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| Aug 5, 2026 | Buzz Solutions Raises $20 Million Series A Led by S3 Ventures to Power the Next Generation of Grid Intelligence | an AI software company that enables a smart, stable, and resilient energy infrastructure, today announced it has closed an oversubscribed $20 million Series A funding round. The round was led by S3 Ventures, with significant follow-on parti... |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Buzz Solutions Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Buzz Solutions, Palo Alto, CA-based AI software company that enables a smart, stable, and resilient energy infrastructure, closed a $20m Series A funding round.
The round was led by S3 Ventures, with follow-on participation from GoPoint Ven... |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 5 Romanian Fintech Startups to Watch, According to Investors | Romania ~
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Independent market projections indicate that total digital payments in Romania could climb to nearly $93.5 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual rate of just over 20%. This growth is opening new opportunities for ... |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Statusphere: $18 Million Series A Raised To Scale Micro-Influencer Programs | Statusphere has raised $18 million in a Series A financing led by Volition Capital as the company positions its AI-powered platform to help enterprise retailers and consumer brands turn micro-influencer marketing into a repeatable, brand-sa... |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Statusphere Raises $18M in Series A Funding | Statusphere, a Winter Park, FL-based provider of an AI marketing platform that helps enterprise retailers and consumer brands turn micro-influencers into a growth channel, raised $18M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Volition Capit... |
| Sep 11, 2025 | Intella, an Egyptian startup Scores $12.5M Series A to Power Arabic Speech AI Across MENA | Intella, the Egypt-founded startup specialising in Arabic speech intelligence, has raised $12.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round, led by Prosus Ventures, to scale its dialect-aware AI models and push deployment across the... |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Intella raised $12.5 M in oversubscribed Series A funding round | Intella, the market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence, today announced it has closed $12.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Prosus, with participation from 500 Global, Wa’ed Ventures, Hala Ventures, Idrisi Ven... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | MENA Digest: UAE’s Seraya, Saudi Arabia’s Intella, Egypt’s Munify secure funding | Credit: 123RF.com
Speech intelligence startup Intella, originally founded in Egypt and now headquartered in Saudi Arabia, led funding activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region this week, raising an eight-figure amount in an... |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Intella: $12.5 Million Series A Raised For Arabic Speech Intelligence Platform | Prosus Ventures announced that it has led a $12.5 million Series A funding round in Intella. Intella has established itself as a market leader in dialectal Arabic speech intelligence. This area holds considerable potential due to the lingui... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Intella raises $12.5M to scale its Arabic speech intelligence platform
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| Aug 29, 2024 | The Future of HR Tech: Tilt's Bold Leap and Healthcare Innovation with Techstars | In the fast-paced world of technology, change is the only constant. Companies are racing to innovate, to capture market share, and to redefine industries. Two recent developments highlight this trend: Tilt's successful Series B funding and ... |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Tilt Secures Series B Funding to Expand HR Technology Footprint | FORT COLLINS, Colo., Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilt, the pioneering platform for leave management solutions, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its $15 million Series B funding round. This round was led by Bramalea Par... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Hearst Fujingahosha “HearstLab” kick-off reception held to provide a platform for Japanese female entrepreneurs to compete in startups | Hearst Fujingahosha Co., Ltd.
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| Jun 7, 2024 | Hearst Fujingahosha “HearstLab” kick-off reception held to provide a platform for Japanese female entrepreneurs to compete in startups | |
| May 1, 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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| Apr 19, 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... |
| Apr 18, 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... |
| Apr 12, 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,... |
| Apr 12, 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... |
| Apr 10, 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... |
| Apr 10, 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 ... |
| Apr 9, 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... |
| Apr 5, 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... |
| Apr 2, 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... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Houston expert shares top tech trends impacting real estate | Technology continues to rapidly advance across the board and the real estate industry is no exception. However, it’s critical that the housing space welcomes online innovation and the upgrades that it brings to homebuyers with open arms.
As... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Houston clean tech startup pitch competition names winners at annual CERAWeek event | For the third year, the Greater Houston Partnership's Houston Energy Transition Institute hosted its startup pitch competition at CERAWeek by S&P Global. A dozen startups walked away with recognition — and three some with cash prizes.
H... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Expert: How AI is disrupting manufacturing and the future of quality management systems | The concept of quality management is so intrinsic to modern manufacturing — and yet so little understood by the general public — and has literally revolutionized our world over the past hundred years.
