fresh funding

Houston e-commerce giant Cart.com raises $180M, surpasses $1B in funding

Houston leads Texas with 7 new National Academy of Inventors senior members

Texas takes the No. 1 spot on new energy resilience report

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2025 Houston Innovation Awards winners revealed at annual event

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Meet 6 mentors who are helping the Houston startup scene flourish

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5 incubators and accelerators fueling the growth of Houston startups

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Trending News

Houston e-commerce giant Cart.com raises $180M, surpasses $1B in funding

6+ can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in March

Houston startup taps into AI to help prevent leading cause in hospital death

Startups

sustainable fashion

Houston startup debuts bio-based 'leather' fashion collection in Milan

top of class

11 Houston researchers named to Rice innovation cohort

ready, set, pitch

Rice Business Plan Competition names startup teams for 2026 event

Trending News

New accelerator joins the Ion and more Houston innovation news to know

New accelerator for AI startups to launch at Houston's Ion this spring

Innovation Starts Here

Texas booms as No. 3 best state to start a business right now

Testing Access

Houston lab-test startup seeks $1M for nationwide expansion

where to be

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Featured Innovators

3 Houston innovators who are making headlines right now

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Here are 3 Houston innovators to know right now

Tech

Trending Topics

Rice to revolutionize lymphatic disease research and more news to know

Waymo has arrived

Waymo self-driving robotaxis have officially launched in Houston

coming soon

Tech giant Apple doubles down on Houston with new production facility

taking flight

Houston startup debuts new drone for first responders

biotech breakthrough

Houston scientists develop breakthrough AI-driven process to design, decode genetic circuits

fresh funding

Innovative Houston-area hardtech startup closes $5M seed round

Get In The Game

Sandbox VR brings new gaming center to Houston's tech-savvy population

News to know

$50 million for Houston ibogaine research tops innovation news to know

Health

fresh funding

Rice University lands $18M to revolutionize lymphatic disease detection

Virtual healing

Houston doctor wins NIH grant to test virtual reality for ICU delirium

drug money

Houston biotech co. raises $11M to advance ALS drug development

AI Oncology

MD Anderson makes AI partnership to advance precision oncology

brain health

Rice launches 'brain economy' initiative at World Economic Forum

cancer research

Houston team uses CPRIT funding to develop nanodrug for cancer immunotherapy

new leader

Baylor College of Medicine names Minnesota med school dean as new president, CEO ​

fresh funding

Rice scientist earns $600K NSF award to study distractions in digital age

Energy

Heating Up

Houston energy trailblazer Fervo taps into hottest reservoir to date

fresh funding

Houston geothermal startup secures $97M Series B for next-gen power

Investment bank opens new Houston office focused on energy sector

Future of Fiber

Houston co. makes breakthrough in clean carbon fiber manufacturing

Powering Up

NRG inks new virtual power plant partnership to meet surging energy demands

Startup Talk

12 Houston climatetech startups join Greentown Labs' growing incubator

Coming Soon

Houston energy tech co. breaks ground on low-cost hydrogen pilot plant

AI infrastructure

CenterPoint and partners launch AI initiative to stabilize the power grid

Impact

Maritime Mission

Houston maritime startup raises $43M to electrify vessels, opens new HQ

prized research

5 Houston scientists named winners of prestigious Hill Prizes 2026

tech report

Houston climbs to top 10 spot on North American tech hubs index

Year in Review

Here are the 10 most-read Houston innovation headlines of 2025

top honor

6 Houstonians named to prestigious national group of inventors

science stars

These 50+ Houston scientists rank among world’s most cited

by the numbers

New report shows surge in startup activity in Houston and across Texas

jobs forecast

Houston poised to add 30,900 new jobs in 2026, forecast says

Money

fresh funding

Houston edtech company closes oversubscribed $3M seed round

fresh funding

Houston wearable biosensing company closes $13M pre-IPO round

by the numbers

Houston startups closed $1.75 billion in 2025 VC funding, says report

med funding

​Planned UT Austin med center, anchored by MD Anderson, gets $100M gift​

brain trust

New Rice Brain Institute partners with TMC to award inaugural grants

cha-ching

14 Houston startups starting 2026 with fresh funding

ibogaine funding

Houston hospitals win $50M grant for ibogaine addiction treatment research

Year in Review

Money talks: Top Houston innovation grant and gift news of 2025

Sports Tech

CatchCorner

Goal!

New app by Sports Illustrated grants access to 700 sports courts in Houston

Houston sportstech startup shoots, scores in Pharrell Williams competition

on the rebound

Houston sportstech startup shoots, scores in Pharrell Williams competition

Houston sports tech startup aims to optimize unsold resale ticket market with new platform

game on

Houston sports tech startup aims to optimize unsold resale ticket market with new platform

High-tech virtual racing experience to rev up in Houston

vroom, vroom

High-tech virtual racing experience to rev up in Houston

Rice University announces partnership with Houston sports tech startup to enhance student athletics

dream team

Rice University announces partnership with Houston sports tech startup to enhance student athletics

Diversity-focused sports tech accelerator opens applications to Houston innovators for the first time

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Diversity-focused sports tech accelerator opens applications to Houston innovators for the first time

Lifestyle

growth mode

XSpace adds 3 Houston partners to fuel national expansion

Rankings & Reports

Houston suburb ranks as No. 3 best place to retire in Texas

Top of the Class

4 Houston-area schools excel with best online degree programs in U.S.

Construction Boom

Houston booms as No. 2 U.S. metro for new home construction

Ranking It

Houston neighbor named richest small town in Texas for 2025

Building a Sustainable Future

Construction underway on first-of-its-kind 3D-printed community in Houston

On The Road Again

Luxury transportation startup connects Houston with Austin and San Antonio

Space

ready for takeoff

Axiom Space wins NASA contract for fifth private mission, lands $350M in financing

Out of this world

Texas space co. takes giant step toward lunar excavator deployment

To Outer Space

Elon Musk vows to launch solar-powered data centers in space

onward and upward

Johnson Space Center and UT partner to expand research, workforce development

lunar power

Houston company plans lunar mission to test clean energy resource

to the moon

Intuitive Machines forms partnership with Italian companies for lunar exploration services

Year in Review

Top Houston space news of 2025 soars with NASA deals, lunar missions

Space News

Paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to blast into space

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