| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2023 | Houston-area selected among 7 regions for $7B federal hydrogen hub investment | A Houston-area project got the green light as one of the seven regions to receive a part of the $7 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to advance domestic hydrogen production.
President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer G... |
| 13.10.2023 | Houston innovator backed by NIH grant tackles congenital heart disease in pediatric patients | In 1969, Dr. Denton A. Cooley implanted the first total artificial heart in a living patient. Most Houstonians know Cooley’s name, but fewer can name his colleague, Dr. Domingo Liotta, who created the device. Liotta died last year at the ag... |
| 11.10.2023 | Innovative California company taps Houston area for purified water projects | Houstonians are used to filtering their water, but few really ponder why they’re doing it.
“Most people, when they think about water stress, they think about water scarcity, like what you see happening in Northern Africa or maybe the Southe... |
| 11.10.2023 | Global accelerator announces latest Houston cohort of early-stage startups | For the eighth time, a global accelerator and venture group has selected five early-stage Houston tech startups to support and help grow.
In partnership with the Downtown Launchpad, gener8tor began its eighth gBETA cohort in September. The ... |
| 10.10.2023 | Houston Innovation Awards names longtime Rice leader as 2023 Trailblazer | In less than a month, all of Houston's innovation community's movers and shakers will gather to celebrate the Houston Innovation Awards, and the night's first honoree has officially been named.
Brad Burke, managing director of the Rice Alli... |
| 09.10.2023 | Houston AI SaaS startup secures $5.5M seed funding from Austin VC | A Houston startup that's using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to disrupt the retail automotive industry has raised seed funding.
Konect.ai announced a $5.5 million seed investment from Austin-based Silverton Partner... |
| 06.10.2023 | Texas burger spot takes bite out of innovative, eco-friendly initiative | Hearty Austin-based chain Hopdoddy Burger Bar has unveiled a new lineup of regenerative burgers that are supposed to be better for the planet and the consumer.
The term "regenerative burger" could cause a few head-scratches: Some ... |
| 02.10.2023 | Space tech startup opens new $40M HQ at Houston Spaceport | Houston aerospace company Intuitive Machines has moved into its new $40 million headquarters at the Houston Spaceport.
Intuitive Machines’ new home supports NASA’s $93 billion Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by ... |
| 28.09.2023 | Houston expert encourages energy industry to bridge its generational divides | What’s the biggest obstacle between us and net-zero? Is it policy? Technology? Financing? All of these are important, yes, but none of them is what is really holding us back from our energy transition goals.
The biggest obstacle is a lack o... |
| 25.09.2023 | Houston-based, cancer-fighting organization breaks ground on new collaborative building | Houston is where medical researchers and clinicians come together. And it’s getting easier for that to happen thanks to an innovative new facility from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On September 20, the world-class inst... |
| 21.09.2023 | Houston program buoys promising cancer research with live-saving innovation | How do you bring promising cancer research to the masses? TMC Innovation's Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics was established with that question in mind.
Funded by a $5 million grant from CPRIT, or the Cancer Prevention and Research Instit... |
| 20.09.2023 | 2 Houston universities score big for patents, MBA programs | Two new rankings have put the University of Houston and Rice University in the academic limelight.
UH ranks 60th on the National Academy of Inventors’ list of the top 100 universities for utility patents granted last year in the U.S. Meanwh... |
| 20.09.2023 | Photos: City of Houston reveals $4.4M facilities upgrades to repair Hurricane Harvey damage | Where some might see just a basement, Mayor Sylvester Turner sees an opportunity to tell a story of Houston's resiliency and dedication to sustainability.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, it left 18 to 20 inches of floodwaters in the base... |
| 19.09.2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
| 12.09.2023 | New biotech lab, accelerator emerges in Houston to speed up commercialization of life-saving cures | A new initiative from Rice University is launching with an ambitious goal — to take biotech innovations from concept to clinical trials in five years or less.
The Rice Biotech Launch Pad is a newly announced initiative that will expedite Ri... |
| 11.09.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Michelle Stansbury, vi... |
| 30.08.2023 | 13 initiatives receive grant funding from new EV-focused, Houston-led program | Evolve Houston awarded its inaugural microgrants this week to 13 groups, neighborhoods and an individual working to make electric vehicles accessible to all Houstonians.
Launched in 2022, Evolve's eMobility Microgrant Initiative supports co... |
| 30.08.2023 | NIH pumps $1.14M into Houston health care institute to develop life-saving cardiatric drug | Atherosclerosis is a prime pathway to heart attack, heart failure, and stroke. In fact, one in every five deaths recorded in 2021 was due to cardiovascular disease, much of which was caused by atherosclerosis. The thickening and hardening o... |
| 22.08.2023 | Massive $32M gift from former patient, new UH deal pump big changes into Houston organization | Leadership at The Texas Heart Institute has two major things to celebrate. First, it just received a $32 million donation from a patient — the largest charitable donation in its history.
Shortly after that news came out, the institute annou... |
| 18.08.2023 | Top hospitals, accelerator's new leader, 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 news on InnovationMap included the top hospitals in Texas, key facts about Houston's innovat... |
| 16.08.2023 | University of Houston's new hub scores $100,000 grant from energy co. | A Houston school is cashing in a major gift from a local energy company in order to support the industry's future workforce, research, and more.
The University of Houston Energy Transition Institute received a $100,000 grant from the Baker ... |
| 02.03.2022 | Avenge Bio Locks Up $45M in Series A |
NATICK, MA, Avenge Bio announced the closing of a $45 million Series A financing co-led by Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund and CAM Capital.
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| 10.01.2022 | Avenge Bio Closes $45M Series A Financing | Avenge Bio, a Natick MA-based biotechnology company, raised $45M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund and CAM Capital, with participation from seed investor Longitude Capital and new investors Rock Spr... |
| 09.01.2022 | Startup Avenge Bio nabs $45M for novel cell therapy approach to ovarian cancer | Signaling proteins called cytokines can trigger a powerful anti-cancer response, but the challenge of cytokine therapy is keeping that effect from going beyond the tumor. Avenge Bio’s technology can elicit a potent but targeted cytokine res... |
| 05.01.2022 | Avenge Bio Announces Closing of $45 Million Series A Financing | NATICK, Mass., Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avenge Bio, Inc., a biotechnology company developing the LOCOcyte™ immunotherapy platform for the precision administration of potent immune effector molecules to treat solid tumors, today announce... |
| - | Avenge Bio Raises $45 Million In Series A Funding | Avenge Bio recently announced it raised $45 million in Series A funding. These are the details.
Avenge Bio — a biotechnology company developing the LOCOcyte immunotherapy platform for the precision administration of potent immune effector m... |
| - | Startup Avenge Bio nabs $45M for novel cell therapy approach to ovarian cancer | Signaling proteins called cytokines can trigger a powerful anti-cancer response, but the challenge of cytokine therapy is keeping that effect from going beyond the tumor. Avenge Bio’s technology can elicit a potent but targeted cytokine res... |
