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| 22.10.2024 | Expert: How to best repurpose Houston’s infrastructure for a clean energy future | Houston, often dubbed the “Energy Capital of the World,” is at a pivotal moment in its history. Known for its vast oil and gas reserves, the city is now embracing a new role as a leader in the clean energy transition. This shift is not just... |
| 10.10.2024 | NASA awards Houston university $1.2M for diversity in aerospace initiative | NASA will award the University of Houston $1.2 million toward a collaborative project with some of the biggest players in aerospace to foster diversity in the field.
The funds will go toward UH's Partnership for Inclusivity in Engineering E... |
| 09.10.2024 | Central Banks at a Crossroads: The Balancing Act of Rate Cuts | In the world of finance, central banks are the puppeteers, pulling strings that affect economies worldwide. As the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve (Fed) navigate the choppy waters of economic uncertainty, their decisions... |
| 09.10.2024 | Fed's Logan calls for 'gradual' rate cuts, says 'should not rush' | Rates & BondsFed's Logan calls for 'gradual' rate cuts, says 'should not rush'
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| 12.08.2024 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Every week, I introduce you to a handful of Houston innovators to know recently making headlines with news of innovative technology, investment activity, and more. This week's batch includes a Houston entrepreneur, a media bu... |
| 09.08.2024 | Houston clean energy co. raises $10.8M series A | A tech-driven retail energy provider based in Houston has secured an oversubscribed series A round of funding.
Branch Energy raised a $10.8 million round led by climate-focused venture capital firm Prelude Ventures with co-investor Zero Inf... |
| 09.08.2024 | This new Houston lab is translating genetics research into clinical diagnostics | A new lab at Baylor College of Medicine is primed to do groundbreaking work in the field of genetics.
Baylor Genetics has paired with Baylor’s department of molecular and human genetics to launch the Medical Genetics Multiomics Laboratory (... |
| 07.08.2024 | Houston: The New Energy Epicenter | Houston is transforming. The city is becoming the heart of the energy sector, a vibrant hub where innovation meets tradition. With Chevron's headquarters relocating from California, the energy landscape is shifting. This move is more than j... |
| 06.08.2024 | Growing Houston energy startup scales local office presence | On the heels of landing more than $240 million in venture capital, Houston-based geothermal power provider Fervo Energy has more than quadrupled the size of its headquarters.
Fervo previously occupied 5,158 square feet at 114 Main St. in do... |
| 06.08.2024 | Chevron to relocate HQ, executives to Houston | The Energy Capital of the World is adding another jewel to its corporate crown.
With the impending move of Chevron’s headquarters from Northern California to Houston, the Houston area will be home to 24 Fortune 500 companies. Chevron ranks ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Tropical system in Gulf of Mexico to bring heavy rain to New Orleans metro | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">A tropical system in the Gulf is bringing rain to New Orleans. Radar image via NOAA as of 4pm Monday.
New Orleans metro is expected to get heavy rain and flash floodin... |
| 14.06.2024 | Houston startup ecosystem ranked, new platform launches for entrepreneurs, and more trending innovation news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the most-read Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles from InnovationMap and its daily newsletter included a few reports ranking Houston's innovative qualities, a new coh... |
| 30.05.2024 | Report ranks Houston as a top global city — with one thing holding it back | A new analysis positions the Energy Capital of the World as an economic dynamo, albeit a flawed one.
The recently released Oxford Economics Global Cities Index, which assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the world’s 1,000 largest cities... |
| 27.05.2024 | Houston organizations launch study to explore hydrogen-powered travel | A few major players have teamed up to look into making air travel more sustainable — and it's all happening in Houston.
The Center for Houston’s Future, Airbus, and Houston Airports have signed a memorandum of understanding intended to stud... |
| 12.05.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Franco Montalto: As climate change amplifies urban flooding, communities can become ‘sponge cities’ | By Franco Montalto
“When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it’s becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate.
