| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.10.2024 | Axiom Space and Prada: Crafting the Future of Lunar Exploration | In a bold leap toward the cosmos, Axiom Space and Prada have joined forces to unveil the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), a cutting-edge spacesuit designed for NASA's Artemis III lunar mission. Set to launch in 2026, this collabo... |
| 16.10.2024 | Prada and Axiom Space aim for the moon with new astronaut suit | Previous
Lorenzo Bertelli, Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, attends a presentation of Prada and Axiom Space's spacesuit (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) designed and developed for the Ar... |
| 01.09.2024 | Commentary: Even with astronauts stuck in space, NASA is pushing human flights harder than ever | MELBOURNE: NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly 10-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of their spacecraft - Boe... |
| 28.07.2024 | The Future of Space: Testing Limits and New Horizons | In the vast expanse of space, innovation often dances with destruction. Recently, NASA and Sierra Space conducted a dramatic test of their LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) space station. This was not just a routine check; it was... |
| 26.07.2024 | NASA, Sierra Space Blew Up the LIFE Space Station, 2nd Time for the Inflatable—Here’s Why | By Isaiah Richard
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The inflatable space station that Sierra Space has been building was blown up by the... |
| 27.06.2024 | Voyager Space and Palantir Partner to Use AI for Advancing Space Technology | Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration,announced a strategic partnership with Palantir Technologies, a leading builder of artificial intelligence (AI) systems for the modern enterprise. Together, Voyager and Palantir ... |
| 16.05.2024 | Ceres Robotics, Inc. Completes Preliminary Design Review of B5 Lunar Lander | Partners with Voyager Space Exploration on Spacecraft Design for Delivery of Payloads to the Lunar Surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services
We are uniquely positioned to safely and cost-effectively land payloads at any lo... |
| 26.04.2024 | Ceres Robotics, Inc. Announces “MoonPower Lunar Grid” and wins NASA Contract | A key component of the Ceres MoonPower Lunar Grid, and also a NASA SBIR Topic, is the 50 kW-class Solar Vertical Array Technology (VSAT) shown here.
NASA funds Ceres Robotics, Inc to continue exploring Mobile Solar Stations for Power Genera... |
| 19.04.2024 | 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... |
| 18.04.2024 | 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... |
| 17.04.2024 | Houston university lands $2.5M grant to expand STEM scholarship program for underserved communities | Rice University will expand its Rice Emerging Scholars Program (RESP) over the next two years thanks to a recent grant from the National Science Foundation.
The $2.5 million in NSF funding will allow Rice to increase the number of scholars ... |
| 17.04.2024 | Houston mental health tech startup receives industry validation for bioelectronic device | A new tool in the fight against treatment-resistant depression could be on the horizon thanks to a Rice University professor.
Jacob Robinson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering is also co-founder and CE... |
| 16.04.2024 | Unique cell therapy developed in Houston doses inaugural patient | Replay, a genome-writing company headquartered in San Diego, has announced that its first patient has been dosed with an engineered T-Cell Receptor Natural Killer (TCR-NK) cell therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
What does ... |
| 16.04.2024 | How corporations can implement meaningful innovation, according to this Houston expert | I vividly remember, it was a typical Tuesday at Houston Exponential, and I’m sipping maybe my third coffee of the morning when the phone rings.
On the line is yet another hopeful voice from a newly minted innovation group at a "big com... |
| 15.04.2024 | 10 sports tech startups named to Houston-based hybrid accelerator | DivInc has named its latest sports tech-focused cohort of its hybrid accelerator that is housed out of the Ion.
The Sports Tech Accelerator has selected the 10 companies — with technology across human performance, fan experience, and more —... |
| 15.04.2024 | Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas | The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas.
The funding announced Monday by the Commerce D... |
| 15.04.2024 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Every week, I introduce you to three Houston innovators to know recently making headlines with news of innovative technology, investment activity, and more. This week's batch includes a one-on-one chat with an energy leader, ... |
| 12.04.2024 | 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,... |
| 12.04.2024 | 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... |
| 10.04.2024 | Houston energy innovation leader calls for collaboration to tackle the industry's biggest hurdles | When Barbara Burger moved to Houston a little over a decade ago to lead Chevron Technology Ventures, she wondered why the corporate venture group didn't have much representation from the so-called energy capital of the world.
