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| Jul 14, 2026 | Texas Innovation Surges: Space, Biotech, and Urban Tech Drive Economic Ascent | Houston and the broader Texas landscape are experiencing unprecedented innovation. New pharmaceutical facilities boost the life sciences sector. Space companies secure major NASA contracts, expanding lunar ambitions. Healthcare institutions... |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Laminar CEO & Co-Founder Annie Lu Named Top 100 Women in AI | Physical AI start-up founder joins tech industry's definitive list of women shaping how artificial intelligence transforms foundational industries like manufacturing
BOSTON, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Laminar, the only physical AI compan... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | $12M pharmaceutical manufacturing facility to be built in Sugar Land | A nearly $12 million drug manufacturing facility is coming to Sugar Land.
City leaders in Sugar Land recently approved a $1.3 million performance-based incentive for DeliverIt Group, a Sugar Land-based provider of specialty pharmacy, infusi... |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Laminar Wins FoodTech Innovation Award for Innovative Solution on Digitalization in the Food & Beverage Industry | Europe's leading food technology event recognizes Laminar's Process-Aware AI platform for redefining how F&B manufacturers approach productivity and sustainability
BOSTON, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Laminar, the only physical AI compa... |
| May 19, 2026 | Laminar Names Sanjay Rajan Chief Revenue Officer | Seasoned manufacturing software executive elevated to lead commercial growth as Laminar accelerates global expansion
BOSTON, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Laminar, the only AI platform that powers fully autonomous process manufacturing — tod... |
| May 7, 2026 | Laminar Explores the State of Physical AI with Delegation from Brazil's Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná (FIEP) | American exports of AI spotlighted as Boston-based startup demonstrates innovation in manufacturing for visiting business leaders from Brazil
BOSTON, May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Laminar, a physical AI platform building the self-driving fact... |
| May 5, 2026 | 7+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in May | Editor’s note: Houston is living up to its nicknames as Space City and the Energy Capital of the World this month with a lineup of insightful talks, pitch days and industry conferences. Plus, there are opportunities to network over crawfish... |
| Apr 20, 2026 | NOC Energy Raises $2.7M in Seed Funding | NOC Energy, a Houston, Texas-based industrial decarbonization startup, raised $2.7m in Seed funding.
The round was led by 360 Capital with participation from SOSV and Desai VC.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and i... |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Helix Earth Secures $12M: Revolutionizing Commercial HVAC with Clean-Tech Innovation | Helix Earth, a Houston-based clean-tech innovator, raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Seed 2 funding round. This capital infusion, led by Veriten, will scale manufacturing and accelerate deployment of its groundbreaking commercial HVAC... |
| Mar 29, 2026 | Helix Earth: $12 Million Raised For HVAC Efficiency And Humidity Control Technology | Helix Earth, a Houston-based hardware company focused on energy efficiency and humidity management, has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Seed 2 funding round to scale its commercial HVAC technology.
The round was led by Veriten, with... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 12 Houston climatetech startups join Greentown Labs' growing incubator | More than 40 climatetech startups joined the Greentown Labs Houston community in the second half of 2025, 12 of which hail from the Bayou City.
The companies are among a group of nearly 70 total that joined the climatetech incubator, which ... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Rice scientist earns $600K NSF award to study distractions in digital age | Rice University psychologist Kirsten Adam has received a $600,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to research how visual distractions like phone notifications, flashing alerts, crowded screens and busy workspaces can negatively imp... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Why Houston Is the Go-To Destination for Custom App Development | Share
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Houston has become one of the most active technology centers in the United States. Once recognized mainly for its energy and healthcare sectors, the city is now home to a growing community of developers, design... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | H2Ok Innovations Rebrands as Laminar, Pioneering Closed-loop AI for Autonomous CPG Manufacturing | Laminar is Transforming Manufacturing Lines to Run Faster and More Sustainably with Patented Sensor and Science-Led AI Agents
BOSTON, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- H2Ok Innovations, the only provider of patented inline sensors powered by sci... |
| Jul 18, 2025 | H2Ok Innovations: $12.42 Million Series A Closed For AI-Based Sensors | H2Ok Innovations, a provider of patented inline sensors that leverage science and AI to enhance factory operations, has raised $12.42 million in a Series A funding round led by Greycroft, with participation from 2048 Ventures and Construct ... |
| Jul 16, 2025 | H2Ok Innovations Raises $12M Series A for AI-Powered Sensors That Disrupt and Transform CPG Manufacturing | Funding from Greycroft, 2048 Ventures and Construct Capital enables H2Ok Innovations to meet the urgent need for technology to help the CPG industry run faster, more sustainable factories
H2Ok Innovations, the only provider of patented inli... |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 9 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for June | Editor's note: From lightning pitches to a female-focused AI summit and energy conferences, there's still plenty to do as Houston settles into the summer. Here are the Houston business and innovation events you can't miss in June and how to... |
| Mar 20, 2025 | The Tug of War in Energy: Balancing Production and Sustainability | The energy landscape is a battlefield. On one side, the push for increased oil production. On the other, a growing demand for sustainable solutions. The stakes are high, and the players are powerful. Recent developments highlight this tensi... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | BlueShift Raises $2.1M in Pre-Seed Funding | Blueshift, a Boston, MA-based electrochemical climate tech innovator, raised $2.1M in Pre-Seed funding.
