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| 12.01.2024 | Driverless semi-truck tech to launch between Houston and Dallas later this year | Kodiak Robotics is scaling up its driverless semi truck, which will initially carry cargo on a Houston-to-Dallas route that’s set to formally launch this year.
The most recent version of Kodiak’s truck debuted in Las Vegas at the recent 202... |
| 12.01.2024 | Houston innovation leader named to new role to drive strategy, programming | A longtime Houston innovation leader has added a new title to his role at Rice University.
Brad Burke, who has served as executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship for 20 years, has been named associate vice... |
| 12.01.2024 | Freshly funded startups, NASA-backed engine testing top this week's top Houston innovation stories | Editor's note:Welcome back for another roundup of top Houston innovation news from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included recent startup funding rounds, two new hires, and more.
These 9 Houst... |
| 10.01.2024 | 10 Houston scientists named to fellowship for turning research into businesses | Rice University has announced its latest cohort of fellows who aim to translate research into real-world startups.
The 2024 cohort of Rice Innovation Fellows is the third of its kind since the university's Office of Innovation and The Liu I... |
| 10.01.2024 | NASA postpones historic crew landing until 2026 | Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday.
The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around th... |
| 10.01.2024 | PE firm acquires Houston renewables fuels infrastructure company | Fresh off its $3 billion fund closure, a Houston private equity firm has made its latest acquisition.
Ara Partners announced this week that it has acquired a majority interest in Houston-based USD Clean Fuels, a developer of logistics infra... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston rocket tech company partners with NASA on critical testing | A Houston-headquartered space tech company that's working on technology to enable hypersonic travel has announced a partnership with NASA to test its tech.
Venus Aerospace has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville... |
| 09.01.2024 | How this Houston innovator plans on revolutionizing AI on a global scale | It’s taken people some time, but most of society is finally doing a collective 180-degree flip on its once guarded view of artificial intelligence in favor of being open to the idea that it can help humankind in a myriad of positive ways.
T... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston innovator: Why we need to protect the individual inventor | In 2011, Congress passed The America Invents Act, which created an administrative pathway for challenging the validity of patents. This allowed an opportunity to bypass our courts and get non-judges to determine whether an already issued pa... |
| 08.01.2024 | Houston med device company names new CEO | Houston-based medical device company BiVACOR has brought aboard a new CEO.
Jim Dillon, a longtime executive in the medical device sector, has been hired to lead BiVACOR and join its board of directors. Dillon succeeds former heart surgeon D... |
| 05.01.2024 | Top funding rounds, events not to miss, and more trending Houston innovation news | Editor's note:It's officially the new year, and the end of the first week of 2024 — it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included events not to miss this... |
| 05.01.2024 | Chicago life science innovation firm names Houston leader | After announcing its expansion into Houston last summer and opening its office in a new Texas Medical Center building, Portal Innovations has named its Houston leader.
Portal Innovations announced that Monique Knighten as an executive direc... |
| 04.01.2024 | Houston small biz organization expands strategic partnerships | In alliance with their mission of supporting Houston small businesses the Small Business Administration Houston District Office has expanded its partnerships.
The Houston SBA has joined forces with various organizations across a 32-county f... |
| 03.01.2024 | 5+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for January | Ring in the new year with fellow Houston innovators at everything from networking meetups to startup showcases.
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 be... |
| 02.01.2024 | Houston expert: Analyzing the impact of generative AI on research | Researchers have to write extremely specific papers that require higher-order thinking — will an intuitive AI program like OpenAI’s ChatGPT be able to imitate the vocabulary, grammar and most importantly, content, that a scientist or resear... |
| 02.01.2024 | Houston sustainability startup secures million-dollar prize after global competition | A Houston sustainability startup has secured a major win on a global scale.
Revterra, which produces novel batteries made from recycled steel, has been awarded a million-dollar piloting opportunity by ADNOC following a global competition.
T... |
| 29.12.2023 | Raising the roof: These were the top 5 investment rounds raised by Houston startups in 2023 | Editor's note: As 2023 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. When it came to the money raised in Houston, these five startups raised the most, according to reporting done by Innovat... |
| 28.12.2023 | Texas company lines up hundreds electric-hybrid planes for takeoff | Hop-on jet service JSX is soaring into a more eco-friendly future with plans to acquire more than 300 hybrid-electric airplanes.
