| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.11.2025 | Downstream: $8 Million Series A Closed To Modernize Construction Equipment Rentals And Site Services | Downstream, a Dallas-based marketplace platform for equipment rentals, waste management, and site services, has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Brick & Mortar Ventures and Moneta Ventures, with continued p... |
| 18.03.2025 | Nimblemind.ai: Pioneering the Future of AI in Healthcare | In the world of healthcare, data is the new gold. But unrefined, it’s just a pile of rocks. Nimblemind.ai, a Chicago-based startup, is here to change that. Recently, the company secured $2.5 million in funding to transform raw clinical data... |
| 17.03.2025 | Nimblemind.ai Raises $2.5M in Funding | Nimblemind.ai, a Chicago, IL-based provider of an AI-powered data infrastructure platform, raised $2.5M in funding.
The round was led by Bread & Butter Ventures, with participation from Great Oaks Venture Capital, SpringTime Ventures, S... |
| 17.03.2025 | Nimblemind.ai Secures $2.5M for AI-Powered Data Infrastructure Platform | What You Should Know:
– Nimblemind.ai, an innovative AI-powered data infrastructure platform secures $2.5M in funding led by Bread & Butter Ventures, with participation from prominent investors including Great Oaks Venture Capital, Spri... |
| 14.01.2025 | Donald Trump Jr’s VC Leads New $60M Firehawk Aerospace Investment | Dallas-based aerospace startup Firehawk Aerospace has received $60 million in a series C investment round led by 1789 Capital, which recently named Donald Trump Jr as a Partner.
Based in Palm Beach, Florida, the roughly $150 million venture... |
| 09.01.2025 | Ema's AI Revolution: Transforming Women's Health with Empathy and Innovation | In a world where technology often feels cold and distant, Ema is a breath of fresh air. This innovative platform is reshaping women’s health by blending artificial intelligence with a deep understanding of women's unique needs. Recently, Em... |
| 08.01.2025 | Ema Closes Funding Round to Accelerate AI Innovation in Women’s Health, Bringing Total Funding to Over $3 Million | Ema, the first agentic AI platform designed to transform women’s health, announced the successful close of its most recent round, bringing total funding to over $3 million. From the start, Ema was trained on a proprietary dataset of 10 mill... |
| 07.01.2025 | Ema Closes Funding Round to Accelerate AI Innovation in Women’s Health, Bringing Total Funding to Over $3 Million | Ema's female founders, Karishma Patel and Amanda Ducach
We invested in Ema because they are redefining women’s health with a powerful combination of empathy and technology.”
— La Keisha Landrum PierreBOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, January 7, 20... |
| 01.05.2024 | 10+ can't miss Houston business and innovation events for May | From pitching competitions to expert speaker summits, May is chock-full of 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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| 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... |
| 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 | 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 | 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... |
| 05.04.2024 | 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... |
| 02.04.2024 | Houston expert shares 3 leadership challenges inspired by jazz improvisation | Crises, whether supply chain disruptions, natural disasters, or the arrival of an upstart rival, are a revealing moment for leaders. Such scenarios can push companies to the brink of meltdown or usher in dramatic organizational transformati... |
| 26.03.2024 | Houston expert shares top tech trends impacting real estate | Technology continues to rapidly advance across the board and the real estate industry is no exception. However, it’s critical that the housing space welcomes online innovation and the upgrades that it brings to homebuyers with open arms.
As... |
| 21.03.2024 | Houston clean tech startup pitch competition names winners at annual CERAWeek event | For the third year, the Greater Houston Partnership's Houston Energy Transition Institute hosted its startup pitch competition at CERAWeek by S&P Global. A dozen startups walked away with recognition — and three some with cash prizes.
H... |
| 19.03.2024 | University of Houston receives funding to support diverse cardiovascular researchers | University of Houston professors have received a nearly $800,000 grant to create a new summer program that will support diverse future researchers.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provided $792,900 in grant funding to Bradley ... |
| 19.03.2024 | Expert: How AI is disrupting manufacturing and the future of quality management systems | The concept of quality management is so intrinsic to modern manufacturing — and yet so little understood by the general public — and has literally revolutionized our world over the past hundred years.