“I had no comp... |
| 10.04.2024 | 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... |
| 10.04.2024 | 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 ... |
| 09.04.2024 | Early-stage accelerator names 9th Houston cohort | For the ninth time, gBETA is incubating five early-stage Houston startups providing innovative solutions across skincare, human resources, and more.
Global organization gener8tor, along with Downtown Launchpad, started its ninth gBETA Houst... |
| 09.04.2024 | Houston organization introduces inaugural cancer-fighting cohort of data sciences, experts | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is one step closer to ending cancer thanks to its new institute that's focused on data science.
MD Anderson’s goal with the new Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO) is to advance co... |
| 05.04.2024 | Mitsubishi takes stake in Starlab Space | Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. is joining Starlab Space, the joint venture of Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space that is developing a commercial space station. Starlab Space announced April 4 that Mitsubishi has become a strategic partner... |
| 04.04.2024 | Mitsubishi Corporation Joins Starlab Space as Strategic Partner, Equity Owner in Joint Venture | HOUSTON, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Starlab Space LLC (Starlab Space), the joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus, today welcomed Mitsubishi Corporation as a strategic partner and equity owner in Starlab Space. This partnership e... |
| 09.02.2024 | Voyager Space and Palantir Join Forces to Advance National Security Capabilities in Commercial Space | Voyager Space (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and teaming agreement with Palantir USG, Inc. (Palantir), focused on exploring and enhancing national s... |
| 31.01.2024 | SpaceX will launch the Starlab private space station using Starship | Starlab, the private space station being developed by Voyager Space and Airbus, will go to orbit onboard a SpaceX Starship rocket before the decade is out, the companies announced Wednesday. Starlab is one of a handful of private space stat... |
| 16.01.2024 | Airbus and Voyager finalize Starlab joint venture | Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have finalized a partnership to develop the Starlab commercial space station, seeking to win customers for it from both sides of the Atlantic. The companies described the joint venture as a partner... |
| 02.08.2023 | Airbus и Voyager Space хотят заменить МКС — компании создадут совместное предприятие | Новую станцию планируется вывести на орбиту к 2028 году. Ее диаметр составит 8 м — в два раза больше, чем у Международной космической станции. При этом объем станции будет вдвое меньше.
Европейский авиастроительный консорциум Airbus Defence... |
| 14.03.2023 | Voyager Space Acquires ZIN Technologies | Voyager Space, a Denver, CO-based company which supecilizeed in space exploration, acquired ZIN Technologies, Inc., a Cleveland, OH-based engineering, design and integration company.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquis... |
| 06.02.2023 | Max Q: Space raise | Hello and welcome back to Max Q!
In this issue:
Voyager Space’s new funding
Orbital Sidekick’s hyperspectral ambitions
News from The Exploration Company, Capella Space, LeoLabs and more Voyager Space raises $80M as it continues development ... |
| 03.02.2023 | Top tech startup news for Friday, February 3, 2023: Apple, DappRadar, Tesla, Upwardli, and Voyager Space | Good evening and happy Friday! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, February 3, 2023. Voyager Space raises $80M as it partners with Airbus to develop future Starlab Space Station for NASA
Voyager Space, a ... |
| 03.02.2023 | Voyager Space raises $80M as it continues development on private space station, Starlab | Voyager Space, a company developing a private space station, has raised $80.2 million in new capital. The new funding comes as Voyager continues its development of the station, Starlab, which is no doubt an enormously capital-intensive unde... |
| 03.02.2023 | Voyager Space raises $80M as it continues development on private space station, Starlab | Voyager Space, a company developing a private space station, has raised $80.2 million in new capital. The new funding comes as Voyager continues its development of the station, Starlab, which is no doubt an enormously capital-intensive unde... |
| 21.09.2022 | Hotel in Space? Hilton and Voyager Space Will Design Hotel Rooms for Astronauts Aboard Starlab | Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 21 September 2022, 07:09 am
Fancy checking in a hotel in space?
