| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.08.2024 | Houston startup, Meta sign agreement that significantly expands geothermal power in US | A Houston company has signed a new agreement with Meta Platforms Inc. — Facebook's parent company — to power the tech giant's data center growth.
Houston-based Sage Geosystems agreed to deliver up to 150 megawatts of new geothermal baseload... |
| 16.08.2024 | Houston's Economic Landscape: A Tale of Growth and Globalization | Houston is a city that thrives on ambition. It’s a hub where energy meets innovation, and where local businesses are not just surviving but thriving on the global stage. The recent Fortune 500 rankings spotlight this dynamism, showcasing Ho... |
| 14.08.2024 | Houston companies score big on annual Fortune 500 ranking | Fourteen businesses with global or regional headquarters in the Houston area appear on Fortune’s new list of the world’s 500 biggest companies.
Oil and gas company Saudi Aramco, whose headquarters for the Americas is in Houston, leads the H... |
| 14.08.2024 | Houston 3D printing co. moves forward to next phase of NSF accelerator | An innovative project led by Houston-founded re:3D Inc. is one of six to move forward to the next phase of the National Science Foundation's Convergence Accelerator that aims to drive solutions with societal and economic impact.
The sustain... |
| 13.08.2024 | Axiom Space's Leadership Shift: A New Era in Space Exploration | Axiom Space, a Houston-based pioneer in space exploration, is at a crossroads. The company is searching for a new CEO after co-founder Mike Suffredini stepped down on August 9, 2024. This transition marks a significant moment for Axiom, whi... |
| 12.08.2024 | Axiom Space CEO steps down, search begins for replacement | Houston-based space exploration company Axiom Space is searching for a new CEO.
Co-founder Mike Suffredini stepped down effective August 9 as CEO. He cites unidentified personal reasons for his transition from CEO to company advisor. Suffre... |
| 12.08.2024 | Houston medtech startup secures additional $3M for lung cancer diagnostic tool | A Houston-based medtech startup with an innovative tool that's aiming to transform lung cancer intervention has closed its series A extension round.
Prana Thoracic announced an additional $3 million in funding, a raise that was oversubscrib... |
| 12.08.2024 | 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 a Houston entrepreneur, a media bu... |
| 09.08.2024 | Houston named a top city to start a biz, media exec to lead nonprofit, and more top stories from the week | Editor's note:Let's roundup the most-read Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles from InnovationMap and its daily newsletter included a Rice professor securing funding for his research, an energy c... |
| 09.08.2024 | This new Houston lab is translating genetics research into clinical diagnostics | A new lab at Baylor College of Medicine is primed to do groundbreaking work in the field of genetics.
Baylor Genetics has paired with Baylor’s department of molecular and human genetics to launch the Medical Genetics Multiomics Laboratory (... |
| 09.08.2024 | Houston clean energy co. raises $10.8M series A | A tech-driven retail energy provider based in Houston has secured an oversubscribed series A round of funding.
Branch Energy raised a $10.8 million round led by climate-focused venture capital firm Prelude Ventures with co-investor Zero Inf... |
| 08.08.2024 | Untapped potential: The role of residential energy management in Texas | Texas stands out among other states when it comes to energy production.
Even after mass rolling blackouts during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, the Lone Star State produced more electricity than any other state in 2022. However, it also exemplif... |
| 07.08.2024 | KBR and Rice University: Pioneering Paths in Defense and Sustainability | In the heart of Houston, two giants are making waves in their respective fields. KBR, a stalwart in defense contracting, has secured a hefty $153 million contract to support the U.S. Navy. Meanwhile, Rice University is revolutionizing lithi... |
| 07.08.2024 | Houston: The New Energy Epicenter | Houston is transforming. The city is becoming the heart of the energy sector, a vibrant hub where innovation meets tradition. With Chevron's headquarters relocating from California, the energy landscape is shifting. This move is more than j... |
| 07.08.2024 | Houston semiconductor researchers join DARPA-funded Texas team | A team led by the University of Texas at Austin and partnered with Rice University was awarded $840 million to develop “the next generation of high-performing semiconductor microsystems" for the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Defense ... |
| 07.08.2024 | Houston makes top 10 list for best US cities to start a business | Houston plays a historic role in launching spacecraft. But it’s also a great place to launch a business.