Yet, in the present day, quality manage... |
| 14.03.2024 | Report: Houstonians need $12K more to live comfortably than they did last year | As inflation and the cost of living rise in most places around the United States, so does the amount of money a resident needs to live comfortably. But Houstonians are faring far better than residents of some of the biggest cities in Americ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Houston research on asset valuation reveals importance of 'opinion shopping' | Firms often have to estimate the “fair value” of their investments, meaning they have to declare what an asset is worth on the market. To avoid the potential for bias and manipulation, companies will use third-party services to provide an o... |
| 12.03.2024 | Houston health tech company announces $10M in fresh funding to bolster customer care | Roshal Health, a Katy-based provider of ultrasound and echocardiogram services for health care facilities, has secured $10 million in structured equity financing.
New York City-based investment firm Catalio Capital Management led the financ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Texas-based 'hop-on' jet service offers exclusive eclipse flight flown by NASA pilot | With Texas set to be the prime location for the Great North American Solar Eclipse, airlines are lining up to offer the best vantage point and that includes JSX: The private carrier is offering a once-in-a-lifetime in-flight experience to 1... |
| 11.03.2024 | Houston-based, female-focused VC closes $36M fund | A women-led venture capital group based in Houston has closed its second fund to continue its mission of supporting female-founded startups in fintech, commerce, and care.
The Artemis Fund announced its $36 million second fund this month. C... |
| 07.03.2024 | Podcast: The Houston founder's guide to navigating SXSW 2024 | Tens of thousands of people are descending upon Austin for SXSW — many of whom are ambitious startup founders. For Houston entrepreneurs, there's a lot to consider before heading down the street to Austin, and Marc Nathan can help.
The nati... |
| 29.02.2024 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | From networking meetups to speaker expert speaker summits, March 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.
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| 29.02.2024 | Houston AI femtech startup raises $2M round to expand platform to B2B opportunities | A Houston-based startup that's improving health and wellness for women with its artificial intelligence-backed platform has raised a bridge round of funding.
Ema closed its latest bridge round, bringing its total funding to nearly $2 millio... |
| 22.02.2024 | Ema, a Startup Building Conversational AI for Women's Health, Raises Nearly $2M | Our recent funding and rapid B2B growth validate our approach and enable us to further our mission.”
— Amanda Ducach, Founder, EMA AppHOUSTON, TEXAS, USA, February 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ema, a generative AI platform dedicated to tr... |
| 17.03.2022 | Houston DEI programs are in place — now it's time to trust them | It’s no secret to almost any Houston-area businessperson that diversity, equity and inclusion has been front and center on the corporate radar for quite some time. According to the 2021 Deloitte/Fortune CEO survey, 94 percent of the 175 CEO... |
| 10.02.2021 | Houston founder calls for business leaders to 'make room for diverse voices' | Last year was one of quick pivots and tech solutions for Ashley Small and her company's clients. Small — the CEO and founder of Medley Inc., a Houston-based branding and public relations firm — works with both for-profit and nonprofit entit... |
| 08.02.2021 | Why one of the world's leading life science companies chose Pearland | In 2018, Switzerland-based company Lonza debuted a 300,000-square-foot life science facility in Pearland, the largest dedicated cell and gene therapy manufacturing facility in the world at the time.
What made one of the world's largest comp... |
| 08.02.2021 | 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 recently making headlines — from health tech founders to the new GHP chair.
Deeana Zhang, director of energy technology at Tudor, Pi... |
| 02.02.2021 | Here's what startups are going to the Venture Houston pitch competition's semifinals | Venture Houston — a two-day virtual conference put on by the HX Venture Fund — is slated for Thursday and Friday of this week, and, in addition to several panels, the event has a startup pitch competition with over $1.7 million on the line.... |
| 02.02.2021 | Houston health tech startup launches COVID-19 vaccine management tool | Houston-based health care software startup Luminare Inc. is arming soldiers in the coronavirus vaccination campaign with technology to help smooth the inoculation process.
