| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.04.2026 | Artemis II makes historic call to space station with help from Houston Mission Control | Still aglow from their triumphant lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts made more history Tuesday, April 7: calling their friends aboard the International Space Station hundreds of thousands of miles away as they headed home from the moon.... |
| 07.04.2026 | 5 Houston-area companies named among world's most innovative for 2026 | Led by Conroe-based Hertha Metals, five organizations in the Houston area earned praise on Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026.
Hertha Metals ranked No. 1 in the manufacturing category.
Last year, Hertha unv... |
| 06.04.2026 | UH lands $11.8M for first-of-its-kind early language development study | Researchers at the University of Houston have secured an $11.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a first-of-its-kind study of early language development.
Led by Elena Grigorenko, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz C... |
| 01.04.2026 | Houston unicorn closes $421M to fuel first phase of flagship energy project | Houston geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy has closed $421 million in non-recourse debt financing for the first phase of its flagship Cape Station project in Beaver County, Utah.
Fervo believes Cape Station can meet the needs of surging power ... |
| 22.03.2026 | Fervo Energy's $421M Deal Reshapes Geothermal Finance: Cape Station Powers Up | Fervo Energy secures $421 million non-recourse financing for its Cape Station geothermal project in Utah. This landmark deal propels construction of the 100 MW (eventual 500 MW) facility. The financing package, an oversubscribed success, si... |
| 19.03.2026 | Fervo Energy: $421 Million Secured For Cape Station Geothermal Project Financing | Fervo Energy announced it has secured $421 million in non-recourse debt financing for the first phase of its Cape Station geothermal development, marking a major milestone in advancing enhanced geothermal systems as a scalable, utility-scal... |
| 19.03.2026 | Fervo Energy Raised $421M Non-Recourse Debt Financing | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal energy company, raised $421M in non-recourse debt financing.
The $421M financing package included a $309M construction-to-term loan, a $61M tax credit bridge loan, and a $51M letter of credit fac... |
| 25.02.2026 | Texas Drives Innovation: Tech, Energy, Finance, and Lifestyle Flourish | Texas is a nexus of innovation and growth. Apple significantly expands its Houston manufacturing footprint, bringing Mac mini production to the U.S. and generating thousands of new jobs. Fervo Energy achieves geothermal breakthroughs in Uta... |
| 24.02.2026 | Tech giant Apple doubles down on Houston with new production facility | Tech giant Apple announced that it will double the size of its Houston manufacturing footprint as it brings production of its Mac mini to the U.S. for the first time.
The company plans to begin production of its compact desktop computer at ... |
| 24.02.2026 | Houston energy trailblazer Fervo taps into hottest reservoir to date | Things are heating up at Houston-based geothermal power company Fervo Energy.
Fervo recently drilled its hottest well so far at a new geothermal site in western Utah. Fewer than 11 days of drilling more than 11,000 feet deep at Project Blan... |
| 20.01.2026 | 5+ must-know application deadlines for Houston innovators | Editor's note: As 2026 ramps up, the Houston innovation scene is looking for the latest groups of innovative startups that'll make an impact. A number of accelerators and competitions have opened applications. Read below to see which might ... |
| 19.01.2026 | Houston startups closed $1.75 billion in 2025 VC funding, says report | Going against national trends, Houston-area startups raised 7 percent less venture capital last year than they did in 2024, according to the new PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report.
The report shows local startups collected $1.75 billion ... |
| 13.01.2026 | Houston climbs to top 10 spot on North American tech hubs index | Houston already is the Energy Capital of the World, and now it’s gaining ground as a tech hub.
On Site Selection magazine’s 2026 North American Tech Hub Index, Houston jumped to No. 10 from No. 16 last year. The index relies on data from Si... |
| 12.01.2026 | 14 Houston startups starting 2026 with fresh funding | Houston startups closed out the last half of 2025 with major funding news.
