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Innovation Map: Rice University competition doles out nearly $2M in cash prizes to student startups
Rice University brought back its international student startup competition to its in-person format in a big way, giving out nearly $2 million in investment plus thousands more in-kind prizes to over a dozen winning teams.
The Business Journals: Overlooked and underfunded: How 2-year HBCUs are building critical tech-talent pipelines despite the odds
Historicall overlooked and underfunded: How 2-year HBCUs are building critical tech-talent pipelines despite the odds
Innovation Map: 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week
Another week has come and gone, and it’s time to round up the top headlines from the past few days.
Greater Houston Partnership: Houston House Spotlights Tech and Innovation at SXSW
The Greater Houston Partnership hosted Houston House at SXSW, a two-day activation program led by innovation leaders and startup founders, from March 13-14. With over 630 attendees over the two days of programming, Houston House delivered a diverse set of panels discussing venture capital funding, equitable energy transition, commercial aerospace and more!
Innovation Map: Houston experts at SXSW: Why now is the opportune time for space commercialization
For all of the time they’ve been on earth, humans have looked up and wondered what was out there. Now more than ever, as a recent panel of experts discussed, humans are equipped to find out.
Greater Houston Partnership: Venture Capital, Expansion of the Ecosystem Among Subjects Discussed at State of Tech
Technology industry experts from across the region gathered this week for the Partnership’s second annual State of Technology event at the Hilton Americas. A wide-ranging panel discussion covered some of the topics most important to Houston’s evolving tech landscape, including access to capital, the expansion of major tech players and the growing importance of environmental, social, governance or ESG in tech.
Innovation Map: 2 Houston universities team up to premiere small business accelerators
After years of supporting university-affiliated tech startups, two Houston colleges are launching a new program to support small businesses.
Innovation Map: 3 Houston innovators to know this week
In this week’s roundup of Houston innovators to know, I’m introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health tech to synthetic biology — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Innovation Map: Houston construction business launches analytics tool to predict building outcomes
Houston-based Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, a provider of preconstruction, construction and consulting services, has launched an analytics-driven platform for project and program management.