The Dallas-based air carrier revealed in a release that they'll add up to 332 small hybrid planes in 2028, allo... |
| 28.12.2023 | Houston HR tech platform plans to grow team, expand internationally with recent $21M raise | With a recent $21 million series B funding round set to fuel more growth and expand an impressive client roster, Kahuna Workforce Solutions is riding a big wave into 2024.
CEO Jai Shah tells InnovationMap that the Houston skills management ... |
| 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... |
| 26.12.2023 | 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 recently making headlines in Houston across biotech and medical device.
Moji Karimi, co-founder and CEO of ... |
| 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... |
| 20.12.2023 | Houston biotech company expands as a network of startups with energy transition solutions | A lot has changed since Moji Karimi co-founded his biotech company Cemvita with his sister Tara in 2017. In fact, a lot has changed just in 2023 — for Cemvita, for the energy transition, and for world as a whole.
In the past year, Cemvita h... |
| 20.12.2023 | Semi-private US carrier JSX inks deals to buy more than 300 hybrid-electric aircraft | Transportation Semi-private US carrier JSX inks deals to buy more than 300 hybrid-electric aircraft
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| 19.12.2023 | Houston medical device company with long-lasting artificial heart reaches FDA milestone | A Houston company with a breakthrough heart health tech has received a green light from the FDA.
BiVACOR, a Houston-headquartered medical device company, has received FDA approval for its Total Artificial Heart (BTAH) IDE first-in-human ear... |
| 19.12.2023 | Top stories: Houston's most-read health tech 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. In the health tech category on InnovationMap, top stories included startups relocating to Houston to further advance... |
| 18.12.2023 | Houston nonprofit accelerator receives grant funding to advance bioindustrial startups | A Houston-based nonprofit accelerator that works with early-stage synthetic biology startups has secured nearly $750,000 to support its mission.
First Bight Ventures' accelerator, BioWell, secured $741,925 of the $53 million doled out as a ... |
| 15.12.2023 | Houston small biz services co. secures $30M in financing from Austin firm | Missouri City-based Exectras, a provider of services for small and midsize businesses, has secured debt financing of up to $30 million from Austin-based investment manager Tacora Capital.
Exectras says the money will go toward beefing up it... |
| 15.12.2023 | Feature focused: 5 most-read Houston lifestyle innovation stories of the year | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. In the lifestyle category on InnovationMap, top stories included features on Houston startups with consumer-facing a... |
| 15.12.2023 | Startup-sourced gift ideas, Houston Spaceport's newest facility opens, and more trending 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 Axiom Space opening its new HQ, gift ideas from Houston s... |
| 14.12.2023 | Houston startup focused on cultivating the future workforce of the energy industry raises $2.5M seed funding | With $2.5 million in fresh funding, Digital Wildcatters is on its way to keep empowering the evolving energy workforce.
Digital Wildcatters, a Houston company that's providing a community for the next generation of energy professionals, has... |
| 13.12.2023 | UH, Rice join other Texas universities in new ranking of best schools for future leaders | Two Houston schools just scored spots on a new list recognizing universities that are fostering future leaders.
TIME Magazine revealed its inaugural “Best Colleges For Future Leaders,” and the University of Houston and Rice University were ... |
| 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... |
| 11.12.2023 | Customizable commercial condo concept expands to The Woodlands | An Austin-based company that provides ownable multi-use space is expanding in the Houston area.
XSpace has announced that it will break ground next year in The Woodlands and open near the intersection of Six Pines Drive and Lake Woodlands D... |
| 11.12.2023 | 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 recently making headlines in Houston across energy, health care, and more.
Natara Branch, CEO of Houston Ex... |
| 11.12.2023 | Houston AI company raises $35M, plans for Japanese IPO | A Houston tech startup with an artificial intelligence technology has announced it's raised two rounds of funding as it plans to continue developing its product and IPO in Japan.
Allganize recently closed a $20 million series B round of fun... |
| 08.12.2023 | Texas charges up top-10 rank in states dealing with the most debt, per report | It's not too late to rein in that holiday spending, Texas. A new financial report has revealed Texas is the No. 9 state with the highest debt levels in the country.