Across the continental U.S., intense single-day precipitation... |
| 03.05.2024 | This Houstonian wants to break into the Olympics break-dancing team | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Houstonian Jeffrey Louis is vying for a spot on the USA Olympic break-dancing team as the sport makes its Olympic debut this summer in Paris.
Why it matters: Breaking — an urban dance style with roots... |
| 02.05.2024 | Houston hospital flies in drone delivery service for medical supplies, prescriptions | A Houston hospital system has announced that it has plans to launch a drone delivery service for specialty prescriptions and medical supplies in 2026.
Memorial Hermann Health System announced that it intends to be the first health care prov... |
| 01.05.2024 | 10+ can't miss Houston business and innovation events for May | From pitching competitions to expert speaker summits, May is chock-full of opportunities for Houston innovators.
Here's a roundup of events you won't want to miss out on so mark your calendars and register accordingly.
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| 26.04.2024 | UH inks international partnership for energy transition innovation | The University of Houston and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month that celebrates an official partnership between the schools in education, research, and innovation for the energy trans... |
| 23.04.2024 | Spotlight: Meet Guild's new CEO, Bijal Shah | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Bijal Shah is having a banner month.
The latest: This month, she was named CEO of Denver-based Guild, which helps Fortune 1000 companies offer educational opportunities to their workers.
Meanwhile, he... |
| 26.03.2024 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 21.03.2024 | Houston organization announces major partnership with DOE lab to spur energy innovation commercialization | A new partnership between the Greater Houston Partnership and Argonne National Laboratory has been established to spur development of commercial-scale energy transition solutions.
The GHP and the Houston Energy Transition Initiative, or HET... |
| 08.03.2024 | Empowering Change: World Hydrogen North America Spotlights Female Leaders on International Women's Day | Join hydrogen female experts at World Hydrogen North America 2024, May 21-23, Houston
Recognizing the invaluable contributions of women in shaping the hydrogen industry!
The biggest takeaway has been the tremendous opportunity to collaborat... |
| 07.03.2024 | 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... |
| 01.02.2024 | How AI is changing product management and what you need to know | For the past 14 months, everyone has been talking about ways artificial intelligence is changing the world, and product management is not an exception. The challenge, as with every new technology, is not only adopting it but understanding w... |
| 31.01.2024 | Houston innovator plays the long game of life science innovation with optimized capital efficiency | Commercializing a life science innovation that has the potential to enhance or even save the lives of millions of patients is a marathon, not a sprint. That's how Atul Varadhachary thinks of it, and he's leading an organization that's activ... |
| 31.01.2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for February | From networking meetups to speaker expert speaker summits, February is filled with opportunities for Houston innovators.
Here's a roundup of events you won't want to miss out on so mark your calendars and register accordingly.
Note: This po... |
| 27.12.2023 | Sorry, New York and San Francisco: These 4 red-state cities could be the future of America | Economy Sorry, New York and San Francisco: These 4 red-state cities could be the future of America
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| 26.10.2023 | Houston energy startup joins Texas-based climate accelerator | An Austin-based climate accelerator announced its 2023 cohort, which includes a Houston cleantech startup.
StudioX named seven startups to its 2023 cohort, and SeisWave Corp., a seismic service company, will join the program that aims to he... |
| 16.10.2023 | Houston-area selected among 7 regions for $7B federal hydrogen hub investment | A Houston-area project got the green light as one of the seven regions to receive a part of the $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to advance domestic hydrogen production.
President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer G... |
| 13.10.2023 | UH to deliver on tech to DOD, 2 Houston startups raise funding, and more trending news from the 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 articles on InnovationMap included a major military contract for UH, two startups with fundi... |
| 12.10.2023 | Houston founders: How safe is your company's data? | As news comes out every week about new technologies, from new crypto wallets to generative AI to self-driving taxis, it can get overwhelming for most of us to keep up or to understand the new intricacies of technology, and it can get easy t... |
| 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.... |
| 29.09.2023 | Houston-area schools make best universities list, tech nonprofit expands, and more trending news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included Houston schools scoring big on a recent ranking, a tech nonpr... |
| 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, ... |
| 22.09.2023 | 3 Houston universities rise to the top in new list of best Texas schools for 2024 | Houston universities are ramping up high quality educational experiences for their students as three local universities earn top 10 ranks for the best Texas colleges in 2024, according to a new report by U.S. News and World Report.