Voyager Space recently announced that hotel giant Hilton has agreed to develop astronaut facilities for an Earth-orbiting commercial space stat... |
| 22.11.2021 | Voyager Space Holdings to acquire majority stake in Space Micro | Voyager Space Holdings is continuing its trend of snapping up space companies by moving to acquire a majority stake in Space Micro, a manufacturer of orbital communications and digital subsystems for satellites.
This is Voyager’s sixth acqu... |
| 22.10.2021 | Lockheed Martin : Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Teaming to Develop Commercial Space Station; Continuously crewed habitat to support research, industrial activity, and more | Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever free flying commercial space station.
The space station, known as Starlab, will be a continuously crewed commercial ... |
| 21.10.2021 | Lockheed Martin : Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Teaming to Develop Commercial Space Station | DENVER, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever free flying commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, wil... |
| 21.10.2021 | Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Teaming to Develop Commercial Space Station | Continuously crewed habitat to support research, industrial activity, and more
DENVER, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has formed a team to develop the first-ever... |
| 01.09.2021 | Voyager Space Subsidiary, Altius Space Machines, Inc. Announces Patrick Loner as New Chief Executive Officer | |
| 25.01.2021 | 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 who have tons to share — from recent venture capital data and observations to public relations and marketing tips for startups.
Kath... |
| 20.01.2021 | Houston VC fund's new partner to grow focus on the future of work and underrepresented entrepreneurs | When Mercury Fund was founded in 2005, the goal was to focus on funding underrepresented entrepreneurs.
"The firm was really built around looking for the underrepresented entrepreneur and 15 years ago, that was just the middle of the c... |
| 08.01.2021 | Rice University teams up with Chase for new small business initiative | A school at Rice University has been tapped by Chase for Business to help provide free, online courses to small businesses.
Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies will be offering short courses as a part of a Small Busines... |
| 05.01.2021 | Houston expert shares advice for navigating confusing costs for researchers | Facilities and Administrative costs (F&A), also known as Indirect Costs or IDC, are at the very least misunderstood by researchers. At their worst, they smack of "Big Brother." But F&A costs truly are transparent and nothi... |
| 15.12.2020 | These are the top 5 Houston innovation guest columns of 2020 | Editor's note: InnovationMap is Houston's only news source and resource about and for startups, and some of this year's top stories were penned — or, more realistically, typed — but the Houston innovation community itself. As we get ready f... |
| 14.12.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across the city — from the Greater Houston Partnership, The Ion, and Texas Heart Institute.
Patrick Jankowski, senior vice president... |
| 10.12.2020 | Houston-area company is harvesting plant technology for treatment of chronic diseases and COVID-19 | The original version of this story included some factual inaccuracies due to misinformation from a source. The story below has been corrected.
In a 130,000 square-foot facility outside of Bryan-College Station, iBio is growing the makings o... |
| 07.12.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across industries — from space exploration to materials science.
Kirsten Siebach, assistant professor at Rice University
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| 01.12.2020 | Houston expert: New technologies are improving lives of those living with type 1 diabetes | Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease where insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas are mistakenly destroyed by the body's immune system. Insulin is vital in controlling blood-sugar or glucose levels. Not only do you need prop... |
| 24.11.2020 | Houston expert: How to safely promote holiday cheer in the workplace | With the 2020 winter holiday rapidly approaching, time is running short to plan festivities that are fun, engaging — and safe — amid a global coronavirus pandemic.
While many companies are planning to forego holiday parties this year, there... |
| 16.11.2020 | 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.
Fiona Mack, head of JLABS @ TMC
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| 12.11.2020 | Houston nonprofit introduces new startup incubator ahead of impact-focused innovation week | Impact Hub Houston — the local chapter of a nonprofit focused on supporting startups in the social impact space — has a lot on its plate this month.
