| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.06.2025 | Quest Analytics Announces Strategic Integration Partnership with Arcadia | Quest Analytics®, the leader in provider network design and management solutions, announced today a strategic data integration partnership with Arcadia, a leading healthcare data platform and supplier of provider performance insights. This ... |
| 02.05.2025 | KLAS Report: Which Health Analytics Vendors Deliver Results? | What You Should Know:
– As healthcare organizations grapple with increasing amounts of data, turning that data into insights that drive real change remains a significant challenge.
– A new report from KLAS Research, “Data & Analytics Pl... |
| 28.02.2025 | Empowering Change: Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition Prize Fuels Innovation for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs | In a world where innovation often springs from diverse perspectives, Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition Prize stands as a beacon of hope. This initiative is not just about funding; it’s about creating a movement. The 2025 Black Ambition Priz... |
| 24.02.2025 | IES Makes Strategic Senior Hire to Drive North America Growth | Christy Martell has joined IES as Senior Vice President of Revenue, North America
Climate tech company, IES is investing in North America, with a new senior hire.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- IES, a leading globa... |
| 07.02.2025 | FINANCING ROUND-UP: US community solar attracts billions in private equity funding | - |
| 01.09.2024 | The Art of Game Development: Crafting Joy in 13 Kilobytes | In the world of game development, constraints can spark creativity. The js13kGames competition embodies this principle. Developers are challenged to create a web game in just 13 kilobytes. This year’s theme, “Triskaidekaphobia,” the fear of... |
| 31.08.2024 | Конкурс js13kGames или как написать игру объёмом 13 Кбайт | 13 августа стартовал 13-й игровой джем js13kGames (JS13K) для разработчиков веб-игр на JavaScript. За месяц участникам предстоит написать браузерные игры, размер которых не должен превышать 13 килобайт при сжатии до формата ZIP. Темой JS13K... |
| 07.08.2024 | Guidehealth's $14 Million Seed Funding: A Leap Towards Value-Based Care | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, innovation is the lifeblood that fuels progress. Guidehealth, a newcomer in the healthcare arena, has just secured a significant $14 million in seed funding. This investment, led by the Memorial... |
| 07.08.2024 | Guidehealth Secures $14M for AI-Powered Value-Based Care | What You Should Know:
– Guidehealth, an AI-powered healthcare services provider raises $14M in seed funding led by Memorial Hermann Health System, with participation from healthcare entrepreneur Sidd Pagadipati and other industry leaders.
–... |
| 20.05.2024 | CARBYNE APPOINTS JOHN RUCKER AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | NEW YORK, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbyne, a global leader in public safety technology, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Rucker as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rucker brings over 20 years of financial ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Partner at Al Gore's climate investment firm sees 2026 IPO window | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Startups and investors will likely have to wait another two years for the window to open for the most promising hardtech climate IPOs, says Generation Investment Management Partner Lila Preston.
Why i... |
| 23.04.2024 | Infogrid appoints new CEO and board members | Infogrid, the SaaS which uses analytics to increase efficiency within real estate construction, has appointed a new CEO as it looks to scale.
Kate Henningsen, co-founder of climate tech Arcadia, will lead the company. Arcadia is an energy d... |
| 17.04.2024 | Exclusive: Wellington raises $385M for first private climate fund | Wellington Management raised $385 million for its first private fund focused solely on climate investments, the firm tells Axios.
Why it matters: It's a significant commitment to climate by one of the world's biggest investors.
The big pict... |
| 16.04.2024 | Bay Bridge Ventures is raising $200M for a new climate fund, filings show | Climate investor Bay Bridge Ventures is raising a new $200 million fund, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
Bay Bridge filed paperwork Monday for the new climate fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The raise comes at a t... |
| 11.04.2024 | Arcadia Raises $50M in Funding | Arcadia, a Washington-DC-based provider of a utility data and community solar platform, raised $50M in funding.