Here are 14 Houston companies—from groundbreaking energy leaders to growing space startups—that secured funding in the last six months of the year, according to repo... |
| 08.01.2026 | Damage Trump has done to our nation’s health is incalculable (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Ken Zornes
Global warming is real. According to the vast majority of scientists from around the world and based on thousands of peer-reviewed studies, nearly 100% of these climate scientists agr... |
| 15.12.2025 | Fervo Energy Secures $462M for Geothermal Expansion | Fervo Energy received $462 million in Series E funding. This boosts its next-generation geothermal projects. B Capital led the round. Demand for clean, reliable power is rising. AI and electrification drive this need. Fervo’s technology unl... |
| 12.12.2025 | Houston energy trailblazer Fervo closes $462 million Series E | Houston-based geothermal energy company Fervo Energy has closed an oversubscribed $462 million series E funding round, led by new investor B Capital.
“Fervo is setting the pace for the next era of clean, affordable, and reliable power in th... |
| 12.12.2025 | Fervo Energy: $462 Million Raised To Advance Next-Generation Geothermal Expansion | Fervo Energy has secured a $462 million Series E round to accelerate the commercial buildout of its next-generation geothermal portfolio, marking one of the largest private financings in the geothermal sector. New investor B Capital led the... |
| 10.12.2025 | Fervo Energy Raises $462M Series E Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal energy development company, closed a $462m Series E funding round.
The round was led by new investor B Capital with participation from AllianceBernstein, Atacama Ventures, Carbon Equity, Climate ... |
| 07.10.2025 | MIT Technology Review Reveals 2025 list of 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch | The annual list highlights the world's most promising innovations tackling climate change and features an exclusive essay from Bill Gates on why climate tech investment matters now more than ever.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/... |
| 05.06.2025 | Почему Amazon, Google и Microsoft инвестируют в ядерную энергетику | Рост потребностей в энергии для дата-центров, особенно на фоне развития искусственного интеллекта, заставил технологических гигантов искать стабильные и экологически чистые источники энергии. Ядерная энергетика, особенно в виде малых модуль... |
| 25.02.2025 | The Future of Energy: Hydrogen and Nuclear Power in the Age of AI | The race for energy is on. In the heart of Silicon Valley, a revolution is brewing. Tech giants are scrambling to power their data centers with cleaner, faster energy sources. The stakes are high. The demand for data processing is skyrocket... |
| 24.02.2025 | Top tech companies turn to hydrogen and nuclear energy for AI data centers | Yuval Bachar knows data centers. He’s worked on them for Meta, Microsoft and Cisco, but now, his startup is looking to help Silicon Valley run data centers with lower carbon dioxide emissions.
ECL, Bachar’s startup, builds hydrogen-powered ... |
| 23.01.2025 | National Politics | With Trump pivot back to pro-oil and gas policies, one renewable energy finds favor | “Geothermal is heating up and the Trump administration is going to empower the industry over the next four years to achieve its potential,” said Bryant Jones, executive director of the geothermal trade association, Geothermal Rising.
It’s a... |
| 15.01.2025 | National Politics | Key takeaways from Trump’s energy secretary pick’s confirmation hearing | “President Trump shares my passion for energy,” Wright said. “And if confirmed, I will work tirelessly to implement his bold agenda as an unabashed steward for all sources of affordable, reliable and secure American energy.”
He said that in... |
| 24.12.2024 | Fervo Energy: Geothermal Development Company Raises $255 Million | Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal development, announced that it has secured $255 million in new funding and capital availability as it continues to build the world’s largest enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) power develo... |
| 19.12.2024 | Fervo Energy Raises Additional $255M in Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal development company, raised additional $255M in funding.
The funding comprised both opportunistic corporate equity and new debt financing.
led the corporate equity round.