Rice Uni... |
| 20.09.2023 | 2 Houston universities score big for patents, MBA programs | Two new rankings have put the University of Houston and Rice University in the academic limelight.
UH ranks 60th on the National Academy of Inventors’ list of the top 100 universities for utility patents granted last year in the U.S. Meanwh... |
| 13.09.2023 | Baylor Medicine opens innovatively inclusive dermatology center in Houston | All skin is created equal, but not all skin behaves the same. It’s with this in mind that Baylor Medicine Dermatology has announced the debut of its newest office.
The Skin of Color Clinic is located inside the Jamail Specialty Care Center ... |
| 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... |
| 07.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals $35M campus transformation ahead of centennial | As the University of Houston gets ready for its centennial in 2027, the school is launching a major transformation to its urban campus. The $35 million project aims to transform several prominent areas of the university grounds and create a... |
| 07.09.2023 | Rice team develops complex wearables that can navigate users through Houston | A group of Rice researchers have tapped into the sense of touch to improve how wearable technology can communicate with its user.
Barclay Jumet, a mechanical engineering PhD student at Rice working in the labs of Daniel Preston and Marcia O... |
| 06.09.2023 | University of Houston reveals inaugural cohort of energy research fellows | The University of Houston has named eight graduate students to its first-ever cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows.
The PhD and doctoral students will each receive a one-year $12,000 fellowship, along with mentoring from experts at ... |
| 31.08.2023 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for September | From networking meetups to pitch competitions, September has a smorgasbord 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 mi... |
| 30.08.2023 | NIH pumps $1.14M into Houston health care institute to develop life-saving cardiatric drug | Atherosclerosis is a prime pathway to heart attack, heart failure, and stroke. In fact, one in every five deaths recorded in 2021 was due to cardiovascular disease, much of which was caused by atherosclerosis. The thickening and hardening o... |
| 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... |
| 28.08.2023 | Photos: Ion Houston's latest art installations tackle tech, social issues | Two new art installations at the Ion speak to the building's past and its potential future.
Revealed at an event earlier this month, the innovation hub developed by Rice University is now home to installations by Houston-based artists Chris... |
| 24.08.2023 | Houston to host 6 Italian aerospace companies with new program | It's an Italian invasion in Houston — and it's happening in the name of accelerating innovation within aerospace.
For the first time, Italy has announced an international aerospace-focused program in the United States. The Italian Trade Age... |
| 23.08.2023 | A Louisiana-born, Houston-backed outdoors activity startup is expanding into the Bayou City | A Louisiana-founded hunting and fishing startup is growing its operations and expanding into Houston.
Mallard Bay, a marketplace for booking guided fishing and hunting trips, will move half of its employees to Houston and will join the Grea... |
| 22.08.2023 | Houston space tech startup raises $350M series C, clinches unicorn status | Houston has another unicorn — a company valued at $1 billion or more — thanks to a recent round of funding.
Axiom Space released the news this week that it's closed its series C round of funding to the tune of $350 million. While the compan... |
| 17.08.2023 | MD Anderson, UT team up to expand medical school | Powerhouse and award-winning Houston cancer center MD Anderson will partner with the University of Texas at Austin to expand Dell Medical School and build two new hospitals.
This new medical center, called The University of Texas at Austin ... |
| 14.08.2023 | Annual report highlights Houston's big innovation wins across tech, life science, space, VC funding, and more | Houston, a city known for its energy legacy, is rapidly transforming into a diverse hub of innovation, life science, technology, and aerospace, according to the 2023 Houston Facts report, released by the Greater Houston Partnership.