Backers included Macquarie Asset Management as a new equity investor, alongside existing investors Energy Impact Partners, J.P. ... |
| 05.03.2024 | How a new class of climate startups could get a boost from the SEC | Months of speculation will finally come to an end on Wednesday when the Securities and Exchange Commission votes on its much-debated climate disclosure rule.
If adopted, the rule would require companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions,... |
| 28.09.2023 | DSD completes 4.3 MW community solar project on former landfill in Bethel, NY | DSD completes 4.3 MW community solar project on former landfill in Bethel, NY
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DSD Renewables has completed construction on a 4.3 MW community solar instal... |
| 18.08.2023 | For climate tech startups, the IRA is starting to pay off | The Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden in August 2022, has allocated $400 billion in federal dollars for clean energy projects as the United States aims for up to a 40% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas e... |
| 08.08.2023 | Standard Solar acquires Maryland community solar project from New Columbia | Standard Solar acquires Maryland community solar project from New Columbia
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Standard Solar has acquired a community solar project in Forestville, Maryland, fro... |
| 23.05.2023 | Aggreko ETS teams with Farmers Powering Communities on solar initiative | Aggreko ETS teams with Farmers Powering Communities on solar initiative
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Aggreko is partnering with a farming consortium on a 500 MW community solar initiative. ... |
| 10.05.2023 | Introducing Electrifying Everything: 2023 Edition | Last summer, Energize released our comprehensive “Electrifying Everything” investment thesis, including our proprietary deep dive research report, the culmination of our 10-part blog series and our list of the top 30 software innovators app... |
| 14.04.2023 | Renewable energy fintech startup Crux Climate launches with $4.6M in funding to provide a marketplace for IRA tax credits | Unknown to most Americans, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year is packed with several tax incentives to stimulate the climate economy and reduce renewable energy costs for organizations. The tax credits cover various clean bu... |
| 26.01.2023 | Ways to Win in Climate Software #5: The Power of Climate Product-Led Growth | Welcome to “10 Ways to Win in Climate Software,” an Energize series defining the playbook for sustainability SaaS entrepreneurs. In case you missed it, catch up on the series opener and our Ways to Win countdown:
As the race to transition ... |
| 20.12.2022 | Arcadia receives funding to scale its energy data platform and decarbonization efforts | Image: VectorMine/Adobe Stock
The energy sector has long been notorious for crimes against climate, but with new tech companies entering the scene and offering green data initiatives, this reality is quickly improving. One such disruptor is... |
| 19.12.2022 | Arcadia Raises $125M in Funding | Arcadia, a Washington, DC-based climate technology company, raised $125M in funding.
The round was led by Magnetar Capital, with participation from Keyframe Capital, and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group. Eric Scheyer, Par... |
| 20.09.2022 | Arcadia wants to bring carbon transparency to ESG claims with Salesforce partnership | You can’t cut what you can’t measure.
For many companies, carbon emissions are something of a black box. Energy goes in, products and emissions come out. The first two are simple enough to monitor and understand, but without an expert on ha... |
| 11.05.2022 | A Y Combinator alum on how the startup hustle came at a steep cost—to her mental health | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
The following essay was contributed by Trisha Bantigue, CEO and co-founder of the San Francisco-b... |
| 10.05.2022 | Arcadia aggregates energy data for companies to build climate-friendly products, raises $200M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Arcadia, a platform that gives companies access t... |
| 25.02.2022 | Day One Ventures adds climate-focused partner Sanjiv Sanghavi | Day One Ventures — which, among other things, invested in Superhuman, Truebill, DuckDuckGo and others — is bringing on ClassPass co-founder Sanjiv Sanghavi as a partner focusing exclusively on climate tech.
Sanghavi represents a goal for th... |
| 18.01.2022 | Houston fund makes first local investment in $8M deal | A Houston-based investment fund has announced its its latest deal that includes an investment into a local direct-to-consumer supplement company.