The report by personal finance website CreditDonkey examined each state's a... |
| 08.12.2023 | 2023 startup gift guide: Shop local from these Houston innovators | It's giving season, and you need not look any further than Houston's startup and innovation community for some gift ideas.
This year's Houston startup gift guide includes experiences, sustainable shopping, and more.
Need some more ideas? Br... |
| 24.10.2023 | Houston expert: How early tech exposure can prepare the future workforce | In our ever-evolving digital landscape, there's no better time to embrace technology than now. This is evident by a fascinating prediction from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: a whopping 100,000 tech-related jobs are projected in the n... |
| 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... |
| 28.09.2023 | Houston-based VC secures oversubscribed $160M fund for early-stage startups | A Houston venture capital firm has announce big news of its latest fund.
Mercury, founded in 2005 to invest in startups not based in major tech hubs on either coast, closed its latest fund, Mercury Fund V, at an oversubscribed amount of $16... |
| 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... |
| 11.09.2023 | Houston VR training startup wins $90M contract with Air Force, Space Force | HTX Labs has won a three-year, $90 million contract to provide immersive training capabilities for the Air Force and Space Force.
Under the new contract, which is set to end in September 2026, HTX Labs will supply immersive training technol... |
| 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 ... |
| 01.09.2023 | Houston AI startup raises $1.5M seed round of funding | A Houston startup that's on a mission to transform and expedite data processing for its industrial clients has raised seed funding.
Industrial Data Labs announced this week that it's closed a $1.5 million seed round of funding. The company ... |
| 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... |
| 24.08.2023 | Houston robotics startup secures $2.1M contract extension with engineering tech co. | A Houston startup has just secured an extended contract with a major customer.
Webster-based Nauticus Robotics, a maker of autonomous oceangoing robots, has bulked up its current contract with Reston, Virginia-based Leidos in a $2.1 million... |
| 17.08.2023 | Greentown Labs names new CEO to oversee Houston, Boston incubators | The largest climatetech incubator in North America has named an Obama Administration appointee as its next CEO.
Kevin Knobloch, who served as chief of staff of the United States Department of Energy in President Barack Obama’s second term, ... |
| 16.08.2023 | DC Money Moves: ASRC Federal subsidiary secures an $8B contract from NOAA | Money Moves is a column where we chart the funding raises of tech companies across the region. Have a tip? Email us at dc@technical.ly.
Reston-based ASRC Federal subsidiary Data Networks, secured a spot on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric... |
| 28.07.2023 | Nezasa Raises $4.7 Million for Tour Operator Software: Startup Funding Roundup | Three travel tech startups have announced more than $4 million in funding this week.
>>Nezasa, a software platform for tour operations, has raised $4.7 million. Investors included Alpana Ventures, Liquid Partners, Credit Suisse, and Z... |
| 26.07.2023 | Electra Aero Receives Investment from Statkraft Ventures | Electra.aero, Inc., a Manassas, VA-based electric aviation company, received an investment from Statkraft Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to further develop its hybrid-electric ultra-... |
| 13.07.2023 | Virginia-Based Electra Debuts Innovative Advanced Air Mobility Demonstrator Aircraft Supported By VIPC Funding | John S. Langford, Electra.aero, Founder and CEO
Hybrid-electric, short takeoff and landing technology enables efficient and sustainable aviation that delivers transformative societal and economic benefits.
Virginia has it all. Everything ab... |
| 04.06.2023 | VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners Invests in Electra to Provide Efficient and Sustainable Air Travel | Company builds hybrid-electric planes to boost regional travel and decarbonize air transportation
Electra is on a mission to decarbonize aviation and make regional air travel cleaner and more accessible to everyone. We are proud to be found... |
| 01.06.2023 | VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners Invests in Electra to Provide Efficient and Sustainable Air Travel | Company builds hybrid-electric planes to boost regional travel and decarbonize air transportation
Electra is on a mission to decarbonize aviation and make regional air travel cleaner and more accessible to everyone. We are proud to be found... |
| 19.04.2023 | VIPC Awards Commonwealth Commercialization Fund Grant to Electra.aero, Inc. | CCF grants support startups, critical early technology testing, and market validation efforts
Our company was proudly founded in Virginia and we intend to continue building our innovative eSTOL aircraft here on home turf.”
