| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.08.2023 | I'm a Dallas mom who left Uber and Lyft to drive for Alto where I can get health insurance and a 401(k) — here's why it's a much better side gig | Careers I'm a Dallas mom who left Uber and Lyft to drive for Alto where I can get health insurance and a 401(k) — here's why it's a much better side gig
As told to Jamie Killin
2023-08-23T09:26:05Z
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| 22.07.2022 | Can Alto succeed at employee-driven ride-hail? | Ride-hail startup Alto thinks the current gig worker-based market is inherently broken. Drivers’ salaries are squeezed by the costs of owning and maintaining a vehicle; riders aren’t guaranteed a high-quality service; cities have had to dea... |
| 11.07.2022 | Miami’s Access Pass Takes Luxury Shopping Next Level | A model with the Bal Harbour Shops ACCESS Shopping bag. Bal Harbour Shops ACCESS |
| 15.02.2022 | Why this startup founder is betting on responsible ridesharing as Houston continues to grow | Houston is a car dependent city and Houstonians spend approximately 75 hours a year in traffic. Ridesharing is a safer and more comfortable way to connect people and the places they need to travel. As Houston continues to grow — the city ad... |
| 02.11.2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| 02.11.2021 | University of Houston: 3 problems with the 'covidization' of science and research | It has been – and for a while, will be – everywhere. The words: COVID-19, coronavirus and pandemic. According to an article by Holly Else in Nature, "coined in April by Madhukar Pai, a tuberculosis researcher at McGill University in Mo... |
| 29.10.2021 | MassChallenge's 2021 Houston cohort snags cash prizes in 12th annual showcase | Nine startups that went through the 2021 Houston cohort for MassChallenge Texas have received cash prizes from the global accelerator.
Now in its 12th year, Boston-based MassChallenge awarded 39 equity-free cash and investment prizes to 36 ... |
| 28.10.2021 | Houston expert: Prime times for cyber-attacks and how to stay protected | October is cybersecurity awareness month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Be mindful of timing
Cyber actors target certain t... |
| 28.10.2021 | Houston makes the grade as a top place to live after college, says new report | For many college students, it's tough to imagine life after college when they're cramming for exams and cranking out research papers. Yet the time does come when they'll venture into the "real world" with their degrees.
Before gra... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 17.09.2021 | 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 new hires at Houston startups, photos from the InnovationMap... |
| 17.09.2021 | Overheard: Experts share how Houston can lead commercial space exploration | Is the Space City poised to continue its reign as an innovative hub for space exploration? All signs point to yes, according to a group of experts.
The Greater Houston Partnership hosted its annual State of Space this week. The virtual even... |
| 16.09.2021 | Houston expert: Texas energy customers deserve transparency | As Texas continues to grapple with fallout from Winter Storm Uri and state regulators determine the next steps forward to strengthen the electricity grid, protecting consumers and providing transparency regarding their energy bills must be ... |
| 16.09.2021 | Energy software company with Houston presence snags $6M in funding | CruxOCM, a Canadian tech startup that is establishing a Houston outpost, has collected $6 million in venture capital.
Bullpen Capital led the "seed extension" funding round, with participation from Angular Ventures, Root Ventures,... |
| 15.09.2021 | Houston startup raises $1.75M round with support from local female-focused investor | A Houston-based startup focused on upskilling young professionals has closed its latest round of funding with support from a local investor.
Ampersand Professionals Inc. raised $1.75 million in pre-seed funding led by Curate Capital, a Hous... |
| 15.09.2021 | Houston startup with AI-optimized surgical scheduling technology is ready to scale | With so many moving parts in the health care industry, Pamela Singh says patients can go through all the pre-operation steps up to literally arriving to the hospital, only to find out their surgery has been canceled due to an admin error.
S... |
| 13.09.2021 | Photos: InnovationMap shares scenes from its inaugural awards celebration | Last week, the inaugural InnovationMap Awards presented by Techwave honored 28 companies across eight categories.
The hybrid event, which took place on September 8, was hosted at The Cannon West Houston as well as streamed online. The in-pe... |
| 13.09.2021 | University of Houston prescribes homeless relief with new free clinic | Houston is no stranger to the plague of homelessness and now, a major university has a prescription for some relief.
The University of Houston College of Nursing will open its new Nursing Health Clinic in Midtown on September 13, the school... |
| 10.09.2021 | Editor's note: Celebrating 100 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast and the InnovationMap Awards | Editor's note: It's been a big week for InnovationMap. Not only did we celebrate our inaugural awards program on Wednesday, September 8, but, coincidentally, this week marked the 100th episode of the Houston Innovators Podcast.
