| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.03.2026 | Rice University partners with astronaut foundation to offer new STEM scholarship | Rice University has partnered with The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) to offer a new scholarship opportunity for junior or senior STEM majors, beginning this spring.
The prestigious Astronaut Scholarship includes up to $15,000, ment... |
| 07.03.2026 | Houston's Economic Surge: Billions Flow into Tech, Space, and Logistics | Houston's economic landscape is experiencing unprecedented growth. Recent massive investments are fueling its tech, space, and logistics sectors. Cart.com, a Houston-based e-commerce giant, secured $180 million, pushing its total funding pa... |
| 05.03.2026 | Houston e-commerce giant Cart.com raises $180M, surpasses $1B in funding | Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify information about Cart.com's investors.
Houston-based commerce and logistics platform Cart.com has raised $180 million in growth capital from private equity firm Springcoast Partners, ... |
| 05.03.2026 | This is the income required to be a middle class earner in Houston in 2026 | A new study tracking the upper and lower thresholds for middle class households across the nation's largest cities has revealed Houstonians need to make at least a grand more than last year to maintain their middle class status this year.
A... |
| 03.03.2026 | Houston's Innovation Surge: A Hub for Groundbreaking Advancements | Houston propels innovation with significant advancements across key sectors. Apple boosts local manufacturing, creating thousands of jobs. Rice University secures $18M for lymphatic disease research. Intuitive Machines gains $175M for pione... |
| 02.03.2026 | Rice to revolutionize lymphatic disease research and more news to know | Editor's note: We're looking back at the five biggest innovation headlines from the second half of February 2026, which include exciting Rice research advancements and Apple doubling down on production in Houston. Below are the five most-re... |
| 25.02.2026 | Waymo self-driving robotaxis have officially launched in Houston | Waymo will begin dispatching its robotaxis in four more cities in Texas and Florida, expanding the territory covered by its fleet of self-driving cars to 10 major U.S. metropolitan markets.
The move into Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orl... |
| 19.02.2026 | XSpace adds 3 Houston partners to fuel national expansion | Texas-based XSpace Group has brought onboard three partners from the Houston area to ramp up the company’s national expansion.
The new partners of XSpace, which sells high-end multi-use commercial condos, are KDW, Pyek Financial and Welcome... |
| 18.02.2026 | Houston suburb ranks as No. 3 best place to retire in Texas | Texas retirees on the hunt for the right place to settle down and enjoy their blissful retirement years will find their haven in the Houston suburb of Pasadena, which just ranked as the third-best city to retire statewide.
A new study condu... |
| 18.02.2026 | Rice Business Plan Competition names startup teams for 2026 event | The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has announced the 42 student-led teams that will compete in the 26th annual Rice Business Plan Competition this spring.
The highly competitive event, known as one of the world’s largest ... |
| 07.02.2024 | Houston Methodist signs on at new TMC Helix Park building | Texas medical giant Houston Methodist is the latest to join the Dynamic One building within TMC Helix Park.
The hospital announced that it has signed a 75,800-square-foot lease in the building and will take over two floors of biomedical res... |
| 06.02.2024 | Houston expert shares 3 business trend predictions for 2024 | Last year was a dynamic year for businesses across all sectors. Artificial intelligence went from a novel technology to a more widely utilized business productivity tool. Many companies invested additional resources in sustainable business ... |
| 23.01.2024 | How to navigate toxic lab workplaces, according to UH research | There are many types of toxic bosses. The Micromanager. The Narcissist. The Incompetent Boss. The list goes on. But labs led by toxic PIs not only make for an abysmal workplace they can actually encourage research misconduct.
According to C... |
| 19.01.2024 | Is Texas a top state for business? New reports find mixed results | Texas economic development boosters are crowing about a new top-in-the-nation ranking. But they’re probably frowning about a different business ranking that’s mediocre.
First, the good news.
Business Facilities magazine just named Texas the... |
| 18.01.2024 | Houston innovator's new book to help business leaders be 'authentically successful,' move past just inclusion | Denise Hamilton says she's been used to looking around and realizing she's the only woman or African American in the room, and for the past nine years, she's been providing resources and education to trailblazing women like her. Now, she wa... |
| 11.01.2024 | Key business marketing tips to take from top social media creators, according to these Houston researchers | Influencer marketing is booming, with companies allocating 10 to 25 percent of their advertising budgets to influencer-led strategies. Between 2016 and 2020, the number of sponsored posts rose from 1.26 million to 6.12 million, and overall ... |
| 10.01.2024 | NASA postpones historic crew landing until 2026 | Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it, under the latest round of delays announced by NASA on Tuesday.