— Dr. John Langfo... |
| 07.04.2023 | Lockheed Martin’s Venture Capital Arm Is Dabbling in Island-Hopping Seagliders | REGENT's subscale Seaglider prototype took to the air in August, 2022. REGENT |
| 27.09.2022 | MintAir Chooses Electra for Regional Air Mobility Services in South Korea | Electra eSTOL aircraft depicted flying above Seongnam City (image credit: Electra)
Flying out of Seongnam city to anywhere in Korea
We selected Electra's eSTOL because of its superior safety, the energy-saving lift efficiency of its blown-l... |
| 18.03.2022 | After catching a deal on Shark Tank, these Houston-area fish foodies swim toward more funding | The benefits of working more fish into your diet are as endless as the vast ocean itself, but going about buying and cooking fish is an expensive and daunting process.
Houstonians Melissa Harrington and Emily Castro thought they could help ... |
| 10.02.2022 | Electra.aero Partners with Yugo to Open New Destinations in Asia to Private Air Travel with Clean Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Aircraft | FALLS CHURCH, Va. and SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra"), a pioneering developer of sustainable aircraft, and Yugo, Asia's fast-growing private air mobility platform, have partnered to dramatic... |
| 18.01.2022 | Lockheed Martin Ventures Leads Series A Funding Round for Electra.aero | FALLS CHURCH, Va., Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra"), a pioneering developer of hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, today announced that it has received an investment in its... |
| 26.08.2021 | Bristow : Development of "Green" Self-Charging Electric Plane with Range of 500 Miles Gets Boost as Bristow Group Joins Forces with Electra.aero | HOUSTON, Aug. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
Electra.aero to develop hybrid-electric aircraft that takes off in 300x100 ft and carries 5-7 passengers or 1,800 pounds of cargo up to 500 nautical miles in all-weather conditions
Bristow will lend it... |
| 18.08.2021 | Electra Charts The Course For Hybrid-Electric eSTOL Certification | Electra hires experienced certification director to lead the certification of its Part-23 eSTOL aircraft and is accepted into the FAA Center for Emerging Concepts and Innovations (CECI) engagement program
Electra shares that it has hired Ra... |
| 07.08.2021 | Electra Names Robie Samanta Roy As COO | Electra.aero, a next-gen aerospace company devoted to sustainable urban & regional mobility, announced that Dr. Robie I. Samanta Roy has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. Robie joins Electra from Lockheed-Martin, where he serve... |
| 26.02.2021 | 5 can't-miss innovation events at CERAWeek featuring Houston speakers | While usually hundreds of energy experts, C-level executives, diplomats, members of royal families, and more descend upon Houston for the the annual CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference, this year will be a little different. Canceled last year... |
| 09.02.2021 | Houston software startup closes $7.5M series A led by two Houston-area VC firms | A Houston B2B software startup has closed a new round of funding led by two Houston venture capital firms.
WizeHire, a tech-enabled hiring solution for small businesses, closed a $7.5 million series A funding round that was led by Houston-b... |
| 04.02.2021 | Houston expert: Is virtual reality just trendy tech or a viable business solution? | Due to the pandemic, various technologies have accelerated into the spotlight – one of which being virtual reality. As many begin to decipher the unique ways to connect with audiences, the question becomes: is virtual reality just a shiny t... |
| 29.01.2021 | Report: Lone Star State snags spot as world's 9th largest economy by GDP | If Texas were a country — and plenty of Texans wish that were the case — it would rank among the world's 10 largest economies. Economic development officials are now touting that fact as evidence of Houston and the rest of Texas being a gre... |
| 14.01.2021 | Rice University researcher looks into what creates social well being | How nice! You're early. It's just you and your mat, alone for a moment at the office's weekly Zoom yoga session. Breathing in, you silently applaud yourself for investing in your well-being.
Then a guy from upper management pops onto the sc... |
| 14.01.2021 | Houston program in the running for prestigious $10 million prize | Rice University is once again in the spotlight for innovation, this time for its work in potentially assisting rural communities across the Lone Star State. And this idea could score the university a $10 million prize.
