Houston Innovators Podcast
From wildcatting to putting a man on the moon, Houston has a history of innovation, and the Bayou City is booming with tech startups and ambitious entrepreneurs. As Houston's innovation ecosystem comes into its own, it's time to shine a spotlight on the people leading the charge. Join Natalie Harms, editor of InnovationMap, for the Houston Innovators Podcast, a weekly discussion with these movers and shakers. Each episode introduces you to a featured innovator who is making a difference — and disrupting the status quo — in his or her industry. From energy and tech to health care, social impact, and beyond, these innovators are taking Houston to new heights. Head to http://innovationmap.com for our latest news, and subscribe to the podcast now so you don’t miss any of these enlightening conversations.
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Samina Farid is the managing director of Golden Seeds and co-lead of the national angel investing group’s Houston chapter. Samina joins the show today to discuss her own entrepreneurial journey and how she got into investing with Golden Seeds, which has been growing in Houston for a few years now. She also shares advic
Episode 261 - Robot supervision in pipeline optimization - Dianna Liu of ARIX Technologies
Dianna Liu is the CEO and founder at ARIX Technologies, a Houston hardtech and software startup that’s created a robot to help industrial companies enhance efficiency and safety when it comes to pipeline corrosion. Dianna joins the show today to share ARIX’s journey over the past several years as well as what the futur
Episode 260 - Tapping into Houston as an new investor - Aileen Allen of Mercury Fund
Aileen Allen has recently joined Houston VC firm Mercury as venture partner. A native Houstonian, Aileen has spent the bulk of her career in the tech ecosystems of the Bay Area and Austin as an operator at tech companies, eventually returning to her hometown in 2020. She’s recently evolved her career to become an inves
Episode 259 - Elegantly engineering therapies to fight cancer - Sarah Hein of March Biosciences
Sarah Hein is the co-founder and CEO of March Biosciences, a cancer-fighting cell therapy company that recently closed a $28.4 million series A round and is getting ready to launch its phase II trial. Sarah joins me today to discuss the past two and a half years of growing March and the role Houston and its biotech eco
Episode 258 - Driving EV adoption in Texas and beyond - Chris George of Octopus Electric Vehicles
Chris George is the US Co-Lead at Octopus Electric Vehicles, a spinout of the UK-based energy retail provider Octopus Energy, which expanded to the US by way of Houston. Octopus EV provides customized EV leases paired with smart energy technology, and Chris joins the show today to explain the business — including their
This week, InnovationMap announced the finalists for the 2024 Houston Innovation Awards, and I'd like to take this episode as an opportunity to introduce you to the incredible batch of startups, organizations, and innovators that made the cut for this year's awards. This year's finalists include 35 startups across 8 ca