Backers included ConocoPhillips Company, Ridgeline and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), with participation from others.
... |
| Jan 30, 2025 | The State of Investing in Additive Manufacturing: Jeffrey Smith, SIP Capital on Reindustrialization | SIP Capital, a venture firm with a mandate centered on Japanese economic and industrial needs, is taking a measured approach to additive manufacturing (AM) investments. According to Jeffrey Smith, General Partner at SIP, the firm’s strategy... |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Helix Earth: $5.6 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming Energy Efficiency In AC Systems | Helix Earth Technologies – a Houston-based hardware company at transforming clean tech solutions – announced the closing of its $5.6 million seed funding. This oversubscribed funding round was led by Veriten, the energy research, strategy, ... |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Helix Earth Raises $5.6M in Seed Funding | Helix Earth Technologies, a Houston, TX-based hardware company providing clean tech solutions, raised $5.6M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Veriten, with participation from Anthropocene Ventures, Semilla Capital, and others including ... |
| Oct 2, 2024 | A New Dawn for Geothermal Energy: The Rise of Sage Geosystems | In the heart of Houston, a quiet revolution is brewing. Geothermal energy, often overshadowed by solar and wind, is stepping into the spotlight. At the helm of this transformation is Cindy Taff, a former oil and gas executive turned geother... |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for October | From networking meetups to pitch competitions, October is lined 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 post might be up... |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Saint-Gobain and Greentown Labs Renew Joint Commitment to Drive Climatetech Growth and Innovation | The building materials company continues Terawatt Partnership through 2026
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain, the worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, and Greentown Labs, the larges... |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Boston Consulting Group Joins Greentown Labs as a Terawatt Partner | SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as its newest Terawatt Partner—t... |
| Jul 6, 2024 | Greentown Labs And Prithvi Ventures Partner On Climate Impact Fund | Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and early-stage climatetech investment fund Prithvi Ventures announced a first-of-its-kind partnership in the spirit of accelerating climate impact and filling a capital ga... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Greentown Labs and Prithvi Ventures Establish New Fund Proceed Partnership | The early-stage climatetech fund will make quarterly donations to the incubator
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON, June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Prithvi Ventures, an early-... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Greentown Labs Appoints Three New Board Directors | Philanthropy and policy leaders will help maximize the incubator's climate impact
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced the addition ... |
| May 31, 2024 | TMC names UK cohort, lawsuit against Houston fintech co. gets dismissed, 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 new cohort for a TMC accelerator, a win for a Houston fintech... |
| May 23, 2024 | Clean energy nonprofit CEO to step down, search for replacement to begin | Greentown Labs, which is co-located in the Boston and Houston areas, has announced its current CEO is stepping down after less than a year in the position.
The nonprofit's CEO and President Kevin Knobloch announced that he will be stepping ... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 4 Houston universities earn top spots for graduate programs in Texas | Houston's top-tier universities have done it again. U.S. News and World Report has four Houston-area universities among the best grad schools in the state, with some departments landing among the top 100 in the country.
U.S. News publishes ... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Report: Houston secures spot on list of top 50 startup cities | A new ranking signals great promise for the growth of Houston’s startup network.