The $135m equity round w... |
| 02.11.2024 | Сверхглубокий гидроразрыв пласта для получения безграничной геотермальной энергии — это возможно | Перспектива получения практически неограниченной чистой геотермальной энергии теперь стала значительно ближе. Лаборатория экспериментальной механики горных пород (LEMR) из Федеральной политехнической школы Лозанны (EPFL) показала, что полуп... |
| 24.10.2024 | Baseload Capital Grows U.S. Presence With Appointment Of Laura Singer As Regional Marketing Director | Baseload Capital Grows U.S. Presence With Appointment Of Laura Singer As Regional Marketing Director
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Laura Singer brings extensive knowledge of the geothermal industry and U.S. policy expertis... |
| 04.10.2024 | DCVC Raises Over $700 Million To Invest In A Healthier Planet | DCVC announced it has closed over $700 million in new funds for a healthier planet and lives. The firm has committed to achieving venture-scale returns from companies whose success would bring humanity greater resilience, abundance, and equ... |
| 25.07.2024 | Power Struggles: The Intersection of AI Demand and Energy Supply in the U.S.**
** | ** The U.S. is at a crossroads. Energy demand is surging, driven by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the proliferation of data centers. This surge is not just a ripple; it’s a tidal wave threatening to overwhelm an aging p... |
| 25.07.2024 | Power Play: The Energy Crisis Looming Over America’s Future**
** | ** The United States is at a crossroads. The demand for energy is surging, and the power grid is feeling the strain. This is not just a flicker of a light bulb; it’s a full-blown energy crisis waiting to unfold. As artificial intelligence (... |
| 19.07.2024 | How the surging demand for energy and rise of AI is straining the power grid in the U.S. | The surging demand for energy in the U.S. is growing significantly for the first time in decades. Experts say it is forecast to hit record highs both this year and next year — creating more planet-warming emissions.
Part of the demand is du... |
| 13.06.2024 | Google pioneers clean transition tariff with NV Energy to boost clean energy access | Google has announced a novel partnership with NV Energy, aimed at creating a sustainable energy grid to support America's burgeoning electricity demands. This collaboration introduces the innovative Clean Transition Tariff (CTT), a model th... |
| 23.05.2024 | Clean energy nonprofit CEO to step down, search for replacement to begin | Greentown Labs, which is co-located in the Boston and Houston areas, has announced its current CEO is stepping down after less than a year in the position.
The nonprofit's CEO and President Kevin Knobloch announced that he will be stepping ... |
| 23.05.2024 | Innovative coastline project on Bolivar Peninsula receives federal funding | The Galveston’s Coastal Barrier Project recently received federal funding to the tune of $500,000 to support construction on its flood mitigation plans for the area previously devastated by Hurricane Ike in 2008.
Known as Ike Dike, the prop... |
| 22.05.2024 | Booming Houston suburb, other Texas towns among the fastest-growing U.S. cities in 2023 | One Houston suburb experienced one of the most rapid growth spurts in the country last year: Fulshear, whose population grew by 25.6 percent, more than 51 times that of the nation’s growth rate of 0.5 percent. The city's population was 42,6... |
| 22.05.2024 | How this Houston clean energy entrepreneur is navigating geothermal's hype to 100x business growth | Geothermal energy has been growing in recognition as a major player in the clean energy mix, and while many might think of it as a new climatetech solution, Tim Latimer, co-founder and CEO of Fervo Energy, knows better.
"Every overnigh... |
| 01.05.2024 | Texas lands in top 10 states expected to be most financially affected by weather events | Texas — home to everything from tornadoes to hurricanes — cracks the top 10 of a new report ranking states based on impact from weather-related events.
SmartAsset's new report factored in a myriad of data from the Federal Emergency Manageme... |
| 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.
Note: This post may b... |
| 25.04.2024 | Report: Houston's VC trends so far in 2024 and what to watch for the rest of the year | Houston-based geothermal company Fervo Energy accounted for more than half of the venture capital raised by Houston-area startups in the first quarter of 2024.
The region’s VC haul in the first quarter totaled $462.4 million, according to t... |
| 24.04.2024 | Rice University's edtech company receives $90M to lead NSF research hub | An educational technology company based out of Rice University has received $90 million to create and lead a research and development hub for inclusive learning and education research. It's the largest research award in the history of the u... |
| 24.04.2024 | 2 Houston startups selected by US military for geothermal projects | Two clean energy companies in Houston have been recruited for geothermal projects at U.S. military installations.
Fervo Energy is exploring the potential for a geothermal energy system at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
Meanwhile, Sage ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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,... |
| 02.04.2024 | Houston researcher scores prestigious NSF award for machine learning, power grid tech | An associate professor at the University of Houston received the highly competitive National Science Foundation CAREER Award earlier this month for a proposal focused on integrating renewable resources to improve power grids.