A new list from USA Today Blueprint puts Houston in ninth place among the best U.S. cities to start a business in 2024. Austin grabs th... |
| 06.08.2024 | Growing Houston energy startup scales local office presence | On the heels of landing more than $240 million in venture capital, Houston-based geothermal power provider Fervo Energy has more than quadrupled the size of its headquarters.
Fervo previously occupied 5,158 square feet at 114 Main St. in do... |
| 06.08.2024 | Chevron to relocate HQ, executives to Houston | The Energy Capital of the World is adding another jewel to its corporate crown.
With the impending move of Chevron’s headquarters from Northern California to Houston, the Houston area will be home to 24 Fortune 500 companies. Chevron ranks ... |
| 01.08.2024 | Houston scientists discover breakthrough process for lithium-ion battery recycling | With the rise of electric vehicles, every ounce of lithium in lithium-ion batteries is precious. A team of scientists from Rice University has figured out a way to retrieve as much as 50 percent of the material in used battery cathodes in a... |
| 01.08.2024 | Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition | Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the sett... |
| 01.08.2024 | Houston researcher's work enhances thermal imaging for police, medical, and military use | A University of Houston professor of electrical and computer engineering is improving thermal imaging and infrared thermography with a new method to measure the continuous spectrum of light.
Jiming Bao's innovative method involves technique... |
| 31.07.2024 | Houston entrepreneur brings natural, sustainable cleaning products to US for farm to table application | When something is declared clean, one question invariably springs to mind: just how clean is clean?
Then it is, “What metrics decide what’s clean and what’s not?”
To answer those questions, one must abandon the subjective and delve into the... |
| 31.07.2024 | Texas flunks out in new ranking of America's best school systems | Texans may think everything here is bigger and better, but the Lone Star State has fallen behind many other states in America when it comes to ensuring the academic success of its children, according to a new report by personal finance webs... |
| 30.07.2024 | KBR's Bold Move: Strengthening National Security Through Data Integration | In a world where data is the new oil, KBR is making a significant investment to enhance national security. The Houston-based company has announced its acquisition of LinQuest Corp. for a staggering $737 million. This strategic move aims to ... |
| 29.07.2024 | KBR to acquire data analytics co. in $737M deal to better serve national security issues | Houston-based KBR announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire engineering, data analytics and digital integration company LinQuest Corp., which will add “digital integration capabilities for national security customers” ... |
| 29.07.2024 | University of Houston System debuts new program to develop clean energy workforce | University of Houston-Downtown announced a new Wind Turbine Technician Certificate Program.
UHD’s goal with the new program is to address the global need for workers skilled in servicing, diagnosing, repairing and installing wind turbines a... |
| 25.07.2024 | Houston's Innovation Surge: A Glimpse into the Future**
** | ** Houston is a city of dreams, a melting pot of innovation and ambition. In recent weeks, the city has witnessed a surge in technological advancements and financial backing, propelling it into the spotlight. This article explores the lates... |
| 22.07.2024 | Houston clean hydrogen startup to pilot tech with O&G co. | Gold H2, a Houston-based producer of clean hydrogen, is teaming up with a major U.S.-based oil and gas company as the first step in launching a 12-month series of pilot projects.
The tentative agreement with the unnamed oil and gas company ... |
| 22.07.2024 | 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 an e-commerce startup founder, an ... |
| 16.07.2024 | Houston space tech company reaches major milestone for engine technology | A Houston company that's creating the next generation of space exploration technology is celebrating a new milestone of one of its technologies.
Intuitive Machines reports that its VR900 completed a full-duration hot-fire test, qualifying i... |
| 16.07.2024 | Energy giant announces deal retail company to bring EV tech to Houston malls | Two Houston-area malls will be getting bp's electric vehicle charging technology thanks to a new global collaboration.
The global energy company will be bringing its global EV charging business, bp pulse, to 75 shopping facilities across th... |
| 16.07.2024 | Houston is the most stressed out city in Texas, report finds | Stress is an unavoidable part of life, but a new report by WalletHub shows Houston residents are far more stressed out than any other city in Texas.
Houston ranked No. 18 out of 182 of the largest U.S. cities based on work, financial, famil... |
| 15.07.2024 | 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 a logistics startup founder, a mar... |
| 15.07.2024 | Houston biotech company expands leadership as it commercializes sustainable products | Houston-based biotech company Cemvita recently tapped two executives to help commercialize its sustainable fuel made from carbon waste.
