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| Nov 5, 2021 | Hardworking Houston suburb tops list of biggest boomtowns in Texas | The Houston suburb of Conroe has come a long way since Civil War veteran Isaac Conroe planted roots there in October 1881 with the purchase of a tract of land and the establishment of a sawmill.
Fast forward 140 years, and Conroe now reigns... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Houston expert explains health care's inequity problem | We are currently in the midst of what some have called the "wild west" of AI. Though healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, the regulation of AI in this space is still in its infancy. The rules are being written ... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Nuro scores $600M, Houston e-commerce startup launches ESG tool, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| Nov 2, 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... |
| Nov 2, 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... |
| Oct 28, 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... |
| Oct 28, 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... |
| Sep 27, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from space health to virtual collaboration — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
James Hury,... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Rice University rises with massive $100M gift for innovative new student center | Rice University's Owls are soaring of late, with the school just being named the top in Texas and No. 7 in the U.S. Now, the institution known as the "Ivy League of the South" is the recipient of a mammoth gift aimed at a game-cha... |
| Sep 24, 2021 | City launches public dashboard for tracking COVID-19 in Houston's wastewater | In 2020, a group of researchers began testing Houston's wastewater to collect data to help identify trends at the community level. Now, the team's work has been rounded up to use as an online resource.
The Houston Health Department and Rice... |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Houston startup addresses gaps in the gig economy with new app | Two Houstonians are making student side hustles on college campuses a whole lot safer and easier.
When Madison Long and Simone May were undergraduate students at Purdue University, their only option for scoping out basic services — like get... |
| Aug 27, 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, 28 companies being named as finalists in... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Innovative Houston-based pharmacy debuts new $55M facility | Adding heft to Houston's health care economy, Empower Pharmacy on August 26 publicly debuted what the company bills as North America's most technologically advanced compounding pharmacy.
Highlights of the new $55 million, 86,000-square-foot... |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Software co. leader shares why he bet on Houston's tech talent with HQ move | A couple years ago, Raj Gummadapu and his executive team moved the Techwave headquarters to Houston from the Northeast in order to access a diverse workforce in a city with a developing tech scene. He's never looked back.
Gummadapu joined t... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Houston businessman sells online gaming casino in $1.56B deal with fantasy sports tech company | DraftKings, the nationally renown fantasy sports and online sportsbook company (Nasdaq: DKNG), announced it will acquire Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta's Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOG) in an all-stock transaction valu... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | How Houston companies can best learn and navigate startup etiquette | We often rely on frameworks, skillsets, and mindsets – many of which we can acquire in the classroom – to prepare us for a successful career. Even at Lilie, we emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and design processes. Yet w... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Startup taps UH-licensed technology to better optimize rig analytics | A Houston startup has tapped into the know-how of three University of Houston professors to help improve oil and gas drilling operations.
The startup, DrillDocs, has licensed software developed by UH professors Jiefu Chen, Xuqing (Jason) Wu... |
| Aug 9, 2021 | City of Houston launches pilot program to promote stormwater infrastructure growth | The City of Houston has launched a pilot project that will speed up the permitting process for environmentally friendly stormwater projects.
The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expedited Permitting Pilot Program, announced August 4, will ap... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Houston VC leaders announce SPAC with $175M IPO | A blank check company has hit the Nasdaq today with a $175 million initial public offering.
Mercury Ecommerce Acquisition Corp. announced its IPO of 17,500,000 units at a price of $10 per unit to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market with ... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Startup founder on how Houston has evolved as a software hub — and why there's no better place to be | It's no understatement to say that Will Womble is incredibly proud to be a Houstonian. The former actor and lawyer first got involved in the startup world by way of Austin — but he always advocated for his hometown.
"Houston is always ... |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Houston hospitals once again dominate annual national rankings | It stands to reason that as home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex, Houston would be blessed with outstanding hospitals. New national rankings from U.S. News & World Report show just how true that is.
The ... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | From exit to corporate growth — Houston founder talks scaling his sustainable tech | There are several ways for a Houston startup to make an exit — it could IPO, receive massive private equity funding, or even get acquired. It wasn't always in the plan for Robert Kester to have his startup take the acquisition route, but he... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Houston Exponential leader resigns, interim named | Houston Exponential has announced a leadership change, according to a statement from the organization.
Harvin Moore, who has served as president of HX since June 2019, has announced his resignation to the chair of the organization, Barbara ... |
| Jul 16, 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 attracting and retaini... |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston | The Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute broke ground July 14 on a 64,000-square-foot research and rehabilitation center at Nassau Bay's Space Park, near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The Nassau Bay City Council granted a permit last year for... |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Jeff Bezos' foundation gifts Space Center Houston with $1 million grant | Billionaires such as Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos may be blasting off into the beyond, but for now, space travel is still primarily relegated to the expert astronauts who train here in Houston.
Now, a new $1 million grant to our beloved h... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | Report: Houston saw a spike in Black entrepreneur-founded companies amid pandemic | It might seem that the formation of startups would have stagnated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet that was anything but the case for Houston startups founded by Black entrepreneurs.
A recent study by economists at Rice University, Boston Un... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | InnovationMap names judges for inaugural awards program | It's been two weeks since InnovationMap announced its inaugural awards program presented by Techwave — and the ecosystem is already buzzing with excitement to find out the top innovative companies in town.
The InnovationMap Awards will hono... |
| Jul 15, 2021 | The growing femtech industry needs more attention — and funds, says this Houston expert | Femtech is a term that is generally given to medical products, software, and technologies that aim to enhance the health and wellbeing of women. But when people think of femtech, things like period tracker apps and pregnancy tests are usual... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Houston incubator announces merger with local nonprofit | Two Houston organizations that have partnered for three years to provide a platform for innovation and ideation have announced a more formalized partnership.
Impact Hub Houston, a global impact innovation incubator, and Sketch City, a nonpr... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently demanded aggressive action from state utility regulators to shore up the power grid.
Now, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is revealing its plan to address improvements.
On Tuesday, July 1... |
| Jul 27, 2016 | Here’s who won the American Experiments civic-tech showcase | Well, didn’t we say the winners of the American Experiments civic tech pitch competition would get a writeup?
In honor of the first day of the Democratic National Convention taking place in Philly, the Committee of Seventy put together a di... |
| Feb 23, 2016 | In Election Year, Houston Tech Ecosystem Works On Civic Engagement | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Houston — Andrew Douglass has voted in each election—from the high-profile presidential contests to more obscure local referendums and council races—since he was able to at ag... |