Houston ranks among the world’s top 50 startup cities on a new list from PitchBook, a provider of data and research about capital markets. In fact, Houston com... |
| Apr 17, 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 ... |
| Apr 17, 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... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year 4 of the Initiative's Carbontech Accelerator Program | The accelerator seeks applications from innovative carbontech startups and announces newest Carbontech Leadership Council members
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON and BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carbon to Value Initiativ... |
| Apr 12, 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,... |
| Apr 12, 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... |
| Apr 10, 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 ... |
| Apr 10, 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... |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Houston initiative selected for DOE program developing hubs for clean energy innovation | Houston has been selected as one of the hubs backed by a new program from the United States Department of Energy that's developing communities for clean energy innovation.
The DOE's Office of Technology Transitions announced the the first p... |
| Apr 9, 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... |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Troubled Texans are the 10th most stressed out people in America, report finds | There is a plethora of reasons to be stressed out in 2024. Among the list of grievances are budgeting woes, lapses in addressing racial inequity, a significant amount of drunk driving, and prohibitively high healthcare costs.
So it comes as... |
| Apr 6, 2024 | When it comes to building startups in Boston, success begets success | When Hubspot founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah conceived of their inbound marketing startup in 2004, they were still graduate students at MIT, and inbound marketing was not well understood. They were able to develop that idea into a... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Houston physicist scores $15.5M grant for high-energy nuclear physics research | A team of Rice University physicists has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Physics for their work in high-energy nuclear physics and research into a new state of matter.
The five-year $15.5 m... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cart.com makes acquisition, events not to miss, 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 news of a Houston company acquiring an Amazon partner, Houston events not to miss this month, an... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Houston expert: How to avoid 'ghost hiring' while attracting top talent | One of the latest HR terms grabbing attention today is “ghost hiring.” This is a practice where businesses post positions online, even interviewing candidates, with no intention to fill them. In fact, the role may already have been filled o... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Ecopetrol Joins Greentown Labs as a Terawatt Partner | Ecopetrol's Extensive Energy-industry Expertise to Help Climatetech Startups Commercialize and Scale Innovations
SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North Americ... |
| Feb 1, 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... |
| Jan 31, 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... |
| Jan 31, 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... |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Greentown Labs Partners with Clean Energy Ventures to Screen Emissions Reduction Potential for New Climatetech Members | New members applying for the climatetech incubator will be required to report on potential impact through Clean Energy Ventures’ open-access Simple Emissions Reduction Calculator (SERC) |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Applications are open for ACCEL, an accelerator for BIPOC-led startups | An accelerator focused on supporting BIPOC-led climatetech startups and addressing inequities in the climatetech industry is accepting applications for its second cohort.
Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, a... |
| Oct 26, 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... |
| Oct 25, 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... |
| Oct 16, 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... |
| Oct 13, 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... |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Exclusive: First self-driving car service for passengers launches in Houston | For the first time, Houstonians can hail an autonomous vehicle to get from point A to point B, thanks to a tech company's latest market roll out.
San Francisco-based Cruise, which has launched in its hometown, Phoenix, and Austin over the p... |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Innovative California company taps Houston area for purified water projects | Houstonians are used to filtering their water, but few really ponder why they’re doing it.
“Most people, when they think about water stress, they think about water scarcity, like what you see happening in Northern Africa or maybe the Southe... |
| Oct 9, 2023 | Houston AI SaaS startup secures $5.5M seed funding from Austin VC | A Houston startup that's using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to disrupt the retail automotive industry has raised seed funding.
Konect.ai announced a $5.5 million seed investment from Austin-based Silverton Partner... |
| Oct 6, 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... |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Texas burger spot takes bite out of innovative, eco-friendly initiative | Hearty Austin-based chain Hopdoddy Burger Bar has unveiled a new lineup of regenerative burgers that are supposed to be better for the planet and the consumer.
The term "regenerative burger" could cause a few head-scratches: Some ... |
| Oct 5, 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... |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Why this innovator is passionate about uniting Texans in tech and venture | This Friday, Texas innovators across the state will simultaneously show up to support each other, network with potential investors, and talk shop — and it's all thanks to one Austinite.
CS Freeland is organizing the second annual Texas Vent... |
| Oct 4, 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... |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Google program plants software expert at Houston-area university | Computer science students at Prairie View A&M University are gaining firsthand knowledge this semester from a Google software engineer.