Yet, in the present day, quality manage... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Imageryst cierra una ronda de €700.000 en la que participan Hearst Lab, Back Fund, Urriellu Ventures, Core Angels Barcelona, SeedRocket y Enisa | 19/03/2024
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IMAGERYST CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €700.000 EN LA QUE PARTICIPAN HEARST LAB, BACK FUND, URRIELLU VENTURES, CORE ANGELS BARCELONA, SEEDROCKET Y ENISA
Con foco en el sector de las energías renovables, Imageryst consigue s... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | University of Houston receives funding to support diverse cardiovascular researchers | University of Houston professors have received a nearly $800,000 grant to create a new summer program that will support diverse future researchers.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provided $792,900 in grant funding to Bradley ... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | Report: Houstonians need $12K more to live comfortably than they did last year | As inflation and the cost of living rise in most places around the United States, so does the amount of money a resident needs to live comfortably. But Houstonians are faring far better than residents of some of the biggest cities in Americ... |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Houston research on asset valuation reveals importance of 'opinion shopping' | Firms often have to estimate the “fair value” of their investments, meaning they have to declare what an asset is worth on the market. To avoid the potential for bias and manipulation, companies will use third-party services to provide an o... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Houston health tech company announces $10M in fresh funding to bolster customer care | Roshal Health, a Katy-based provider of ultrasound and echocardiogram services for health care facilities, has secured $10 million in structured equity financing.
New York City-based investment firm Catalio Capital Management led the financ... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Texas-based 'hop-on' jet service offers exclusive eclipse flight flown by NASA pilot | With Texas set to be the prime location for the Great North American Solar Eclipse, airlines are lining up to offer the best vantage point and that includes JSX: The private carrier is offering a once-in-a-lifetime in-flight experience to 1... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Houston-based, female-focused VC closes $36M fund | A women-led venture capital group based in Houston has closed its second fund to continue its mission of supporting female-founded startups in fintech, commerce, and care.
The Artemis Fund announced its $36 million second fund this month. C... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Podcast: The Houston founder's guide to navigating SXSW 2024 | Tens of thousands of people are descending upon Austin for SXSW — many of whom are ambitious startup founders. For Houston entrepreneurs, there's a lot to consider before heading down the street to Austin, and Marc Nathan can help.
The nati... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Houston AI femtech startup raises $2M round to expand platform to B2B opportunities | A Houston-based startup that's improving health and wellness for women with its artificial intelligence-backed platform has raised a bridge round of funding.
Ema closed its latest bridge round, bringing its total funding to nearly $2 millio... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | From networking meetups to speaker expert speaker summits, March 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.
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| Feb 22, 2024 | Ema, a Startup Building Conversational AI for Women's Health, Raises Nearly $2M | Our recent funding and rapid B2B growth validate our approach and enable us to further our mission.”
— Amanda Ducach, Founder, EMA AppHOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, February 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ema, a generative AI platform dedicated to tr... |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Recovo cierra una ronda de €1M, liderada por Zubi, Hearst y Bolsa Social. Participan THCAP, Draper B1 y BA de SeedRocket | 29/09/2023
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RECOVO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €1M, LIDERADA POR ZUBI, HEARST Y BOLSA SOCIAL. PARTICIPAN THCAP, DRAPER B1 Y BA DE SEEDROCKET
Recovo, la plataforma integral de soluciones circulares end to end para la industria de la... |
| Apr 26, 2023 | HearstLab Announces Female Founder Finalists for $100K LA Pitch Competition | Pitch HearstLab LA will feature six women-led startups from across the U.S., who will present for the chance to win a $100,000 investment. LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, April 26, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- HearstLab, an investment arm of the Hearst ... |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Barometer Creates a New Standard for Podcast-Advertiser Suitability with Hearst Backing | Chattanooga, TENN. April 25, 2023 (PRWEB) April 25, 2023
Barometer, the AI-powered platform helping brands assess podcast content suitability for advertising, recently closed a successful fundraising round and announced its new contextual t... |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Houston DEI programs are in place — now it's time to trust them | It’s no secret to almost any Houston-area businessperson that diversity, equity and inclusion has been front and center on the corporate radar for quite some time. According to the 2021 Deloitte/Fortune CEO survey, 94 percent of the 175 CEO... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Houston founder calls for business leaders to 'make room for diverse voices' | Last year was one of quick pivots and tech solutions for Ashley Small and her company's clients. Small — the CEO and founder of Medley Inc., a Houston-based branding and public relations firm — works with both for-profit and nonprofit entit... |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Why one of the world's leading life science companies chose Pearland | In 2018, Switzerland-based company Lonza debuted a 300,000-square-foot life science facility in Pearland, the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in the world at the time.