Nádia Skorupa Parachin came aboard as vice president of industrial biotechnology, and Phil Garcia was pr... |
| 15.07.2024 | Houston cardiac health startup raises $43 million series B to grow AI-backed platform | A Houston-based tech company that has a product line of software solutions for cardiac health has raised funding.
Octagos Health, the parent company of Atlas AI — a software platform for cardiac devices like pacemakers, defibrillators, ambu... |
| 10.07.2024 | Houston entrepreneur launches new venture to shine light on sustainability | A Houston nuclear engineer and entrepreneur wants consumers to capture their own ray of sunlight to brighten the prospect of making clean energy a bigger part of the power grid.
Solar Slice Founder Nathan Childress says his new venture offe... |
| 09.07.2024 | Houston health care leaders announce new hub for cancer-fighting bioengineering | Two Houston organizations recently announced a new hub that will focus on developing cell therapies, nanotechnologies, cancer vaccines, artificial intelligence, and molecular imaging.
Rice University and The University of Texas MD Anderson ... |
| 09.07.2024 | Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge in Houston after a year | The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.
The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in H... |
| 05.07.2024 | University of Houston names new executive, partnership amid energy transition | The University of Houston has made two big moves in growing its role in supporting the Houston energy transition.
UH to explore repurposing offshore tech for clean energy with new partnership
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| 05.07.2024 | Houston Airports rollout innovative fleet of fire rescue vehicles | Houston Airports and the Houston Fire Department will roll out a new fleet of eco-friendly and health-promoting vehicles this summer.
Four new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) trucks will be deployed at HFD Stations 99 and 92 near I... |
| 03.07.2024 | Houston health tech startup scores $30,000 prize at annual pitch competition | A Houston biotech company has won the Texas A&M New Ventures Competition (TNVC). Taurus Vascular took home $30,000 for its first-place victory.
Taurus Vascular is working on a new solution to stopping abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) be... |
| 03.07.2024 | Houston health tech startup secures $20M series A, NIH grant amid clinical trials | A clinical-stage Houston health tech company with a novel therapeutic device has raised venture capital funding and secured a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
VenoStent Inc., which is currently in clinical trials with its bioab... |
| 28.06.2024 | Houston energy company opens applications for unique energy tech startup pilot program | Houston-based NOV is launching a new growth-stage startup accelerator focused on the upstream oil and gas industry.
NOV, a provider of oil and gas drilling and production operations equipment, has announced its new NOV Supernova Accelerator... |
| 24.06.2024 | Houston lab sees progress with breakthrough light-harvesting processes | A groundbreaking Rice University lab has made further strides in its work to make harvesting light energy more efficient and stable.
Presented on the cover of a June issue of Science, a study from Rice engineer Aditya Mohite's lab uncovered... |
| 24.06.2024 | Houston university teams up with angel group to reach, upskill future investors | Through a new partnership with the Houston Angel Network and Houston Exponential, the University of Houston will help cultivate startup investors among UH alumni.
The partnership will bolster accredited early-stage investors and accelerate ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Houston-area energy tech startup takes first place in DOE competition | Four startups from across the country won over $160,000 in cash prizes from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions earlier this month, and a Houston-area company claimed the top prize.
Hertha Metals, based in Conro... |
| 13.06.2024 | Houston e-waste recycling business advances sustainability mission with new accreditation | An innovative Houston company focused on sustainable tech recycling has expanded.
CompuCycle describes its unique Plastics Recycling System as the first and only certified, single solution e-waste recycling business. The company's unique pr... |
| 13.06.2024 | Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech | Rice University awarded DivInc. an $800,000 grant this month to support its work in sports technology.
The Texas-based company, which operates numerous accelerators, focuses on BIPOC and female founders working toward social and economic eq... |
| 13.06.2024 | Houston-based sustainable chemical manufacturing secures $213.6M to support new facility | Houston-based Solugen has secured financing from the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office to support its mission of producing clean chemicals.
The LPO's $213.6 million loan guarantee will go toward the construction of the compan... |
| 06.06.2024 | Houston clean energy accelerator names 4th cohort of early-stage tech companies | The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator has named 12 early-stage energy technology companies to its latest cohort.
The companies, which hail from six states and two countries, are providing solutions across carbon management, advanced ma... |
| 31.05.2024 | TMC names UK cohort, lawsuit against Houston fintech co. gets dismissed, and more trending innovation news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the most-read Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles from InnovationMap and its daily newsletter included a new cohort for a TMC accelerator, a win for a Houston fintech... |
| 23.05.2024 | Clean energy nonprofit CEO to step down, search for replacement to begin | Greentown Labs, which is co-located in the Boston and Houston areas, has announced its current CEO is stepping down after less than a year in the position.