A new project propose... |
| 11.01.2021 | TMCx company recognized internationally, Cannon acquires Houston fintech startup, and more innovation news | Houston's innovation ecosystem has been booming with news fresh out of the gate for 2021, and it's likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
For this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, a TMCx startup gets called out... |
| 08.01.2021 | 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 top interviews from 2020, innovators to know, and a guest col... |
| 04.01.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the first weekly roundup of Houston innovators of 2021, I'm introducing you to three innovators across the city — one of the richest people in Houston, a venture capital expert, and a female founder with big plans for 2021... |
| 29.12.2020 | These 4 Houstonians cash in on Forbes' list of richest American families | While 2020 has been a nightmare financially for many, some locals have cashed in. One example is Houston's Duncan family, with a net worth of $22 billion, who once again appear on the annual Forbes ranking of America's richest families. (Th... |
| 24.12.2020 | Houston expert: Rethinking priorities at educational institutions | As a new year approaches, it is common to see various school rankings begin to appear in different studies and within various media outlets. Whether they're ranking colleges, high schools or even pre-k schools, these lists have long impacte... |
| 18.12.2020 | Santa Claus is coming to a Houston-area town in an innovative way | Christmas may look a little different this year, but that doesn't mean Santa isn't coming to town. While a family picture with Santa is a seasonal staple for your mantel, the CDC guidelines aren't exactly conducive to a photo on Kriss Kring... |
| 15.12.2020 | Houston venture capital firm makes strategic hire and promotion | A Houston-based venture capital firm has made some moves in its personnel. Mercury Fund has made one new hire and one promotion.
Mercury Fund, which focuses on early-stage startups located in central United States, announced the promotion o... |
| 15.12.2020 | This Houston-area county clocks in as top U.S. spot for workforce talent | Despite a tough year for the nation, Fort Bend County keeps winning. In July, the Houston-area county was named the most charitable in Texas. Later, Sugar Land, the anchor city of Fort Bend County, was named one of America's best small citi... |
| 14.12.2020 | Houston company focused on renewables sees high growth potential amid 'energy revolution' | For Houston-based ENGlobal Corp., a provider of engineering and automation services geared toward the energy industry, renewable fuel facilities are a business pipeline gushing with opportunity.
ENGlobal's potential contracts for renewable ... |
| 11.12.2020 | Report: E-commerce soars in 2020 — in Houston and beyond | This year's holiday shopping season is keeping online retailers hopping. Commercial real estate services provider CBRE predicts holiday e-commerce sales in 2020 will exceed last year's by a whopping 40 percent.
But even before Americans wer... |
| 04.12.2020 | The new service every Houston shopper and small business needs to know about | Holiday shopping is in full swing, and the bane of everyone's existence — especially during a pandemic — is shipping.
For smaller and mid-sized local businesses, that means paying big-business prices to a national shipping company. And for ... |
| 04.12.2020 | Shoppers in these Houston suburbs are among biggest holiday spenders in U.S. | It appears that delivery drivers (and Santa) will be hauling sleighs full of gifts to homes in The Woodlands and Sugar Land this holiday season.
A new study from personal finance website WalletHub ranks The Woodlands and Sugar Land sixth an... |
| 06.11.2020 | Houston workers heading back to office at second-highest rate in U.S., study shows | So much for that everybody-working-from-home thing. New data shows Houston workers have headed back to the office in greater numbers than workers in eight other major U.S. metros.
Figures from Kastle Systems, a provider of security services... |
| 03.11.2020 | Houston hospital uses AI to create new breast cancer risk calculator | In the medical field, billions of dollars are wasted each year — about $935 billion, but who's counting? According to a paper published by the JAMA Network, an estimated $75.7 billion to $101.2 billion is wasted through overtreatment. Of th... |
| 30.10.2020 | Major Houston airport lands on list of hardest hit during the pandemic | Since the World Health Organization announced the COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, few industries have slowed as dramatically as air travel. Airlines made massive cuts in services and jockeyed for government assistance. Some, such... |
| 27.10.2020 | Houston ranks No. 3 on list of cities with the most people in financial distress amid COVID-19 | During the pandemic-produced recession, debt and loans are weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of Houstonians.