What made one of the world's largest comp... |
| Feb 8, 2021 | 3 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 innovators recently making headlines — from health tech founders to the new GHP chair.
Deeana Zhang, director of energy technology at Tudor, Pi... |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Here's what startups are going to the Venture Houston pitch competition's semifinals | Venture Houston — a two-day virtual conference put on by the HX Venture Fund — is slated for Thursday and Friday of this week, and, in addition to several panels, the event has a startup pitch competition with over $1.7 million on the line.... |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Houston health tech startup launches COVID-19 vaccine management tool | Houston-based health care software startup Luminare Inc. is arming soldiers in the coronavirus vaccination campaign with technology to help smooth the inoculation process.
Luminare, which launched with the mission of combating sepsis, switc... |
| Feb 1, 2021 | 3 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 innovators recently making headlines — from health tech founders to a venture capital rising star.
Jim Havelka, founder and CEO of InformAI
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| Jan 28, 2021 | Expert: New 401k investment options would spur Houston venture capital and innovation | With fossil fuels facing an uncertain future, Houston is wisely pushing to further develop its innovation economy with initiatives like Houston Exponential and Rice Management Company's Ion, as well as the No. 1 ranked entrepreneurship prog... |
| Jan 28, 2021 | Houston-based senior care startup accelerates gameplan amid pandemic | Houston-based acute care startup Kare Technologies has yet to waste a good crisis.
The company, which offers senior facilities and qualified caregivers a platform to post and accept work for hire, was born out of founder Charles Turner's ex... |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Houston startup founded by former NASA architect moves into new space amid booming business | In 2014 Garrett Finney, a former senior architect at the Habitability Design Center at NASA, brought his expertise in what he describes as "advocating for human presence living in a machine" to the outdoors market.
After being les... |
| Jan 22, 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, marketing and PR tips for startups, where... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Here are 3 breakthrough innovations coming out of research at Houston institutions | Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses.
In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research projects, we look into studies on robo... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Houston-area medical device engineering firm acquires Texas company | A engineering firm based in Katy has made a strategic acquisition of a Magnolia, Texas-based company to start of the new year.
Velentium, which specializes in the design and manufacturing of medical devices announced that it has acquired Oa... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Editor's Picks: Top 7 Houston innovation interviews of 2020 | Editor's note: With 2020 in the rearview, InnovationMap is looking back on the top stories of the year. With over 60 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast and about half of those being recorded in 2020, here are the top episides from t... |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Canadian energy tech startup doubles down on Houston and plans to scale | While the pandemic and last year's drop in oil prices may have caused their own set of challenges, at least one energy tech startup saw plenty of opportunity for growth amid the unprecedented times.
In 2020, Validere, which is based in Calg... |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Houston-based startup shoots for affordability and convenience with new photo biz | Houston-based photographers Chris Bailey and Joseph West have brought automated technology and innovative efficiencies to the often cumbersome task of taking professional headshots.
Bailey and West first met as wedding and corporate photogr... |
| Dec 28, 2020 | Female-founded startup opens facility for new working moms in downtown Houston | As companies roll out back-to-work plans for the new year, one subset of workers' needs might be overlooked: new, breastfeeding mothers. However, one Houston startups is looking out for them with a new downtown location.
Work & Mother S... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Houston innovator to help minority entrepreneurs get access to resources she wished she had | Joy M. Hutton is used to wearing multiple hats. A consultant for nonprofits and small businesses at her own firm, Joy of Consulting, and the founder of On the Go Glam, an on-demand beauty platform, Hutton recently added another hat into rot... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | How 2 Houston friends founded the fitting industry's go-to company | If you're in the market for a specific kind of pipe, valve, fitting, flange, bolt, gasket, or hose, your first stop should be TPC Industrial.
The Pasadena-based company has been making a name for itself in the PVF/hose and fitting industry ... |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Innovation hub exec wants to ensure Houston's diversity is well represented | The Ion is in its home stretch. Expected to open in early 2021, the rising innovation hub is inches away from its exciting entrance into the Houston market. Yet despite the physical location's ongoing construction, Deanea LeFlore and her te... |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Houston innovation team wins global award for painless heart technology | Houston's Texas Heart Institute's pain-free defibrillation technology was named the top future medical product design worldwide last month as part of the annual Create the Future Design contest.