The space agency had planned to send four astronauts around th... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston innovator: Why we need to protect the individual inventor | In 2011, Congress passed The America Invents Act, which created an administrative pathway for challenging the validity of patents. This allowed an opportunity to bypass our courts and get non-judges to determine whether an already issued pa... |
| 04.01.2024 | These 9 Houston startups start 2024 with fresh funding | Houston startups ended 2023 with a flurry of funding news — from several seeds and series As to series C rounds and extensions.
Here are nine Houston startups that secured funding in the fourth quarter of last year, according to reporting b... |
| 22.12.2023 | Startup secures $2.5M, SPAC deal close, and more trending Houston 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 a recently closed funding round for an energy tech startu... |
| 22.12.2023 | 5 most-read startup feature stories of 2023 | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. This past year, InnovationMap featured profiles on dozens of these Houston startups — from health tech to drone comp... |
| 19.12.2023 | Top stories: Houston's most-read health tech news of 2023 | Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. In the health tech category on InnovationMap, top stories included startups relocating to Houston to further advance... |
| 14.12.2023 | Houston startup focused on cultivating the future workforce of the energy industry raises $2.5M seed funding | With $2.5 million in fresh funding, Digital Wildcatters is on its way to keep empowering the evolving energy workforce.
Digital Wildcatters, a Houston company that's providing a community for the next generation of energy professionals, has... |
| 11.12.2023 | Customizable commercial condo concept expands to The Woodlands | An Austin-based company that provides ownable multi-use space is expanding in the Houston area.
XSpace has announced that it will break ground next year in The Woodlands and open near the intersection of Six Pines Drive and Lake Woodlands D... |
| 25.10.2023 | Houston-based NASA exec sees exciting, transformative future for fast-growing space industry | For most people, it might be pretty hard to envision a future where astronauts are living on the moon or even Mars in the next few decades, but Nick Skytland, chief technologist at NASA Johnson Space Center, says he sees that future pretty ... |
| 24.10.2023 | TMC names latest cohort of health tech startups for upcoming bootcamp | The Texas Medical Center's innovation arm has again invited a set of health tech startups to mix and mingle with potential partners, investors, and customers in hopes to score a place in the HealthTech Accelerator.
For the 17th time, the TM... |
| 24.10.2023 | Houston expert: How early tech exposure can prepare the future workforce | In our ever-evolving digital landscape, there's no better time to embrace technology than now. This is evident by a fascinating prediction from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: a whopping 100,000 tech-related jobs are projected in the n... |
| 23.10.2023 | 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 space tech to robotics — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tim Crain, co-founder and ... |
| 20.10.2023 | 6 energy tech startups named to corporate-backed manufacturing accelerator | Greentown Labs has named the six participating climatetech startups for an accelerator for a global energy leader.
Shell and Greentown Labs announced the cohort for Greentown Go Make 2023 — a program designed to accelerate partnerships betw... |
| 16.10.2023 | Here's what Houston startups snagged fresh funding last quarter | With Houston's business and innovation community firmly in its final leg of 2023, it's time to look back on funding from the previous quarter.
While last quarter revealed a decline in VC funding in line with the rest of the country, per Pit... |
| 05.10.2023 | Expert: Houston's at a critical inflection point amid energy transition | In 1914, Winston Churchill faced a difficult decision. Over two decades before his first term as Prime Minister during World War 2, he oversaw the entire Royal Navy as First Lord of the Admiralty. Shipbuilding technology was rapidly evolvin... |
| 29.09.2023 | 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.
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| 08.09.2023 | Houston innovation events, cell lab at UH opens, 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 latest roundup of can't miss events, a unique new lab at ... |
| 25.08.2023 | Houston innovator makes major headway on his portable stroke rehab device | A University of Houston professor has taking a huge step in advancing his game-changing stroke recovery tech.
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, the director of the UH BRAIN Center, recently published his work on a noninvasive brain-machine in a su... |
| 21.08.2023 | Surprising new documentary explores emerging Texas mega-metro that could rival Houston | It's no secret that Austin and San Antonio are becoming some of the biggest cities in Texas, and that together, they just might rival the likes of Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth one day.
