| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.09.2026 | Fervo signs 396-MW geothermal power supply deal with Google; shares jump | Sept 1 : Geothermal developer Fervo Energy said on Tuesday it had signed a deal to supply 396 megawatts of geothermal power to Alphabet's Google from its Cape Station project in Utah, sending its shares up nearly 14 per cent in premarket tr... |
| 13.07.2026 | Hephae Energy Technology Raises $17.8 Million Series A To Commercialize Superhot Drilling Technology | Hephae Energy Technology announced the closing of a $17.8 million Series A funding round to accelerate the commercial deployment of its advanced drilling systems for next-generation geothermal energy development. The round was co-led by Sus... |
| 09.07.2026 | Russell Investments Announces New Long-Term Owners | Russell Investments, the global investment solutions provider, today announced that an investor consortium (the “Investor Consortium”) led by B Capital, a global multi-stage investment firm, and including California Public Employees’ Retire... |
| 22.06.2026 | PNNL Teams Up with Fervo Energy and NVIDIA to Accelerate Geothermal Energy Development | RICHLAND, Wash. — All around the world, heat is key to generating electricity. By burning hydrocarbons, splitting atoms or tapping into Earth’s hot subsurface, humans generate much of the world’s electricity by heating water to create steam... |
| 21.06.2026 | Critical Energy Secures $22 Million for Modular Geothermal Power Revolution | Critical Energy secured $22 million in seed funding. This capital fuels the deployment of modular turbine power systems. Former SpaceX engineer Spencer Jackson founded the firm. Its factory-built systems accelerate clean energy deployment. ... |
| 21.06.2026 | Геотермия стала горячей темой: Fervo Energy продала инвесторам идею нового источника энергии для дата-центров | Источник
На бирже Nasdaq этой весной выстрелила не новая нейросеть и не производитель чипов. В мае 2026 года инвесторы поверили в старую идею о том, что можно брать тепло из Земли и круглосуточно превращать его в электроэнергию. Fervo вышла... |
| 18.06.2026 | Экс-сотрудник SpaceX привлек $22 млн на переделку ракетных двигателей в геотермальные станции | Американский стартап Critical Energy закрыл раунд финансирования на $22 млн для разработки модульных турбин, предназначенных специально для геотермальных электростанций. Деньги пошли на строительство первого пилотного объекта мощностью 2,5 ... |
| 13.06.2026 | Бывший инженер SpaceX привлек $54 млн на генерацию геотермальной энергии в океане | Стартап Endurance Energy, основанный выходцем из SpaceX Эндрю Реддом, закрыл раунд Series A на $54 млн для разработки технологии добычи геотермальной энергии на дне океана. Средства направят на проектирование подводных геотермальных электро... |
| 11.06.2026 | Endurance Energy raises $54M to tap geothermal power from undersea volcanoes | Endurance Energy Inc., a Seattle startup building generators that tap heat from undersea volcanoes, revealed today that it has raised $54 million in new funding to advance its plans for offshore power plants as energy demand surges.
Founded... |
| 22.05.2026 | Houston's Innovation Surge: Pharma, AI, Geothermal, and Rapid E-commerce Reshape the City | Houston’s economy propels forward. Major investments flood diverse sectors. The city solidifies its role as an innovation hub. Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb considers a $1 billion manufacturing campus. Eli Lilly already committe... |
| 22.05.2026 | Persona AI teams with Under Armour to protect next-gen robots | Houston-based Persona AI has cemented a partnership with sportswear manufacturer Under Armour to provide materials to protect future robots operating in dangerous conditions.
Through the partnership, Persona AI and Under Armour will launch ... |
| 21.05.2026 | Global summit spotlights Houston's growing role in brain health, innovation | The Center for Houston’s Future and UTMB are bringing the Texas Brain Economy Summit back to Houston this summer to continue to position the region as a global leader in brain health.
The summit, held June 9-10 at the Texas Medical Center's... |
| 19.05.2026 | Pharma giant considers Houston for $1B manufacturing campus | Another pharmaceutical giant is considering Houston’s Generation Park for a manufacturing hub.
According to a recent filing with the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation (JETI) program, Bristol Myers Squibb Co. is considering the n... |
| 18.05.2026 | Houston health tech co. lands NIH grant for AI cancer prediction tool | Houston-based CellChorus and Stanford Medicine were recently awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant for the company's AI platform to test how certain cancer patients will respond to therapies.
The funding comes from the ... |
| 18.05.2026 | Houston museum showcases America's founding documents in rare exhibit | As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Houstonians have a chance to see rare documents from the founding of the nation. Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation, presented by the National Archives ... |
| 15.05.2026 | Houston quantum energy chip startup emerges from stealth with $12M round | Houston-based Casimir has emerged from stealth with a $12 million seed round to commercialize its quantum energy chip.
The round was led by Austin-based Scout Ventures. Lavrock Ventures, Cottonwood Technology, Capital Factory, American Deep... |
| 14.05.2026 | Houston-based Fervo Energy bumps up IPO target to $1.82 billion | Houston-based geothermal power company Fervo Energy is now eyeing an IPO that would raise $1.75 billion to $1.82 billion, up from the previous target of $1.33 billion.
In paperwork filed Monday, May 11 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ... |
| 14.05.2026 | Американский разработчик геотермальной энергетики Fervo Energy привлек $1,89 млрд на IPO при оценке $7,66 млрд | Fervo Energy привлекла $1,89 млрд в ходе IPO в США. Разработчик геотермальной энергетики Fervo Energy сообщил во вторник, что привлек $1,89 млрд в рамках увеличенного первичного публичного размещения акций в США, что свидетельствует о высок... |
| 23.04.2026 | Houston geothermal unicorn Fervo officially files for IPO | Fervo Energy has officially filed for IPO.
The Houston-based geothermal unicorn filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17 to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq exchange.... |
| 17.04.2026 | How Houston innovators played a role in the historic Artemis II splashdown | Research from Rice University played a critical role in the safe return of U.S. astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission this month.
Rice mechanical engineer Tayfun E. Tezduyar and longtime collaborator Kenji Takizawa developed a key com... |
| 17.04.2026 | Rice Alliance names first head of platform & more innovation headlines | Editor's note: The top April innovation headlines to know include Rice Alliance's newly minted head of platform and FDA approval for a local medtech startup. Below are the five most-read InnovationMap stories from April 1-15, 2026:
1. Rice ... |
| 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 Secures $421M for Cape Station Project | Fervo Energy, a U.S. geothermal developer, has just secured $421 million in non-recourse project finance for its flagship project, Cape Station, in Utah. This opens the door to clean energy. Fervo can now accelerate construction and drillin... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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... |
| 11.12.2025 | Top Startup and Tech Funding News – December 11, 2025 | It’s Thursday, December 11, 2025, and we’re back with the day’s top startup and tech funding news across AI hardware, geothermal power, enterprise automation, biotech, crypto infrastructure, and developer tooling. From Seed to Series E, tod... |
| 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 ... |
| 10.12.2025 | Fervo Energy Raises $462 Million Series E |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy, the leader in geothermal energy development, announced the closing of its oversubscribed $462 million Series E funding round.
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo
>> To export Fervo funding da... |
| 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/... |
| 11.06.2025 | Fervo Energy Secures $206M Funding |
HOUSTON, TX, Fervo Energy (Fervo), the market leader in commercial enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) deployment, announced it has successfully secured $206 million of additional capital
>> Click here for more funding data on Fervo En... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 | 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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,... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
