| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.01.2022 | Report: Houston sees huge jump in new businesses amid the pandemic | By one measure, Houston could be considered the startup capital of Texas.
A new study by personal finance website LendingTree shows the Houston metro area experienced a 37.4 percent jump in new-business applications from 2019 to 2020. That ... |
| 25.01.2022 | Houston 3D printing company closes latest round of funding, plans to hire | Roboze — an Italian high-performance 3D printing company with its U.S. headquarters in Houston — closed a multimillion-dollar round of funding this month with investments from an international group of leaders from diverse backgrounds.
Inve... |
| 24.01.2022 | Atlanta growth equity firm acquires Houston health care startup | A Houston-based startup specializing in minimally invasive vascular procedures has made an exit.
Fulcrum Equity Partners, based in Atlanta, has announced the acquisition of Texas Endovascular Associates, a specialty physician practice acros... |
| 21.01.2022 | 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 news out of the Houston Spaceport, innovators to know, innov... |
| 20.01.2022 | Energy transition innovator shares how Houston could be a biomanufacturing hub | Moji Karimi and his sister Tara had the idea for a company that could transform carbon emissions and mitigate new damage to the environment. Only, it seems, they were a bit ahead of their time.
Houston-based Cemvita Factory, founded in 2017... |
| 20.01.2022 | Shell forms $5M carbon capture research partnership with Houston-area university | Houston-based Shell Global Solutions and Prairie View A&M University signed a $5 million partnership this week that aims to foster innovative and effective carbon dioxide utilization and carbon capture methods.
The five-year research ag... |
| 20.01.2022 | University of Houston: How to spin out university research into a startup as faculty | Most inventors, whether they are university faculty or not, want to eventually start a company and capitalize on their inventions and research. For university faculty, this could be, or at least seems like a much more difficult thing to do.... |
| 19.01.2022 | Houston food charity scores prestigious Amazon tech grant | One of Houston’s most cherished food charities has been recognized for its tech prowess. Houston Food Bank has been awarded the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant.
The endowment honors “the vision and work of nonprofit organizations as... |
| 19.01.2022 | New Ion exec focuses on building density, bridging the gaps within Houston innovation | After years of being in the works, The Ion Houston opened last year — but not in the way it was always hoping to. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the 300,000-square-foot space in the renovated historic Sears building in Midtown slowly opened it... |
| 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 ... |
| 18.01.2022 | Greentown Labs appoints Houston founder among 4 new board members | Greentown Labs, a Massachusetts-based climatetech startup incubator with its secondary location in Houston, has appointed four new board members.
Of the new appointees, two community board members have been named in order to act as liaisons... |
| 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 scores surprising ranking in new U.S. job growth report | The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hammer job markets around the country.
In Houston, a booming metropolis by any measure, latest figures from the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce’s recent report give the Bayou City a 27th-place ranking a... |
| 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... |
| 11.01.2022 | Opinion: Houston energy expert weighs in on if the state's power grid is ready for winter | The Winter Storm Uri, which struck Texas in February of 2021, was an unprecedented event in both severity and duration. At its most extreme, temperatures were as much as 40 to 50 degrees below their historic averages. The storm resulted in ... |
| 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... |
| 07.01.2022 | Houston ranks as top spot for young professionals based on standard of living | Recruiting talent in the Houston area? Might want to share this tidbit of information.
A new study by two California researchers names Houston as the No. 1 place among the country’s 50 largest spots for college graduates to enjoy the highes... |
| 06.01.2022 | Former Apple exec starts Houston-based VC firm focused on synthetic biology | Calling all startups with synthetic biology solutions — there's a new venture capital firm looking to invest in you.
Veronica Wu has announced the launch of First Bight Ventures, a new VC firm focused exclusively on early-stage synthetic bi... |
| 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... |
| 04.01.2022 | Rice University deploys grant funding to 9 innovative Houston research projects | Over a dozen Houston researchers wrapped up 2021 with the news of fresh funding thanks to an initiative and investment fund from Rice University.
The Technology Development Fund is a part of the university’s Creative Ventures initiative, wh... |
