| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.01.2025 | Houston's Biotech Revolution: A New Dawn in Cancer Treatment | In the heart of Houston, a biotech revolution is brewing. Cellenkos Therapeutics, a female-founded company, is making waves with its innovative approach to treating myelofibrosis, a rare and challenging blood cancer. This breakthrough could... |
| 29.01.2025 | Play it back: Houston home tech startup begins 2025 with fresh funding | One of the dozen or so Houston startups kicking of the new year with fresh funding is SmartAC.com, a company that's designed a platform that enables contractors in the HVAC and plumbing industries to monitor, manage, and optimize their main... |
| 28.01.2025 | Houston biotech company tests hard-to-fight cancer therapeutics | A Houston-based, female-founded biotech company has developed a treatment that could prove to be an effective therapy for a rare blood cancer.
Cellenkos Therapeutics has completed promising Phase 1b testing of its Treg cell therapy, CK0804,... |
| 22.01.2025 | UH researchers develop breakthrough material to boost efficiency of sodium-ion batteries | A research lab at the University of Houston has developed a new type of material for sodium-ion batteries that could make them more efficient and boost their energy performance.
Led by Pieremanuele Canepa, Robert Welch assistant professor o... |
| 12.11.2024 | Innovative life science hub opens doors of Houston location, welcomes inaugural startups | A new life science-focused venture capital engine has officially opened offices in Houston.
Portal Innovations moved into a space at Helix Park in October. The offices are led by executive director Monique Knighten.
Knighten has been in Hou... |
| 12.11.2024 | Houston-based, NASA-founded tech startup closes $5.6M in seed funding | A Houston startup with clean tech originating out of NASA has secured millions in funding.
Helix Earth Technologies closed an oversubscribed $5.6 million seed funding led by Houston-based research and investment firm Veriten. Anthropocene V... |
| 27.10.2023 | Houston is the 8th best metro for newcomers to make connections, study says | A big city might seem impersonal, but don't be fooled. There's more going on behind the scenes than what a resident might be seeing through their local lens, especially in Houston. A recent LinkedIn study has revealed the best U.S. metros f... |
| 27.10.2023 | What Houston startups are hiring, new high tech athletics facility, and more trending innovation 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 articles on InnovationMap included which Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring, Ric... |
| 25.10.2023 | Developer delivers 120-square-foot life science innovation hub to The Woodlands | A new innovation hub mega campus has opened in The Woodlands.
The Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands comes courtesy of California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. The campus is home to the first purpose-b... |
| 20.10.2023 | Rice University, Houston Methodist launch state-of-the art human performance center | Rice University and Houston Methodist teamed up to open the new Center for Human Performance this month.
Located in Rice’s Tudor Fieldhouse, just across the street from Houston Methodist's Texas Medical Center offices, the interdisciplinary... |
| 17.10.2023 | $5M grant expands entrepreneurship opportunities at UH | A $5 million gift from the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation will establish expanded opportunities for entrepreneurship at the University of Houston, according to an announcement from the college earlier this month.
Known as the Wayne B. Duddlest... |
| 10.10.2023 | Houston Innovation Awards names longtime Rice leader as 2023 Trailblazer | In less than a month, all of Houston's innovation community's movers and shakers will gather to celebrate the Houston Innovation Awards, and the night's first honoree has officially been named.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alli... |
| 09.10.2023 | New energy institute from UH and Shell will put Houston at the center of innovation | Two years ago, Texas’ failing electrical grid became a global sensation and the state was thrust into the spotlight of the developing energy crisis conversation.
This past year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine again brought the push for altern... |
| 06.10.2023 | University of Houston lands $63.5M contract with DOD to develop tech for the 'future battlefield' | The University of Houston was recently awarded its largest grant in history—this time, from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The $63.5 million contract aims to support UH in developing analytical modeling and simulation platforms that help t... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston unpacks No. 7 rank in U.S. for recent moves, says new report | Houston is shifting as people move into the city and around it. A new population analysis by online loan marketplace LendingTree has named Houston the No. 7 metro for recent movers.
The study used population data from a 2021 U.S. Census Bur... |
| 04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
| 04.10.2023 | Energy tech startup secures $20M series B, plans to expand platform | A Houston startup has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding in order to accelerate its energy analytics and grid decarbonization technology.
Amperon Holdings Inc. announced today that it closed its series B round at $20 million.... |
| 03.10.2023 | Houston hospital lands $10 million grant to launch new neurological lab | Houston Methodist announced that it has received a $10 million gift from the The John M. O’Quinn Foundation to support research into neurological disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and others.
The gift will create... |
| 29.09.2023 | Houston school names digital education expert to newly created position | Rice University is beefing up its digital education efforts with the hiring of an internationally known expert from Duke University.
Shawn Miller is set to join Rice on November 1 in the newly created position of associate provost for digit... |
| 27.09.2023 | TMC again expands global impact with new Netherlands partnership | The Texas Medical Center may be based in Houston, but the organization has again grown its global impact.
Since 2016, TMC’s BioBridges have worked with 88 startup companies. Those include strategic alliances with four other countries. Austr... |
| 27.09.2023 | Rice researchers score $45M from NIH for cancer-fighting tech | A research funding agency has deployed capital into a team at Rice University that's working to develop a technology that could cut cancer-related deaths in half.
Rice researchers received $45 million from the National Institutes of Health'... |
| 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, ... |
| 21.09.2023 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
| 18.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to academia — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Ayse McCracken, founder o... |
| 15.09.2023 | Rice's new 'moonshot' initiative, VCs on Houston innovation, 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 the a roundup of key moments from Venture Houston, a unique n... |
| 13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
| 11.09.2023 | Rice University launches research innovation grant program with VC fund in the works | Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators.
Rice University's Office of Innovation establ... |
| 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... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
| 25.08.2023 | Nominations open for innovation awards, Houston gains unicorn, 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 the region's newest unicorn, newly opened nominations for inn... |
| 23.08.2023 | How this Houston edtech startup's acquisition is primed to further advance platform reach, impact | For the second time in less than six years, Houston entrepreneur Allie Danziger has navigated a company through an exit. But, with the two exists under her belt, Danziger says the two transactions could not be any more different.
Danziger f... |
| 21.08.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from medical device to climatetech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Jeremy Pitts, manag... |
| 21.08.2023 | University names Houston founder to leadership role to oversee new innovation hub | Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Houston materials scientist-turned-entrepreneur Adrian Trömel as its new assistant vice president for strategy and investments.
Trömel founded non-invasive neurostimulation medical device com... |
| - | The energy in nuclear waste could power the U.S. for 100 years, but the technology was never commercialized | There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years with clean energy, says Jess C. Gehin at the Idaho National Laboratory.
The technology to turn nuclear waste into energy, known as a ... |
