| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.01.2025 | Ukrainian Startup LetsData Raises €1.5M to Combat Disinformation with AI | In a world where information flows like a raging river, disinformation lurks like a stealthy predator. It disrupts elections, tarnishes reputations, and skews public opinion. Amid this chaos, a Ukrainian startup, LetsData, emerges as a beac... |
| 15.01.2025 | Ukrainian-founded disinformation startup raises $1.6M pre-seed | Cybersecurity startup LetsData has raised a $1.6M pre-seed round from SMOK Ventures, Wayra, Tilia Impact Ventures, 1991 Ventures, Google’s Ukraine Support Fund and Startup Wise Guys.
Serial entrepreneurs Pavla Bobosikova (CEO and co-founder... |
| 30.03.2023 | Houston med device startup raises $18M, prepares to hire | A Houston medical device company that is developing an artificial heart announced it has received investment funding to the tune of $18 million.
BiVACOR's investment round was led by Boston-based Cormorant Asset Management and Australia's O... |
| 29.03.2023 | Houston founder on creating an app for sports connections and having fun | Lydia Davies had the idea for an app that would forge friendship and fun — right at the beginning of the world's most isolating time.
She shouted her idea — an app that would allow golfers to connect when traveling or on nice weekends when ... |
| 28.03.2023 | Houston expert: How to embrace cognitive diversity in the workplace | Everyone thinks and processes information in their own unique way. Cognitive diversity refers to these differing styles, perspectives, and problem-solving approaches among individuals in a group. Cognitive diversity, in today’s evolving wor... |
| 28.03.2023 | Houston biotech company expands leadership team | An innovative Houston startup that's working with energy companies to decarbonize their operations has made changes to its C-suite.
Tara Karimi, who co-founded Cemvita with her brother Moji, has transition to the company's chief science off... |
| 17.03.2023 | Meet the Texas security experts building a framework for safer schools | For a large portion of his career, Mike Matranga worked as a Secret Service agent protecting the President and First Family all over the world.
He then moved to the Department of the Interior, specializing in domestic terrorism, when the 20... |
| 16.03.2023 | UH researcher lights up at-home COVID-19 testing with glow-in-the-dark materials | A Houston-based research team is tapping glow-in-the-dark materials to upgrade at-home rapid COVID-19 testing.
Researchers at the University of Houston have been rethinking the lateral flow assay (LFA) test used for at-home COVID-19 diagnos... |
| 14.03.2023 | University of Houston: Here's what intuitive AI and ChatGPT mean for research | Researchers have to write extremely specific papers that require higher-order thinking — will an intuitive AI program like OpenAI’s ChatGPT be able to imitate the vocabulary, grammar and most importantly, content, that a scientist or resear... |
| 10.03.2023 | 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 Houston mayoral candidates weighing in on the tech ecosystem,... |
| 09.03.2023 | Houston startup secures bank partnership, energy tech co. wins competition, and more | Houston startup founders have been moving and shaking in the local innovation ecosystem — from being recognized for their out-of-this-world innovation to big wins.
In this roundup of Houston startup and innovation news, a Houston company sn... |
| 09.03.2023 | Houston innovators: Don't miss these SXSW events | Editor's note: SXSW has officially taken over Austin, and it can be a bit chaotic to try to make the most of the goings on. Here are a few things for Houston innovators to check out — panels, houses, happy hours, and more.
Friday, March 10,... |
| 08.03.2023 | Tapping into CERAWeek, SXSW to showcase and convene Houston tech | Every year, one of the biggest tech conferences in the world convenes right down the road from Houston in downtown Austin. That's a huge opportunity for the Greater Houston Partnership to showcase and congregate Housto's tech innovators.
Su... |
| 08.03.2023 | Houston climate tech startup closes $3M seed led by Shell | A material science startup with technology originating at Rice University has announced it has closed its seed round of funding.
DexMat raised $3 million in funding in a round led by Shell Ventures with participation from Overture Ventures,... |
| 06.03.2023 | Houston restaurant tech now serving optimized mobile ordering | A new Houston company has designed a platform that enables mobile ordering at no cost to restaurants.
Cloche, a mobile software platform named after the bell-shape dish cover that's known to come with room service orders, has launched in Ho... |
| 03.03.2023 | Gene therapy company breaks ground on Houston biomanufacturing facility | China-based and Massachusetts-founded PackGene Biotech Inc. broke ground last week on a new 25,000-square-foot biomanufacturing and processing facility just south of NRG Park.
