Houston-based autonomous trucking tech co. raises $20M

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Houston-based autonomous trucking tech co. raises $20M

Houston space data startup to compute real-time insights in orbit

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easy living

Houston scores top ranking of best cities for entrepreneurs

who's who

3+ Houston innovators to know this week

top stories

Innovation awards judges named, Houston company scores $4.8B NASA contract, and more trending news

ready to grow

10th Houston cohort named to early-stage accelerator

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Top stories: Big wins for energy tech startups, robots come for Houston restaurants, and more

who's who

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Featured Innovators

Play it back: Houston therapeutics co. sees momentum with expanded treatment opportunities

Howard Berman

Houston innovator breaks down industry silos with new bp, NASA partnership

Ken Nguyen

Long-time innovator reflects on Houston ecosystem development, shares why he's bullish on human performance

Jon Nordby

Why this lawyer is dedicated to problem solving for the Houston startup ecosystem

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Tech

fresh funding

Houston tech hub secures $40M to meet rising data center needs

coming in hot

Google to invest $1B in data center tech, clean energy in Texas

Health

fresh funding

Rising Houston health care tower secures $50M in donations

big wins

Rice University innovators claim prizes across health care, energy research

moving in

Global diagnostics manufacturer opens new Houston facility, headquarters

curing ALS

Energy co. makes $100,000 donation to Houston hospital

new to hou

Houston cancer-fighting organization launches center to support early clinical trials

in the top 10

New report ranks Houston top market for life sciences

collaboration station

Exclusive: 2 Houston health care institutions team up to develop cancer-fighting treatments

money moves

Houston oncology therapeutics co. raises $11.4M in seed funding

Energy

seeing green

Houston PE firm scores $725M to launch new business unit to invest in decarbonization

big raise

Houston clean energy company secures $53M series C investment

fresh funding

Houston superconductor tech manufacturer raises $25M

new cohort

9 startups named to accelerator program kicked off at Greentown Houston

research ready

Chevron names inaugural cohort of Houston energy innovators

report

Texas outshines California, takes top spot on new solar energy ranking

top companies

10 most-promising energy tech startups named at annual Houston event

money moves

Houston company secures $12M series A for decarbonization plant

Impact

'onward'

Houston energy, innovation leader dies after hard-fought battle with cancer

top of class

Rice University named top college in U.S. News' new rankings for 2025

WHEN FINE ART MEETS FRESH AIR

Artist collective brings carbon-absorbing murals to Houston

cashing in on innovation

2 lab-stage Houston startups receive fresh funding from Rice University grant program

showing off

Houston boasts impressive presence on annual list of fastest-growing businesses

Money

loan guaranteed

Houston company secures $100M for 'world’s largest geothermal energy plant'

coming soon

2 Houston institutions receive $44.2M to create new regional research hub

future of space

Rice University awards $150,000 to space researchers

by the numbers

Houston companies score big on annual Fortune 500 ranking

fresh funding

Houston medtech startup secures additional $3M for lung cancer diagnostic tool

fresh funding

Houston clean energy co. raises $10.8M series A

seeing green

Houston climatetech startup raises $21.5M series A to grow robotics solution

wealthy lifestyle

Here's how much it takes to earn a top 1 percent salary in Texas

Sports Tech

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

apply now

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

Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech

game on

Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech

10 sports tech startups named to Houston-based hybrid accelerator

game on

10 sports tech startups named to Houston-based hybrid accelerator

handshake

sealed the deal

Houston SPAC deal closes, high-tech monitoring device co. IPOs

Sports tech festival coming to Houston this spring names 2 inaugural partners

game on

Sports tech festival coming to Houston this spring names 2 inaugural partners

New sports festival reveals plans to take over downtown Houston next spring

pokatok prep

New sports festival reveals plans to take over downtown Houston next spring

Houston sportstech platform raises $1.3M seed round

fresh funding

Houston sportstech platform raises $1.3M seed round

Lifestyle

out for delivery

Texas ranks No. 5 worst state for package delays in U.S., report says

civic support

City of Houston grants $100,000 to 10 innovative arts organizations

art of healing

Houston Health Museum's new exhibit merges art and mental wellness

all's not fair

New study asserts Texas is the 2nd worst state for women's equality

Space

rescue mission

Stuck NASA astronauts welcome SpaceX capsule that'll bring them home next year

do you copy?

Houston space tech co. teams up with Nokia to upgrade lunar communications

clipped into clps

Houston space tech company secures $116.9M NASA contract

game plan set

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

out of this world

Houston space data startup to compute real-time insights in orbit

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Expert: Demystifying SBIR grants for Houston startups

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