A new documentary called San Antonio-Austin: The Emerg... |
| 28.05.2021 | XSpace Group Brings Luxury Self-Storage to Austin, Texas | “Austin is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States,” Manson said. “It’s very progressive with new products and new ideas. The marketplace in Lake Travis is the right demographic for us."
AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) May 28, 202... |
| 15.01.2021 | Texas named a top state for women-led startups | Who runs the world? According to Merchant Maverick's inaugural Best States for "Women-Led Startups'' study, Texas is a great place for women to be in charge.
The Lone Star state cracked the top 10 on the list, earning a No. 6 spot acco... |
| 04.01.2021 | Houston investment group names new leadership | A Houston-based investment group has announced three new leadership changes to its organization to start of the new year.
Goose Capital Inc. named Chris Staffel as managing director, along with Jeff Smisek as the firm's president and Jay Co... |
| 24.12.2020 | Houston expert: Rethinking priorities at educational institutions | As a new year approaches, it is common to see various school rankings begin to appear in different studies and within various media outlets. Whether they're ranking colleges, high schools or even pre-k schools, these lists have long impacte... |
| 25.11.2020 | Chevron to launch makerspace at The Cannon, Houston a top city for STEM, and more 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, a startup snags a win at a pitch competition, Chevron announc... |
| 12.11.2020 | Rice research: Do leaders with distinctive names run distinctive businesses? | You probably know the names Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Bob Johnson. But how about DeShuna Spencer? She's the founder and CEO of the online streaming platform KweliTV. The platform's broad array of movies, news and other programming features... |
| 03.11.2020 | Houston software company creates COVID-19 transportation app | A Houston software company has pivoted its technology to create an app that can safely transport COVID-19 patients to their quarantine location.
Mobisoft announced the launch of NEMT Pulse, a non-emergency medical transportation app to be u... |
| 09.10.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week is in the book. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included events not to miss, the grand opening of the Downtown Launchpad, and more.
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| 06.10.2020 | Houston-area education platform looking for new schools to help teachers with online tools | A Houston-based nonprofit mentorship program that matches underperforming second to fifth graders with college student tutors to provide them targeted support has adapted to the online schooling era, by introducing hybrid learning services ... |
| 25.09.2020 | Overheard: Local innovation leaders share what they see has changed in Houston for venture investing | Houston's seen a growth in startup and venture investment — even amid the pandemic — and a group of Houston innovators sat down for a virtual event to discuss what's lead to this evolution.
The Greater Houston Partnership hosted an installm... |
| 15.09.2020 | Here's what the new SEC accredited investor definition means for potential Houston VCs | This month. the Security and Exchange Commission, or SEC, modified the definition of "accredited investor," with the effect of dramatically increasing the number of people eligible to participate in non-publicly traded investments... |
| 08.09.2020 | Texas entrepreneur might join exclusive list of local billionaires after buzzy deal | An Texas tech entrepreneur soon might join the city's exclusive billionaires' club.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder and CEO of Austin-based dating-app provider Bumble, could move from millionaire to billionaire status if, according to reports, ... |
| 07.09.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor'snote: This year has made for some pivotal moments for various Houston companies across industries. For some, the pandemic has meant reevaluating their business plans or increased a need for their product or service. For others, soci... |
| 28.08.2020 | Texas startup dials up plans to reboot once-popular BlackBerry phone | A Texas company is dialing up a comeback for the once pervasive BlackBerry.
OnwardMobility, an Austin startup that produces mobile devices, said August 19 that it had sealed a deal with BlackBerry and FIH Mobile to resurrect the device. In ... |
| 18.08.2020 | Local investor shares how Houston SaaS companies can stay afloat amid the pandemic | The COVID pandemic has created a macro environment that is similar to that of the 1918 Spanish Flu and the 2008 downturn and B2B software-as-a-service companies, like Salesforce, found the 2008 downturn an advantageous environment for cheap... |
| 18.08.2020 | New startup accelerator emerges in Houston to promote collaboration between Black and Hispanic communities | Two local business leaders have teamed up to create a Houston-based accelerator focused on Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.
BH Ventures has applications open for its inaugural cohort until August 21, and co-founders Sharita M. Humphrey and... |
| 13.08.2020 | UH: How biotech companies are withstanding the pandemic | At a time when the business world is reeling, biotech companies are still hanging on. Many biotech startups have successfully pivoted their entire platforms to focus on coronavirus-related work.
Of course, these companies aren't without the... |
| 12.08.2020 | These are the latest COVID-19-focused research projects happening at Houston institutions | As Houston heads toward the end of summer with no major vaccine or treatment confirmed for COVID-19, local research institutions are still hard at work on various coronavirus-focused innovations.
