Date | Title | Description |
07.02.2024 | Houston Methodist signs on at new TMC Helix Park building | Texas medical giant Houston Methodist is the latest to join the Dynamic One building within TMC Helix Park.
The hospital announced that it has signed a 75,800-square-foot lease in the building and will take over two floors of biomedical res... |
23.01.2024 | How to navigate toxic lab workplaces, according to UH research | There are many types of toxic bosses. The Micromanager. The Narcissist. The Incompetent Boss. The list goes on. But labs led by toxic PIs not only make for an abysmal workplace they can actually encourage research misconduct.
According to C... |
16.01.2024 | Texas ranks as 2nd best state for racial progress in 2024, study finds | In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, personal finance website WalletHub is revisiting its annual report "States with the Most Racial Progress." Texas comes out near the top for 2024, but has room for improvement in several area... |
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... |
11.01.2024 | Key business marketing tips to take from top social media creators, according to these Houston researchers | Influencer marketing is booming, with companies allocating 10 to 25 percent of their advertising budgets to influencer-led strategies. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of sponsored posts rose from 1.26 million to 6.12 million, and overall ... |
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... |
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 | 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... |
27.12.2023 | Editor's Picks: 7 favorite Houston Innovator Podcast episodes of 2023 | Editor's note: In 2023, I recorded 50 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast — a weekly discussion with a Houston innovator, startup founder, investor, and more. I've rounded up seven podcast episodes that stood out for me looking back ... |
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 | 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 and space tech.
Samra Nawaz, CEO and co-founder of WellW... |
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... |
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... |
12.12.2023 | Space tech unicorn opens new 22-acre HQ in the Houston Spaceport | The Houston Spaceport has officially celebrated the opening of another facility from a fast-growing space tech company.
Axiom Space has opened its new Assembly Integration and Test Building, which will be the new headquarters for the Housto... |
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... |
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... |
30.11.2023 | Exectras Receives Up To $30M Funding | Exectras, a Missouri City, TX-based payment processing company, raised up to $30M in debt funding.
Tacora Capital provided the financing.
The company intends to use the funds for acquiring merchant portfolios, organic growth initiatives and... |
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... |
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... |
05.09.2023 | 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 venture capital to manufacturing — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tim Neal, CEO of... |
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... |
23.08.2023 | Houston VC conference returns to prioritize decarbonization, curated connections | In two weeks, hundreds of investors, corporate partners, and startups will convene to tackle topics of decarbonization, innovation, and investment. The annual event is also prioritizing something this year — connections.
In its third year, ... |
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.... |
13.06.2023 | Seattle biotech co. to move to Houston thanks to $13.3M grant from Texas organization | A biotech company has landed a more than $13 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
The nearly $13.3 million grant given to OncoResponse — which is relocating from Seattle to Houston, according to CPRIT's ... |
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... |
03.02.2021 | Look ahead to 2021's tech trends with Deloitte's experts | As poet Robert Burns mused, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. In January 2020, most of us had plans —thoughtful road maps to guide our organizations, our technology, and our lives through the months to follow.
And then COVI... |
15.01.2021 | Texas named a top state for women-led startups | Who runs the world? According to Merchant Maverick's inaugural Best States for "Women-Led Startups'' study, Texas is a great place for women to be in charge.
The Lone Star state cracked the top 10 on the list, earning a No. 6 spot acco... |
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... |
11.01.2021 | 3 female Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three female innovators across industries — from energy tech to business entrepreneurship.
Nicole Rogers, senior vice president at Validere
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07.01.2021 | Houston expert: 4 tech trends to look out for in 2021 | The events of 2020 dramatically changed the way marketing agencies — like mine, Medley Inc. — do business. As we enter 2021, many executives are reflecting on how many of these changes will be sustained in the coming year.
