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Local innovation leader to focus on diversity while standing up new-to-Houston cleantech incubator — Link

- innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms

“As Greentown Labs, a cleantech startup incubator based outside of Boston, enters into the Houston market, it’s doing so with diversity and inclusion in mind, says Juliana Garaizar, launch director at Greentown Houston.

Garaizar has been involved in the Houston innovation ecosystem for years from her stints at the Houston Angel Network followed by the Texas Medical Center’s venture fund. She’s also been involved with Portfolia — a female-focused venture network — and is president at the Business Angel Minority Association, or baMa. She’s spent much of her time lately advocating and promoting diversity in investing — something that falls in line with Greentown’s priorities as they enter into the most diverse city in the country.” — Natalie Harms

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• Verimos Announces Initial Funding — Link
• How Are Lumen Clients Doing Post COVID — Link
• Cindy’s Corner — Why Am I Frustrated With The Media? — Link
  - Red Velvet Events Cindy Lo
• Hypergiant Industries is building a new kind of satellite constellation -
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  - Axios’ Miriam Kramer
• Austin Tech Leaders Express Concern Over Trump Administration Suspension of Visas — Link
  - KXAN’s John Engel
• BuildGroup Leads $14 Million Investment Round in DigniFi — Link
• Alamo Drafthouse lays off employees amid coronavirus pandemic — Link
• No ACL Fest means delays to parks projects, millions lost for parks foundation — Link
• County development incentive for Tesla sees more support — Link
  - Austin Monitor
• Hypergiant Partners with the U.S. Air Force to Develop the Chameleon Constellation, an Updatable Satellite System — Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
• 12 Austin podcasts you don’t want to miss — Link
• Austin and the Cybertruck: Elon Musk eyes Texas, home of the pickup, for his latest unique creation — Link
• Austin Police will no longer arrest, ticket for low-level pot offenses, chief says — Link
• Why you should use Lifesize, an Austin video conferencing company that’s better than Zoom — Link
• Alamo Drafthouse reportedly lays off more than 80 furloughed workers — Link
• Travis County delays vote on Tesla factory incentive deal — Link
• Founder Ty Haney is back at Austin’s Outdoor Voices 4 months after stepping down — Link
• Austin-based, kid-friendly streaming service Tankee sees success in pandemic as families spend more time at home — Link
• Texas OKs cocktails-to-go as bars face second shutdown — Link
• Gov. Abbott pauses Texas reopening as COVID-19 cases surge — Link
• 5 reasons why Elon Musk and Grimes should choose ​Austin over Tulsa for the new Tesla factory — and HQ — Link
  - Austonia
• UT-Austin announces plans for campus operations, residence halls this fall — Link
  - University of Texas
• The top Austin tech and startup executive hires and layoffs (June 2020) — Link
• The top venture capital funding rounds for Austin tech startups in June 2020 — Link
• Booming: A Cloud Guru hits big financial milestone — Link
• Watch: How to light the candles on a birthday cake with a rocket — Link
