| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.01.2025 | Houston's Rising Stars: Business, Innovation, and Space Exploration | Houston is a city of dreams, where ambition meets opportunity. The skyline reflects a spirit of innovation, and the streets pulse with the energy of entrepreneurs. Recent developments highlight this vibrant landscape, showcasing individuals... |
| 02.01.2025 | Promising Houston sleep tech startup readies for big year of growth, work toward FDA clearance | There's a slew of treatment options for people living with sleep apnea. But, the bigger problem, as Meagan Pitcher realized during her time at the Texas Medical Center's Biodesign program, is that there's no easy way to reliably diagnose an... |
| 31.12.2024 | Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta nominated as ambassador to Italy | Houston billionaire and Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta has been nominated to serve as the United States ambassador to Italy, according to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
On Saturday, Trump sent the following statement via Truth Social Pos... |
| 15.10.2024 | Houston's Innovation Surge: A Glimpse into the Future | Houston is buzzing. The city is a hotbed of innovation, where startups are not just surviving; they are thriving. Recent developments showcase a vibrant ecosystem fueled by technology, investment, and a relentless drive for progress. This w... |
| 14.10.2024 | 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 Houston startup founders cel... |
| 14.10.2024 | Houston startup expands DOD partnership to provide clean energy at Texas site | Expanding on its partnership with the United States Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit, Sage Geosystems has been selected to conduct geothermal project development initiatives at Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi.
Along with ... |
| 28.12.2023 | Money moves: Most-read Houston innovation grant and gift news of 2023 | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. Money means a lot to startups and other innovative entities, and while startups are usually scouting venture capital... |
| 22.12.2023 | Startup secures $2.5M, SPAC deal close, 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 articles on InnovationMap included a recently closed funding round for an energy tech startu... |
| 18.12.2023 | New GHP leader takes helm, creates ‘shared leadership model’ | The Greater Houston Partnership announced organizational changes under the tenure of its new president and CEO, Steve Kean.
Kean officially took on his new role earlier this month, after being named the next CEO this summer. The GHP's forme... |
| 12.12.2023 | Proposed Texas high-speed Houston-Dallas rail lands $500K in federal funds | Amtrak and its partners will receive more than $2.1 billion in a federal program to improve existing routes and expand Amtrak service across the U.S.
That includes $500,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration awarded to the long-in-the... |
| 07.12.2023 | Space health nonprofit to send 6 more experiments to space on Houston company's next mission | A Houston organization announced that it plans to launch six more experiments into space next year that look to learn more about everything from motion sickness to genome alterations during space travel.
The Translational Research Institute... |
| 13.11.2023 | Houston initiative receives $4M grant to promote biomedical entrepreneurship | The National Institute of Health has awarded a $4 million grant to a Houston-area initiative in the name of sparking biomedical activity.
The grant will create a new Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub, known as REACH, in Houston.... |
| 13.11.2023 | New report ranks Houston as the top city for foreign investment | For the second time, a report has analyzed the top markets in the United States for the rest of the world to do business in. This year, that top spot belongs to Houston.
The second annual FT-Nikkei Investing in America ranking, which came o... |
| 09.11.2023 | Annual report ranks 4 Houston tech companies on list of fasting growing businesses | Deloitte just unveiled the fastest-growing technology companies in North America — and four businesses from Houston made the cut.
For the 29th year, 2023 Technology Fast 500 ranked top tech, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and ene... |
| 09.11.2023 | Houston expert shares strategies for addressing potential workforce shortages | The energy industry, a vital part of Houston’s business ecosystem, faces the challenge of a shrinking workforce.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report indicates the workforce has nearly two million fewer workers today as compared to February 20... |
| 09.11.2023 | Houston startups dominate ‘most-promising’ companies announcement at annual event | Rice University played host this week to the 12th annual Texas Life Science Forum, where life science leaders and startup founders could network, learn and present pitches on their solutions to a wide array of health-related issues.
Hosted ... |
| 08.11.2023 | Houston Innovation Awards winners revealed at 2023 event | Who are the top innovators and startups in Houston? We just found out for you.
The Houston Innovation Awards honored over 50 finalists categories, naming the 12 winners at the event. The 2023 Trailblazer Award recipient, Brad Burke, managin... |
| 24.10.2023 | Rice University secures NSF support to look into Houston flooding | Houston will be the setting of a new three-year National Science Foundation-funded study that focuses on a phenomenon the city is quite familiar with: flooding.
Conducted by Rice University, the study will consider how "design strategi... |
| 16.10.2023 | Here's what Houston startups snagged fresh funding last quarter | With Houston's business and innovation community firmly in its final leg of 2023, it's time to look back on funding from the previous quarter.