Here ar... |
| 16.05.2023 | Why Houston needs to break down its industry barriers to advance innovation | Innovation has always been the driving force behind progress and development in every industry. It is the engine that propels growth, fosters competition, and improves people’s lives. The importance of innovation in every sector has grown e... |
| 18.01.2023 | Rice University rolls out hybrid MBA track | Rice University is making it easier to get an MBA. The Houston university has launched a new hybrid program.
Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business will launch a new Hybrid MBA program this summer. According to Rice, it's the f... |
| 12.01.2023 | Houston expert: 5 marketing musts for business growth plans in 2023 | All indications point to a fair amount of economic uncertainty in the coming months. I think a lot of B-to-B companies, across many industries, are going to retrench in their spending, and deals will likely be harder to close because more a... |
| 12.01.2023 | Houston startup with innovative transportation app gets boost from pitch competition | How many times have you accidentally taken a toll road without a tag? Or traveled to a part of the country where the toll system is different than the one for which you already paid up?
As the father of four competitive-tennis-playing daugh... |
| 11.01.2023 | Houston ranked a top market for attracting funding for sustainability-focused startups | From a financial standpoint, Houston appears to be a sustainable environment for sustainability-focused startups.
An analysis by PromoLeaf, a retailer of sustainable promotional products, finds that Houston ranks fourth among U.S. cities fo... |
| 20.12.2022 | Smart new Houston-based app helps sporty locals connect and get their game on | Active Houstonians who're looking to meet up with fellow locals and get their sports on now have a new app for that.
Teamates, a new, Houston-based, multi-sport meetup app, connects like-minded sporty types who want to connect and run, hike... |
| 16.12.2022 | 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 startup gift guide, and more.
3 Houston... |
| 16.12.2022 | Report: Houston sees $250M in cleantech investments so far this year | Houston is cleaning up when it comes to cleantech investments.
Through the first three quarters of 2022, companies in Houston invested a combined $250 million in cleantech, according to new data from professional services firm Deloitte. In ... |
| 14.12.2022 | New UH exhibit showcases cutting-edge student electric vehicle design | Students at the the University of Houston’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design are showing off ideas that could shape the future of transportation. The school’s Mashburg Gallery is hosting a new exhibition that shows off 16 ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Houston health startups make most promising list, clean energy co. wins award, and more news | Houston startup news has still been full speed ahead, despite the year coming to a close, and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, a climatetech leader steps d... |
| 13.12.2022 | Houston organizations announce new partner, plans for clean industrial hub | Two Houston organizations that are on a mission to make Houston a leader in the energy transition have announced new plans for a hub focused on decarbonization.
The Houston Energy Transition Initiative and the Center for Houston’s Future ha... |
| 13.12.2022 | Houston expert: How to keep your workforce healthy this holiday season | Since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the world economy in March 2020, it has not been business as usual. Last winter presented new challenges to small businesses as the Omicron variant caused a surge in cases and hospitalizations throug... |
| 23.11.2022 | SXSW announces first keynote and more featured speakers for 2023 festival | For Texans — especially Austinites — if there's one major milestone that truly puts the pandemic behind us, it's the in-person return of SXSW. We got a taste of it this year with the hybrid online/in-person format, but 2023 will likely be t... |
| 23.11.2022 | Houston low-carbon fuel company scores United investment, plans to IPO via spac | It’s been a momentous month for Houston-based NEXT Renewable Fuels Inc.
On November 15, United Airlines Ventures announced an investment of up to $37.5 million in the next-generation, low-carbon fuel producing company.
Just a week later, th... |
| 16.11.2022 | Texas coworking company opens latest location in downtown Houston | A Texas-based coworking company has rolled out its fifth Houston-area location just on the edge of downtown.
Common Desk has opened in 32,000 square feet of space in the POST Houston, a recently renovated historic building built in 1934 at ... |
| 14.11.2022 | Houston organization leads collaboration to advance Gulf Coast clean hydrogen projects | A handful of organizations have joined forces to create a new hub for the advancement of clean hydrogen projects in Texas, Southwest Louisiana, and the surrounding Gulf Coast region.