• Hypergiant is making AI-powered satellites with the Air Force — Link
• How Austin’s Black tech workers are demanding change from within — Link
• Austin’s next unicorn? Why Shipwell’s shipment tracking is booming — Link
  - Austin Inno’s Brett Wistrom — Subscribe Here
• Women-owned businesses make up 42% of all businesses — heck yeah! — Link
• Supreme Court okays ‘generic’ names in URLs — Link
• How to increase website engagement — Link
• Study finds 1,000 phrases that accidentally activate smart speakers — Link
• Idea: Color-coded face masks as the new social contract to combat COVID-19 — Link
• New company beats Amazon with next morning delivery? — Link
• Gloves that translate sign language in real time — Link
• What to do when you can’t find your passion and you’re feeling lost — Link
• Google plans to pay publishers for content (a little too late)? — Link
• International start up turns LinkedIn profiles into resumes — Link
• Stand out with video as part of your resume (but be careful) — Link
• Google offers ample support for work from home employees — Link
• How to choose the right software for your business — Link
• Olympus quits the camera business after 84 years — Link
• HEY needs to fix its issues to be the Gmail killer it claims to be — Link
• Why should you take Facebook’s ‘Summer of Support’ courses — Link
• California law tries to help independent contractors, but what’s really happening? — Link
  - American Genius
• A Cloud Guru Plans to Hire 90+ People This Year, Most of Them in Austin — Link
• AgencyKPI Raises $5M From Insurance Executives to Grow Platform — Link
• Weekly Refresh: Hoss Raised $1.6M, Canva Opens ATX Office, and More — Link
• Now Hiring: Austin Companies Growing Their Teams — Link
  - BuiltinAustin
• Clayton Christopher, Steven Hicks hunt for deals with new shell company — Link
• LawnStarter hires CFO who helped take Snap public — Link
• AgencyKPI, Riders Share score fresh capital — Link
• What does ACL cancellation mean for Austin economy? — Link
• 2020 ACL Music Festival canceled — Link
• Remember Google’s plan to reopen in July? That’s not happening anymore. — Link
• Flying high amid pandemic, A Cloud Guru divulges big financial milestone — Link
• Hypergiant, Air Force team to make better technology for space — Link
• Whataburger embarks on new phase of expansion — Link
• Bar owners react with uproar, uncertainty to second shutdown — Link
• Coronavirus juices demand for Ayro’s electric vehicles, changes plans for going public — Link
• Health-tech startup that wants to bring back house calls hires new COO — Link
• UT-Austin provides updated plans for the fall semester — Link
• In the money June 29: $75M raised for tech, falafel, cryotherapy — Link
• Capital Gains: Online firestorms, more divorce lawyers & Nolan Ryan’s latest pitch — Link
  - Austin Business Journal
• Goal is finding tech to ‘deter war,’ says new leader for Texas A&M Army test center — Link
• Austin’s Riders Share raises $2M for motorcycle rental platform — Link
• Austin’s Mood Media to file for bankruptcy protection — Link
• Austin’s Hypergiant partnering with Air Force on new type of satellite — Link
• Austin insurance tech startup AgencyKPI raises $5M for growth — Link
• Texas factory output rebounds in June, although virus fears linger — Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