GP Capital Partners has invested in Qualitas Health, known as iwi, which produces plant-based ... |
| 14.01.2022 | 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 the Houston innovators to know, startups raising money, and ... |
| 14.01.2022 | New Houston startup aims to be the next generation Costco | A new Houston startup is combining two modern conveniences — discounted bulk prices and delivery service — into one business model.
Gbowo is a membership service where users can get same-day delivery on discounted products across several ca... |
| 13.01.2022 | Former Medtronic exec takes the helm of Houston med device startup | A Houston-based preclinical artificial heart device company has a new head honcho as it grows its team and further develops its technology.
BiVACOR named Thomas Vassiliades as CEO effective immediately. He replaces the company's founder, Da... |
| 12.01.2022 | Houston named a top market for remote tech workers, startup doubles its staff, and more innovation news | Houston is starting 2022 strong in terms of innovation news, and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, the Bayou City is ranked based on its ability to employ r... |
| 07.01.2022 | 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 the two startups that reached unicorn status in 2021, events... |
| 07.01.2022 | Houston startup raises $2.75M to make buildings more energy efficient | A Houston startup that retrofits windows with smart glass innovations to reduce energy use has raised its first round of funding.
INOVUES closed its seed round at $2.75 million last month. The oversubscribed round was led by Dallas-based Pa... |
| 06.01.2022 | City of Houston announces 2 new COVID mega-testing sites | With the omicron variant showing no signs of slowing locally or nationally, the City of Houston’s health department has partnered with a major company to open two mega COVID-19 testing sites this week, both opening on Thursday, January 6.
T... |
| 05.01.2022 | Houston-based real estate giant bets on growing life science sector | An international real estate firm announced recently that it would prioritizing investing in life science industry opportunities when it comes to commercial real estate development.
Houston-based Hines reported that the pandemic has heighte... |
| 30.12.2021 | Features vs. Benefits: A Crash Course on Proper Messaging | Great marketing copy doesn't just sell a product, it builds a connection with the audience. The beauty of proper messaging is that by communicating either the benefits or features of your product or service, you can tell customers what they... |
| 29.12.2021 | 1 in 5 adults couldn’t pay an energy bill last year. It’s a vicious cycle of climate crisis and companies raising prices. | Hurricane Ida is now Louisiana’s joint most powerful storm ever. MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images
20.5% of US adults lived in households unable to pay all their utility bills in the last year, per the Census Bureau.
Climate change is increas... |
| 22.12.2021 | Looking back: Top 5 most-read Houston energy innovation stories of 2021 | Editor's note: As 2021 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. When it came to energy innovation and technology — from overheard energy execs to the grand opening of Greentown Houston... |
| 04.11.2021 | Arcadia acquires largest community solar direct sales channel iSolar | Arcadia acquires largest community solar direct sales channel iSolar
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Arcadia acquired iSolar, the country’s largest direct sales channel for community solar. The acquisition brings together iSo... |
| 03.11.2021 | M&A Moves: Arcadia acquires community solar firm iSolar | In a Mother Earth-minded move, DC renewable energy growth firm Arcadia will be acquiring Colorado’s iSolar.
The Denver company specializes in providing a strong sales approach for community solar directly to the consumer. Community solar re... |
| 29.09.2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
| 28.09.2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
| 28.09.2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
| 27.09.2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
| 15.09.2021 | Daily funding roundup - September 15th, 2021 | Persona raised $150M; Arcadia landed $100M; Glean closed $55M; StrongDM secured $54M
Persona: Persona is a San Francisco-based identity infrastructure company built to manage customer identities. Persona has raised $150 million in Series C ... |
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| 30.08.2021 | Purpose At Work: Freight Farms, A Boston Startup Growing Global Solutions To Food Insecurity And Injustice | Purpose At Work: Freight Farms, a Boston Startup Growing Global Solutions to Food Insecurity & ... [+] InjusticePHOTO PROVIDED BY Freight Farms |
| 21.06.2021 | 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 startup and small business support to electric vehicles — recently making headlines in Houston innov... |
| 21.06.2021 | 3 Houston companies named to semifinals of clean energy competition | Three Houston energy startups are in the running for the $100,000 cash prize in Cleantech.org's GS Beyond Energy Innovation Challenge.
