| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.08.2026 | Scottish HexSeed Technology Gains £600K For Semiconductor Tech | HexSeed Technology, the semiconductor startup, has raised over £600k in early funding, led by Carbon13, with participation from Net Zero Technology Centre and Vento Ventures.
The cumulative investment unlocks a Partnership Grant from Innova... |
| 01.06.2026 | Movers and Shakers | May 2026 | Welcome to May 2026’s edition of Movers & Shakers.
This month closed out our event season until the Autumn, and welcomed some stellar weather as well as a bountiful round of appointments, partnerships, and awards.
May saw a range of par... |
| 06.05.2026 | NZTC to Launch Energy Technology Testing Hub in Aberdeen | Aberdeen is set to gain a major new energy technology testing hub, with the Net Zero Technology Centre preparing to reopen the former Weatherford Evaluation Centre at Aberdeen Energy Park in Bridge of Don.
The site, which closed in 2020, wi... |
| 16.03.2026 | Aberdeen TechX Accelerator Kicks Off With £400k Funding | Aberdeen-based Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced eight startups selected for its 2026 TechX Accelerator, sharing £400,000 to develop clean energy technologies that speed up the transition to net zero and create new economic op... |
| 16.03.2026 | ‘Slaughtering the oil industry’: UK’s shift to renewables sparks fears among oil and gas workers | Listen
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| 06.12.2025 | Scotland's Tech Sector Sees Boost in Funding and Acquisitions | Scotland's tech sector thrives in November 2025 with significant investments and strategic acquisitions. Biotech and medtech firms lead with major funding rounds. Renewable energy projects also secured substantial financial backing. M&A... |
| 05.12.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | November 2025 | Welcome to November 2025’s DIGIT Deal Roundup.
Sleighbells may be ringing, but it’s the sound of champagne corks that fills the air, after a flurry of multimillion-pound deals last month lit up Scotland’s tech sector brighter than the Hogma... |
| 06.11.2025 | Aberdeen’s TechX Accelerator Offers £50K to 10 Energy Startups | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has opened applications for its TechX accelerator, offering up to £50,000 each to 10 early-stage companies working to achieve net zero, attract investment and create jobs.
The programme opens in a perio... |
| 15.07.2025 | Scotland’s NZTC Delivers a £10BN Boost on Road to Net Zero | Scotland’s Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has published its latest Annual Review, charting the non-profit’s impact over a surprisingly strong year, which has seen nearly £40 million co-invested with industry and more than 900 new technol... |
| 12.05.2025 | NZTC Lays Out 10-Year Plan to Drive Net Zero Innovation | Scotland’s Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has set out its ambitious innovation priorities for the next decade, with the aim of accelerating startups and infrastructure projects to create skilled jobs and commercialise technologies in sup... |
| 05.02.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | January 2025 | Welcome to the latest edition of the DIGIT Deal Roundup.
A whirlwind start to the year saw big news in funding, with millions invested into the Scottish space sector and select financial service firms, while major acquisitions promise to pr... |
| 30.01.2025 | NZTC Unveils 2025 TechX Clean Energy Startups | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced the eleven start-ups selected for its 2025 TechX Clean Energy Accelerator.
This year’s cohort features emerging companies developing technologies in alternative fuels, CCUS, low-carbon hyd... |
| 03.10.2024 | NZTC Awards £500K to Accelerate UK Electrolyser Tech | The UK electrolyser technology sector has received a boost with the announcement of three winners of the Net Zero Technology Centre’s (NZTC) 2024 electrolyser funding competition.
Launched back in March, the competition was created to find ... |
| 03.09.2024 | NZTC Opens Clean Energy Accelerator Applications | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has now opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its TechX Clean Energy Accelerator, startups across the globe can now apply for a place on the programme and a share of £500k grant funding, with up to... |
| 18.07.2024 | The Award-Winning Technologist Bridging the Global Low-Carbon Gap | Fernando C. Hernandez holding one of his award-winning trophies
Hernandez moderating a panel at OTC (top image), with SFLCT members present (bottom image)
Receiving multi-award recognition from one of Europe's foremost net zero centers, bac... |
| 27.06.2024 | NZTC: Scotland Needs Dedicated Hydrogen Energy Hubs | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), has launched its ‘Energy Hubs: Fill the Backbone’ report, providing recommendations that will help scale Scotland’s hydrogen production potential and establish itself as a leading exporter of green hyd... |
| 13.06.2024 | NZTC Help Launch UK Centre for Advancing Geothermal Energy | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), the Scottish not-for-profit working to accelerate the net zero energy transition through technology, has alongside partners announced the launch of the UK National Geothermal Centre (NGC).