Not only is next week The Houston Innovation Summit — the fourth annual week of entrepreneu... |
| 03.11.2020 | How Houston companies big and small should approach politics in the workplace | Politics has always managed to find its way into the workplace. Casually popping up in conversation here and there. Usually reserved for the water cooler. It always managed to seep through the cracks like a gentle breeze. But, what was once... |
| 29.10.2020 | Houston lab develops game-changing supplement for cell heath | Rajan Shah, an MIT-trained chemical engineer, brought his patented manufacturing process 20 years in the making and from an ocean away to Houston with one goal in mind: to take what he calls the body's "master antioxidant" to mark... |
| 20.10.2020 | 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... |
| 19.10.2020 | Why your tech company should partner with forward-thinking Chile | What's one of the most important ways a tech company can ensure success? Collaboration. Finding that perfect fit with a like-minded partner just might change the world — but first you have to find each other.
For many U.S.-based companies, ... |
| 09.10.2020 | 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 ... |
| 07.10.2020 | Houston scientist taps nanotech in masks and air filters to use to prevent COVID-19 spread | For over a decade, Seamus Curran, a physics professor at the University of Houston, has worked on his nanotechnology coating substance. He first thought the innovation could be used on fabrics and textile coating, but he realized, once gett... |
| 07.10.2020 | Early-stage startup accelerator names latest Houston cohort | An early-stage startup accelerator with a national presence has announced its latest cohorts across the country. Five Houston companies have been named to the local class.
The accelerator, gBETA, is a part of Madison, Wisconsin-based gener8... |
| 25.09.2020 | Houston's Brené Brown rises strong with new podcast and exclusive Spotify deal | For two decades, renowned Houston thought leader and researcher Brené Brown has delved into the human condition, studying and exploring themes such as courage, vulnerability, empathy, and shame. Her work has made her a national figure as a ... |
| 24.09.2020 | Houston apartment company on 6 smart home technologies for renters | With recent changes to the ways we work and live, the importance of smart home technology in apartment complexes is becoming more important than ever. Residents not only want to streamline their lifestyles, but are looking for ways to limit... |
| 16.09.2020 | Overheard: Here’s what these energy VCs think of the pandemic’s effect on the energy transition | In a lot of ways, venture capital firms are tasked with predicting the future. They put money into tech and business services that are going to disrupt the status quo, and energy VCs are tasked with taking bets on the energy transition.
At ... |
| 15.09.2020 | Joint venture between two Houston companies creates new mask line with disease-destroying tech | Two Houston companies have joined forces to create a new line of protective face masks that are able to deactivate the coronavirus.
Accel Lifestyle and Ascend Performance Materials have partnered to create Blended Huemanity, which has relea... |
| 14.09.2020 | NASA names new female exec to human spaceflight program | NASA is preparing to return to the moon by 2024 — and the organization just tapped the woman who will lead the program.
Catherine Koerner was announced last week as the manager of NASA's Orion Program, the spacecraft that will be used for t... |
| 08.09.2020 | 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 ... |
| 01.09.2020 | Houston primed for opportunity within the tech inversion caused by the pandemic | For has long as I can remember, I had to live near water. That's why I moved to Houston. Recently, new neighbors moved next door from the downtown Galleria area. They loved it there until coronavirus turned shopping habits into stay-at-home... |
| 28.08.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: While Houston missed a major hurricane this week, preparations sidetracked the city a bit with virtual events — like Houston Climate Week — being canceled or postponed. However, major innovation news showed up in full force a... |
| 26.08.2020 | Houstonian fosters collaboration and mentorship for women in venture capital | When Sandy Guitar saw that Austin had a group of women in venture capital group that promoted collaboration and networking, she knew Houston had to have one too.