Luminare, which launched with the mission of combating sepsis, switc... |
| 01.02.2021 | 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 recently making headlines — from health tech founders to a venture capital rising star.
Jim Havelka, founder and CEO of InformAI
Sha... |
| 28.01.2021 | Houston-based senior care startup accelerates gameplan amid pandemic | Houston-based acute care startup Kare Technologies has yet to waste a good crisis.
The company, which offers senior facilities and qualified caregivers a platform to post and accept work for hire, was born out of founder Charles Turner's ex... |
| 28.01.2021 | Expert: New 401k investment options would spur Houston venture capital and innovation | With fossil fuels facing an uncertain future, Houston is wisely pushing to further develop its innovation economy with initiatives like Houston Exponential and Rice Management Company's Ion, as well as the No. 1 ranked entrepreneurship prog... |
| 25.01.2021 | Houston startup founded by former NASA architect moves into new space amid booming business | In 2014 Garrett Finney, a former senior architect at the Habitability Design Center at NASA, brought his expertise in what he describes as "advocating for human presence living in a machine" to the outdoors market.
After being les... |
| 22.01.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, marketing and PR tips for startups, where... |
| 21.01.2021 | Here are 3 breakthrough innovations coming out of research at Houston institutions | Research, perhaps now more than ever, is crucial to expanding and growing innovation in Houston — and it's happening across the city right under our noses.
In InnovationMap's latest roundup of research projects, we look into studies on robo... |
| 08.01.2021 | Houston-area medical device engineering firm acquires Texas company | A engineering firm based in Katy has made a strategic acquisition of a Magnolia, Texas-based company to start of the new year.
Velentium, which specializes in the design and manufacturing of medical devices announced that it has acquired Oa... |
| 06.01.2021 | Canadian energy tech startup doubles down on Houston and plans to scale | While the pandemic and last year's drop in oil prices may have caused their own set of challenges, at least one energy tech startup saw plenty of opportunity for growth amid the unprecedented times.
In 2020, Validere, which is based in Calg... |
| 06.01.2021 | Editor's Picks: Top 7 Houston innovation interviews of 2020 | Editor's note: With 2020 in the rearview, InnovationMap is looking back on the top stories of the year. With over 60 episodes of the Houston Innovators Podcast and about half of those being recorded in 2020, here are the top episides from t... |
| 04.01.2021 | Houston-based startup shoots for affordability and convenience with new photo biz | Houston-based photographers Chris Bailey and Joseph West have brought automated technology and innovative efficiencies to the often cumbersome task of taking professional headshots.
Bailey and West first met as wedding and corporate photogr... |
| 28.12.2020 | Female-founded startup opens facility for new working moms in downtown Houston | As companies roll out back-to-work plans for the new year, one subset of workers' needs might be overlooked: new, breastfeeding mothers. However, one Houston startups is looking out for them with a new downtown location.
Work & Mother S... |
| 23.12.2020 | Houston innovator to help minority entrepreneurs get access to resources she wished she had | Joy M. Hutton is used to wearing multiple hats. A consultant for nonprofits and small businesses at her own firm, Joy of Consulting, and the founder of On the Go Glam, an on-demand beauty platform, Hutton recently added another hat into rot... |
| 10.12.2020 | How 2 Houston friends founded the fitting industry's go-to company | If you're in the market for a specific kind of pipe, valve, fitting, flange, bolt, gasket, or hose, your first stop should be TPC Industrial.
The Pasadena-based company has been making a name for itself in the PVF/hose and fitting industry ... |
| 09.12.2020 | Innovation hub exec wants to ensure Houston's diversity is well represented | The Ion is in its home stretch. Expected to open in early 2021, the rising innovation hub is inches away from its exciting entrance into the Houston market. Yet despite the physical location's ongoing construction, Deanea LeFlore and her te... |
| 08.12.2020 | Houston innovation team wins global award for painless heart technology | Houston's Texas Heart Institute's pain-free defibrillation technology was named the top future medical product design worldwide last month as part of the annual Create the Future Design contest.
