| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.12.2024 | Fueling the Future of Healthcare: Redesign Health's $175 Million Investment | In a world where healthcare often feels like a tangled web, Redesign Health is cutting through the chaos. The company recently secured a hefty $175 million investment to launch and scale new healthcare startups. This funding, backed by nota... |
| 12.12.2024 | Redesign Health scores $175M to launch new healthcare tech companies | Photo: STEVE DEBENPORT/Getty Images
Redesign Health, a company that builds, launches and finds funding for other healthcare startups, has closed a $175 million investment for a new fund focused on igniting the creation of healthcare compani... |
| 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 | Overheard: Innovators sound off on future of work, converging industries at Houston House at SXSW 2024 | Houston innovators talked big topics at SXSW 2024 — from the startup scaling and converging industries to the future of work.
Houston House, which was put on by the Greater Houston Partnership on March 11, hosted four panels full of experts... |
| 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... |
| 06.03.2024 | Houston cardiology-focused tech platform exits to private equity, plans to scale | A Houston health tech startup founded only last year has exited to a New York private equity firm.
CardioOne, which built a physician enablement platform for independent cardiologists, has been acquired by WindRose Health Investors. The com... |
| 15.12.2023 | Health | Biology, anatomy, and finance? More med students want business degrees too | Samantha Liss | (TNS) KFF Health News
Jasen Gundersen never considered a career in business when he entered medical school nearly three decades ago to become a rural primary care doctor.
But, today, he isn’t working in rural America and he ... |
| 27.10.2023 | Houston is the 8th best metro for newcomers to make connections, study says | A big city might seem impersonal, but don't be fooled. There's more going on behind the scenes than what a resident might be seeing through their local lens, especially in Houston. A recent LinkedIn study has revealed the best U.S. metros f... |
| 27.10.2023 | What Houston startups are hiring, new high tech athletics facility, and more trending 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 which Houston Innovation Awards finalists are hiring, Ric... |
| 25.10.2023 | Developer delivers 120-square-foot life science innovation hub to The Woodlands | A new innovation hub mega campus has opened in The Woodlands.
The Alexandria Center for Advanced Technologies at The Woodlands comes courtesy of California-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. The campus is home to the first purpose-b... |
| 13.10.2023 | UH to deliver on tech to DOD, 2 Houston startups raise funding, and more trending news from the week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included a major military contract for UH, two startups with fundi... |
| 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... |
| 12.10.2023 | Houston founders: How safe is your company's data? | As news comes out every week about new technologies, from new crypto wallets to generative AI to self-driving taxis, it can get overwhelming for most of us to keep up or to understand the new intricacies of technology, and it can get easy t... |
| 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 ... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston unpacks No. 7 rank in U.S. for recent moves, says new report | Houston is shifting as people move into the city and around it. A new population analysis by online loan marketplace LendingTree has named Houston the No. 7 metro for recent movers.
The study used population data from a 2021 U.S. Census Bur... |
| 04.10.2023 | Cancer-fighting startup partners with Houston cell therapy accelerator | When it came time to name their cell therapy startup, Houston life science innovators simply had to look to their calendar.
“I would argue that March is the best month in Houston,” Sarah Hein tells InnovationMap. “We started talking about p... |
| 04.10.2023 | Energy tech startup secures $20M series B, plans to expand platform | A Houston startup has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding in order to accelerate its energy analytics and grid decarbonization technology.
Amperon Holdings Inc. announced today that it closed its series B round at $20 million.... |
| 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 ... |
| 29.09.2023 | Houston-area schools make best universities list, tech nonprofit expands, and more trending news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included Houston schools scoring big on a recent ranking, a tech nonpr... |
| 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 | Inflation: Why Houston employers should prioritize employee financial well-being | Inflation impacts everyone, including individuals, the workforce and business leaders. As the cost of living continues to rise, employees face diminishing purchasing power, shrinking retirement savings and higher stress levels.
In PwC’s 202... |
| 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... |
| 21.09.2023 | CardioOne Secures $8M, Expands Cardiology Care Delivery Enablement Platform In 5 Markets | What You Should Know:
CardioOne, a cardiology care delivery enablement platform for independent cardiology practices, $8M in initial funding and three new partnerships with independent cardiology practices in New Jersey, Florida and Pennsyl... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 19.09.2023 | Cardiology enablement platform CardioOne raises $8M, expands to new markets | The company offers tech and support to independent cardiologists as they shift to value-based care
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, putting demand on cardiologists, more than 70% of whom are employed by hosp... |
| 18.09.2023 | CardioOne Secures $8M, Expands Cardiology Enablement Platform into New Markets | CardioOne, a care delivery enablement platform for independent cardiology practices, has secured nearly $8 million in funding and is expanding into new markets through three new partnerships, the startup announced Monday.
Austin, Texas-base... |
| 18.09.2023 | Texas organization announces inaugural cohort of social enterprise startups with Web3 tech | A Texas-based accelerator focused on helping BIPOC and female founders on their entrepreneurial journeys announced the inaugural class for its newest accelerator.
DivInc's DWeb for Social Impact Accelerator, a 12-week intensive hybrid progr... |
| 13.09.2023 | Founders, investors sound off on Houston's VC scene, energy innovation potential, and more | Last week, nearly 1,000 people convened in Houston to discuss venture capital activity, startups, and decarbonization, and the Houston factor among it all.
On September 7, Venture Houston hosted several keynote addresses and panels througho... |
| 12.09.2023 | Houston edtech startup taps into AI to improve classroom engagement | Not many adages stand the test of time quite like this one: to be the best, learn from the best.
Sage advice, which is why Houston-based Sibme, the learning engagement platform designed by teachers, is introducing an all-new artificial inte... |
| 08.09.2023 | Houston startup launches networking app for next-generation energy workforce | A Houston-based media organization dedicated to covering the energy industry has officially launched the beta program of their networking app.
After producing zanily named energy podcasts like “Big Digital Energy” and “What the Funk,” Digit... |
| 05.09.2023 | Houston expert: Cultivate transparency when recruiting flexible workplace positions | How the workplace operates, especially flexible work arrangements, captivate job seekers, prompting many job listings to spotlight remote or hybrid work options. Interestingly, a significant portion of hybrid and remote workers say they wou... |
| 30.08.2023 | How this Houston investor closed a $32M oversubscribed fund in less than a month | It might be cool to arrive fashionably late to a party, but Houston investor Sahir Ali likes to be early when it comes to new technologies.
"What has been a part of my success and has driven a lot of my profesional, scientific, and fin... |
| 29.08.2023 | Report: Rice University again ranks among the top schools in nation | Rice University has earned yet another accolade worth hooting about.
Niche, an education review and ranking website, has named Rice the ninth best college in the U.S., down from No. 6 last year. The Houston university receives an A+ in nine... |
| 22.08.2023 | Houston space tech startup raises $350M series C, clinches unicorn status | Houston has another unicorn — a company valued at $1 billion or more — thanks to a recent round of funding.
Axiom Space released the news this week that it's closed its series C round of funding to the tune of $350 million. While the compan... |
| 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 ... |
