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| 02.05.2025 | Queens Carbon's $10 Million Seed Round: A Step Toward Greener Cement Manufacturing | In a world grappling with climate change, the construction industry stands at a crossroads. Cement, a cornerstone of modern infrastructure, is also a major contributor to carbon emissions. Enter Queens Carbon, a New Jersey-based innovator p... |
| 30.04.2025 | Queens Carbon Secures $10M Seed Round to Propel U.S. Leadership in Low-Carbon Cement Manufacturing | Backed by Clean Energy Ventures and Buzzi Unicem USA, Queens Carbon will leverage funding to scale its energy-efficient cement production platform
Queens Carbon, a developer of next-generation cement technology, announced it has secured $10... |
| 18.03.2025 | Quantum Leap and Nuclear Revival: The Future of Energy in America | The energy landscape in the United States is undergoing a seismic shift. Two recent developments highlight this transformation: Infleqtion's groundbreaking quantum computing initiative and the revival of the Palisades nuclear reactor in Mic... |
| 15.03.2025 | Infleqtion: $6.2 Million ARPA-E Award Received For Advancing Quantum-Powered Energy Grid Optimization | Infleqtion, a leader in quantum information technologies, announced it has been awarded $6.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop quantum-enhanced solutio... |
| 14.03.2025 | GigaCrop Secures $4.5 Million to Revolutionize Agriculture | In the heart of Berkeley, California, a new player is emerging in the agricultural arena. GigaCrop, a plant biology company, has successfully raised $4.5 million in pre-seed funding. This funding round was led by Playground Global and Junip... |
| 11.03.2025 | GigaCrop Raises $4.5M Pre-Seed Funding | GigaCrop, a Berkeley, CA-based plant biology company, raised $4.5M in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was led by Playground Global and Juniper Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.
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| 16.02.2025 | A Tale of Two Energy Futures: Innovation vs. Regulation | In the realm of energy, two contrasting narratives are unfolding. On one side, the University of Akron is making waves with groundbreaking research. On the other, the Trump administration is rolling back energy efficiency standards. These s... |
| 15.02.2025 | The University Of Akron: Faculty Members Awarded Nearly $5.5 Million | The transformational potential of energy research projects proposed by two University of Akron (UA) College of Engineering and Polymer Science faculty members was recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects ... |
| 25.01.2025 | Transmutation: The Future of Nuclear Waste Management | Nuclear waste is a ticking time bomb. It sits in storage, a legacy of energy production that promises power but leaves behind a trail of radioactive remnants. The challenge is daunting. Traditional methods of disposal are like trying to bur... |
| 24.01.2025 | Aerobic gas fermentation: the final frontier in novel fats? | A flurry of startups has sprung up in recent years using fermentation to coax microbes to produce more sustainable, functional, or healthier alternatives to animal and tropical fats (coconut, palm, cocoa).
Right now, most of them are feedin... |
| 22.01.2025 | Transmutex receives $4 million grant to enable nuclear waste transmutation |
The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has allocated $40 million to fund 11 projects focused on developing transmutation technologies aimed at minimizing the impact of used nuclear fuel (UNF) in p... |
| 21.01.2025 | NovoLINC Raises Seed Funding | NovoLINC, a Pittsburgh, PA-based thermal technology startup spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding.
The round was led by M Ventures, with participation from Foothill Ventures and TDK Ventures.