The tiny technology aims to change the way ca... |
| 02.12.2020 | With fresh funds, Houston startup plans to represent the future of fireproofing | A few years ago, Mike Francis caught a video of a man's hand coated in some sort of material and placed over a fire. Nothing was happening to the man's hand — the coating completely protected it — but something was happening in Francis's br... |
| 01.12.2020 | Houston Black-owned beauty biz gets major holiday shout out from Oprah | Every holiday season, Oprah Winfrey and her elves work hard to put together her namesake list of Favorite Things. The 2020 list of must-have gifts highlights Black-owned or led businesses, including a Houston-based beauty line, 54 Thrones.
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| 30.11.2020 | 10+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events online in December | It's the last monthly events roundup for 2020 — and this month, understandably, is a bit slow due to the holidays, but we have a roundup of the must-attend events for December.
From workshops and panels to summits and pitch parties, here ar... |
| 25.11.2020 | Experts rank holiday activities that put Houston residents most at risk for COVID-19 | The Texas Medical Association has released its COVID-19 holiday risk chart, a ranking of popular activities based on how likely one is to contract the novel coronavirus.
With infections spiking in Houston and across the country, the chart w... |
| 20.11.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included female innovators to know, a new accelerator program, life sc... |
| 19.11.2020 | Houston company partners with General Motors, others to boost country’s ventilator supply | Houston-based Velentium played a key role in mobilizing thousands of ventilators in the United States at a time when the pandemic and the uncertainty around it was surmounting around the country.
The medical technology company primarily wor... |
| 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.
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| 13.11.2020 | Here's what events to attend each day during The Houston Innovation Summit | Back for its fourth year, The Houston Innovation Summit has tons of online, interactive events lined up — starting today.
THIS, just like last year, runs on the same week of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which is focused on education, ecosy... |
| 10.11.2020 | Clutch City: Is 2020 a time of devastation or doubling down for Houston? | "Clutch City" may be Houston's most befitting nickname — and it has proven to stand the test of time. Whoever coined the term likely had no idea in how many ways this moniker would be tested and upheld over the next 20-plus years.... |
| 06.11.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, breakthrough research projects in Houston... |
| 04.11.2020 | 4 Houston-area CVS locations now offering free COVID-19 rapid tests | Flu season and cedar fever compounded with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is likely to make for a worrisome winter. In an effort to make testing for the novel coronavirus more accessible, CVS is launching rapid-result tests in 21 stores acro... |
| 29.10.2020 | East Houston development launches smart city initiative with new hire | A 4,200-acre master-planned development that's rising on the east side of town has created a new role within their executive suite to drive innovation and a new smart city initiative.
Houston-based real estate developer, McCord, has hired N... |
| 26.10.2020 | University of Houston joins Microsoft-backed initiative for digital tech workforce development | The University of Houston College of Technology has been selected for a new initiative to bring digital and technical skills to students and the workforce.
Microsoft's Accelerate program is a part of the tech giant's Global Skills Initiativ... |
| 22.10.2020 | If Silicon Valley is experiencing a tech exodus, what does that mean for growing startup hubs like Houston? | It started with prunes. Long before Silicon Valley was the innovation capital of the world, it was a giant valley of fruit trees and verdant hills. The primary crop in the then called Santa Clara Valley was the French plum, which was sun-dr... |
| 20.10.2020 | UT system funds Houston researchers in new collaboration to cure cancer | In a renewed effort to move the needle on finding a cure for cancer, the University of Texas system has launched a new collaboration in oncological data and computational science across three programs.
Houston-based University of Texas MD A... |
| 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 | 10 can't-miss events from Houston-based SpaceCom's virtual conference | Today marks the first day in SpaceCom's two-week online conference featuring space entrepreneurs, NASA executives, government experts, and more.
