| Date | Title | Description |
| 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... |
| 12.10.2023 | Exclusive: First self-driving car service for passengers launches in Houston | For the first time, Houstonians can hail an autonomous vehicle to get from point A to point B, thanks to a tech company's latest market roll out.
San Francisco-based Cruise, which has launched in its hometown, Phoenix, and Austin over the p... |
| 06.10.2023 | University of Houston lands $63.5M contract with DOD to develop tech for the 'future battlefield' | The University of Houston was recently awarded its largest grant in history—this time, from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The $63.5 million contract aims to support UH in developing analytical modeling and simulation platforms that help t... |
| 06.10.2023 | Texas burger spot takes bite out of innovative, eco-friendly initiative | Hearty Austin-based chain Hopdoddy Burger Bar has unveiled a new lineup of regenerative burgers that are supposed to be better for the planet and the consumer.
The term "regenerative burger" could cause a few head-scratches: Some ... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston unpacks No. 7 rank in U.S. for recent moves, says new report | Houston is shifting as people move into the city and around it. A new population analysis by online loan marketplace LendingTree has named Houston the No. 7 metro for recent movers.
The study used population data from a 2021 U.S. Census Bur... |
| 04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
| 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 | Houston startup founders prepare to scale globally following Shark Tank success | While Milkify's founders — husband and wife team Pedro Silva and Berkley Luck — secured partners on a popular business pitch and investment show, the entire experience almost didn't happen.
Silva and Luck, who got her PhD in molecular and b... |
| 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... |
| 21.09.2023 | New-to-Houston hardtech accelerator names new CEO, opens applications | A national organization that helps accelerate scientists into entrepreneurs has named its new CEO in the same week that applications opened for its 2024 cohort.
This week, Activate announced Cyrus Wadia as CEO of the organization. Based Cal... |
| 21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
| 21.09.2023 | Houston program buoys promising cancer research with live-saving innovation | How do you bring promising cancer research to the masses? TMC Innovation's Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics was established with that question in mind.
Funded by a $5 million grant from CPRIT, or the Cancer Prevention and Research Instit... |
| 19.09.2023 | Houston energy tech startup expands platform with new data tools | Houston startup Molecule Software hopes to get a big bang out of its new platform for the energy and commodities markets.
The data-as-a-lake platform, Bigbang, is available as an add-on for current Molecule customers. It enables energy trad... |
| 15.09.2023 | New certificate course trains a ready workforce as biotech companies in Pearland take off | Biotech companies in Pearland are thriving, with big names such as Lonza, Millar Inc. Inc., and Abbott all experiencing tremendous growth in recent years.
The only challenge to this success is the increased demand for a faster workforce pip... |
| 14.09.2023 | Houston startup with sustainable biotech solutions lands new customer in United Airlines | An innovative Houston company is celebrating a new deal with a global airline.
Cemvita Corp. announced a new offtake arrangement with United Airlines. Cemvita's first full-scale sustainable aviation fuel plant will provide up to 1 billion g... |
| 13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
| 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... |
| 11.09.2023 | Rice University launches research innovation grant program with VC fund in the works | Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators.
Rice University's Office of Innovation establ... |
| 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 ... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
| 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... |
| 22.08.2023 | Massive $32M gift from former patient, new UH deal pump big changes into Houston organization | Leadership at The Texas Heart Institute has two major things to celebrate. First, it just received a $32 million donation from a patient — the largest charitable donation in its history.
Shortly after that news came out, the institute annou... |
| 21.08.2023 | 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 medical device to climatetech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Jeremy Pitts, manag... |
| 21.08.2023 | University names Houston founder to leadership role to oversee new innovation hub | Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Houston materials scientist-turned-entrepreneur Adrian Trömel as its new assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Trömel founded non-invasive neurostimulation medical device com... |
| 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 | University of Houston's new hub scores $100,000 grant from energy co. | A Houston school is cashing in a major gift from a local energy company in order to support the industry's future workforce, research, and more.
The University of Houston Energy Transition Institute received a $100,000 grant from the Baker ... |
| 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... |
| 15.08.2023 | Innovative Houston lab works with 'ghost hearts' to study impact of regenerative medicine | Ask any high achiever and they’ll tell you — failure is the path to success.
As Camila Hochman-Mendez puts it, “I’m like Thomas Edison, right? I know a thousand ways of how not to create a lightbulb.” But she’s not really talking about elec... |
| 15.08.2023 | Houston health care expert shares lessons from journey of developing a telehealth MVP | In the vibrant landscape of startups, the quest to build groundbreaking products can sometimes overshadow the true essence of our existence — to solve problems for our customers.
It's a trap many fall into, often leading to two common outco... |
| 14.08.2023 | Annual report highlights Houston's big innovation wins across tech, life science, space, VC funding, and more | Houston, a city known for its energy legacy, is rapidly transforming into a diverse hub of innovation, life science, technology, and aerospace, according to the 2023 Houston Facts report, released by the Greater Houston Partnership.
Here ar... |