Date | Title | Description |
01.05.2024 | Texas lands in top 10 states expected to be most financially affected by weather events | Texas — home to everything from tornadoes to hurricanes — cracks the top 10 of a new report ranking states based on impact from weather-related events.
SmartAsset's new report factored in a myriad of data from the Federal Emergency Manageme... |
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.
Note: This post may b... |
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 | 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... |
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 ... |
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... |
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,... |
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... |
25.03.2024 | Texas' Whole Foods Market chain introduces new innovative concept for urban areas | Texas-based Whole Foods Market is shaking up the grocery game with a new concept tailored for urban neighborhoods. The Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is a smaller, quicker version of the traditional store, designed for convenience and effici... |
22.03.2024 | 2 Houston cleantech companies named to top 10 ranking of innovative energy | A pair of Houston energy startups have been named among the 10 most innovative energy companies for 2024.
Fast Company magazine just placed Fervo Energy and Syzygy Plasmonics on its energy innovation list. In all, 606 companies and organiza... |
22.03.2024 | Houston startup winners named at CERAWeek, space tech co. reaches new milestone, and more trending news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included startup winners from CERAWeek, tech facility gets upgraded, and more.
Houston data center plugs ... |
22.03.2024 | Texas' Whole Foods Market chain introduces new innovative concept for urban areas | Texas-based Whole Foods Market is unrolling a new kind of store for urban neighborhoods that'll be smaller and quicker than its current mega-model.
Called Whole Food Market Daily Shop, it'll be designed as a quick, convenient shopping exper... |
14.03.2024 | 10 прорывных разработок 2024 года по версии MIT Technology Review | Источник: MIT Technology Review
Начиная с 2001 года журнал Массачусетского технологического института MIT Technology Review ежегодно публикует свой список из 10 многообещающих технологий, которые, по мнению редакции, способны изменить мир в... |
05.03.2024 | The 10 Biggest Rounds Of February: Epic Games Leads The List Thanks To House Of Mouse Investment | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out the biggest rounds of last month here.
February was a big month for big rounds. Companies needed to ra... |
04.03.2024 | Fervo Energy: Geothermal Development Company Raises $244 Million | Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal development, announced that it had raised $244 million in new funding led by Devon Energy, a shale oil and gas pioneer. And this funding will unlock Fervo’s next phase of growth, deployin... |
01.03.2024 | Geothermal Power Rising: Fervo Energy Secures Major Funding Boost | Fervo Energy, a geothermal energy developer based in Houston, is making waves with a $221 million funding raise. This startup is tapping into the earth's hot rock energy potential using drilling tech from the oil and gas industry. Geotherma... |
29.02.2024 | Fervo Energy Raises $244M in Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal development company, raised $244M in funding.
The round was led by Devon Energy. Galvanize Climate Solutions, John Arnold, Liberty Mutual Investments, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, Mercuria, an... |
29.02.2024 | Fervo Energy Raises $244M |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy, the leader in next-generation geothermal development, today announced that it has raised $244 million in new funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo Energy
>> To export Fervo Energy f... |
27.02.2024 | Fervo Energy raising $221M for geothermal projects | Geothermal energy developer Fervo Energy is raising $221 million in new funding, per an SEC filing.
Big picture: The Houston-based startup uses drilling tech from oil and gas sectors to generate electricity from hot rock deep beneath the ea... |
26.02.2024 | Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals | Hot on the heels of the successful completion of its grid-connected geothermal power plant in Nevada, Fervo Energy is raising $221 million per SEC documents, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
The Houston-based company is one of several en... |
19.02.2024 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Welcome to another Monday edition of Innovators to Know. Today I'm introducing you to three Houstonians to read up about — three individuals behind recent innovation and startup news stories in Houston as reported by Innovati... |
19.02.2024 | Houston nonprofit launches app to provide important tools to refugees | A nonprofit founded by high school students in Houston is looking to provide tools to refugees at their fingertips.
AIM to AID, founded by children of immigrants to help ease the transition of immigrants and refugees to the United States, h... |
19.02.2024 | Houston energy startup reports 'dramatic acceleration' of drilling operations at geothermal project | Early drilling results indicate a geothermal energy project operated in Utah by Houston-based startup Fervo Energy is performing better than expected.