As an instructor in the Google in Residence program, Donnell Debnam Jr. is helping train future soft... |
| Sep 29, 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... |
| Sep 29, 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... |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Houston startup founders prepare to scale globally following Shark Tank success | While Milkify's founders — husband and wife team Pedro Silva and Berkley Luck — secured partners on a popular business pitch and investment show, the entire experience almost didn't happen.
Silva and Luck, who got her PhD in molecular and b... |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Houston-based, cancer-fighting organization breaks ground on new collaborative building | Houston is where medical researchers and clinicians come together. And it’s getting easier for that to happen thanks to an innovative new facility from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On September 20, the world-class inst... |
| Sep 22, 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... |
| Sep 21, 2023 | New-to-Houston hardtech accelerator names new CEO, opens applications | A national organization that helps accelerate scientists into entrepreneurs has named its new CEO in the same week that applications opened for its 2024 cohort.
This week, Activate announced Cyrus Wadia as CEO of the organization. Based Cal... |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Houston program buoys promising cancer research with live-saving innovation | How do you bring promising cancer research to the masses? TMC Innovation's Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics was established with that question in mind.
Funded by a $5 million grant from CPRIT, or the Cancer Prevention and Research Instit... |
| Sep 21, 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... |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Houston energy tech startup expands platform with new data tools | Houston startup Molecule Software hopes to get a big bang out of its new platform for the energy and commodities markets.
The data-as-a-lake platform, Bigbang, is available as an add-on for current Molecule customers. It enables energy trad... |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Texas organization announces inaugural cohort of social enterprise startups with Web3 tech | A Texas-based accelerator focused on helping BIPOC and female founders on their entrepreneurial journeys announced the inaugural class for its newest accelerator.
DivInc's DWeb for Social Impact Accelerator, a 12-week intensive hybrid progr... |
| Sep 15, 2023 | New certificate course trains a ready workforce as biotech companies in Pearland take off | Biotech companies in Pearland are thriving, with big names such as Lonza, Millar Inc. Inc., and Abbott all experiencing tremendous growth in recent years.
The only challenge to this success is the increased demand for a faster workforce pip... |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Houston startup with sustainable biotech solutions lands new customer in United Airlines | An innovative Houston company is celebrating a new deal with a global airline.
Cemvita Corp. announced a new offtake arrangement with United Airlines. Cemvita's first full-scale sustainable aviation fuel plant will provide up to 1 billion g... |
| Sep 13, 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... |
| Sep 13, 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 ... |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Houston health tech leader to expand accelerator to continue connecting female founders | With a decades-long career in health care, Ayse McCracken's most recent professional chapter has been laser focused on finding, supporting, and accelerating female-founded startups in health tech with her nonprofit, Ignite Healthcare Networ... |
| Sep 12, 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... |
| Sep 11, 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 energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Michelle Stansbury, vi... |
| Sep 11, 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... |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Houston startup launches networking app for next-generation energy workforce | A Houston-based media organization dedicated to covering the energy industry has officially launched the beta program of their networking app.
After producing zanily named energy podcasts like “Big Digital Energy” and “What the Funk,” Digit... |
| Sep 7, 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... |
| Sep 7, 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... |
| Sep 6, 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 ... |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Houston regenerative medicine company opens new lab at UH | Pete O’Heeron wants you to know that “Bohemian Rhapsody” was originally released as a B-side. What does this nugget about Queen have to do with regenerative medicine? For O’Heeron and his company, FibroBiologics, it means everything.
That’s... |
| Sep 5, 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... |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 13 initiatives receive grant funding from new EV-focused, Houston-led program | Evolve Houston awarded its inaugural microgrants this week to 13 groups, neighborhoods and an individual working to make electric vehicles accessible to all Houstonians.
Launched in 2022, Evolve's eMobility Microgrant Initiative supports co... |
| Aug 30, 2023 | How this Houston investor closed a $32M oversubscribed fund in less than a month | It might be cool to arrive fashionably late to a party, but Houston investor Sahir Ali likes to be early when it comes to new technologies.
"What has been a part of my success and has driven a lot of my profesional, scientific, and fin... |
| Aug 29, 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... |
| Aug 28, 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... |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Startup marketing: How Houston founders should approach their strategy | Until recently, the concept of marketing within the startup sphere was often equated solely with lead-generation. It's not entirely inaccurate to say that "marketing is lead-generation," as revenue generation is undeniably the end... |
| Aug 24, 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... |
| Aug 23, 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... |