The podcast,... |
| 10.09.2021 | 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 overwhelmingly included coverage of the inaigural InnovationMap Award... |
| 09.09.2021 | Houston experts share tips for families in the digital age | We're at the start of a new school year, the time when parents, teachers, and children are still transitioning from the lull of the summer to the stride of a new routine.
This year, like the last, may still involve the unpredictability and ... |
| 08.09.2021 | Rice University named one of the greatest schools in U.S. in prestigious new report | Just mere weeks after being named the No. 7 university in the nation, a local hall of higher learning has just landed on yet another prestigious list.
Rice University has scored high marks in the Princeton Review's annual survey on the nati... |
| 06.07.2021 | What to know about Nextdoor as it goes public | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Nextdoor hit national headlines early in the pandemic as supply shortages turned the hyper-local ... |
| 06.07.2021 | What to know about Nextdoor as it goes public | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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Nextdoor hit national headli... |
| 05.07.2021 | Alto Closes $45M Series B Financing | Alto, a Dallas, TX-based ride-hailing and private transportation company currently operating in Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles, closed a $45M Series B financing.
The round was co-led by Tuesday Capital and Goff Capital with participation ... |
| 16.04.2021 | Houston lands on list of nation's top spots for millennials on the move | The Bayou City is shining as an attractive destination for young people on the move.
According to the fifth-annual study from SmartAsset, millennials are fleeing cities like Los Angeles and Chicago and migrating to other areas in search of ... |
| 15.04.2021 | Houston-based corporate venture group makes 2 investments from new $300M fund | The venture arm of Chevron has made two recent investments as a part of a new fund. Both of the companies are creating solutions within alternative energy innovation.
Chevron Technology Ventures announced its $300 million Future Energy Fund... |
| 09.04.2021 | 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 the challenges of spac... |
| 09.04.2021 | Over $1.4M in prizes awarded at Rice University's student startup competition | In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world — its largest batch of companies to date — and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtua... |
| 09.04.2021 | Houston health center working with new study that uses app to track long-term COVID-19 effects | Aided by technology, medical sleuths at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are tracking the long-term effects of COVID-19 as part of a national study.
At the heart of the study is an app that allows patients who have s... |
| 22.03.2021 | 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 local innovators across industries — data science, consumer tech, and medical device innovation — recently making headlines.
Angela Holmes, chi... |
| 22.03.2021 | Houston METRO partnership receives $1.5M federal grant to bring electric buses to the Third Ward | Get ready to ride a new fleet of zero emission shuttles from Houston METRO. Global consulting firm AECOM and METRO partnered on new electric bus initiative and have recently been granted $1.5 million from the Federal Transit Administration ... |
| 16.03.2021 | Panel: The role of corporate innovation and the future of energy security | Editor's note: For SXSW 2021, the Greater Houston Partnership produced two days of interviews and panels hosted by me — Natalie Harms, editor of InnovationMap — and focused on Houston innovation. One focused on how Houston is leading the en... |
| 16.03.2021 | Houston medtech company helping to get health care innovations from idea to exit | Founding a health tech company is a process unlike any other startup. From the regulatory phase to clinical trials, health tech innovators face a long runway from idea to market, but a Houston-based organization has been working for over 20... |
| 15.03.2021 | Houston data science company expands pandemic-inspired research tool | Last fall, Houston-based Mercury Data Science released an AI-driven app designed to help researchers unlock COVID-19-related information tucked into biomedical literature. The app simplified access to data about subjects like genes, protein... |
| 15.03.2021 | 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 across industries — plastics manufacturing, software, blockchain — recently making headlines.
Henal Patel, CEO of DocJuris
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| 08.03.2021 | Houston blockchain-as-a-service company rolls out automated ESG tool | A Houston tech company that has created a blockchain-backed interconnected industrial smart contract network is announcing a new tool to help its industrial clients automate environmental, social and corporate governance tracking and report... |
| 08.03.2021 | 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 female innovators across industries recently making headlines — all three focusing on investing in innovation from B2B software to energy tech.... |
| 08.03.2021 | Sustainable plastics manufacturing company expands in Houston and beyond | An under-the-radar company in Houston has ramped up its manufacturing capacity as it seeks to seize upon rising interest in sustainable plastics.