Guitar, who is the managing director of the HX Venture Fund, connected with th... |
| 21.08.2020 | Texas A&M University approves $60.3M for military innovation project | Texas A&M University is in the process of building a $200 million, multi-building facility just off its main campus in College Station and Bryan, Texas. As of this week, the project has fresh funds from the A&M Board of Regents to c... |
| 20.08.2020 | Houston Angel Network sees membership growth amid pandemic | While the COVID-19 pandemic caused some investors to hit pause on some deals, the Houston Angel Network, which has doubled its membership over the past couple years, has maintained its deal flow and investment, while taking every opportunit... |
| 17.08.2020 | Houston startup — buoyed by Halliburton — plans to scale | A Houston-based material science startup that uses nanotechnology for thermal insulation and fireproofing has been chosen as the first participant of Halliburton Labs, an innovation incubator, announced late last month by the oil and gas gi... |
| 17.08.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: This week's group of Houston innovators you need to know might be pretty familiar to you, however each of them have a new endeavor they are excited to launch — from an energy investment group with a new name to new virtual pl... |
| 03.08.2020 | New locally owned food delivery app rolls into Houston area | A new delivery app aims to give diners a locally owned alternative to the big national names. Meet OrangeCrate, an app that does things a little differently.
Unlike the national brands, each OrangeCrate affiliate is locally owned and has a ... |
| 30.07.2020 | Houston hospital taps new tech to provide more accurate COVID-19 diagnostics and treatment | With such a dynamic virus like COVID-19 that affects patients with different levels of severity, the first challenge doctors face when treating infected patients is assessing the situation. CHI St. Luke's Health has been implementing a new ... |
| 29.07.2020 | Autonomous vehicle delivery service is driving access to food in Houston’s vulnerable communities | When Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence and robotics company Nuro was looking for a city to roll out its autonomous vehicle delivery technology, Houston checked off all the boxes.
From being located in a state open to rolling out ... |
| 23.07.2020 | Tesla taps Texas for new factory with construction already underway | Tesla CEO Elon Musk is putting an end to months of speculation of if the Lone Star State is to be considered for Tesla's next U.S. factory. Multiple cities including Tulsa, Oklahoma, were attempting to woo the electric car manufacturer.
But... |
| 21.07.2020 | Houston coworking company launches online portal to connect members working from home | As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to enforce working from home and social distancing earlier this summer, a Houston coworking company knew they needed to find a way to reach professionals and entrepreneurs digitally.
Sesh Coworking launche... |
| 15.07.2020 | Entrepreneur hopes to bring microbiology into the future with her Houston-based, pandemic-founded startup | While startups everywhere are struggling to adapt in the tumultuous times of COVID-19, Rebecca Vaught and her company, having launched just ahead of the pandemic, don't actually know any other way of existing.
After watching some of her fri... |
| 14.07.2020 | Startup aims for goal of connecting Houston sports community | In virtually no time at all, Sportlo has built its reputation on the simplest of foundations: community.
Thilo Borgmann and Sebastian Henke founded the local hub for sports parents earlier this year as a tool for sports moms and dads to sta... |
| 10.07.2020 | New Deloitte survey reveals why leaders are adopting 5G and Wi-Fi 6 | Networking executives view advanced wireless technologies such as 5G and Wi-Fi 6 as a force multiplier for other innovative technologies — including AI, IoT, cloud, and edge computing — and as being foundational to transforming their enterp... |
| 09.07.2020 | These are the risks and rewards of prototyping, according to Houston expert | We live in a digital world. Music, movies, and even family photos have become primarily digital. Computer software offers us a range of comfort and efficiency and has become part of our daily routine. So, why would anyone want to build a ca... |
| 08.07.2020 | Houston entrepreneur tackles diversity and inclusion challenges through new book | If you went to school in America, you might have been taught that George Washington's teeth were made out of wood. While this information might have been effective in promoting oral health as a kid, it's important for you to know that Georg... |
| 06.07.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | It's a new month and Houston's innovation ecosystem is continuing to grow amid the coronavirus pandemic. This week's Houston innovators to know roundup reflects that growth with a new-to-town incubator's newly names leader — plus an entrepr... |
| 06.07.2020 | 4 startups pitch at virtual demo day for Houston accelerator program | In light of COVID-19, it is more relevant than ever to discuss and support startups with sustainability and resiliency in mind. At The Ion Smart and Resilient Cities Cohort 2 Demo Day, a virtual audience was reminded of that.