Free mental health care, local COVID-19 test... |
| 10.08.2020 | Houston scores lofty ranking in new study of America’s best cities | Buoyed by diversity, fine food, and Fortune 500 companies, Houston ranks as the 11th best city in the country and the top city in Texas, according to a consulting firm's annual study.
"Smart, skilled, and soulful, Houston is the Americ... |
| 07.08.2020 | Nonprofit arts event in Houston pivots to virtual experience | As summer rolls on and Houston adapts to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, myriad arts organizations are pivoting, morphing their in-person events into virtual experiences.
One such event is the 49-year-old, annual Bayou City Arts Fe... |
| 31.07.2020 | Houston oil and gas giant premieres new startup incubator and names first participant | Not intending to be left out of the energy transition, a Houston-based, multinational oil and gas services company has announced its new incubator for startups to advance cleaner, affordable energy.
Halliburton Company has introduced Hallib... |
| 29.07.2020 | Tech startup lands in Houston to help space support services take off | A Virginia-based space company startup focusing on developing small and inexpensive satellites is making an out-of-this-world entrance in the Houston commercial innovation space.
SCOUT has been selected as part of the 2020 MassChallange's T... |
| 17.07.2020 | Here’s how much house you can buy in Houston for $250,000 | Houston may be in the midst of a pandemic, but that hasn't slowed our real estate market. And a new study shows just how much bang for your buck you can get in the Bayou City versus Texas' other major metro areas.
A study released July 7 by... |
| 14.07.2020 | Now is the time to expand machine learning, says Houston researcher | One might not expect the game of checkers to have anything to do with artificial intelligence, but the game really marked the beginning of machine learning in 1959. Pioneered by an MIT professor named Arthur Lee Samuel, it was discovered th... |
| 12.06.2020 | Overheard: Experts discuss why Houston is the next hub for tech investing | When Joe Alapat, co-founder and CEO of Liongard, was first getting started on his company, he says a few people recommended he go to Austin or one of the coasts to give his software company a better chance.
"For me, the thought process... |
| 25.05.2020 | Houston area gets failing score on social distancing, according to report | According to a study that evaluated social distancing execution in counties, the Houston area didn't do so well and earned failing scores all around.
A widely used social distancing scoreboard from Unacast, a provider of location data and a... |
| 13.05.2020 | Texas vodka brand doles out $1M grant to Houston research institution for COVID-19 vaccine | A vodka distiller based in Austin is sending funds to a Houston research group that's working on a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.
Tito's Handmade Vodka — through its philanthropic arm Love, Tito's — has pledged to give Baylor College of ... |
| 11.03.2020 | Report: Houston ranked No. 2 in the country for corporate relocation, expansion projects landed in 2019 | In Texas, Houston rules the corporate relocation and expansion kingdom.
Site Selection magazine ranks Houston second among large U.S. metro areas for the number of corporate relocation and expansion projects landed in 2019. That's up two sp... |
| 24.01.2020 | Real estate tech company founded by Houstonian launches locally, looks for office space | A New York-based company that uses technology to optimize the commercial real estate leasing process is expanding into Houston — and it's a bit of a homecoming for the company's CEO.
SquareFoot, which was founded by Houston native Jonathan ... |
| 18.12.2019 | Shell commits to $10M carbon initiative with Rice University, Houston startup acquired by Honeywell, and more innovation news | Even toward the end of the year and amid the holiday season, Houston's innovation news can be a lot to keep up with. Here are seven short stories of Houston innovation — from an exit for a Houston startup and a multimillion-dollar clean ene... |
| 22.11.2019 | Overheard: Local fighters land knockout statements at Houston's first Digital Fight Club | On Wednesday, Houston's innovation ecosystem hosted the rowdiest crowd at a professional business event that the city has ever seen.
Digital Fight Club, a Dallas-based event company, had its first Houston event at White Oak Music Hall on No... |
| 21.11.2019 | Survey company wants to make collection information in Houston short, sweet, and to the point | In a 2019 report card handed out by Cincinnati-based startup Wyzerr, Houston didn't do too well — It got a C, a 2.5 out of 4. Houston is passing, but just barely.