From subscription... |
16.12.2020 | Houston nonprofit leader on the importance of supporting research — from COVID-19 to materials science | The Welch Foundation, a Houston-based nonprofit that supports researchers across the state, has identified a need to dedicate resources toward a specific field of study that affects everyone on a daily basis — and has done so for years: mat... |
10.12.2020 | Texas expert: What does the future of remote work look like? | Since the start of the pandemic, the idea that this event will change the way we live and work now and, in the future, has been a on the minds of everyone.
It's true that remote work has become a mainstay of day-to-day operations, and now t... |
03.12.2020 | Houston blockchain startup to collaborate to increase supply chain transparency | More than two-thirds of the country's consumers have been reported saying that a business's social reputation will influence their buying decisions. A Houston blockchain startup has teamed up with another company to increase transparency.
T... |
02.12.2020 | Rice scientist tapped by NASA for Mars mission | A Rice University Martian geologist has been chosen by NASA as one of the 13 scientists who will be working on a new Mars rover.
Perseverance, the rover that launched in July and is expected to land on Mars in February. It will be scouting ... |
25.11.2020 | Houston startup is fostering the future of chronic disease prevention and treatment | A family illness got Jani Tuomi thinking — why does treatment of chronic conditions seem like too little, too late? When his brother fell ill, he wondered if more could have been done preemptively.
"The doctors were really good at trea... |
18.11.2020 | Editor's note: A look back on two years of Houston's InnovationMap | If I've learned anything from this year, it's that time cannot be trusted. Have we been in the throes of this pandemic for eight months, six weeks, or three years? They all feel accurate in their own ways.
I similarly question how the past ... |
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 ... |
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... |
08.10.2020 | 3 ways artificial intelligence is changing Houston's future | Artificial intelligence is the buzzword of the decade. From grocery shopping assistance to personal therapy apps, AI has sunk its teeth into every single industry. Houston is no exception to the AI boom. Enterprise-level companies and start... |
14.08.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor'snote: Another week of Houston innovation is coming to a close, which means it's time to reflect on the top stories. From an update from Chevron Technology Ventures and innovators to know to new COVID-19 research projects, here's wha... |
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... |
07.07.2020 | Houston hospital ranks among the top health care institutions in the nation | Houston hospitals have been evaluated by a new ranking to determine the institutions that are doing their best to serve their patients and the community as a whole.
Brookline, Massachusetts-based think tank, The Lown Institute, has revealed... |
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... |
01.06.2020 | Houston earns mediocre grade in ranking of best metros for college grads | This year's college graduates are entering a real world that's more unreal than any we've seen in our lifetimes. And they're facing a world with uncertain prospects.
Against that jarring backdrop, the Apartment List website developed a rank... |
23.04.2020 | 9 Houston startups that are pivoting to provide COVID-19-related services | From software to new services, several Houston startups are using this time of crisis to roll out new options for people living in the time of the COVID-19 crisis.
Last week, InnovationMap rounded up seven health tech startups providing hea... |
21.04.2020 | University of Houston looks at how to navigate which ongoing research is considered essential | Many researchers have begun to work from home due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, and only essential personnel are allowed to work on university campuses. For a researcher, what is considered "essential personnel"? Isn't all resea... |
13.04.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | From quickly making face masks to preparing meals for hospital workers, Houstonians everywhere are finding the best way for them to give back. For these three innovators to know this week, their way of giving back is helping startups naviga... |
10.04.2020 | Houston catering startup taps new tech to pivot to meal prepping during the coronavirus shutdown | With an abundance of Houston restaurant and business closures spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, small company leaders are forced to develop resourceful solutions to keep afloat and compensate for slowed revenue.
Founder and chef of Houst... |
31.03.2020 | Houston hospital first in U.S. to try experimental plasma treatment | A major Houston hospital is spearheading a crucial treatment in the ongoing battle against COVID-19.
Houston Methodist is the first academic medical center in the nation to be approved by the FDA to transfuse donated plasma from a recovered... |
26.03.2020 | Here's what Houstonians asked the internet amid coronavirus outbreak | No doubt, Houstonians and other Texans are tremendously curious about toilet paper these days. If you've seen any news coverage or been to a grocery store lately, you know how coveted a roll of toilet paper is.