The tiny technology aims to change the way ca... |
| Dec 2, 2020 | With fresh funds, Houston startup plans to represent the future of fireproofing | A few years ago, Mike Francis caught a video of a man's hand coated in some sort of material and placed over a fire. Nothing was happening to the man's hand — the coating completely protected it — but something was happening in Francis's br... |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Houston Black-owned beauty biz gets major holiday shout out from Oprah | Every holiday season, Oprah Winfrey and her elves work hard to put together her namesake list of Favorite Things. The 2020 list of must-have gifts highlights Black-owned or led businesses, including a Houston-based beauty line, 54 Thrones.
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| Nov 30, 2020 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in December | It's the last monthly events roundup for 2020 — and this month, understandably, is a bit slow due to the holidays, but we have a roundup of the must-attend events for December.
From workshops and panels to summits and pitch parties, here ar... |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Experts rank holiday activities that put Houston residents most at risk for COVID-19 | The Texas Medical Association has released its COVID-19 holiday risk chart, a ranking of popular activities based on how likely one is to contract the novel coronavirus.
With infections spiking in Houston and across the country, the chart w... |
| Nov 20, 2020 | 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 female innovators to know, a new accelerator program, life sc... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Houston company partners with General Motors, others to boost country’s ventilator supply | Houston-based Velentium played a key role in mobilizing thousands of ventilators in the United States at a time when the pandemic and the uncertainty around it was surmounting around the country.
The medical technology company primarily wor... |
| Nov 16, 2020 | 3 female Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three female innovators across industries — from life science to impact innovation.
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| Nov 13, 2020 | Here's what events to attend each day during The Houston Innovation Summit | Back for its fourth year, The Houston Innovation Summit has tons of online, interactive events lined up — starting today.
THIS, just like last year, runs on the same week of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is focused on education, ecosy... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Clutch City: Is 2020 a time of devastation or doubling down for Houston? | "Clutch City" may be Houston's most befitting nickname — and it has proven to stand the test of time. Whoever coined the term likely had no idea in how many ways this moniker would be tested and upheld over the next 20-plus years.... |
| Nov 6, 2020 | 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, breakthrough research projects in Houston... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | 4 Houston-area CVS locations now offering free COVID-19 rapid tests | Flu season and cedar fever compounded with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is likely to make for a worrisome winter. In an effort to make testing for the novel coronavirus more accessible, CVS is launching rapid-result tests in 21 stores acro... |
| Oct 29, 2020 | East Houston development launches smart city initiative with new hire | A 4,200-acre master-planned development that's rising on the east side of town has created a new role within their executive suite to drive innovation and a new smart city initiative.
Houston-based real estate developer, McCord, has hired N... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | University of Houston joins Microsoft-backed initiative for digital tech workforce development | The University of Houston College of Technology has been selected for a new initiative to bring digital and technical skills to students and the workforce.
Microsoft's Accelerate program is a part of the tech giant's Global Skills Initiativ... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | If Silicon Valley is experiencing a tech exodus, what does that mean for growing startup hubs like Houston? | It started with prunes. Long before Silicon Valley was the innovation capital of the world, it was a giant valley of fruit trees and verdant hills. The primary crop in the then called Santa Clara Valley was the French plum, which was sun-dr... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | UT system funds Houston researchers in new collaboration to cure cancer | In a renewed effort to move the needle on finding a cure for cancer, the University of Texas system has launched a new collaboration in oncological data and computational science across three programs.
Houston-based University of Texas MD A... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Houston coffee startup pivots to hand sanitizing product amid pandemic | Houstonians' workday routines look much different today than they did seven months ago. With a large percentage of people working from home, office rituals have come to a halt and few habits have been immune to change — including our coffee... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | 10 can't-miss events from Houston-based SpaceCom's virtual conference | Today marks the first day in SpaceCom's two-week online conference featuring space entrepreneurs, NASA executives, government experts, and more.
Usually a must-attend event hosted at George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Sp... |
| Oct 12, 2020 | Overheard: Here's where Houston's low-carbon efforts stand, according to the experts | Houston is moving the needle on low-carbon initiatives, as one panel agreed at the Center for Houston's Future's Low-Carbon Energy Innovation Summit.
The annual event, which is taking place virtually this year, was broken up into two days. ... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Sweet new Texas-based website lets you record a final goodbye for loved ones | Anew North Texas startup helps soothe the sting of losing loved ones by allowing them to leave behind an entirely different kind of heirloom. A Sweet Goodbye is a new online service that lets people record messages that can be accessed and ... |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Prolific University of Houston professor wins prestigious $650,000 'genius' grant | A prolific fiction writer and award-winning University of Houston academic has just received a major accolade. Distinguished professor Cristina Rivera Garza has been awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship — dubbed more casually as a "geni... |
| Oct 6, 2020 | Houston venture capital group leads Austin-based energy tech company's $5M series A | Houston-based Cottonwood Venture Partners has announced the closing of an Austin-based software solutions round that it led.