T... |
| 07.01.2025 | Identifying the Elements for Carbon Storage | Minerals underground may be part of the solution to global climate change. The most famous greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), can react with some minerals found deep underground to form stable carbonates—permanently storing the CO2. This... |
| 11.12.2024 | UH researchers secure $3.3M for AI-powered subsurface sensing system to revolutionize underground power lines | Researchers from the University of Houston — along with a Hawaiian company — have received $3.3 million in funding to explore artificial intelligence-backed subsurface sensing system for safe and efficient underground power line installatio... |
| 26.11.2024 | Activate: New Board Members And $3.5 Billion Fellows Funding Milestone | Activate, a nonprofit fellowship where science entrepreneurs transform ideas into advanced hard-tech companies, announced a new funding milestone: Activate Fellows, current and alumni, have raised a cumulative $3.5 billion in funding for th... |
| 08.11.2024 | Navigating the Landscape of Voting and Innovation in America | As the sun rises on Election Day 2024, Americans prepare to cast their votes. In Boulder and Weld counties, the landscape is dotted with polling places and ballot drop boxes. Each location stands as a beacon of democracy, inviting citizens ... |
| 04.11.2024 | LongPath Technologies: $162.4 Million DOE Loan Finalized | LongPath Technologies announced the finalization of a $162.4 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO). This funding will expedite the deployment of LongPath’s nationwide methane emissions monitoring netwo... |
| 30.10.2024 | Finnish VTT in historic collaboration with US entities – commercial fusion energy closer than ever | Finnish VTT in historic collaboration with US entities – commercial fusion energy closer than ever
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VTT, based in Finland, has been selected as the first-ever fore... |
| 30.09.2024 | The Nuclear Future of Data Centers: A Clean Energy Revolution | In the digital age, data centers are the backbone of our online existence. They are the silent giants that store our memories, facilitate our communications, and power our artificial intelligence. But these behemoths come at a cost. They co... |
| 30.09.2024 | Малые ядерные реакторы для больших языковых моделей | Лет шесть назад я впервые услышал милое ироническое замечание «Вы не представляете, сколько энергии тратится для того, чтобы ваши картинки с котиками грузились на пару секунд быстрее». Долгое время я воспринимал его как «шутку, в которой ес... |
| 18.09.2024 | Alaska Energy Metals Partners with Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute to Study Carbon Sequestration Potential of the Eureka Nickel Deposit, Alaska, USA | VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With its continuing focus on sustainable domestic mining, Alaska Energy Metals Corporation (TSX-V: AEMC, OTCQB: AKEMF) (“Alaska Energy Metals”, “AEMC” or the “Company”) is plea... |
| 27.06.2024 | Travertine Technologies: Leading the Charge Towards a Sustainable Future | Travertine Technologies, a pioneering company based in Boulder, Colorado, has recently secured a significant $8.5 million in funding to propel its mission of transforming the mining, fertilizer, and cement industries through innovative carb... |
| 25.06.2024 | Travertine secures $8.5 million to reduce waste and emissions in mining, fertilizer, and cement production | Travertine
The Travertine Process enables carbon-negative and zero-waste fertilizer, lithium, and nickel extraction and reduces the carbon intensity of cement production.
BOULDER, Colo., June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Travertine Techno... |
| 06.06.2024 | SiTration's Groundbreaking Approach to Critical Metals Recovery | SiTration, a pioneering materials recovery company based in Boston, has recently secured a substantial $11.8 million in seed funding to propel its innovative solution for the extraction of critical metals and minerals. Spearheaded by the vi... |
| 05.06.2024 | SiTration Raises $11.8 Million for Critical Metals Recovery | Funding Accelerates Deployment of Pilot Systems with Established Commercial Partners
BOSTON, June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SiTration, a materials recovery company serving the mining and metals industries, today announced it has raised $11.8 ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Sepion Advances EV Battery Safety with AI-Driven Non-Flammable Electrolyte | New Liquid Electrolyte is a Game-Changer to Reduce Fire Risks in Lithium Batteries
ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 30, 2024–
Sepion Technologies, a leading developer of nanoengineered separator coatings and liquid electrolytes for fas... |
| 12.04.2024 | Captura Expands Series A Round to US$45.3M | Captura, a Pasadena, CA-based direct ocean capture company, expanded its Series A to a total of US$45.3.
New backers included National Grid Partners and Japan Airlines Innovation Fund/Translink Capital.
The company intends to use the funds ... |
| 09.04.2024 | Exclusive: DexMat raising $10M to weave fiber from methane | DexMat is raising a $10 million Series A to expand its production of high-performance fibers made from captured methane gas.
Why it matters: Manufacturing the lightweight material generates a fraction of the emissions of conventional carbon... |
| 21.02.2024 | Exclusive: Electric plane, train and boat batteries get millions in DOE funds | A dozen teams nationwide are getting millions in Department of Energy funding to develop batteries for electric regional aircraft, trains and ships.
