect award from Arundhati Parmar (left), editor-in-chief of MedCity News, May 22.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., taking more th... |
| 25.05.2023 | Texas angel investor group expands to make impact in Houston | An angel investment network founded in Austin has announced its entrance into the Houston market.
SWAN Impact Network, which focuses on funding early-stage, impact-driven startups, announced that Houston will be its next market expansion. F... |
| 25.05.2023 | Houston digital health startup acquired by Illinois-based company | A Houston startup has exited to a clinical terminology management and data quality solutions company.
Melax Technologies Inc., an artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology company, has been acquired by Intelligent M... |
| 10.01.2023 | Rising TMC development names Houston health care institution as anchor tenant | TMC Helix Park, formerly known as TMC3, has announced its first anchor tenant.
The Texas Medical Center and Beacon Capital Partners announced that Baylor College of Medicine will be the anchor tenant of the Dynamic One building at TMC Helix... |
| 20.09.2022 | UK healthcare communication startup CardMedic launches in the U.S. | The company has 800 pre-translated phrases for healthcare workers to communicate with patients
During the pandemic, Dr. Rachael Grimaldi, a practicing anesthesiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, was on maternity leave when s... |
| 08.06.2022 | Houston's future as a health tech innovation hub shines bright with TMC3, says innovator | The Texas Medical Center's innovation hub might not look like it did a few years ago. It's evolved — changed things that needed changing and expanded in spaces that needed more opportunities, says John "JR" Reale.
TMC Innovation —... |
| 23.12.2021 | Founders at Work: 160+ историй от основателей стартапов | В прошлом году я делал подборку с историями от рускоговорящих основателей из YCombinator, недавно я поднапрягся и поискал по интернету все истории основателей на англиском языке (текст, аудио и видео). Нашел истории 160+ стартапов, рассказа... |
| 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... |
| 01.11.2021 | 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 health tech to clean energy — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Carolyn Rodz, CEO and... |
| 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 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 26.10.2021 | 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... |
| 26.10.2021 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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,... |
| 24.09.2021 | 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... |
| 24.09.2021 | 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... |
| 17.09.2021 | 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 included new hires at Houston startups, photos from the InnovationMap... |
| 17.09.2021 | 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... |
| 16.09.2021 | 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 ... |
| 15.09.2021 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 10.09.2021 | 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,... |
| 08.09.2021 | 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... |
| 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... |