While last quarter revealed a decline in VC funding in line with the rest of the country, per Pit... |
| 11.10.2023 | Houston corporate communications expert on importance of messaging when scaling a tech company | Several years ago, Kelsey Hultberg decided to make a pivot. Looking for a role with career growth opportunities, the communications professional thought she'd find something at an oil and gas company, but then she met John Berger, founder a... |
| 02.10.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from femtech to edtech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Pedro Silva, CEO and co-founder... |
| 19.09.2023 | 6 ways Houston startups and small businesses can integrate AI, machine learning | In today's fast-paced and technologically driven world, artificial intelligence and machine learning have emerged as transformative technologies that hold immense potential for startups and small businesses. While AI was once perceived as t... |
| 08.09.2023 | Houston innovation events, cell lab at UH opens, 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 the latest roundup of can't miss events, a unique new lab at ... |
| 28.08.2023 | Houston caught slacking in Forbes study on best cities for remote workers | With many companies encouraging — or commanding — that remote workers return to the office in 2023, more and more Americans are seeking employment opportunities that will give them the freedom to work from elsewhere.
Houston is (remotely) c... |
| 15.08.2023 | Exclusive: New-to-Houston hardtech accelerator names local leader | An organization that promotes early-stage innovation within the hardtech space has named one of the founding entrepreneurs of Greentown Labs as its local Houston lead.
Activate named Jeremy Pitts as the Houston managing director this month.... |
| 15.02.2021 | Houston named national hot spot for this tech career, says report | The Greater Houston area ranks as one of the hot spots in the country for an in-demand area of tech expertise.
A new report from career website LinkedIn looks at an array of career categories exhibiting the highest year-over-year growth rat... |
| 28.01.2021 | Houston biotech receives up to $6M federal grant for COVID-19 treatment | The Pentagon is putting its financial power behind two COVID-19 clinical trials led by Houston-based biotech company Pulmotect Inc.
The U.S. Department of Defense is pumping as much as $6 million into the pair of Phase 2 trials, which invol... |
| 12.11.2020 | Rice research: Do leaders with distinctive names run distinctive businesses? | You probably know the names Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Bob Johnson. But how about DeShuna Spencer? She's the founder and CEO of the online streaming platform KweliTV. The platform's broad array of movies, news and other programming features... |
| 11.11.2020 | Deloitte explores the brave new world of virtual communication | Picture this: A corporate executive spends the morning exploring a trade show floor, viewing videos and presentations on new products and networking with companies, vendors, and other attendees from around the world.
In the afternoon, they ... |
| 09.10.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week is in the book. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included events not to miss, the grand opening of the Downtown Launchpad, and more.
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| 30.09.2020 | Houston-based 3D printing company plans to change the world — one piece of trash at a time | Aside from collecting their plastics throughout the week and dragging the bin to the curb, people aren't usually preoccupied with the recycling of materials. Houston-based Re:3D wants to change that.
The company was founded in 2013 by NASA ... |
| 31.07.2020 | Houston oil and gas giant premieres new startup incubator and names first participant | Not intending to be left out of the energy transition, a Houston-based, multinational oil and gas services company has announced its new incubator for startups to advance cleaner, affordable energy.
Halliburton Company has introduced Hallib... |
| 30.07.2020 | New next-gen technology in Houston is enhancing vehicle navigation | The dawn of smart cities is upon us, using the internet of things to solve both big and little problems. In Georgia, Texas, and Hawaii, a new technology is being used that will ease traffic woes for public safety vehicles.
The technology us... |
| 30.06.2020 | Data science startup based in Houston focus on neuroscience software nabs $3.78M grant | Armed with a nearly $3.8 million federal grant, a Houston startup aims to boost neuroscience research around the world.
Vathes LLC, a developer of data management software that collaborates with neuroscience research labs in North America a... |
| 30.10.2019 | Houston recognized among the best hospital cities in the nation | As home to Texas Medical Center — the world's largest medical complex — it stands to reason that Houston ranks among the country's best cities for health care. A new study bolsters that notion, but it also points out that several health car... |
| 16.10.2019 | Texas again ranks poorly for its energy efficiency | Despite some growth in the industry's regional job market, Texas fails to rise through the ranks of a national report on energy efficiency.
For the second year in a row, the Lone Star State has made the list of the states with the worst ene... |
| 19.12.2018 | Houston entrepreneur wants to pave the way for female-led startups and VCs | It took her a second to be able to admit it, but Allison Lami Sawyer — a physicist by training and education — realized what her professional path was going to be when she was finishing up her MBA at Rice University.
"It took me a long... |
| 05.12.2018 | Leading venture capitalists forecast the future of funding in Houston | Despite Houston being known for its money, venture capital has struggled to hit its stride until recently. Now, as Houston has attracted more money for its startups — even coming close to Austin, according to recent data — the Bayou City fa... |