Why it matters: If any such moonshot is successful and scaleable, it could help curb the ma... |
| 16.02.2024 | IperionX’s Virginia Campus nears titanium production milestone, signaling industry growth | North Carolina-based titanium developer IperionX has provided an update on the progress of its commercial-scale titanium metal manufacturing capabilities at the Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia.
This development encompasses progres... |
| 26.12.2023 | Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid | Science Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid
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| 18.10.2023 | Seaweed cultivator Ocean Rainforest bags €4.5M award to develop sustainable offshore seaweed farming | Read this article in:
Faroe Islands-based Ocean Rainforest, a sustainable seaweed cultivator, announced that it has secured a €4.5M Technology to Market Plus Up award from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy ... |
| 27.06.2023 | A startup helps a brewery get steamy | AtmosZero, a company emerging from stealth today and partnering with a prominent brewery, aims to electrify the production of steam used in industrial applications.
Why it matters: Climate-friendly steam production lacks the buzz of, say, e... |
| 11.04.2023 | Breakthrough ceramic-glass material for 3D printing launched by Lithoz and Glassomer | Austrian ceramic 3D printing company Lithoz and Germany-based glass manufacturer Glassomer have launched a new 3D printing material called LithaGlass, a high-performance fused silica glass.
Lithoz’s Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (... |
| 27.02.2023 | U.S. DOE announces $48 million in funding to modernize the grid | The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $48 million in funding to focus on improving the grid infrastructure in the United States.
A new program will focus on developing power grid technologies that improve control and protection of t... |
| 23.02.2023 | Industrial Scale Microbiome Mining is a New Drug Discovery Toolbox | The vast majority of the critically essential secrets in biology are hidden from researchers. The human microbiome is now considered a human organ, yet the word “microbiome” was not in the research lexicon as recently as 20 years ago. Scien... |
| 14.09.2022 | Austal In Play: Australian Billionaire Andrew Forrest Eying Big Naval Shipyard | LCS shipbuilder Austal is in playU.S. Navy |
| 07.09.2022 | New method of 3D printing living soils could unlock the carbon-capturing homes of the future | Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have developed a method of 3D printing living soils that could be used to construct future carbon-negative buildings.
Through the layer-by-layer extrusion of a novel seed-impregnated soil ‘ink... |
| 18.08.2022 | SkyNano Startup To Convert CO2 Into Solid Carbon: Part 2–Markets And Climate Solution. | Smoke stacks and emissions from hard-to-abate steel mill in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Corbis via Getty Images |
| 23.06.2022 | Synteris awarded $2.7M grant to develop new method of 3D printing ceramic packaging for electronics | Maryland-based start-up Synteris has raised $2.7 million towards the development of a novel ceramic 3D printing approach.
Known as Selective Laser Reaction Sintering (SLRS), Synteris’ technology is designed to serve as an alternative means ... |
| 16.06.2022 | Energy Dept grants incentivize construction of buildings that pull CO2 from air | The idea that buildings should be constructed with an eye to slowing climate change by making them carbon neutral is being superseded by the development of even more ambitious technologies that aim to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, making ... |
| 14.06.2022 | Department Of Energy Awards $39 Million To Ten Universities And Other Labs To Develop Carbon-Storing Buildings | |
| 01.04.2022 | Umaro’s $3m AgFunder-led seed round hints at a ocean-based future for alternative protein | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Umaro Foods.