The HyVelocity Hub announced last week that it is applyin... |
| 14.11.2022 | Municipal Bonds And ESG: All Hat, No Cattle | |
| 09.11.2022 | Houston founder grows B2B SaaS platform that's supporting the neurodiverse workforce | Much of the workforce — and humanity in general – is neurodiverse, and the business world doesn't factor in cognitive differences into the workplace like it should in order to support employees of all learning abilities.
Betsy Furler wanted... |
| 07.11.2022 | Houston tech startup raises $3.5M following industry expansion | A Houston-based company that optimizes mobile ordering for large venues has closed its latest round of funding.
Rivalry Tech, originally founded as sEATz and tackling mobile ordering in sports venues, has raised $3.5 million following expan... |
| 02.11.2022 | Houston tech company earns worldwide patent for LED disinfectant product | Houston-based illumiPure announced that it received a worldwide patent for its LED white light disinfectant earlier this year.
Known as CleanWhite, the product can quickly and continuously sanitize high-touch areas while a room remains occu... |
| 31.10.2022 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for November | Hold onto your hats, Houston. If you thought October was a busy month for business events, November even more exciting and full of pitches, conferences, summits, and more. Here's a rundown of what all to throw on your calendar for November ... |
| 31.10.2022 | Houston founders recognized as influential women | A handful of Houston women have been named to Entrepreneur Magazine's 2022 Women of Influence list, which recognizes women making an impact in their respective industries.
Ghazal Qureshi and Vernee Hines, co-founders of The Woodlands-based ... |
| 28.10.2022 | Greentown Labs launches student-driven entrepreneurship program in Texas | The country's largest climatetech startup incubator and several schools are teaming up to prepare the next generation of clean energy innovators.
Greentown Labs, based in Boston and Houston, announced its new Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange... |
| 27.10.2022 | Exclusive: Houston Exponential names new CEO to lead strategy at the evolving organization | There's a new leader at the helm of an organization dedicated to advancing Houston's innovation ecosystem.
Natara Branch has been named as CEO of Houston Exponential. She started the new role earlier this month and replaces Lawson Gow, who ... |
| 26.10.2022 | Here's which of the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring | After scouring Houston for the best of the Houston innovation ecosystem and evaluating dozens of companies, InnovationMap and Houston Exponential have announced the finalists that will be honored at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards. But w... |
| 24.10.2022 | Early-stage startup accelerator names latest Houston cohort | The sixth Houston cohort for global startup accelerator and investor gener8tor's gBETA program is underway, and five Houston early-stage companies have joined the program.
The no-equity program, which is based out of the Downtown Launchpad,... |
| 21.10.2022 | 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, Trailblazer Award recipient announced, th... |
| 21.10.2022 | Tech company revs up support for Texas women in STEM at special F1 event | This week, the worlds of the Lone Star State's tech scene, women in STEM, and Formula 1 collided.
At a private event on Wednesday, October 19, hosted by computational software company Cadence Design Systems, Senior VP of Global HR Tina Jone... |
| 20.10.2022 | 6 startups join Houston sports tech program | A Houston-based organization focused on advancing sports tech startups has named its latest cohort.
Pokatok Labs announced the addition of six companies to its portfolio as the program — focused on seed and series A startups across health t... |
| 20.10.2022 | 4 lessons learned from this Houston-based serial entrepreneur | A true test to determine if you are an entrepreneur is knowing if you can recognize your failures. From the outside, we often think of every business leader as having a resume of success stories. You see CEOs in magazines, on television, an... |
| 18.10.2022 | IKEA to test self-driving deliveries between Houston and Dallas | A California-based driving trucking company has announced a new partnership with IKEA to pilot autonomous freight deliveries in Texas.