Houston-based Inhance Technologies, a sustainable manufacturer that transforms conventional pl... |
| 05.03.2021 | Photos: Here's a sneak peek at The Ion Houston's construction progress | The Ion Houston is expected to open its doors this year, and the building's exterior is close to completion. Now, the construction team is focusing on interiors and then tenant build outs.
The 270,000-square-foot coworking and innovation hu... |
| 03.03.2021 | Rice Alliance event identifies 4 most-promising energy tech companies at CERAWeek | Wondering what energy tech companies you should keep an eye on? Wonder no more.
As a part of 2021 CERAWeek by IHS Markit, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosted a virtual pitch competition today featuring 20 companies ... |
| 02.03.2021 | Rice Business Plan Competition names 2021 startups to compete for over $1M in prizes | After receiving applications from over 440 startups from around the world, the Rice Business Plan Competition has named 54 startups to compete in the 2021 event.
Touted as the world's largest and richest student startup competition, RBPC, w... |
| 02.03.2021 | Deloitte names new Houston-based O&G leader with focus on innovation and inclusion | Amy Chronis has had a big year. First, she took over as the Greater Houston Partnership's 2021 chair. And on February 25 she was named a vice chairman of Deloitte LLP and leader of its oil, gas, and chemicals sector.
In her new role, Chroni... |
| 01.03.2021 | Here's when Houston can expect the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine | Texas can expect to receive the first 200,000 doses of the coveted Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week. The company announced that it has started the rollout process on March 1 — after the FDA approved its Emergency Use Authori... |
| 19.02.2021 | Tech company to grant funds to Houston-area BIPOC small business owners | Comcast, the telecom, media, and entertainment conglomerate, is awarding $1 million in grants to small businesses in Houston owned by entrepreneurs who are Black, indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
In all, 100 grants of $10,000 each wil... |
| 19.02.2021 | 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, why a tech company chose Houston for its... |
| 18.02.2021 | NASA and Johnson Space Center celebrate unprecedented Mars Perseverance landing | While Houston is in the depths of a historic freeze, some spacey locals are celebrating a major cosmic milestone. NASA — and Johnson Space Center, locally — are toasting the landing of Perseverance, the amiable roving vehicle, on Mars.
The ... |
| 17.02.2021 | The Ion's accelerators are working to bring out the best in Houston — from resiliency to diversity | When you look at the business accelerator programs offered at The Ion, a rising innovation hub in Midtown, you see Houston represented. From energy and space tech to resiliency and diversity, the four accelerators intentionally cover what H... |
| 17.02.2021 | Pivotal new waterfront science lab set to cast off in The Medical Center | The first step of a pivotal new Medical Center district has been revealed. International real estate firm Hines and partner 2ML Real Estate Interests have unveiled the first look at the initial building at Levit Green.
This new, 53-acre lif... |
| 16.02.2021 | Houston expert: 4 misconceptions of university tech transfer offices | Beyond their education and research missions, universities across the nation have turned research discoveries into big business. In addition to protecting intellectual property from faculty discoveries, universities build and support startu... |
| 16.02.2021 | Early-stage accelerator names new Houston leader, opens applications for next cohort | Houston's gBETA accelerator announced new leadership in conjunction with opening enrollment for its latest cohort this week.
The early-stage program, which is a part of Wisconsin-based gener8tor, has named Anu Pansare as its new director.
P... |
| 03.02.2021 | Houston biotech startup announces merger and $10M series A | A Houston company has emerged from stealth mode to announce a merger and a round of financing.
Coya Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech startup that focuses on creating therapeutics for neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases, announce... |
| 15.01.2021 | 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 top a female-founded startup that helps busy families manage... |
| 13.01.2021 | Local fund of funds to put a national spotlight on venture capital in Houston | The role of the HX Venture Fund is to pull out-of-Houston venture capital funds into the Houston innovation ecosystem — and the fund of funds is hoping to exactly that with an inaugural event next month.
Venture Houston, which is taking pla... |
| 05.01.2021 | Alto Launches in LA as the 'Safer' Ride-Hailing Service | The Texas ride-hailing startup Alto hopes to give tech giants like Uber and Lyft some stiff competition in Southern California with an employee model and a slew of safety measures — from masks to HEPA cabin air filters.