Fervo says its drilling operations Utah’s Cape Station show a 70 percent reduction in dri... |
25.10.2023 | Developer delivers 120-square-foot life science innovation hub to The Woodlands | A new innovation hub mega campus has opened in The Woodlands.
The Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands comes courtesy of California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. The campus is home to the first purpose-b... |
17.10.2023 | $5M grant expands entrepreneurship opportunities at UH | A $5 million gift from the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation will establish expanded opportunities for entrepreneurship at the University of Houston, according to an announcement from the college earlier this month.
Known as the Wayne B. Duddlest... |
10.10.2023 | Houston Innovation Awards names longtime Rice leader as 2023 Trailblazer | In less than a month, all of Houston's innovation community's movers and shakers will gather to celebrate the Houston Innovation Awards, and the night's first honoree has officially been named.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alli... |
09.10.2023 | Houston AI SaaS startup secures $5.5M seed funding from Austin VC | A Houston startup that's using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to disrupt the retail automotive industry has raised seed funding.
Konect.ai announced a $5.5 million seed investment from Austin-based Silverton Partner... |
05.10.2023 | Houston startup raises nearly $2M to expand logistics SaaS platform | A Houston company that's providing innovative unified scheduling software for the logistics industries has raised additional seed funding.
Houston-based Velostics Inc. raised $1.95 million, the company announced this week. The additional se... |
04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
04.10.2023 | Energy tech startup secures $20M series B, plans to expand platform | A Houston startup has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding in order to accelerate its energy analytics and grid decarbonization technology.
Amperon Holdings Inc. announced today that it closed its series B round at $20 million.... |
28.09.2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
26.09.2023 | Growing Houston tech nonprofit expands access to textbooks for college students | If everyone that attended a college or university were polled, they’d all likely agree that one of the worst parts of the experience was the rising costs of textbooks.
In an effort to combat the hefty price tag of assigned texts, OpenStax, ... |
25.09.2023 | Houston-based, cancer-fighting organization breaks ground on new collaborative building | Houston is where medical researchers and clinicians come together. And it’s getting easier for that to happen thanks to an innovative new facility from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On September 20, the world-class inst... |
21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
19.09.2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
12.09.2023 | Houston edtech startup taps into AI to improve classroom engagement | Not many adages stand the test of time quite like this one: to be the best, learn from the best.
Sage advice, which is why Houston-based Sibme, the learning engagement platform designed by teachers, is introducing an all-new artificial inte... |
11.09.2023 | 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 health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Michelle Stansbury, vi... |
05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
30.08.2023 | 13 initiatives receive grant funding from new EV-focused, Houston-led program | Evolve Houston awarded its inaugural microgrants this week to 13 groups, neighborhoods and an individual working to make electric vehicles accessible to all Houstonians.
Launched in 2022, Evolve's eMobility Microgrant Initiative supports co... |
29.08.2023 | Report: Rice University again ranks among the top schools in nation | Rice University has earned yet another accolade worth hooting about.
Niche, an education review and ranking website, has named Rice the ninth best college in the U.S., down from No. 6 last year. The Houston university receives an A+ in nine... |
23.08.2022 | Fervo Energy Raises $138M in Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal power company, raised $138M in funding.
The round was led by DCVC with participation form CPP Investments, Liberty Energy, Macquarie, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Im... |
22.08.2022 | Fervo Energy Raises $138M in Series C |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal power, has raised $138 million in new funding led by DCVC.
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo Energy
>> To export Fervo Energy funding data to PDF a... |
29.09.2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
28.09.2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
28.09.2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
27.09.2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
27.09.2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
17.08.2021 | Electrifying Everything: No sun, No wind, No problem | Electrification is a key theme to Energize’s investment thesis. We invest in software and business model innovation, many of which directly contribute solutions towards decarbonization by means of electrification. In this blog series, we’ll... |
10.08.2021 | How Houston companies can best learn and navigate startup etiquette | We often rely on frameworks, skillsets, and mindsets – many of which we can acquire in the classroom – to prepare us for a successful career. Even at Lilie, we emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and design processes. Yet w... |
10.08.2021 | Houston businessman sells online gaming casino in $1.56B deal with fantasy sports tech company | DraftKings, the nationally renown fantasy sports and online sportsbook company (Nasdaq: DKNG), announced it will acquire Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta's Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOG) in an all-stock transaction valu... |
09.08.2021 | City of Houston launches pilot program to promote stormwater infrastructure growth | The City of Houston has launched a pilot project that will speed up the permitting process for environmentally friendly stormwater projects.