Usually a must-attend event hosted at George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Sp... |
| 12.10.2020 | Overheard: Here's where Houston's low-carbon efforts stand, according to the experts | Houston is moving the needle on low-carbon initiatives, as one panel agreed at the Center for Houston's Future's Low-Carbon Energy Innovation Summit.
The annual event, which is taking place virtually this year, was broken up into two days. ... |
| 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 ... |
| 08.10.2020 | Prolific University of Houston professor wins prestigious $650,000 'genius' grant | A prolific fiction writer and award-winning University of Houston academic has just received a major accolade. Distinguished professor Cristina Rivera Garza has been awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship — dubbed more casually as a "geni... |
| 06.10.2020 | Houston venture capital group leads Austin-based energy tech company's $5M series A | Houston-based Cottonwood Venture Partners has announced the closing of an Austin-based software solutions round that it led.
Founded in 2014, HUVRdata Inc. is a data analytics company focusing on the energy industry. The startup announced t... |
| 02.10.2020 | Texas entrepreneur brings on-demand nail service to Houston | Ladies, take note: A Dallas-based on-demand nail service app, Cherry, has expanded to Houston. Founded by Amber Venz Box, the blogger/influencer-turned tech entrepreneur, the convenient, at-home service is now available in 37 ZIP codes.
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| 23.09.2020 | New innovation leader at Rice University plans to take campus innovations to the world | When Kyle Judah accepted his position as executive director at Rice University's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, he had spent less than 48 hours in the city of Houston. In fact, his first two months in the role have been... |
| 22.09.2020 | Innovative Texas-based ride-share rolls into Houston with new cars and delivery service | Houstonians who are interested in an alternative to Uber — and don't mind giving a Dallas-based company a shot — can now look for a new ride. Alto, the ride-share and delivery company based in Big D, has announced its expansion plans to Hou... |
| 17.09.2020 | Rice Alliance to launch clean energy accelerator in Houston | The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship has announced its new Clean Energy Accelerator — a 12-week program for early stage energy startups — at the close of the 18th annual Energy Tech Venture Forum.
"Houston truly is the... |
| 10.09.2020 | Rescheduled: These are the can't-miss events to attend each day during Houston Climate Week | Editor's note — This story has been updated and republished to reflect the new dates and details of Houston Climate Week.
The city of Houston is kicking off its rescheduled Houston Climate Week after the original week was postponed by threa... |
| 10.09.2020 | Exclusive: Houston entrepreneur launches femtech nonprofit and accelerator partnership | It's about time women's health and wellness took center stage, in Brittany Barreto's opinion, so she's launched a nonprofit to make that happen.
Houston entrepreneur Barreto recently left her position at Capital Factory to focus on FemTech ... |
| 09.09.2020 | Houston-based startup makes a splash with cloud technology for E&P in oil sector | A Houston area environmental and energy tech company offers a new pay-as-you-go SaaS application that uses chemistry, physics, artificial intelligence, and cloud technology to build simulation platforms for major exploration and production ... |
| 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 ... |
| 04.09.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: One week into September is through, and plenty of Houston innovation news came with it, including three female innovators to know, a mobile vet startup plans to expand, a new coworking space plans to open, and more.
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| 03.09.2020 | Education company launches innovative virtual platform at Houston school | The coronavirus pandemic has spawned an array of digital innovations in education, and one of those innovations has been hatched right here in Houston.