But you might be surprised by... |
04.02.2020 | 6 things this Houston entrepreneur wishes he’d known before starting his company | Recently, I was asked what it took to build a startup in Houston. It has taken me three attempts to create a successful startup, and there were a few things that I wish I'd known right out of the gate.
Whether your goal is to exit through a... |
21.01.2020 | California self-driving vehicle startup has all eyes on Houston — here's why | Houston — with its sprawl and winding roads broken up across various neighborhoods — is particularly challenging when it comes to self-driving car navigation. And that's exactly why Nuro, a California-based tech startup that's raised over $... |
09.01.2020 | New-to-Houston accelerator names program director, opens applications | The second of two top accelerator programs that have taken a bet on Houston has announced its new program director and opened applications for its spring 2020 cohort.
Wisconsin-based gener8tor announced in September that its pre-accelerator... |
18.12.2019 | Shell commits to $10M carbon initiative with Rice University, Houston startup acquired by Honeywell, and more innovation news | Even toward the end of the year and amid the holiday season, Houston's innovation news can be a lot to keep up with. Here are seven short stories of Houston innovation — from an exit for a Houston startup and a multimillion-dollar clean ene... |
10.12.2019 | Top 5 Houston health tech stories of 2019 | Editor's note: As 2019 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. Within the health category, top stories included new details from the Texas Medical Center's ongoing TMC3 project, healt... |
27.11.2019 | Houston blockchain company plans for huge growth — from new offices to new industries | Andrew Bruce saw that the oil and gas industry had a data problem. If energy companies were ever going to be able to set up autonomous drilling, they needed to integrate data and challenge the commercial model.
On this week's episode of the... |
22.11.2019 | Overheard: Local fighters land knockout statements at Houston's first Digital Fight Club | On Wednesday, Houston's innovation ecosystem hosted the rowdiest crowd at a professional business event that the city has ever seen.
Digital Fight Club, a Dallas-based event company, had its first Houston event at White Oak Music Hall on No... |
11.11.2019 | Here's how Houston hospitals stack up when it comes to safety, according to a national study | Close to half of the Houston area's general acute-care hospitals are at the top of their class, according to new safety grades assigned to U.S. hospitals. But one hospital in the region is failing on the safety front, the grades show.
In it... |
05.11.2019 | Houston biomedical startup granted $1.5M, Chevron taps into Plug and Play, and more innovation news | Hitting headlines this month are innovation news stories from battling the opioid crisis and funding to TMCx companies and Houston as a whole earning recognition.
In this innovation news roundup, two Houston startups pocket some cash, Chevr... |
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... |
17.10.2019 | All is not lost in a merger or acquisition, says this Houston energy exec | Nervous about an upcoming merger or acquisition? You're not alone. Last year, there were nearly 15,000 mergers and acquisitions in the U.S., according to the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances. These transactions, although ex... |
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... |
23.09.2019 | Houston hospital system recognized for patient care and technology | Houston Methodist has a couple new feathers in its cap. The hospital system was recognized with two different awards recently.
Houston Methodist was the only hospital system to have four hospitals receive a 2019 Vizient Bernard A. Birnbaum,... |
23.09.2019 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Starting off a new — hopefully drier — week in Houston, these three Houston innovators to know are looking to make an impact. From using tech for good to creating a women's movement in Texas business, these three Houstonians are on a roll.
... |
18.09.2019 | New coworking space to open, Houston to host Accenture's health tech awards, and more innovation news | A lot is happening in the Houston innovation ecosystem — so much that you may have missed a few key news items. Let's hit the highlights, shall we?
Applications are open for major health tech awards program that is coming to town, a Houston... |
29.08.2019 | Health care tech company with Houston ties gets huge opportunity on the West Coast | Sani nudge, a graduate of the TMCx healthcare accelerator's nineth cohort at Houston's Texas Medical Center, is getting a significant nudge from a new collaboration with a social-impact organization based in California.