The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expedited Permitting Pilot Program, announced August 4, will ap... |
02.08.2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
02.08.2021 | 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 energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
29.07.2021 | These 10 Houston companies rank among best U.S. employers for young professionals | Ten businesses in the Greater Houston area are clocking in among the country's best employers for millennials, according to a new report.
The Best Workplaces for Millennials list is published annually by Fortune magazine and compiled by Gre... |
20.07.2021 | The way a workplace is structured can make or break business, Rice University research finds | It's a paradox of power: research shows that hierarchies often undermine the very structures they are designed to uphold. Within organizations, conflicts between members can erode entire systems. In a groundbreaking paper, Rice Business Pro... |
19.07.2021 | Free virtual event helps healthtech companies go global | In the growing healthtech sector, two is better than one — two partners, that is. If you've ever been curious what collaborating with an international company would be like, HealthTech Beyond Borders can provide answers.
The free virtual ev... |
19.07.2021 | Exclusive: New accelerator launches to prepare Houston's future civic leaders | A new nonprofit program dedicated to preparing the future leaders of the city of Houston's is launching with the city's burgeoning innovation ecosystem in mind.
HTXelerator is a three-month program that trains its group of aspiring politici... |
16.07.2021 | Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston | The Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute broke ground July 14 on a 64,000-square-foot research and rehabilitation center at Nassau Bay's Space Park, near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The Nassau Bay City Council granted a permit last year for... |
14.07.2021 | ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently demanded aggressive action from state utility regulators to shore up the power grid.
Now, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is revealing its plan to address improvements.
On Tuesday, July 1... |
12.07.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from medical device development to fintech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Stephanie C... |
08.07.2021 | These 10 Houston startups closed funding rounds in Q2 | It's been a banner year for Houston startups raising funds. From an Amazon competitor emerging from stealth and snagging a $25 million series A to a $74 million series B for a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, Houston's innovative c... |
08.07.2021 | Fresh off a $1.4B exit, this Houston innovator is focused on funding medical device tech | Earlier this year, Houston-based serial entrepreneur Larry Lawson celebrated the exit of his medical device company, Preventice Solutions, which he sold to Boston ScientificBoston Scientific in a $1.4 billion deal.
Nowadays, Lawson is laser... |
05.07.2021 | Comcast gives 50 community centers in the Houston area an upgrade with free Wi-Fi | Comcast is giving a technology lift to thousands of people throughout the Houston metro area.
The media and tech giant says it has started 50 WiFi-equipped "Lift Zones" at community centers across the region. These zones enable lo... |
05.07.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from medical device development to fintech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Dan Purvis,... |
02.07.2021 | Houston's Johnson Space Center names history-making new director | NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has witnessed a universe of history-making moments. There's now another milestone to add to the list.
On June 30, Vanessa Wyche was named director of Johnson Space Center, becoming the first Black woma... |
02.07.2021 | 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 innovators to know, a guest column on how veterans are leadi... |
02.07.2021 | Houston clean energy lab names 4 new companies to program | Halliburton Labs has doubled the number of clean energy companies that are operating out of its facilities with the addition of its second cohort.
Four companies have been selected for the program, joining four existing member companies of ... |
01.07.2021 | Beloved Houston children's hospital once again named top in nation by prestigious report | Innovative and pioneering, Texas Children's Hospital has landed on many a best-of list. The latest is a ranking of the best pediatric hospitals in the nation by the prestigious U.S. News & World Report.
Texas Children's ranks an impress... |
01.07.2021 | Houston expert looks into behavioral analytics in private equity, growth equity, and venture capital | Study after study puts the failure rate of mergers and acquisitions somewhere between 70 percent and 90 percent (2011, HBR). One KPMG study narrowed the band of M&A failures to 75 percent to 83 percent (2015, KPMG). One constant in the ... |
30.06.2021 | Local tech exec expands med device company into oil and gas in a 'uniquely Houston' way | When asked about founding his company, the first thing Dan Purvis wants to talk about is the culture.