The nonprofit's CEO and President Kevin Knobloch announced that he will be stepping ... |
| 23.05.2024 | Innovative coastline project on Bolivar Peninsula receives federal funding | The Galveston’s Coastal Barrier Project recently received federal funding to the tune of $500,000 to support construction on its flood mitigation plans for the area previously devastated by Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Known as Ike Dike, the prop... |
| 21.05.2024 | Houston cleantech company tests all-electric CO2-to-fuel production technology | Houston-based clean energy company Syzygy Plasmonics has successfully tested all-electric CO2-to-fuel production technology at RTI International’s facility at North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park.
Syzygy says the technology can significa... |
| 09.05.2024 | Houston expert on why companies across industries are investing in sustainable energy | In a modern business landscape characterized by increasing uncertainty and volatility, energy resilience has emerged as a cornerstone of strategic decision-making.
Let's delve deeper into why executives should view energy resilience as one ... |
| 08.05.2024 | Houston investment firm closes $1.5B fund to fuel energy transition | A Houston-based energy transition-focused growth capital firm announced the close of its second fund to the tune of $1.5 billion.
EnCap Energy Transition's Fund II, or EETF II, was created to invest in solutions to decarbonize the power ind... |
| 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.
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| 26.04.2024 | Houston organization launches virtual accelerator, seeks 10 biotech startups | A Houston organization — freshly funded by a $700,000 U.S. Economic Development Administration’s “Build to Scale” grant — is seeking its first accelerator cohort of industrial biology startups.
Founded by Houston-based First Bight Ventures,... |
| 26.04.2024 | UH inks international partnership for energy transition innovation | The University of Houston and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month that celebrates an official partnership between the schools in education, research, and innovation for the energy trans... |
| 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... |
| 24.04.2024 | Houston investor calls for all angels to move the ecosystem forward | One of the biggest components of a well-functioning startup ecosystem is inarguably access to capital, and Mitra Miller is dedicated to enhancing education around investment and growing Houston's investor base.
As vice president and board m... |
| 24.04.2024 | 2 Houston startups selected by US military for geothermal projects | Two clean energy companies in Houston have been recruited for geothermal projects at U.S. military installations.
Fervo Energy is exploring the potential for a geothermal energy system at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
Meanwhile, Sage ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Rice University's edtech company receives $90M to lead NSF research hub | An educational technology company based out of Rice University has received $90 million to create and lead a research and development hub for inclusive learning and education research. It's the largest research award in the history of the u... |
| 23.04.2024 | 4 Houston universities earn top spots for graduate programs in Texas | Houston's top-tier universities have done it again. U.S. News and World Report has four Houston-area universities among the best grad schools in the state, with some departments landing among the top 100 in the country.
U.S. News publishes ... |
| 23.04.2024 | Report: Houston secures spot on list of top 50 startup cities | A new ranking signals great promise for the growth of Houston’s startup network.
Houston ranks among the world’s top 50 startup cities on a new list from PitchBook, a provider of data and research about capital markets. In fact, Houston com... |
| 22.04.2024 | Houston Spaceport takes off with second phase of development | Since the Houston Spaceport secured the 10th FAA-Licensed commercial spaceport designation in 2015, the development's tenants have gone on to secure billions in NASA contracts. Now, the Houston Spaceport is on to its next phase of growth.
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| 22.04.2024 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Every week, I introduce you to three Houston innovators to know recently making headlines with news of innovative technology, investment activity, and more. This week's batch includes a podcast with a health tech founder, adv... |
| 22.04.2024 | New report calls for Houston health care community to take action amid climate change | A new report underscores an “urgent need” for health care systems in the Houston area to combat climate change and avoid an environmental “code blue.”
“By adopting collaborative strategies and leveraging technological innovations, health ca... |
| 19.04.2024 | Houston founders re-routed to create new trucking logistics app sparked by industry need | In a world where ”the customer is always right," two Houston founders have followed that rule right to their next venture.
Breaker19 — a groundbreaking mobile application built in late 2023 to be an efficient oilfield trucking and hots... |
| 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 | New program to produce innovative, sustainability-focused workforce for energy industry | A Houston university has committed to preparing the workforce for the future of energy with its newest program.