The award gran... |
| 25.03.2024 | Texas' Whole Foods Market chain introduces new innovative concept for urban areas | Texas-based Whole Foods Market is shaking up the grocery game with a new concept tailored for urban neighborhoods. The Whole Foods Market Daily Shop is a smaller, quicker version of the traditional store, designed for convenience and effici... |
| 22.03.2024 | Houston startup winners named at CERAWeek, space tech co. reaches new milestone, and more trending news | Editor's note:Let's roundup the top Houston innovation news from the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included startup winners from CERAWeek, tech facility gets upgraded, and more.
Houston data center plugs ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Texas' Whole Foods Market chain introduces new innovative concept for urban areas | Texas-based Whole Foods Market is unrolling a new kind of store for urban neighborhoods that'll be smaller and quicker than its current mega-model.
Called Whole Food Market Daily Shop, it'll be designed as a quick, convenient shopping exper... |
| 22.03.2024 | 2 Houston cleantech companies named to top 10 ranking of innovative energy | A pair of Houston energy startups have been named among the 10 most innovative energy companies for 2024.
Fast Company magazine just placed Fervo Energy and Syzygy Plasmonics on its energy innovation list. In all, 606 companies and organiza... |
| 14.03.2024 | 10 прорывных разработок 2024 года по версии MIT Technology Review | Источник: MIT Technology Review
Начиная с 2001 года журнал Массачусетского технологического института MIT Technology Review ежегодно публикует свой список из 10 многообещающих технологий, которые, по мнению редакции, способны изменить мир в... |
| 05.03.2024 | The 10 Biggest Rounds Of February: Epic Games Leads The List Thanks To House Of Mouse Investment | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly feature that runs down the month’s top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out the biggest rounds of last month here.
February was a big month for big rounds. Companies needed to ra... |
| 04.03.2024 | Fervo Energy: Geothermal Development Company Raises $244 Million | Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal development, announced that it had raised $244 million in new funding led by Devon Energy, a shale oil and gas pioneer. And this funding will unlock Fervo’s next phase of growth, deployin... |
| 01.03.2024 | Geothermal Power Rising: Fervo Energy Secures Major Funding Boost | Fervo Energy, a geothermal energy developer based in Houston, is making waves with a $221 million funding raise. This startup is tapping into the earth's hot rock energy potential using drilling tech from the oil and gas industry. Geotherma... |
| 29.02.2024 | Fervo Energy Raises $244M |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy, the leader in next-generation geothermal development, today announced that it has raised $244 million in new funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo Energy
>> To export Fervo Energy f... |
| 29.02.2024 | Fervo Energy Raises $244M in Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal development company, raised $244M in funding.
The round was led by Devon Energy. Galvanize Climate Solutions, John Arnold, Liberty Mutual Investments, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, Mercuria, an... |
| 27.02.2024 | Fervo Energy raising $221M for geothermal projects | Geothermal energy developer Fervo Energy is raising $221 million in new funding, per an SEC filing.
Big picture: The Houston-based startup uses drilling tech from oil and gas sectors to generate electricity from hot rock deep beneath the ea... |
| 26.02.2024 | Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is tapping fresh $221M round, filing reveals | Hot on the heels of the successful completion of its grid-connected geothermal power plant in Nevada, Fervo Energy is raising $221 million per SEC documents, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
The Houston-based company is one of several en... |
| 19.02.2024 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: Welcome to another Monday edition of Innovators to Know. Today I'm introducing you to three Houstonians to read up about — three individuals behind recent innovation and startup news stories in Houston as reported by Innovati... |
| 19.02.2024 | Houston energy startup reports 'dramatic acceleration' of drilling operations at geothermal project | Early drilling results indicate a geothermal energy project operated in Utah by Houston-based startup Fervo Energy is performing better than expected.
Fervo says its drilling operations Utah’s Cape Station show a 70 percent reduction in dri... |
| 19.02.2024 | Houston nonprofit launches app to provide important tools to refugees | A nonprofit founded by high school students in Houston is looking to provide tools to refugees at their fingertips.