Wyzerr didn't give the city a bad rating; Houstonians did. In July, Wyzerr se... |
| 20.11.2019 | Houston-based medical device companies pitch at TMCx Demo Day | Earlier this month, 16 medical device companies wrapped up their time at the Texas Medical Center's accelerator program and pitched their companies to fellow health professionals, guests, and more. While each made important connections in t... |
| 05.11.2019 | Here's what makes a startup stand out, according to University of Houston research | During your pitch, investors will be looking to see what your startup's value proposition is. What can you offer that your competitors cannot?
Imagine if you will, your startup develops a watch that can detect when you're about to have a he... |
| 04.11.2019 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | This week, some key Houston innovators to know include the CEO of a tech company that's demystifying Google's SEO, a local entrepreneur who just raised millions in funding, and the newest addition to the Houston innovation ecosystem.
Michae... |
| 30.10.2019 | Houston tech company launches digital product to take the guesswork out of SEO | A Houston company wants to arm content creators and writers with the tools to perfect search engine optimization, and they want to provide these tools for free.
INK, a downloadable writing tool and web app, was created by the brains behind ... |
| 23.09.2019 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Starting off a new — hopefully drier — week in Houston, these three Houston innovators to know are looking to make an impact. From using tech for good to creating a women's movement in Texas business, these three Houstonians are on a roll.
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| 12.09.2019 | Downtown Redevelopment Authority approves $1.25 million grant for new-to-Houston accelerator program | Houston has yet again attracted a nationally recognized accelerator program to downtown. Wisconsin-based genera8tor has announced its plans to launch its pre-accelerator program, gBETA, in Houston in spring of next year thanks to a $1.25 mi... |
| 09.09.2019 | Houston blockchain startup closes oversubscribed seed round of funding with local investors | Kim Raath is pretty proud of her company right about now. Not only is she proud that her startup, Topl, a blockchain network with applications across industries, closed a 20 percent oversubscribed $700,000 seed round, but because she did it... |
| 27.08.2019 | How you can encourage wellness in the workplace ahead of self care month | September is self-care awareness month. The purpose of the awareness campaign is to remind Americans that it is necessary to mindfully and purposefully care for yourself. Not only can individuals take steps toward self-care, but employers c... |
| 26.08.2019 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | As Houstonians head back to work or school following a fun summer break, we know two things for sure.
The first is that traffic will get back to its headache inducing craziness and that Houston startup news will only get more frequent. This... |
| 22.08.2019 | Why women should take a personal finance day from this Houston founder | You've seen the statistics on Americans' financial health. The average American is not in great shape: $6,000 per person in credit card debt, $4,900 per person in student loan debt, and 51 percent of all workers who feel they aren't saving ... |
| 14.08.2019 | 4 Houston health startups to look out for | Houston's growing life sciences industry has been a topic of discussion of late — and it's pretty obvious why.
In March, Houston was named the No. 2 top city for an emerging life sciences market, according to CBRE data. Houston was also nam... |
| 09.08.2019 | Houston clocks in as No. 2 most overworked city in the nation | A new study on work-life balance proves Houstonians work harder than almost anyone else in the country.
Mobile technology company Kisi set out to determine which major U.S. cities offer the best work-life balance, and which ones could use a... |
| 12.07.2019 | Houston medical device company closes $30 million round | A clinical-stage medical device company based in Houston has rounded up $30 million for its Series D funding. Procyrion Inc.'s round was lead by Bluebird Ventures — a new funding partner for the company.
Procyrion is developing a blood pump... |
| 09.07.2019 | Texas named the No. 1 state to start a business | The entrepreneurial spirit is best cultivated by Texans, apparently. The Lone Star State comes in first place for being business-friendly to startups and their founders in a recent study.
Out of all 50 states, Texas reigns supreme in Wallet... |
| 26.06.2019 | Breaking down Houston's 4 new startup accelerator programs | It's official — 2019 is the year of accelerators in Houston. Four different accelerator programs have announced plans to launch Houston programs this year so far — and they are all bringing something different to the table.
All four of the ... |
| 21.06.2019 | Houston named one of the fastest growing metros for tech startups | Houston has seen an influx of new startups entering the market — and that growth hasn't gone unnoticed.