Kïdo, an international network of preschools, recently introduced its first-ever virtual... |
| 01.09.2020 | 10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for September | While September 1 might mean nearing fall to some, here in Houston we've got several more weeks of summer weather. However, encroaching fall also means the beginning of many annual events that happen in the Houston innovation ecosystem. Thi... |
| 31.08.2020 | Overheard: Experts call for Houston to become the 'energy transition capital of the world' | Before the inaugural Houston Climate Week was shutdown — ironically by a major climate event — event attendees heard from a panel of energy experts that spoke of certain challenges the city's economy faces as the energy transition continues... |
| 31.08.2020 | Children's Museum of Houston pivots to new digital learning programming | As more Houston parents opt for online classes when kids return to school, a beloved local museum is offering up a clever learning assist. In September, Children's Museum Houston will launch "All-Time Access," an online initiative... |
| 25.08.2020 | Houston-area online resource launches to help new homebuyers purchase a home | Between the expiration of a federal evictions moratorium and the coronavirus crisis, the housing market in Houston has launched into uncharted territory — jumping in June after two straight months of decline.
Houstonian and broker-and-owner... |
| 24.08.2020 | Microsoft doubles down on partnership with the city of Houston by committing $1M to programs | Microsoft and the city of Houston have introduced a new program aimed at addressing technology skills development across Houston.
Accelerate: Houston is part of Microsoft's larger global skills initiative. Mayor Sylvester Turner announced t... |
| 11.08.2020 | Chevron's Houston-based venture group taps two companies for its startup-focused program | Chevron's corporate venture arm that invests into energy tech innovation and supports startups within the industry has tapped two companies for its Chevron Technology Ventures Catalyst Program.
Entech Solutions and mIQroTech have both recen... |
| 06.08.2020 | Statewide accelerator hires new Houston staffer and embraces 'virtual first' approach amid COVID-19 | For years, Capital Factory has existed to promote innovation and grow startups across Texas and has expanded from its headquarters in Austin to Dallas, Houston, and beyond. In light of COVID-19, the organization has pivoted to make sure it ... |
| 05.08.2020 | New Houston hub calls for collaboration for flood and hurricane prevention innovation | When it comes to insurance, most people's interaction is pretty limited buying a plan, filing claims when need be, and paying the monthly bill. However, unbeknownst to most of their insured clients, insurance companies are investing in insu... |
| 20.07.2020 | Rice University students collaborate on COVID-19 solutions | An annual program with Rice University and its partners in Africa had to do things differently in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did operations have to shift to a virtual approach, but the projects themselves instead addressed the... |
| 17.07.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Just like Houston's weather, the city's innovation news is heating up. From innovators to know this week and a new technology to kill COVID-19 germs to a growing energy tech startup, here's the latest in Houston innovation.
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| 14.07.2020 | Rice University physicists granted $1.3 million to continue study on dark matter | Two Rice University physicists and professors have received a federal grant to continue research on dark matter in the universe.
Paul Padley and Karl Ecklund, professors of physics and astronomy at Rice, have received a $1.3 million grant f... |
| 13.07.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Houston's innovation ecosystem continues to grow. Last week, a group of startup mentors formed a new program that's a masterclass for aspiring entrepreneurs. Plus, a Houston innovator is writing the book on inclusion while an... |
| 13.07.2020 | University of Houston designs device that instantly kills COVID-19 | While the world rushes to find a COVID-19 vaccine, scientists from the University of Houston have found a way to trap and kill the virus — instantly.
The team has designed a "catch and kill" air filter that can nullify the virus r... |
| 08.07.2020 | University of Houston researchers studying COVID-19 prevention and treatment | Researchers across the country are focusing on all things COVID-19 — from biotherapies and treatment to vaccines and prevention. A handful of researchers based out of the University of Houston are doing their best to move the needle on a cu... |
| 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... |
| 29.06.2020 | Houston biotech company gets FDA greenlight to move forward with COVID-19 stem cell treatment | A Houston-based biotech company announced last week that it has gotten the approval it was seeking from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to continue testing its COVID-19 treatment that uses stem cells.
Celltex has received approval fro... |
| 26.06.2020 | Nonprofit rises to create resources and networking for Houston's LGBTQ+ community | As Pride Month winds down, a new nonprofit is ramping up efforts to provide resources, training, financial aid, and networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ members of Houston's tech and creative communities.
Co-founders Alan Lett, creative dire... |