Amperon Holdings, Cemvita Factory, and Veloce Energy are among the competition's 24 semifinalists, which ... |
| 21.06.2021 | Houston-Dallas high-speed train still not official but now it has a builder | The high-speed train between Houston and Dallas still needs an official sign-off before it happens, but a builder has been hired for when that day comes.
Texas Central, the developers of the train, have signed a $16 billion contract with We... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston expert: 4 questions to ask when hiring employees in other states | A larger share of employees has found themselves working from home, or at least working remote, than ever before and many continue to do so permanently. As employers actively take steps to ensure a strong showing throughout the economic rec... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston space tech company reveals details on its new $40M facility | A Houston-based space tech company focused on sending the first American spacecraft to the Moon since NASA's Apollo program is planning on expanding its presence here on Earth too.
Intuitive Machines announced its plans to move from its cur... |
| 17.06.2021 | Houston EV charging station startup gets ready to roll out services across the country | A Houston startup is revving up the region's — and the country's — supply of charging stations for electric vehicles.
The company, Refuel Electric Vehicle Solutions (REVS), recently installed its first two charging stations. They're at two ... |
| 16.06.2021 | New Houston startup development program to help launch corporate volunteer software | Brooke Waupsh wanted to change the way people volunteered and help increase access to volunteers for nonprofits. So, she launched Swoovy, a dating app that connected singles who wanted to do some good on their first dates. Now, the Austin-b... |
| 16.06.2021 | Splashy European pool-sharing app dives into Houston just in time for summer | Scorching temps. Baking cars. ERCOT begging locals to set their thermostats to 78 (say what?). Why, it's almost like it's summer in Houston or something.
After a long sweat, nothing cools off like a long swim in a sparkling pool. To that en... |
| 16.06.2021 | Houston researchers snag government funds for net-zero emissions projects | Rice University and the University of Houston were two of four national institutions to receive sizable grants from the Department of Energy last month to go toward the research and development of projects that will improve CO2 storage to h... |
| 13.05.2021 | To expand or not to expand? Houston researcher weighs in on global growth | You built your business from the ground up, patiently finding techniques and products that work, carefully crafting solid bonds with your clients. Then one day a new project, opportunity or simple request poses a question: Is it time to bra... |
| 11.05.2021 | Global accelerator announces 5 startups to its Houston cohort | Five Houston companies have been tapped to participate in a Houston-based, early-stage startup accelerator with a national presence.
The accelerator, gBETA, selected the five Houston companies out of over 85 applicants. The cohort represent... |
| 10.05.2021 | Energy giant makes Houston sole headquarters in massive move | Power player NRG Energy is laser focused on Houston. The Bayou City will be the energy giant's new sole headquarters; the company will no longer split between Houston and Princeton, New Jersey.
The move to a single headquarters simplifies b... |
| 10.05.2021 | Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds | When Americans think of tech hubs, Silicon Valley or even Austin may initially come to mind. However, Houston appears to be making a play for tech-hub status.
Citing data from career platform LinkedIn, the Axios news website reports that Ho... |
| 10.05.2021 | 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 — tech, health care, and more — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Emily Cisek, founder of Th... |
| 07.05.2021 | 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, events not to miss this month, big winne... |
| 07.05.2021 | Houston SaaS startup closes $12M series A funding round with support from local VC | A Houston startup with a software-as-a-service platform for the energy transition has announced it closed a funding round with participation from a local venture capital.
Molecule closed its $12 million series A, and Houston-based Mercury F... |
| 06.05.2021 | Houston research: Why venture capital firms might change a startup's leadership | Consider the 21st century's most storied CEOs: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos. All have one thing in common – not only did they run their companies, they founded them.