California’s Umaro Foods has raised $3 million in seed funding for its technology that turns seaweed into a protein source and functional ingredient for meat analogs... |
| 28.03.2022 | Max Q: A landing system for the moon and beyond | Hello and welcome back to Max Q. Before we dive into this week’s news, a brief note: I’ll be experimenting with the newsletter over the coming weeks, trying out new segments and features, and I want to hear from you: What do you enjoy readi... |
| 14.02.2022 | Parallel Systems Gets US Energy Dept. Funding to Test Its Autonomous Electric Freight Cars | Parallel Systems—the startup founded by former SpaceX engineers to develop autonomous, electric rail cars for the freight industry—has received a $4.4 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund advanced testing ... |
| 18.01.2022 | Pulling fertilizer out of thin air with solar power | Nitricity is using solar electricity to extract nitrogen directly from our air to produce nitric acid, the most critical nutrient in fertilizer that plants use to grow everything we humans eat. The key features of the company’s product are ... |
| 08.12.2021 | Cimarron Selected by U.S. Department of Energy to Develop Next-Generation Flare Technologies to Reduce Methane Emissions. | "Cimarron’s engineers have been developing new technologies to constantly improve the destruction efficiency for flares and partnering with DOE allows Cimarron to accelerate its research development to achieve 99.5% DRE." - Jeff F... |
| 14.07.2021 | Wärtsilä joins a growing field of OEMs testing hydrogen as a fuel for electric power generation | Global power plant developer Wärtsilä has begun testing in Finland to learn how its reciprocating internal combustion engines may be fueled with pure hydrogen. It also announced plans to disclose by 2025 an engine and power plant “concept” ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston expert: 4 questions to ask when hiring employees in other states | A larger share of employees has found themselves working from home, or at least working remote, than ever before and many continue to do so permanently. As employers actively take steps to ensure a strong showing throughout the economic rec... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston space tech company reveals details on its new $40M facility | A Houston-based space tech company focused on sending the first American spacecraft to the Moon since NASA's Apollo program is planning on expanding its presence here on Earth too.
Intuitive Machines announced its plans to move from its cur... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston EV charging station startup gets ready to roll out services across the country | A Houston startup is revving up the region's — and the country's — supply of charging stations for electric vehicles.
The company, Refuel Electric Vehicle Solutions (REVS), recently installed its first two charging stations. They're at two ... |
| 14.05.2021 | DOE Invests $35 Million to Dramatically Reduce Carbon Footprint of Biofuel Production | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $35 million in funding that will help slash carbon emissions and scale up the volume and efficiency of renewable biofuel. The 15 awarded research projects are housed at ... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 26.04.2021 | Houston tech-turned-hospitality entrepreneur launches global health passport | The pandemic brought Houston hospitality entrepreneur Carson Hager — a self-described "recovering programmer" — back to his roots in an attempt to help people gather together once more.
After 20 years in the tech world — he sold h... |
| 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 19.04.2021 | Houston supercar dealer now accepting Dogecoin as payment | Post Oak Motor Cars is now accepting dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that recently gained new heights of popularity following support from Tesla founder Elon Musk, as a form of payment. New Bugatti, Bentley, Karma, and Rolls-Royce vehicles are s... |
| 19.04.2021 | 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 — energy venture, sports tech, and communications — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
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| 19.04.2021 | Houston startup rolls out blockchain-as-a-service model | A Houston blockchain startup has launched a new service that allows companies to enroll in the platform in just a few clicks.
Houston-based blockchain network developer Topl has announced the new platform, which is in its public beta stage.... |
| 16.04.2021 | Houston lands on list of nation's top spots for millennials on the move | The Bayou City is shining as an attractive destination for young people on the move.
According to the fifth-annual study from SmartAsset, millennials are fleeing cities like Los Angeles and Chicago and migrating to other areas in search of ... |
| 15.04.2021 | Houston-based corporate venture group makes 2 investments from new $300M fund | The venture arm of Chevron has made two recent investments as a part of a new fund. Both of the companies are creating solutions within alternative energy innovation.
Chevron Technology Ventures announced its $300 million Future Energy Fund... |
| 13.04.2021 | Houston Climathon winning microgrid solution is more important now than ever | More than 6,000 participants in 145 cities around the world gathered virtually for last year's Climathon, a global event put on by Impact Hub Houston to unite innovators and collaborate on climate solutions. When Winter Storm Uri left the T... |
| 09.04.2021 | Over $1.4M in prizes awarded at Rice University's student startup competition | In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world — its largest batch of companies to date — and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtua... |
| 08.04.2021 | How the pandemic advanced tech in government and education, according to this Houston expert | If you've logged onto a government website recently, you know that dealing with creaking, outdated government technology is about as much fun as a trip to the DMV. Held back by byzantine procurement rules, management-by-committee, and an ag... |
| 08.04.2021 | Houston named a top life science emerging market | Houston is moving up the life sciences ladder.
In October, commercial real estate services company CBRE ranked Houston second on its list of the top emerging clusters for life sciences in the U.S. Pittsburgh took the No. 1 spot, while Austi... |
| 07.04.2021 | Space-focused fund with HQ in Houston rockets toward $20M goal | A venture capital firm co-located in Houston and Austin has announced a recent closing of a $20 million fund.