A study released this week by personal finance website WalletHub found Houston ranks first among the country's 100 largest U... |
| 26.10.2020 | Get a preview of Chile Connected's anticipated HealthTech panel | The technology and innovation portion of Chile Connected begins next week, and if you haven't already reserved your free spot for the virtual event, you'd be wise to go do it now.
From October 27-29, you can hear from high-level experts and... |
| 22.10.2020 | Houston entrepreneur's mobile platform brings gains to small restaurant chains | Food is the way to a Houstonian's heart. With critically-acclaimed cuisine and an abundance of diversity, Houston is the South's culinary pride. COVID-19 has now stirred uncertainty in a once definitive piece of the city's culture, and rest... |
| 07.10.2020 | Houston to be home to the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country | Film and TV portrayals of psychiatric hospitals have driven a narrative based in cold, clinical rooms and unwelcoming corridors. That picture couldn't be more inaccurate when it comes to Houston's first public mental health hospital in more... |
| 06.10.2020 | Houston-area education platform looking for new schools to help teachers with online tools | A Houston-based nonprofit mentorship program that matches underperforming second to fifth graders with college student tutors to provide them targeted support has adapted to the online schooling era, by introducing hybrid learning services ... |
| 28.09.2020 | Houston kids connect to $1 million in new computers thanks to local nonprofit | As the global pandemic and hurricanes and tropical storms pester the Greater Houston area, a greater emphasis is being placed on online learning for local students. Now, to ensure there is less of a limited digital divide, a local nonprofit... |
| 21.09.2020 | Rice University rises to top of Texas schools in prestigious U.S. News & World Report ranking | Rice University continues to rise in national surveys. The latest: U.S. News & World Report's2021 Best Colleges, released September 14, anoints Rice as the best university in Texas. The prestigious Houston school — dubbed the "Ivy ... |
| 17.09.2020 | Rice University research finds that investors might have a bias towards the number zero | When the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 18,000 a few years back, the nicely rounded number dominated the news. When teens take the SAT, those who just miss scoring a round number are more likely to seek a do-over. And, research shows, maj... |
| 15.09.2020 | Here's what the new SEC accredited investor definition means for potential Houston VCs | This month. the Security and Exchange Commission, or SEC, modified the definition of "accredited investor," with the effect of dramatically increasing the number of people eligible to participate in non-publicly traded investments... |
| 25.08.2020 | Focusing on data can enhance business forecasting, Houston researcher finds | Earnings summaries are the corporate version of a Magic 8 Ball, something used to forecast future performance and profit. But Rice Business professor Brian Rountree has found that magic has its limits, and that by delving into a few additio... |
| 07.08.2020 | Nonprofit arts event in Houston pivots to virtual experience | As summer rolls on and Houston adapts to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, myriad arts organizations are pivoting, morphing their in-person events into virtual experiences.
One such event is the 49-year-old, annual Bayou City Arts Fe... |
| 29.07.2020 | Tech startup lands in Houston to help space support services take off | A Virginia-based space company startup focusing on developing small and inexpensive satellites is making an out-of-this-world entrance in the Houston commercial innovation space.
SCOUT has been selected as part of the 2020 MassChallange's T... |
| 21.07.2020 | This Houston startup is increasing access to marketing for other startups and small businesses | A new Houston organization is working to redefine the way startups set up their marketing strategy — focusing on specific projects tailored to the client's goals at a significantly cheaper price than a normal marketing agency.
MAP360, also ... |
| 17.07.2020 | Here’s how much house you can buy in Houston for $250,000 | Houston may be in the midst of a pandemic, but that hasn't slowed our real estate market. And a new study shows just how much bang for your buck you can get in the Bayou City versus Texas' other major metro areas.
A study released July 7 by... |
| 15.07.2020 | New product sold in Houston gets EPA approval as eco-friendly, coronavirus-killing car cleaner | With the onset of COVID-19, the public is more aware than ever of cross-contamination, which extends from your home to your business to your car, and beyond.
NuVinAir announced that its latest product, ReKlenz-X, has gotten approval from th... |