Each of these corporate leaders, in other words, had to deal with ve... |
| 05.05.2021 | Houston health tech company bounces back from COVID-19 in a big way | The pandemic hit life science innovation hard. And no one knows that better than Kevin Coker, co-founder and CEO of Proxima Clinical Research, a Houston-based contract research organization focused on supporting life science startups as the... |
| 04.05.2021 | Expert shares advice for Houstonians experiencing a pandemic-sparked career change | I've had so many pivots in my professional career; moving across the country, internal promotions, leaving a corporate job to launch my own company, and repositioning myself and my brand in new markets. But I'm one of those people who enjoy... |
| 04.05.2021 | Report: Houston ranks among the worst cities for unnecessary medical treatments | Houston boasts of being home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's biggest medical complex. Yet Houston's medical community also holds a distinction that's hardly boast-worthy: It's the worst major metro area in Texas for unnecessary hea... |
| 04.05.2021 | Houston hospital reveals renderings of Austin outpost ahead of groundbreaking | Texas Children's Hospital is working on its first freestanding location in Austin — and the hospital system just released a first look at what the state-of-the-art building will look like.
The new Texas Children's Austin campus — to be loca... |
| 03.05.2021 | These are Houston's 4 best high schools in 2021, says recent report | t's report card time, and four Houston high schools have made the grade, earning top 100 spots in this year's prestigious U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best U.S. High Schools. One even merited a special distinction.
Houston's... |
| 30.04.2021 | Houston med-tech companies partner on wearable device for opioid withdrawal | Houston-based Spark Biomedical has created a revolutionary wearable device that provides unprecedented levels of opioid withdrawal relief.
The device known as the Sparrow Therapy System is worn over the ear for five to seven days and sends ... |
| 29.04.2021 | Houston expert: Telework in research might be here to stay | How many of the research administrator's duties can be done from home? COVID-19 is showing us emphatically that the answer is many.
There are some aspects that take a little bit of inventive scheduling to make happen, but overall, the telew... |
| 29.04.2021 | Comcast to dole out $1M in grants to BIPOC-owned small businesses in Houston | Grants totaling $1 million are being given to 100 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the Houston area through the Comcast RISE program.
In addition, more than 150 BIPOC-owned small businesses in the region will receive technology and marketing... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston investor goes all in on funding female founders | Carrie Colbert wasn't planning on becoming a venture capital investor — it just happened organically.
"This has been kind of a backwards process. Our fund was driven by demand," Colbert, founder and general partner of Houston-base... |
| 28.04.2021 | Houston startup selected for international carbontech accelerator | A new international accelerator focused on the commercialization of carbontech has announced its new cohort — and one Houston-based company has made the cut.
Cemvita Factory has been accepted into the Carbon to Value Initiative, a recently ... |
| 27.04.2021 | EY makes the case for people and culture amid historical oil and gas disruption | When considering the future of energy, you might see a world powered by cleaner energy sources and guided by bots and algorithms in the workplace. But digitalization and decarbonization are complex transitions. The road ahead will mix human... |
| 27.04.2021 | 3 reasons why you should add podcasting to your marketing plan, according to this Texas expert | As business leaders or marketers, we're always on the lookout for strategic opportunities to reach our target audiences in meaningful ways and move them to action: To like a post, ask for more information, make a purchase and more. When we ... |
| 27.04.2021 | New innovation hub grows with the addition of 6 Houston startups | The East End Maker Hub in Houston's East End District is growing with the recent addition of six startups.
"All of these companies cite the East End Maker Hub's physical innovation infrastructure, customizable spaces, strategic locatio... |
| 27.04.2021 | New COVID-19 variant potentially resistant to antibodies discovered at Texas A&M | Scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Complex identified a new variant of the COVID-19 virus that could present a new challenge to public health, according to a statement.
So far, the new variant, "BV-1," was fo... |
| 26.04.2021 | Houston tech-turned-hospitality entrepreneur launches global health passport | The pandemic brought Houston hospitality entrepreneur Carson Hager — a self-described "recovering programmer" — back to his roots in an attempt to help people gather together once more.