The full-service operations center is slated to include labs, ma... |
| 03.03.2023 | Overheard: Houston mayoral candidates share their platforms for the city's tech ecosystem | It's an election year in Houston, and one of the big topics on the minds of the candidates is how to continue the momentum of Houston's developing innovation ecosystem.
Houston Exponential put three of the declared candidates on the stage y... |
| 02.03.2023 | 3 Houston startups join accelerators, PE-backed biz names new execs, and more innovation news | It's been a busy month so far with plenty of Houston startup news, major ecosystem events, and more — and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, three startups j... |
| 02.03.2023 | Why Houston startups should consider a remote workforce | There are myriad reasons why it behooves a startup to hire remote workers. This article takes a look at the benefits of expanding your hiring pool.Remote work by the numbers
According to the State of Remote Work 2017 report, over 60 percent... |
| 28.02.2023 | 10 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for March | It's time to look at what's on the agenda for Houston innovators for the month of March — a busy one, from the end of Tech Rodeo and the start of CERAWeek, plus many more things to add to your calendars.
Note: This post might be updated to ... |
| 27.02.2023 | Houston fashionista fuels fresh brands with pitch series | After growing her audience to over a million followers on Instagram, Houston fashion blogger Dede Raad felt the pressure to expand her business — but she didn't feel inspired by any particular line of business to grow into.
"In the blo... |
| 27.02.2023 | 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 femtech to real estate — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Amanda Ducach, founder and... |
| 23.02.2023 | UK personalized surgery startup rebrands, expands to US by way of Houston | An innovative health tech company headquartered in the United Kingdom has made its entrance into the United States — and Houston's Texas Medical Center is where it's setting up shop.
The company, newly renamed to Insight Surgery — neé 3D Li... |
| 22.02.2023 | Houston material science company strategically rolls out flagship product nationwide | A Houston startup is celebrating its nationwide launch of its flagship product that coats roofs to reduce energy waste.
NanoTech's Nano Shield Cool Roof Coat is a unique product that can be added onto roofs to reduce energy waste on buildin... |
| 22.02.2023 | How this Houston innovator is tapping into tech to make homeownership more accessible | Real estate and homeownership has been historically exclusionary. Bobby Bryant — the first Black man to create and franchise a real estate brokerage brand — wanted to do something about that.
Considering the history of the real estate indus... |
| 20.02.2023 | 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 adtech to aerospace — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Mark Walker, CEO, co-founder ... |
| 20.02.2023 | UH enters into agreement to bring energy-focused data center to campus | The University of Houston has signed an agreement with India to bring a data center focused on energy to campus, the school announced last week.
The memorandum of understanding, or MoU, is between UH and the Directorate General Hydrocarbon,... |
| 16.02.2023 | Houston-based femtech company announces first locations outside of Texas | Houston-based Work & Mother, which outfits commercial buildings with lactation accommodations for working parents, announced this month that it has entered into an agreement to open two new lactation suites outside the state of Texas.
T... |
| 16.02.2023 | Houston HR SaaS company acquires remote-first platform | A Houston software startup has made a strategic acquisition to account for the increasingly large number of companies employing a remote-first workforce.
After closing a $15 million series B funding round last year, GoCo.io, an HR solutions... |
| 14.02.2023 | Houston space co. adds new adviser, startup named SXSW alternate, and more innovation news | Houston startup news is in full swing this year, and there might be some headlines you may have missed.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston startups and tech, Venus Aerospace makes an impressive appointment, a sportstech startup... |
| 01.02.2022 | Vancouver-based Blume among first 5 startups backed by LOI Venture | LOI Venture, the $20 million pre-seed fund launched this past December by Ryan Holmes and Manny Padda, has revealed its first five startup investments.
Why it matters: Just two weeks ago the fund announced the close of around $10 million fr... |
| 15.12.2021 | WFHomie raises $1.9 million CAD to help companies better engage, retain employees | Toronto-based software startup WFHomie has secured $1.9 million CAD ($1.5 million USD) in seed financing to fuel the growth of its employee engagement solution.
Amid the shift to remote and hybrid work arrangements during COVID-19, a partic... |
| 15.12.2021 | WFHomie Raises $1.5M USD to Revolutionize Employee Engagement for Distributed and Hybrid Teams | WFHomie, a leading Canadian employee engagement and distributed team culture analytics platform, announced today the raise of USD 1.5M in funding. Ryan Holmes, Co-Founder of Hootsuite and Manny Padda, Angel Investor and Board Member of Leag... |