AIM to AID, founded by children of immigrants to help ease the transition of immigrants and refugees to the United States, h... |
| 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... |
| 17.10.2023 | $5M grant expands entrepreneurship opportunities at UH | A $5 million gift from the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation will establish expanded opportunities for entrepreneurship at the University of Houston, according to an announcement from the college earlier this month.
Known as the Wayne B. Duddlest... |
| 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... |
| 05.10.2023 | Houston startup raises nearly $2M to expand logistics SaaS platform | A Houston company that's providing innovative unified scheduling software for the logistics industries has raised additional seed funding.
Houston-based Velostics Inc. raised $1.95 million, the company announced this week. The additional se... |
| 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.... |
| 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... |
| 26.09.2023 | Growing Houston tech nonprofit expands access to textbooks for college students | If everyone that attended a college or university were polled, they’d all likely agree that one of the worst parts of the experience was the rising costs of textbooks.
In an effort to combat the hefty price tag of assigned texts, OpenStax, ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 23.08.2022 | Fervo Energy Raises $138M in Funding | Fervo Energy, a Houston, TX-based geothermal power company, raised $138M in funding.
The round was led by DCVC with participation form CPP Investments, Liberty Energy, Macquarie, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Im... |
| 22.08.2022 | Fervo Energy Raises $138M in Series C |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy, a leader in next-generation geothermal power, has raised $138 million in new funding led by DCVC.
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo Energy
>> To export Fervo Energy funding data to PDF a... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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? ... |
| 27.09.2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
| 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... |
| 17.08.2021 | Electrifying Everything: No sun, No wind, No problem | Electrification is a key theme to Energize’s investment thesis. We invest in software and business model innovation, many of which directly contribute solutions towards decarbonization by means of electrification. In this blog series, we’ll... |
| 10.08.2021 | Houston businessman sells online gaming casino in $1.56B deal with fantasy sports tech company | DraftKings, the nationally renown fantasy sports and online sportsbook company (Nasdaq: DKNG), announced it will acquire Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta's Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNOG) in an all-stock transaction valu... |
| 10.08.2021 | How Houston companies can best learn and navigate startup etiquette | We often rely on frameworks, skillsets, and mindsets – many of which we can acquire in the classroom – to prepare us for a successful career. Even at Lilie, we emphasize the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and design processes. Yet w... |
| 09.08.2021 | City of Houston launches pilot program to promote stormwater infrastructure growth | The City of Houston has launched a pilot project that will speed up the permitting process for environmentally friendly stormwater projects.
The Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expedited Permitting Pilot Program, announced August 4, will ap... |
| 02.08.2021 | 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 energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| 02.08.2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| 29.07.2021 | These 10 Houston companies rank among best U.S. employers for young professionals | Ten businesses in the Greater Houston area are clocking in among the country's best employers for millennials, according to a new report.
The Best Workplaces for Millennials list is published annually by Fortune magazine and compiled by Gre... |
| 20.07.2021 | The way a workplace is structured can make or break business, Rice University research finds | It's a paradox of power: research shows that hierarchies often undermine the very structures they are designed to uphold. Within organizations, conflicts between members can erode entire systems. In a groundbreaking paper, Rice Business Pro... |
| 19.07.2021 | Free virtual event helps healthtech companies go global | In the growing healthtech sector, two is better than one — two partners, that is. If you've ever been curious what collaborating with an international company would be like, HealthTech Beyond Borders can provide answers.
The free virtual ev... |
| 19.07.2021 | Exclusive: New accelerator launches to prepare Houston's future civic leaders | A new nonprofit program dedicated to preparing the future leaders of the city of Houston's is launching with the city's burgeoning innovation ecosystem in mind.
HTXelerator is a three-month program that trains its group of aspiring politici... |
| 16.07.2021 | Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston | The Moody Neurorehabilitation Institute broke ground July 14 on a 64,000-square-foot research and rehabilitation center at Nassau Bay's Space Park, near NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The Nassau Bay City Council granted a permit last year for... |
| 14.07.2021 | ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability | Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently demanded aggressive action from state utility regulators to shore up the power grid.
Now, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is revealing its plan to address improvements.
On Tuesday, July 1... |
| 12.07.2021 | 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 medical device development to fintech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Stephanie C... |