SpaceFund has raised $9 million toward its its $20 million BlastOff Fund as of this week — surpassing its initial first close goal... |
| 06.04.2021 | Geothermal | We have a house in the northeast United States where the summers are warm and the winters are cold. We have solar on the roof and we heat and cool this house with electricity. This is the electrical generation/consumption chart for all of 2... |
| 01.04.2021 | Exploring Geothermal | This is one of several posts on new areas we are exploring for USV’s Climate Fund.
Geothermal energy has massive potential: just 0.1% of the Earth’s heat content could supply humanity’s total energy needs for two million years. Geothermal ... |
| 01.04.2021 | Houston startup with life-saving innovation receives $2M grant | A $2 million federal grant will enable Houston-based PolyVascular to launch human trials of what it hails as the first polymer-based heart valve for children.
In conjunction with the grant, Dr. Will Clifton has joined the medical device com... |
| 01.04.2021 | Rice University rises with plan to significantly grow student body | Houston's list-topping Ivy League of the South hub is set to see significant growth. Rice University's board of trustees has approved a plan to enlarge its undergraduate student body by 20 percent, the school announced. That means some addi... |
| 31.03.2021 | Longtime Houston tech entrepreneur prioritizes giving back to ecosystem | When Chris Howard founded his technology consulting firm in 1997, there wasn't a tech scene in town. But as the company grew over the past 20-plus years, so did Houston's innovation ecosystem — and Howard had a front-row seat for it all.
No... |
| 31.03.2021 | Houston fintech unicorn raises $300M in series C | Houston's first "unicorn," fintech company HighRadius, is growing up fast.
On March 30, HighRadius, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, reported it raised a $300 million Series C round of funding that values the company at $3... |
| 31.03.2021 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in April | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of online innovation events — from Zoom panels to virtual conferences — and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this month — f... |
| 30.03.2021 | International hotel chain taps Houston staffing startup to get teams back to work | A Houston startup has struck a deal with a major new client focused on getting employees back to work at its 6,000 locations worldwide.
Maryland-based international hotelier Choice Hotels International Inc. selected Houston-based WizeHire i... |
| 30.03.2021 | Houston expert: Now is the time to diversify your workforce in the name of innovation | Pop quiz: What's the best way to introduce and nurture a culture of innovation in your organization?
Give all employees a VR headset
Mandate every team leader offer one new idea per quarter
Add the word "innovate" to the organizat... |
| 30.03.2021 | Greentown Houston announces grand opening, clean energy accelerators open apps, and more innovation news | It's been a crazy start to 2021 with the innovation ecosystem being especially busy. For this reason, Houston innovation news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, Greentown ... |
| 29.03.2021 | Houston-area teen scores golden investment from Kendra Scott on Shark Tank | A17-year-old entrepreneur from Missouri City has struck gold with her business, thanks to a Texas-based jewelry superstar.
Tyla-Simone Crayton, who is CEO of her wing-style sauce company Sienna Sauce, scored a $100,000 investment for her bu... |
| 29.03.2021 | University of Houston to install nanotech-coated air filters on campus to prevent COVID-19 spread | A nanotechnology developed at the University of Houston is about to make a big difference right on campus.
UH's Facilities/Construction Management Preventive Maintenance team is working on a project that will install air filters that are na... |
| 26.03.2021 | 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 about the importance of d... |
| 26.03.2021 | Houston named a top city for women in STEM fields | If you're a woman in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics and you call Houston home, according to a new report, you're doing it right.
In honor of Women's History Month, CommercialCafe updated its 2020 ranking of the top U.S. ci... |
| 26.03.2021 | Amazon ramps up delivery service in Houston with 4 new outposts | Houstonians who anxiously watch their Amazon order status when it's "out for delivery" can take heart that the process may now be speedier.
Jeff Bezos' global juggernaut of all things shopping has just announced four new delivery ... |
| 25.03.2021 | Texas named a best state for remote work | Economic development boosters regularly tout Texas as a business-friendly state. Now, they can add another positive attribute: Texas ranks as one of the top remote-work-friendly states in the U.S.
A new list from the CareerCloud career plat... |