The company launched... |
| 05.01.2021 | 8+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in January | It's a whole new year, but Houston is cranking out the same great business and innovation-focused events.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this month — from workshops and webinars to summits and pitch parties. Note: This post ... |
| 05.01.2021 | Ride-Hailing Service Alto Debuts in Los Angeles, Going After Uber and Lyft | The Texas ride-hailing startup Alto hopes to give tech giants like Uber and Lyft some stiff competition in Southern California with an employee model and a slew of safety measures — from masks to HEPA cabin air filters.
The company launched... |
| 24.12.2020 | 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 2020 in review roundups, Microsoft signing a lease in The Io... |
| 21.12.2020 | Houston blockchain startup closes $3 million seed led by local VC | A Houston-based blockchain company that focuses on providing companies with ethical and sustainable practices within the supply chain has closed a $3 million round with support from investors both locally and across the country.
Today, Topl... |
| 21.12.2020 | Here are Houston's top 5 health innovation stories of the year | Editor's note: As 2020 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. The medical world has had a busy year amid the pandemic, and health tech innovation has never been more important. Innov... |
| 22.09.2020 | 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... |
| 01.09.2020 | As Uber and Lyft Battle California Law, Texas Ride-Hailing Startups See Opportunity in LA | Over the last three years, L.A. Lyft driver Nicole Moore has watched her paychecks shrink as her hours have grown. Frustrated, she's ready to leave her part-time gig, but until now there have been few options. That's about to change.
This y... |
| 25.06.2020 | Startup closes series A, Houston hospital taps into new tech, and more local innovation news | Houston's innovation ecosystem has been booming with news, and it's likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
For this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, Deloitte is looking for tech companies to honor, a few Housto... |
| 29.05.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Houston innovation news has geared up with headlines of major personnel changes, research projects — COVID-19 and otherwise, and more. See below for this week's top five stories of innovation news in Houston.
3 Houston innova... |
| 17.04.2020 | Rice University launches online programming for entrepreneurs dealing with COVID-19 closures | Houston small businesses and startups have a long road of recovery ahead of them, and Rice University and some of its partners want to help local entrepreneurs prepare for it.
Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Stud... |
| 19.02.2020 | Houston energy tech entrepreneur plans for growth following $15M series B raise | After years of having to educate potential customers about the game-changing technology that artificial intelligence can be, Alex Robart, CEO of Ambyint, says it's a different story nowadays.
"We're seeing our customers spend a little ... |
| 18.01.2019 | Daily funding roundup - January 18th, 2019 | Vinebox raised $5.9M; HyperScience raised $30M; Limelight Health raised $33.5M
SimplyCook: SimplyCook offers home recipe kits with easy step-by-step guides to cook restaurant quality food in less than 20 minutes. SimplyCook has raised £4.5 ... |
| 17.01.2019 | Dallas On-Demand Rides Startup, Alto, Launches in Dallas, Raises $14.5M | DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 17, 2019–
Alto, a new Dallas-based on-demand rides service, launched in Dallas, focused on safety and hospitality.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.c... |
| 17.01.2019 | Alto Raises $14.5M in Funding | Alto, a Dallas, TX-based on-demand rides service focused on safety and hospitality, raised $14.5m from two rounds of funding.
Backers included Road Ventures and Frog Ventures.
Led by CEO Will Coleman, Alto manages and operates its dedicated... |
| - | Digital Ad Execs On Why Political Ad Campaigns Don’t Work on Twitter | Twitter kicked off the New Year by announcing it would relax a controversial ban on political ads and other promotions pushing specific causes. The move is only the latest effort by CEO Elon Musk to boost the platform’s struggling ad busine... |
| - | LA Tech ‘Moves’: ProducePay Hires New CEO, ChromaDex Welcomes Former Mattel Exec | “Moves,” our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile he... |
| - | This Week In ‘Raises’: Product Science Lands $18M, Preveta Gains $6.2M | Los Angeles-based mobile performance management platform Product Science was co-founded by David, Daniil, Anna and Maria Liberman. The startup raised fresh funding to fuel its growth, obtain key hires and refine their proprietary AI algorit... |
| - | Downturn at LA’s Ports Could Imperil Clean Tech Startups | For the most part, the “supply chain issues” that dominated headlines during the early days of the COVID pandemic and lockdown have started to ease. Major corporations have had time to adjust their schedules and routes to a new pandemic-era... |
| - | A Ride Along With the Only Rideshare Company Treating Its Drivers As Employees | Since dot.LA covered its launch two years ago, Santa Monica-based rideshare company Alto has hired 300 staff members to join its growing team of drivers. But unlike its competitors, Alto classifies every driver as a W-2 employee.
“They're n... |