Founded in 2014, HUVRdata Inc. is a data analytics company focusing on the energy industry. The startup announced t... |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Texas entrepreneur brings on-demand nail service to Houston | Ladies, take note: A Dallas-based on-demand nail service app, Cherry, has expanded to Houston. Founded by Amber Venz Box, the blogger/influencer-turned tech entrepreneur, the convenient, at-home service is now available in 37 ZIP codes.
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| Sep 23, 2020 | New innovation leader at Rice University plans to take campus innovations to the world | When Kyle Judah accepted his position as executive director at Rice University's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, he had spent less than 48 hours in the city of Houston. In fact, his first two months in the role have been... |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Innovative Texas-based ride-share rolls into Houston with new cars and delivery service | Houstonians who are interested in an alternative to Uber — and don't mind giving a Dallas-based company a shot — can now look for a new ride. Alto, the ride-share and delivery company based in Big D, has announced its expansion plans to Hou... |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Rice Alliance to launch clean energy accelerator in Houston | The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has announced its new Clean Energy Accelerator — a 12-week program for early stage energy startups — at the close of the 18th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum.
"Houston truly is the... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Exclusive: Houston entrepreneur launches femtech nonprofit and accelerator partnership | It's about time women's health and wellness took center stage, in Brittany Barreto's opinion, so she's launched a nonprofit to make that happen.
Houston entrepreneur Barreto recently left her position at Capital Factory to focus on FemTech ... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Rescheduled: These are the can't-miss events to attend each day during Houston Climate Week | Editor's note — This story has been updated and republished to reflect the new dates and details of Houston Climate Week.
The city of Houston is kicking off its rescheduled Houston Climate Week after the original week was postponed by threa... |
| Sep 9, 2020 | Houston-based startup makes a splash with cloud technology for E&P in oil sector | A Houston area environmental and energy tech company offers a new pay-as-you-go SaaS application that uses chemistry, physics, artificial intelligence, and cloud technology to build simulation platforms for major exploration and production ... |
| Sep 8, 2020 | NASA is hiring flight directors at Houston's Johnson Space Center | NASA has put out the virtual "now hiring" sign at Johnson Space Center. United States citizens have until Thursday, September 10, to apply for the position of flight director.
Now that American astronauts are once again launching ... |
| Sep 4, 2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: One week into September is through, and plenty of Houston innovation news came with it, including three female innovators to know, a mobile vet startup plans to expand, a new coworking space plans to open, and more.
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| Sep 3, 2020 | Education company launches innovative virtual platform at Houston school | The coronavirus pandemic has spawned an array of digital innovations in education, and one of those innovations has been hatched right here in Houston.
Kïdo, an international network of preschools, recently introduced its first-ever virtual... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | 10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for September | While September 1 might mean nearing fall to some, here in Houston we've got several more weeks of summer weather. However, encroaching fall also means the beginning of many annual events that happen in the Houston innovation ecosystem. Thi... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Overheard: Experts call for Houston to become the 'energy transition capital of the world' | Before the inaugural Houston Climate Week was shutdown — ironically by a major climate event — event attendees heard from a panel of energy experts that spoke of certain challenges the city's economy faces as the energy transition continues... |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Children's Museum of Houston pivots to new digital learning programming | As more Houston parents opt for online classes when kids return to school, a beloved local museum is offering up a clever learning assist. In September, Children's Museum Houston will launch "All-Time Access," an online initiative... |
| Aug 25, 2020 | Houston-area online resource launches to help new homebuyers purchase a home | Between the expiration of a federal evictions moratorium and the coronavirus crisis, the housing market in Houston has launched into uncharted territory — jumping in June after two straight months of decline.
Houstonian and broker-and-owner... |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Microsoft doubles down on partnership with the city of Houston by committing $1M to programs | Microsoft and the city of Houston have introduced a new program aimed at addressing technology skills development across Houston.
Accelerate: Houston is part of Microsoft's larger global skills initiative. Mayor Sylvester Turner announced t... |
| Aug 11, 2020 | Chevron's Houston-based venture group taps two companies for its startup-focused program | Chevron's corporate venture arm that invests into energy tech innovation and supports startups within the industry has tapped two companies for its Chevron Technology Ventures Catalyst Program.
Entech Solutions and mIQroTech have both recen... |