A new study from New York-based Center for an Urban Future analyzed Crunchbase data to find 17 cities have have had the most percentage ... |
| 10.06.2019 | 5 Texas entrepreneurs rank among Forbes' richest self-made women | It's common knowledge Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta and Gulf States Toyota owner Dan Friedkin rank among the wealthiest people in Texas. But did you know that five other entrepreneurs — collectively worth more than $4 billion — stan... |
| 03.06.2019 | Exclusive: Silicon Valley startup accelerator and venture capital firm will launch its Houston program by the end of the year | Another accelerator with a global presence is itching to get into the Houston innovation ecosystem. California-based Plug and Play will launch its Houston accelerator program sometime in the fourth quarter of this year and is currently look... |
| 24.05.2019 | These are the Houston companies headed to MassChallenge Texas in Austin | It's the second cohort for Boston-based MassChallenge Texas in Austin, and this year's 74 selected finalists are well represented by Houston.
"Coming from an extremely competitive application pool, the startups in our second Austin-bas... |
| 16.05.2019 | Houston named the No. 2 city for STEM jobs | Sure, Houston can boast that it's the Energy Capital of the World. That's undisputed. However, Houston also is making strides in the wider range of STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
A new study from the Americ... |
| 01.05.2019 | Houston nonprofit makerspace seeking donations as it prepares to move into its new home | With grants and public funds secured, Houston-based TXRX Labs as one last round of fundraising to acquire before it's ready to head full-speed ahead into its new location.
TXRX launched a $85,000 fundraising campaign to help get the organiz... |
| 23.04.2019 | Energy tech company closes round, hospital introduces VR brain tours, Amazon bets on Houston schools, and more innovation news | From virtual reality-enabled brain scans to Amazon selecting Houston schools for its robotics program, the future is now with this latest batch of local innovation news.
Need more news rounded up for you? Subscribe to our daily newsletterth... |
| 10.04.2019 | Accelerator program executive to connect the dots within Houston's innovation ecosystem | For Yvette Casares Willis, Houston already has what it takes to be a strong innovation ecosystem. Now, it's about working together to get the city where it needs to be, and MassChallenge hopes to do that with its new chapter in Houston.
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| 09.04.2019 | Houston venture fund of funds doles out $5 million in Austin firm in its first investment | After closing its initial round of funding last year, Houston Exponential's fund of funds, called the HX Venture Fund, has closed its first investment on March 29. Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners received a $5 million investment from ... |
| 05.03.2019 | Houston medical device company gains FDA approval | When it comes to early bleeding detection, Houston-based Saranas, which closed $2.8 million in funding last year, is ahead of the game with its Early Bird Bleed Monitoring System. The Food and Drug Administration has recognized the medical ... |
| 01.03.2019 | Houston-based online fundraising platform launches new turnkey retail space opportunity | Houston-based NextSeed makes it easier for retail and restaurant startups to get funding, and the company is releasing a new line of services to help these startups on the next step after funding: Finding retail space.
NextSeed Space now ex... |
| 27.02.2019 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | Rodeo has kicked off and spring break is around the corner, which can only mean one thing: March in Houston. The month is chock full of business, entrepreneurial, and innovation-focused events, but we've plucked out over 10 to highlight thi... |
| 20.02.2019 | Houston oil and gas software company is increasing downstream productivity while lowering emissions | In the next 30 years, the world will need 30 percent more energy due to population growth. While energy production will increase to keep up with demand, there is an increasing concern with the impact on the environment.
"How do you pro... |
| 01.02.2019 | 5 top trending innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: This week was one for news for Houston. Rice University announced its plans for The Ion, MassChallenge picked Houston for its newest program, Station Houston turned three years old, and more. Here are the stories InnovationMa... |
| 17.01.2019 | Digital home buying and selling tool expands to Houston market | A Phoenix-based real estate company has expanded to the Houston market and opened a new office in town.
First launched in 2015, Offerpad is a tech-enabled home buying and selling solution. As of October, Offerpad had expanded to 534 cities ... |
| 11.01.2019 | 5 Houston startups beginning 2019 with new capital | Finding growing Houston startups is as easy as following the money, and a few local companies are starting 2019 strong with a recent round of funding closed. InnovationMap has rounded up a few recent raises to highlight heading into the new... |
| 27.11.2018 | Houston DNA-based dating app expands nationwide, launches next funding round | Houston singles can find their perfect match — even if it's someone across the country. Houston-based Pheramor — a DNA-based dating app — is available for download in every state.
Brittany Barreto, Pheramor's co-founder and CEO, has a PhD i... |
| 06.11.2018 | TMCx receives national award for unique startup accelerator program | The Texas Medical Center has once again received national acclaim — this time, for its innovation.
Seed Accelerator Rankings Project selected TMCx for a "Silver" distinction in its 2018 awards. SARP evaluated accelerators' success... |