"The technology of today and the technology of 24 months from now will be very different," Purvis, CEO and founder of Houston-ba... |
30.06.2021 | Amazon yet again expands its presence in Houston | Jeff Bezos' global powerhouse is showing no signs of slowing; indeed, its Houston-area footprint is growing. Amazon Logistics has announced plans to open a new 180,000-square-foot delivery station located in League City.
This new outpost pr... |
30.06.2021 | Nominate now: InnovationMap announces inaugural Houston innovation awards | Calling all Houston innovators — now is your time to shine.
InnovationMap and its partner, Houston-based Techwave, a global IT services and solutions provider, are pleased to present an inaugural set of awards honoring Houston's innovators ... |
29.06.2021 | Houston-based veterans will lead the energy transition, says this expert | Many people living in Houston don't realize that the veteran community is taking an increasing leadership role in the energy transition. The Greater Houston area is the second largest veteran community in America with over 5,500 new veteran... |
29.06.2021 | Houston energy exec launches well-plugging fintech | Long-time Houston energy executive Tony Sanchez has launched a new fintech company that aims to help oil and gas exploration and production operators decommission orphaned wells and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
The company, OneNexu... |
29.06.2021 | MassChallenge Texas names the 71 startups that make up its latest Houston cohort | Five Houston-based startups have been accepted into MassChallenge's 50th startup accelerator.
Three of the local startups are part of the program's Houston cohort, and two are part of the Austin cohort. In all, 71 startups from around the w... |
28.06.2021 | Houston-based research grant program doles out $23M to Texas scientists | One of the nation's largest private funders for health care research has announced $23 million in fresh funds — and about a third of that is going into the hands of Houstonians.
The Welch Foundation, based in Houston, announced its 2021 res... |
28.06.2021 | 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 software to cryptocurrency — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Spencer Randall, co-fo... |
30.04.2021 | Geothermal technology has enormous potential to power the planet and Fervo wants to tap it | Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for the future that’s captured the attention of environmentalists and oil and gas engineers alike.
That’s becaus... |
30.04.2021 | Fervo Energy Company announced that it has received $28 million in funding from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, LLC, 3x5 Partners, Congruent Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group LLC, Elemental Excelerat... | On April 30, 2021, Fervo Energy Company closed the transaction. The company received $1,676,004 in its final trance. The transaction was led by Capricorn Investment Group LLC with participation from existing investors Breakthrough Energy Ve... |
01.03.2021 | Geothermal startups get another boost from Chevron as the oil giant backs a geothermal project developer | The U.S.-based oil major Chevron is doubling down on its investment in geothermal power by investing in a Swedish developer of low-temperature geothermal and heat power projects called Baseload Capital.
Oil companies are under pressure to f... |
31.08.2020 | Clean energy funding: Ex-Tesla CTO raises $40 million to recycle batteries, plus nuclear fusion and fission | $40 million for recycling batteries
Redwood Materials, the startup founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel raised a reported $40 million in venture capital from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Capricorn Investment Group. Redwood raised $2 mill... |
30.08.2020 | Energy Jobs: JB Straubel’s battery recycling startup, Powerhouse, Total, Broad Reach Power, Span, Facebook, Clean Energy for Biden | David Danielson, managing director at Breakthrough Energy Ventures (and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy), is listed as an investor in Redwood Materials, the startup founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Stra... |
- | Fervo Energy hits milestone in using oil drilling technology to tap geothermal energy | Fervo Energy drills deep wells and pumps water into them. The water grows hot from the heat of the earth, then Fervo pumps it back to the surface, where a turbine converts that heat to electricity.
On Tuesday, it announced the completion of... |
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Компания Fervo Energy, производящая геотермальную энергию из возобновляемых источников, привлекла инвестиции в $28 млн... |
- | Meeting Google’s climate change goals ‘stresses out’ CEO Sundar Pichai | CEO Sundar Pichai is stressed about Google’s plan to become carbon free over the next decade. That means the company aims to use no carbon-based energy whatsoever by 2030.
“It’s a long shot, it stresses me out in terms of how to get there,”... |
- | Fervo Energy | “Fervo Energy delivers 24/7 carbon-free energy through development of next-generation geothermal projects.” |