After 20 years in the tech world — he sold h... |
| 23.04.2021 | 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, a luxury car dealership that accepts dog... |
| 22.04.2021 | Texas expert: Energy reliability and climate sustainability are not mutually exclusive | It's no secret that Texas has long been a leader in energy production, but it may surprise you to learn that Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation, producing 28 percent of all US wind-powered electricity in 2019.
We're not just ... |
| 22.04.2021 | Houston startup grows C-suite, Deloitte opens awards apps, SDO names leader, and more innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been especially busy this year, and for this reason, local startup and tech news may have fallen through some of the cracks.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, local organization... |
| 21.04.2021 | ExxonMobil announces $100B carbon-capture hub for Houston area | In a move that would be a gamechanger for Houston, oil and gas giant ExxonMobil envisions creating a $100 billion carbon-capture hub along the Houston Ship Channel.
ExxonMobil foresees the Houston Ship Channel being the site of an "inn... |
| 21.04.2021 | Newly appointed innovation leader calls for more health care collaboration in Houston | Allison Post is a professional dot connector for the Texas Heart Institute. Located in the Texas Medical Center and founded in 1962, THI has long had a history of innovation — from Denton Cooley, THI's founder, performing the first artifici... |
| 21.04.2021 | Houston researchers tap into tech to provide new brain-related health care solutions | 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 news, three Houston institutions are w... |
| 20.04.2021 | New Houston accelerator supporting BIPOC in aerospace announces inaugural cohort | A new accelerator program that is focused on aerospace innovation and supporting entrepreneurs who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color has announced its first cohort.
The Ion's Aerospace Innovation Accelerator for Minority Business E... |
| 20.04.2021 | Web page or app? Houston expert shares his tips for launching your online platform | One of the biggest decisions you'll have to make as an entrepreneur is whether you should host your product or service on the web, via an app, or through a webapp. In this quick guide, I'll go over a few tips to help you narrow down the opt... |
| 20.04.2021 | Houston again anointed the most diverse city in the U.S. by new report | Diversity is currently at the forefront of the U.S. conversation, as anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked nearly 150 percent in 2021 and the Derek Chauvin trial currently broils in Minneapolis.
But now, a new study sheds some good news on the... |
| 19.04.2021 | 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 — energy venture, sports tech, and communications — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Barbar... |
| 19.04.2021 | Houston supercar dealer now accepting Dogecoin as payment | Post Oak Motor Cars is now accepting dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that recently gained new heights of popularity following support from Tesla founder Elon Musk, as a form of payment. New Bugatti, Bentley, Karma, and Rolls-Royce vehicles are s... |
| 19.04.2021 | Houston startup rolls out blockchain-as-a-service model | A Houston blockchain startup has launched a new service that allows companies to enroll in the platform in just a few clicks.
Houston-based blockchain network developer Topl has announced the new platform, which is in its public beta stage.... |
| 16.04.2021 | Houston lands on list of nation's top spots for millennials on the move | The Bayou City is shining as an attractive destination for young people on the move.
According to the fifth-annual study from SmartAsset, millennials are fleeing cities like Los Angeles and Chicago and migrating to other areas in search of ... |
| 15.04.2021 | Houston-based corporate venture group makes 2 investments from new $300M fund | The venture arm of Chevron has made two recent investments as a part of a new fund. Both of the companies are creating solutions within alternative energy innovation.
Chevron Technology Ventures announced its $300 million Future Energy Fund... |
| 09.04.2021 | Over $1.4M in prizes awarded at Rice University's student startup competition | In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world — its largest batch of companies to date — and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtua... |
| 01.04.2021 | Exploring Geothermal | This is one of several posts on new areas we are exploring for USV’s Climate Fund.
Geothermal energy has massive potential: just 0.1% of the Earth’s heat content could supply humanity’s total energy needs for two million years. Geothermal ... |
