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How Houston Ranks as a Global Leader, Digital Health Co. Raises Pre-Seed Insights and Other Innovation Trends

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Editor’s note:Let’s round up the most read Houston innovation news of the week. Trending Houston tech and startup articles from InnovationMap and its daily newsletter included a few reports ranking Houston and its influential companies, new funding for a digital healthcare platform, and more.

Report Ranks Houston Among Top Global Cities – With One Thing Holding It Back

Houston could have ranked higher in a global report of the world’s largest cities if it had a little more business diversification. Photo via Getty Images

A new analysis positions the world’s energy capital as an economic dynamo, albeit an imperfect one.

The recently released Oxford Economics Global Cities Index, which assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the world’s 1,000 largest cities, places Houston 25th.

Houston ranks well for economy (No. 15) and human capital (No. 18), but ranks poorly for governance (No. 184), environment (No. 271) and quality of life (No. No. 298). Continue reading.

Houston innovator raises pre-seed funding for healthcare staffing platform

Ayoade Joy Ademuyewo founded Lokum last year to create a solution to better connect medical specialists with healthcare facilities nationwide. Photo courtesy of Lokum

A Houston healthcare innovator is celebrating an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to enhance her startup’s unique recruiting platform.

Ayoade Joy Ademuyewo founded Lokum last year to create a solution to better connect medical specialists with healthcare facilities nationwide. The new platform, which eliminates middlemen and reduces personnel costs, has raised $700,000 in pre-seed funding that will be used for further development of the technology.

“Healthcare organizations spend $26 billion annually to support a crippling reliance on third-party agencies to connect with clinical staff,” Ademuyewo said in a press release. “Technology solutions that specifically aim to streamline and strengthen relationships between highly specialized clinicians and their future employers are essential to mitigating this detrimental dependency and are central to our mission. Continue reading.

Houston Companies Make Prestigious Most Influential Companies List

Five companies with ties to Houston are among this year’s 100 Most Influential Companies by Time review. Photo via Getty Images

Five companies with strong ties to Houston have been named among this year’s 100 Most Influential Companies by Time review.

To establish the fourth annual list, Time solicited applications and interviewed internal contributors and correspondents, as well as external experts. Editors at Time then rated each company based on factors such as impact, innovation, ambition and success.

“The result is a diverse group of 100 companies helping to chart a critical path forward,” the magazine says. Continue reading.

10+ Unmissable Business and Innovation Events in Houston This June

10+ Unmissable Business and Innovation Events in Houston This June

Here are 10+ must-see events for Houston innovators this June. Photo courtesy of Rice University

From networking meetups to expert speaker summits, June is filled with opportunities for Houston innovators.

Here’s a look at the events you won’t want to miss, so mark your calendars and register accordingly. Continue reading.

University of Houston lab reports breakthrough in cancer detection technology

This unique technology in Houston is an AI program that allows scientists to understand cell functions by evaluating cell activation, destruction and movement. Photo via Getty Images

T-cell immunotherapy is all the rage in the world of cancer control. Researchers at a Houston company have discovered a new subset of T cells that could be a game-changer for patients.

CellChorus is a spin-off from Navin Varadarajan’s Single Cell Lab, part of the Technology Bridge at the University of Houston. The laboratory is the creator of TIMING, or Time-lapse Imaging Microscopy In Nanowell Grids. It is a visual AI program that allows scientists to understand cell functions by evaluating cell activation, destruction, and movement.

Last month, Natural Cancer published an article co-authored by Varadarajan titled “Identification of a clinically effective CAR T cell subset in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by dynamic multidimensional single-cell profiling.” » Continue reading.

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