Among more than 1,00... |
27.08.2019 | How you can encourage wellness in the workplace ahead of self care month | September is self-care awareness month. The purpose of the awareness campaign is to remind Americans that it is necessary to mindfully and purposefully care for yourself. Not only can individuals take steps toward self-care, but employers c... |
26.08.2019 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | As Houstonians head back to work or school following a fun summer break, we know two things for sure.
The first is that traffic will get back to its headache inducing craziness and that Houston startup news will only get more frequent. This... |
22.08.2019 | Why women should take a personal finance day from this Houston founder | You've seen the statistics on Americans' financial health. The average American is not in great shape: $6,000 per person in credit card debt, $4,900 per person in student loan debt, and 51 percent of all workers who feel they aren't saving ... |
15.08.2019 | Here's what startups can learn from the Rolling Stones, according to University of Houston researchers | Editor's note: If you think you can't learn some business tips from a rock band, think again. The University of Houston's Big Idea has rounded up a few lessons to be learned from the Rolling Stones — along with advice from UH researchers.
&... |
30.07.2019 | When it comes to emergency preparation, Houston buildings need to focus on communication and compliance, says this expert | Like most of us, I remember where I was when I learned that terrorists had crashed hijacked planes into the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
In addition to the high cost of civilian life, 412 firefighters, EMTs and police officers lost th... |
19.07.2019 | Houston artificial intelligence startup aims to impact medical field | A Houston-based startup has a new technology that allows hospitals and medical establishments better access to its own data – which translates into more effective diagnoses and preventative care.
InformAI — founded by Jim Havelka, CEO, in 2... |
15.07.2019 | Houston sees massive growth in startup venture capital investments | When it comes to startup funding, Texas saw only a small jump in startup investments made, according to Crunchbase. However, when you look at funds coming into Houston companies, the Bayou City's numbers soared.
Houston raked in $251 millio... |
12.07.2019 | 3 ways University of Houston researchers are innovating brain treatments and technologies | While a lot of scientists and researchers have long been scratching their heads over complicated brain functionality challenges, these three University of Houston researchers have made crucial discoveries in their research.
From dissecting ... |
10.07.2019 | MassChallenge Texas announces the 26 companies in its inaugural Houston cohort | Since announcing its entrance into the Houston innovation market in January, MassChallenge Texas has been scoring the city — and the rest of the world — for the accelerator programs inaugural cohort. Now, the organization is ready to announ... |
05.07.2019 | Here's what you should look out for in Houston during Space City Month | Fifty years ago, NASA sent a crew of astronauts to the moon and back while a team controlled the mission from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
In honor of this history-making experience, the Space City is playing host to Space City Mont... |
24.06.2019 | How Amazon's Houston fulfillment center uses AI technology and robotics to move millions of products | Last summer, Amazon opened the doors to its North Houston distribution center — one of the company's 50 centers worldwide that uses automation and robotics to fulfill online orders.
The Pinto Business Park facility has millions of products ... |
20.06.2019 | Comcast unveils its $16 million technology center in a growing suburb just outside of Houston | At Comcast's new $16 million technology center in Missouri City, technicians for the internet and cable TV provider can "test drive" new product and services at a demo lab and can take classes at Comcast University. It's a far cry... |
14.06.2019 | Houston sees boom of foreign investment and exports over the past decade | Throughout the past decade, over 500 foreign-owned companies from 36 countries have planned investments in Houston. The investments are spread across more than 600 deals within 63 industries in Houston. Adding up the amount of disclosed val... |
10.06.2019 | 5 Texas entrepreneurs rank among Forbes' richest self-made women | It's common knowledge Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta and Gulf States Toyota owner Dan Friedkin rank among the wealthiest people in Texas. But did you know that five other entrepreneurs — collectively worth more than $4 billion — stan... |
05.06.2019 | Tenavox leader on expanding in Texas and LGBTQ representation within innovation | After founding her second startup, Marissa Limsiaco thought that would be her last.