"So, 2020... |
| 01.07.2020 | Local innovation leader to focus on diversity while standing up new-to-Houston cleantech incubator | As Greentown Labs, a cleantech startup incubator based outside of Boston, enters into the Houston market, it's doing so with diversity and inclusion in mind, says Juliana Garaizar, launch director at Greentown Houston.
Garaizar has been inv... |
| 30.06.2020 | Rice research on why fighting workplace discrimination of LGBTQ+ employees boosts business | Being gay, lesbian or bisexual in the workplace often means facing choices that are deeply unfair. Choose to come out and risk being stigmatized or hide your orientation and prepare for a career weighted with the immense stress of secrecy. ... |
| 22.06.2020 | Houston rent prices rise as COVID-19 impacts local housing market | The impact of COVID-19 has not been lost on the Houston housing market, with home sales dipping and rents rising. Here's a look at the current landscape.
Rising rents
In May, single-family home leases were up a solid 12 percent, notes the H... |
| 18.06.2020 | Houston data startup analyzes COVID-19 risks as companies return to work | In an effort to better help our clients, and frankly all of us, maneuver these uncertain times and to better understand what the upcoming months are likely to bring, we have applied our data science expertise to create a structural model of... |
| 17.06.2020 | New technology is helping Houston companies reimagine a socially distant workspace | The COVID-19 pandemic has displaced many Houstonians from their office jobs to makeshift work-from-home setups. With coronavirus cases climbing in Houston, the obstacle of returning to work safely is undoubtedly on the minds of business own... |
| 08.06.2020 | Houston innovation hub names interim leader | A developing innovation hub rising in Midtown Houston has named an interim executive director following the sudden exit of its former leader.
Jan Odegard has been named interim executive director of the Ion after Gabriella Rowe announced he... |
| 05.06.2020 | Houston expert shares why prototyping is so important to startups | Rarely in life is anything perfect on the first attempt. Writers write drafts that are proofed and edited. Musicians practice over and over, and athletes train for years to perfect their skills before becoming pros. So, it only makes sense ... |
| 03.06.2020 | Houston accelerator leader shares how the cohort has seen success through virtual programming | In January, when Eléonore Cluzel was named the director of gBETA Houston, she had no clue Houston's first cohort of the international, early-stage accelerator would be conducted virtually. Now, five weeks in, the program and its five startu... |
| 02.06.2020 | MassChallenge names 56 startups to newest Houston cohort along with new space and sports tracks | After launching in Houston with a smaller cohort last year, MassChallenge Texas has announced its latest, full-scale cohort and is kicking off virtual programming this month.
"Today's world is up against new challenges that require cre... |
| 22.05.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor'snote: Trending this week are Houston innovation stories of various industries — like venture capital, real estate, and architecture — are reacting to the coronavirus outbreak and its subsequent challenges.
3 Houston innovators to kn... |
| 14.05.2020 | Photos: Check out TMCx's recently renovated space | Slightly before the pandemic prevented business as usual for startups and coworkers at the Texas Medical Center's Innovation Institute, the organization had just recently completed a redesign of its space.
The point of the renovation, says ... |
| 12.05.2020 | This Houston startup is revolutionizing event networking | A Houston-based startup is launching this month in order to up the ante for networking at events — whether they are in-person or virtual.
NCrowd allows its users to avoid the hassle and awkwardness in-person networking and takes connecting ... |
| 11.05.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | It seems like 2020 is the year of the pivot and taking what the world has thrown at you —from pandemics to oil gluts — and making something out of what you have.
This week's innovators to know include a Houston startup flipping the switch o... |
| 06.05.2020 | From T-shirts to facemasks, how this Houston startup quickly made its COVID-19 pivot | Startups across Houston have made the decision to pivot their business or technology amid the COVID-19 crisis — both to stay afloat in the shutdown and to contribute to the community.
Houston-based Accel Lifestyle, an athletic wear company ... |
| 06.05.2020 | Houston area high school students develop innovations to help in coronavirus crisis response | Some Houston-area high school students have stepped up to help their community during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The students have worked on two separate teams to create an intubation box to reduce the spread of COVID-19 from pa... |