Kodiak Roboticsand IKEA agreed on a pilot program announced today that will transport IKEA products seven... |
| 17.10.2022 | 4 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to four local innovators across industries — from digital health to research — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tatiana Fofanova, co-fo... |
| 17.10.2022 | Report: Houston, Texas rank as top locations for coworking space | Attention all Houston-based remote workers, small business owners, and startups — if you're looking for flexible office space, you're in the right place.
Both the city and state have landed on CoworkingCafe's list of the best places for cow... |
| 17.10.2022 | Houston researchers create unprecedented solar energy technology that improves on efficiency | Two Houstonians have developed a new system of harvesting solar energy more efficiently.
Bo Zhao, the Kalsi Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, along with his doctoral student Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh,... |
| 14.10.2022 | New surfing lagoon paradise to bring ocean-perfect waves to Houston | Thanks to its relative proximity to the coast, Houston has always enjoyed an underground surf culture (be it shortboarding, longboarding, or even tanker surfing). Now, those who walk the nose and shred can at a new, world-class surf destina... |
| 14.10.2022 | 2022 Trailblazer Award recipient named for Houston Innovation Awards | In less than a month, InnovationMap and Houston Exponential will honor dozens of movers and shakers within the Houston innovation community at the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards — and the first award recipient has officially been named.
Bla... |
| 11.10.2022 | 3 Houston students win international AI competition | A team of students from Houston Community College Southwest took home the top prize at the Intel AI Global Impact Festival in San Jose, California, last month for AI-based technology they developed to boost safety in the workplace.
Serr Bro... |
| 10.10.2022 | Houston tech company adds 22 startups to its accelerator | A Houston early-stage accelerator has named 22 startups to its latest cohort.
Softeq Development Corp. has announced the companies joining the Softeq Venture Studio, the tech services company's accelerator program. A total of 22 companies h... |
| 07.10.2022 | 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 roundup of recent startup funding, busi... |
| 07.10.2022 | Houston sees boom of startup development support, new report reveals | Houston’s startup ecosystem is more robust than you might think.
A new report from the Greater Houston Partnership shows the region is home to more than 60 startup development organizations, such as incubators and accelerators.
“These organ... |
| 07.10.2022 | Judges named for 2022 Houston Innovation Awards | Nominations are closed, applications are out, and the city of Houston is waiting to see who are the finalists for the 2022 Houston Innovation Awards. But first — who are tasked with the job of deciding the honorees for the Houston Innovatio... |
| 06.10.2022 | Houston research: How best to deliver unexpected news as a company | According to Forbes, the volume of mergers and acquisitions in 2021 was the highest on record, and 2022 has already seen a number of major consolidation attempts. Microsoft’s acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard was the big... |
| 06.10.2022 | Houston doctors get approval for low-cost COVID vaccine abroad | A Houston-born COVID-19 vaccine has gotten the go-ahead to be produced and distributed in Indonesia.
PT Bio Farma, which oversees government-owned pharmaceutical manufacturers in Indonesia, says it’s prepared to make 20 million doses of the... |
| 05.10.2022 | Houston robotics company secures multi-million-dollar government contract | Webster-based Nauticus Robotics Inc., a newly minted public company, continues to make waves with government contracts.
Nauticus says it has been awarded a second multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit, part of t... |
| 05.10.2022 | VC roundup: Here's what Houston startups raised funds last quarter | Houston startups are keeping pace when it comes to venture capital raised this year. In this roundup of funding closed in the second quarter, Houston businesses across sectors and industries close significant rounds from seed to series C.
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| 04.10.2022 | Houston's biggest benefactors gift massive $50M to pivotal Rice University institute | Houston’s most generous couple has once again gifted a massive sum to a local institution. Rich and Nancy Kinder’s Kinder Foundation has donated $50 million to Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the organization announce... |
| 04.10.2022 | Expert: Building Hispanic wealth means investing in Houston | Every year at this time ― Hispanic Heritage Month ― we collectively celebrate the economic, cultural, and social contributions of the Hispanic-Latino community to our nation. We honor the work of past generations which have allowed children... |