But years later, Limsiaco, a U.S. Army veteran with three degrees under her belt, was pulled back into the entrepreneurship world by Tenavox, a commercial r... |
03.06.2019 | Exclusive: Silicon Valley startup accelerator and venture capital firm will launch its Houston program by the end of the year | Another accelerator with a global presence is itching to get into the Houston innovation ecosystem. California-based Plug and Play will launch its Houston accelerator program sometime in the fourth quarter of this year and is currently look... |
23.05.2019 | Houston health care data company grows with new medical device partnerships | Educated as an engineer, Chris DuPont has stepped outside his professional comfort zone to generate funding for his Houston-based startup, Galen Data Inc. DuPont's pool of technical contacts in Houston is "wide and deep," he says,... |
23.05.2019 | Houston early bleeding detection device company reveals results of its clinical trials | A Houston-based startup is closer to taking flight with a medical device designed to catch bleeding complications during medical procedures that involve blood vessels.
On May 22, researchers presented the results of a study showing the Earl... |
15.05.2019 | 3 powerhouse Houstonians named to the state's economic development board | The Bayou City now wields some high-profile power in the state's economic development efforts.
The Texas Senate recently endorsed Gov. Greg Abbott's appointment of three business leaders with strong ties to Houston to the board of the Texas... |
13.05.2019 | New SpaceX exhibit expected to land at Space Center Houston this summer | Space Center Houston has a new exhibit launching this summer. The nonprofit will have a Falcon 9 first stage booster on display starting later this summer.
The booster was used in two missions, which marked the first time a refurbished boos... |
23.04.2019 | How technology is disrupting — and improving — the real estate industry in Texas | A recent lawsuit is rocking the residential real estate industry across the country. Home sellers whose properties were listed on one of 20 MLSs claim The National Association of Realtors, Realogy Holdings Corp., HomeServices of America, RE... |
19.04.2019 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Heading into Easter Weekend, news might slow down a bit. However, last week was chock full of trending news — from entrepreneurs giving back to funding rounds closing. Check out what news readers were into this week.
Need mor... |
04.03.2019 | Exclusive: Global early stage accelerator program launches second Texas location in Houston | Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute has announced its second Texas program in Houston, which will operate out of Station Houston. Founder Institute Houston applications for the inaugural cohort close May 19.
The early stage accelerator f... |
27.02.2019 | Business leaders in Houston have a surprisingly high tech adoption rate | When it comes to enabling new technologies to advance business practices, Houston business leaders are ahead of the curve. According to a new study, the majority of the companies surveyed are already using artificial intelligence, blockchai... |
27.02.2019 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | Rodeo has kicked off and spring break is around the corner, which can only mean one thing: March in Houston. The month is chock full of business, entrepreneurial, and innovation-focused events, but we've plucked out over 10 to highlight thi... |
26.02.2019 | Popular Houston coworking space hosts event that's all about the hustle | If you have a side hustle — and these days, who doesn't? — you won't want to miss this event. WeWork and the Houston Rockets are hosting a party and panel discussion about the art of the side hustle and creating a life you love.
On February... |
20.02.2019 | Houston oil and gas software company is increasing downstream productivity while lowering emissions | In the next 30 years, the world will need 30 percent more energy due to population growth. While energy production will increase to keep up with demand, there is an increasing concern with the impact on the environment.
"How do you pro... |
19.02.2019 | How this Houston company is staying one step ahead of Google | Where's the best place to hide a dead body? According to Alexander De Ridder and other search optimization experts, it's on the second page of Google where no one ever goes.
Jokes aside, search engine optimization has become a serious busin... |
15.02.2019 | Houston biotech company aims to enhance oncology treatment of highly resistant cancers | Immunotherapy and personalized medicine get all the headlines lately, but in the fight against cancer, a natural compound created by bees could beat them in winning one battle.
In 2007, chairman and CEO Walter Klemp founded Moleculin Biotec... |
01.02.2019 | 5 top trending innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: This week was one for news for Houston. Rice University announced its plans for The Ion, MassChallenge picked Houston for its newest program, Station Houston turned three years old, and more. Here are the stories InnovationMa... |