The NGC aims... |
| 07.06.2024 | NZTC’s Cohort Graduate From Accelerator With £860K Equity Raised | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) 2024 startup cohort, comprised of 12 companies, have successfully graduated from the 15-week programme, in which time they collectively raised £860K in equity.
From technology to convert renewable energ... |
| 24.04.2024 | NZTC and NSTA Unveil Roadmap for Emissions Technologies | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) in partnership with the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched an Emissions Measuring and Monitoring Technology Roadmap, providing the energy industry with data and insights on the latest te... |
| 07.03.2024 | NZTC Launches Electrolyser Tech Funding Competition | A competition to find and fund innovative solutions to improve electrolyser efficiency has been launched by the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) today, Thursday 7 March.
Electrolysers help with the sustainable production of hydrogen, separ... |
| 15.02.2024 | Net Zero Technology Centre Announces TechX StartUp Cohort | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced its 2024 TechX startup cohort. The TechX Clean Energy Accelerator, now in its sixth year, will welcome 12 high potential startups to the programme commencing February.
Each startup will re... |
| 12.02.2024 | Net Zero Technology Centre Launches New Insights Service | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced the launch of its horizon scanning service, tailored to give industry, supply chain, and investors with bespoke insights into net zero technologies and projects, industry trends, global in... |
| 06.12.2023 | “Technology Without Borders” Initiative Launched by NZTC | As the United Nations Climate Change Conference known as COP28 continues, the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) along with global partners unveiled the “Technology Without Borders” initiative.
This will see countries collaborate together fo... |
| 26.10.2023 | Spotlight | Some of Aberdeen’s Most Interesting Tech Startups | While sometimes overlooked by its larger Scottish cousins by way of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Aberdeen is home to a bustling tech community nonetheless.
The city is traditionally known as a hub for the oil and gas industry, but as the UK repos... |
| 31.08.2023 | New Hydrogen Pipeline Could Create Over 700 Scottish Jobs | The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has released a new report detailing the opportunities presented by a new hydrogen pipeline.
Scotland’s hydrogen production and export potential could be significantly accelerated with the development of... |
| 13.07.2023 | Net Zero accelerator seeks clean energy start-ups | Aberdeen accelerator Net Zero Technology Centre is seeking applications from clean energy start-ups for a place on the programme, with funding of up to £100,000 for each start-up.
Backed by BP, Equinor Ventures and Adnoc, NZTC said the prog... |
| 13.04.2023 | Net Zero Technology Centre CEO Steps Down | After nearly seven years at the helm of the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), Colette Cohen OBE is standing down as CEO, with Myrtle Dawes announced as the Centre’s new CEO.
Created in 2017 with £180 million of UK and Scottish government f... |
| 25.10.2022 | Net Zero Technology Centre Launches Services Business | Aberdeen-based Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced the launch of its new Net Zero Technology Services business.
The new endeavour seeks to help organisations leverage technology to navigate and accelerate their journey to net ze... |
| 02.08.2022 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | July 2022 | Funding CodeBase
Edinburgh-based company CodeBase was awarded a contract worth up to £42 million to establish seven new tech scaler hubs across Scotland.
The Scottish Government investment will help tech founders scale-up their businesses b... |
| 30.06.2022 | PJP Eye wins “Most Market-Destructive Innovative Technology Awards” from major global oil companies (BP, ADNOC, Equinor) for £ 100,000 | Leave a Reply Cancel reply |
| 20.06.2022 | TechX Accelerator Startups Raise £5.2m Ahead of Graduation | 12 startups have graduated from the TechX Clean Energy Accelerator following an intensive 15-week programme.
This latest accelerator cohort included startups which specialise in low-cost floating wind turbines, floating buoys that provide c... |
| 29.11.2021 | 3 Houston suburbs lead sleigh full of cities with biggest holiday budgets | If you live in The Woodlands, Sugar Land, or League City, you may be making a holiday shopping list as long as a stocking and checking it more than twice.
These three Houston suburbs rank among the 10 U.S. cities with the fattest holiday bu... |
| 24.11.2021 | Houston hospital receives $37M in donations to continue its life-saving cancer care | A $25 million gift will support expansion of research conducted at the Houston Methodist Cancer Center and may help the center earn top-tier federal designation.
In honor of the $25 million donation from Dr. Mary Neal and husband Ron Neal, ... |
| 23.11.2021 | University of Houston: Tips for building an innovative team | "Teamwork makes the dreams work". The well-known phrase has been overused as a company motto. Yet, it remains true and always will.