Rice University announced plans to launch the Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability, or METS, in the fall. The 31 credi... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 12.04.2024 | RBPC's big winners, Hello Alice scores funding, and more trending Houston 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 the results from the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition, recent funding from a Houston startup,... |
| 10.04.2024 | Accenture, Goodwill-backed cleantech job accelerator celebrates Houston launch | A major nonprofit and a worldwide corporate leader have teamed up to advance cleantech jobs — and the program has officially celebrated its launch in Houston.
Goodwill Houston, in collaboration with Accenture, BlocPower, and Goodwill Indust... |
| 10.04.2024 | Houston tech company building a next-generation space station has new investor | Houston-based Starlab Space, which is developing a commercial space station, has enlisted a high-profile investor — Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi.
With the addition of Mitsubishi, Starlab now boasts three equity partners. The ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Houston energy innovation leader calls for collaboration to tackle the industry's biggest hurdles | When Barbara Burger moved to Houston a little over a decade ago to lead Chevron Technology Ventures, she wondered why the corporate venture group didn't have much representation from the so-called energy capital of the world.
“I had no comp... |
| 09.04.2024 | Houston initiative selected for DOE program developing hubs for clean energy innovation | Houston has been selected as one of the hubs backed by a new program from the United States Department of Energy that's developing communities for clean energy innovation.
The DOE's Office of Technology Transitions announced the the first p... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 05.04.2024 | Houston physicist scores $15.5M grant for high-energy nuclear physics research | A team of Rice University physicists has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics for their work in high-energy nuclear physics and research into a new state of matter.
The five-year $15.5 m... |
| 04.04.2024 | NASA awards $30M to Houston space tech company to develop lunar rover | Houston-based space technology company Intuitive Machines has landed a $30 million NASA contract for the initial phase of developing a rover for U.S. astronauts to traverse the moon’s surface.
Intuitive Machines is one of three companies ch... |
| 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... |
| 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 Space Commission launches, Houston execs named to leadership | Governor Greg Abbott announced the Texas Space Commission, naming its inaugural board of directors and Texas Aerospace Research and Space Economy Consortium Executive Committee.
The announcement came at NASA's Johnson Space Center, and the ... |
| 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... |
| 27.03.2024 | Houston tech entrepreneur expands energy data co. in Europe, continues to scale | The technology that Amperon provides its customers — a comprehensive, AI-backed data analytics platform — is majorly key to the energy industry and the transition of the sector. But CEO Sean Kelly says he doesn't run his business like an en... |
| 27.03.2024 | Houston student selected for prestigious health care research program | A Houston-area undergraduate student has been tapped for a prestigious national program that pairs early-career investigators with health research professionals.
Mielad Ziaee was selected for the National Institutes of Health’s 2023-2024 Al... |
| 26.03.2024 | Houston researches tap into GenAI for communicating genetic test results | Artificial intelligence in the health care setting has a lot of potential, and one Houston institution is looking into one particular use.
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center have trained an AI assista... |
| 13.03.2024 | New platform launches in Houston to invest in clean energy endeavors | Houston-based EnCap Energy Transition Fund has launched a platform that will take minority equity stakes in battery storage systems, solar energy systems, and other energy transition projects in the U.S.
With its new Bildmore arm, the EnCap... |
| 13.03.2024 | Overheard: Innovators sound off on future of work, converging industries at Houston House at SXSW 2024 | Houston innovators talked big topics at SXSW 2024 — from the startup scaling and converging industries to the future of work.
Houston House, which was put on by the Greater Houston Partnership on March 11, hosted four panels full of experts... |
| 08.03.2024 | Houston falls behind other Texas cities in report ranking best tech hubs | In a recent report analyzing metrics for best cities for tech hubs, Houston failed to crack the top 20 — unlike a few other Texas cities.
The new report, "The Top Tech Cities in the US: Ranking 100 Cities in 2024," by online secur... |
| 08.03.2024 | Pitch competition names winner, Houstonian performs surgery in space, and more trending tech news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included the the results from CodeLaunch Houston, March events not to miss, and more.
Houston surgeon tak... |
| 08.03.2024 | Texas approves land-swapping deal with SpaceX as company hopes to expand rocket-launch operations | SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The tentative land-sw... |
| 07.03.2024 | Research notes: Tips for navigating federal funding from the lab to the internet | Every researcher needs a Digital Persistent Identifier.
As a researcher, what is more important to you than a record of your research and scholarship? A Digital Persistent Identifier, or DPI, distinguishes you and your work from that of you... |