Haven't heard it? Maybe you've heard, "If everyone is moving forward together, then success t... |
| 23.11.2021 | How this Houston-based alcohol importer, distributor uses tech to stay ahead of the curve | You might say that Mexcor International, a Houston-based importer and distributor of wine, spirits, and other types of alcohol, relies on a single bottle of vodka rather than a case of vodka when it comes to its tech capabilities.
The annua... |
| 22.11.2021 | 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 design innovation — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Allie Danziger, co-fo... |
| 22.11.2021 | Austin VC has its eyes on Houston with new $210M fund | A venture capital firm that's focused on funding startups across the Lone Star State has closed its latest fund and is set on doubling down on Houston.
LiveOak Venture Partners has been around for almost a decade, and its third fund closed ... |
| 19.11.2021 | 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 innovators to know, fastest growing Houston tech companies, ... |
| 17.11.2021 | University of Houston scores $1 million from top Texas foundation | One of the most prestigious foundations in Texas has made a generous gift to a local university's fledgling medical department. The M.D. Anderson Foundation has pledged $1 million to the University of Houston College of Medicine, UH announc... |
| 16.11.2021 | Greater Houston Partnership names former BP exec to lead energy transition | Jane Stricker, a longtime Houston-based executive at oil and gas giant BP, has been tapped to lead the Greater Houston Partnership's new initiative designed to boost the Bayou City's profile in the shift toward low-carbon energy.
The partne... |
| 15.11.2021 | 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 sportstech to startup-focused nonprofit work — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Aaro... |
| 12.11.2021 | 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 innovators to know, a new Galveston coworking and entreprene... |
| 11.11.2021 | How Houston companies can use pandemic challenges to foster innovative corporate inclusion efforts | They say necessity is the mother of invention, and over the last 18 months, that proverb has proven true across the world, from classrooms to boardrooms. Shuttered classrooms and businesses, overflowing hospitals, and social unrest spurred ... |
| 10.11.2021 | Houston sportstech startup scales, plans expansion into health care | When sEATz launched, the startup was looking to provide a way for sports fans to order their beer and hotdog to their seat without having to miss a moment of a game. Over the years, the Houston company has expanded its technology to be a re... |
| 05.11.2021 | Overheard: Energy transition experts weigh in at Houston climatetech conference | This week, world leaders are discussing climate change and the future of our planet at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, but local leaders were also discussing much closer to home.
Greentown Labs hosted its ... |
| 05.11.2021 | Hardworking Houston suburb tops list of biggest boomtowns in Texas | The Houston suburb of Conroe has come a long way since Civil War veteran Isaac Conroe planted roots there in October 1881 with the purchase of a tract of land and the establishment of a sawmill.
Fast forward 140 years, and Conroe now reigns... |
| 05.11.2021 | 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 innovators to know, , and more.
3 Houston innovators to know... |
| 04.11.2021 | Nuro scores $600M, Houston e-commerce startup launches ESG tool, and more local innovation news | The Houston innovation ecosystem has been bursting at the seams with news from innovative tech companies and disruptive Houston startups as we fly through the final quarter of 2021.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation... |
| 04.11.2021 | Houston expert explains health care's inequity problem | We are currently in the midst of what some have called the "wild west" of AI. Though healthcare is one of the most heavily regulated sectors, the regulation of AI in this space is still in its infancy. The rules are being written ... |
| 02.11.2021 | Newly opened hub to put Houston on the map for sports innovation | Silicon Valley emerged as a consumer tech capital, and Atlanta has carved out a niche for fintech — but as sports innovation continues to be driven by startups and new technology, where should the innovators set up shop?
"There isn't r... |
| 02.11.2021 | 3 energy transition companies with Houston ties pitch at international conference | It's all hands on deck for pioneering technology to advance the energy transition and climatetech, and three companies with a Houston presence just took the national stage to showcase their climate change solutions.
The United Nations' 2021... |
| 07.10.2021 | Houston startups raise funds, enter into new partnerships, and more local innovation news | Houston startups across industries have been moving and shaking these past few weeks, and there's a chance you may have missed some of these Houston innovation stories.
In this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, two Houston... |
| 24.08.2021 | TechX Accelerator Green Light for Net-Zero Startup Applications | The Net Zero Technology Centre has announced the opening of applications for its TechX Clean Energy Accelerator.
Now in its fourth year, the accelerator looks to create an “entrepreneurial ecosystem” of technology startups, who are working ... |
| 28.06.2021 | OGTC Becomes Net Zero Technology Centre in Renewable Pivot | The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has repositioned itself as the Net Zero Technology Centre as it focuses on helping meet the UK’s climate change goals.
The move reflects the centre’s increased development and deployment of technolog... |