SAN ANTONIO

• In This Together San Antonio — Link
• Michael Girdley’s Four for Friday Podcast — Link
• San Antonio’s Xenex Makes Disinfecting Robots Available for On-Demand Service — Link
  - Rivard Report
• Startup’s computerized vegetable-growing machine taking root — Link
  — mySanAntonio.com
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Medical group on treating San Antonio like family — Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: A classic continues to feed San Antonio — Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Adding a little flavor to San Antonio — Link
• How a local company is using remote technology, gamers to grow its client base — Link
• Taco Cabana kicks off mixed drink delivery with new margaritas — Link
• Medtech startup ready to court lucrative civilian market — Link
• Executive Profile: Adam Hamilton fulfills love for science leading SwRI — Link
• UTSA reveals initial plans for in-person classes in the fall — Link
• EXCLUSIVE: Whataburger unveils reimagined restaurant design (photos) — Link
• Whataburger confirms more layoffs in San Antonio corporate office — Link
• Local company offers contactless temperature check kiosks — Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal
• Let’s Grow North Texas Business — Link
• Apply to Health Wildcatters Accelerator 2020 — F6S — Link
• Bring the party: Alto launches free booze delivery during July Fourth weekend — Link
• Follow the money: The June funding rounds, M&As and VC activity in North Texas — Link
• On the move: The North Texas tech hires and departures in June — Link
• How newly launched Farm Shield uses chemistry to grow better crops — Link
• ‘We don’t even have the opportunity right now’: North Texas Black founders talk disparities in entrepreneurship — Link
• Work Shield lands $4.1M Series A to stamp out workplace discrimination — Link
  - North Texas Inno’s Kevin Cumming
• Dallas-Based Homecare Homebase Partners with CipherHealth — Link
• Takeout Time: Dallas Bars Are Selling To-Go Cocktails and Food — Link
• Dallas-Based Match Group Separates From Parent Company IAC — Link
• Robotic Detection of Lung Cancer at Texas Health Fort Worth — Link
• Expanding During a Pandemic: A Tale of Four DFW Enterprises — Link
• Bank of America is Going Solar in Texas — Link
• Time to Get Real About How We Approached Diversity and Inclusion — Link
• Wingstop to Open Ghost Kitchen in Garland — Link
• Big Mouth Billy Bass Inventor Says He’s No One-Hit Wonder — Link
• Full Lineup Released: D CEO’s Women’s Leadership Symposium — Link
• Former Mr. Texas is Transforming the C-Suite — Link
• D CEO to Honor Mark Cuban as “Community Hero” For His Leadership Efforts — Link
• D CEO Honored With Six National Awards For Journalism and Design — Link
• How the Technology-Driven Real Estate Trend Will Outlast the Pandemic — Link
  - D Magazine
• USMCA (Formerly NAFTA) Goes Into Effect As Pandemic Disrupts Supply Chains — Link
• Fort Worth’s Voicebox Karaoke Reopens its Doors to Guests With New Safety Requirements in Place — Link
• Apply Now: XPRIZE Hosts $5 Million Competition For Innovations In Employment Education — Link
• As Demand for HRAs Surges, Dallas-Based Take Command Health Grows its Team and Closes Fundraising — Link
• DI People: Match Group, Six Flags, CBRE, and More Make Executive Moves — Link
• Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in June — Link
• GameStop CEO Sherman: Switching to Ecommerce Helped Save Bottom Line — Link
• CallisonRTKL Collaborates With PODS on Isolation Units for COVID-19 Patients — Link
• PCCI’s Vulnerability Index Uncovers COVID-19 Risk Factors in Dallas County — Link
• Bottle Rocket’s Calvin Carter: ‘We estimate we are 10% more efficient working from wherever.’ — Link
• Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of June 16 - Link
• The End of an Era at EY: Debra von Storch Says “Hello” to her Next Chapter - Link
• Todd Interests and East Quarter Give $1 Million Donation to Fund Harwood Park Construction - Link
• City of Dallas, The DEC @ Redbird, 200 Business Orgs Partner to Launch Small Business Ecosystem - Link
• Arcosa CEO Antonio Carrillo Shares Best Practices of Managing Essential Business Regulations, Safety During Pandemic - Link
• Dallas-based Istation Partners With Tackle Tomorrow To Address Students’ Learning Regression Due to ‘COVID-19 Slide’ - Link
• ‘Minutes, Not Months’: Texas‑based Hypergiant Partners With United States Air Force on Satellites That Update in Real Time - Link
• Introducing Dallas College: DCCCD Gets Single Accreditation Approval - Link
• Work Shield Closes $4M Series A to Enhance its Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Tech - Link
• AT&T Business’ Anne Chow Becomes First Female CEO to Serve as United Way Dallas’ Campaign Chair - Link
• How Augmented, Virtual Reality Bridges the Business Travel Gap in Age of COVID - Link
• Calendar: Not-to-Miss Virtual Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
• Texas among the top states with most remote workers - Link
• M&A hits lowest mark since 2009 - Link
• PODCAST: Adam Hamilton fulfills love for science leading Southwest Research Institute - Link
• The Rustic ready to open in Houston's Uptown Park despite pandemic - Link
• DFW Coronavirus Tracker: Texas reports 8,076 new cases, doubling single-day total in less than 2 weeks - Link
• Deals Day: Financial services firm moves HQ within downtown Dallas - Link
• 3 sisters take on obstacles to keep baking at their family business - Link
• Dallas technology firm sparks huge interest as teaching shifts online - Link
• Texas Instruments rolls out tech that will pack more battery life into electronics - Link
• On the Agenda: Tapping the ‘breaks’ on Uber; mask mandates sought - Link
• Dallas' CyrusOne gets permanent CEO – and it’s an outsider that draws some surprise - Link
• How digital health solutions have prevailed during Covid-19 and set the stage for a digital-first future - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal
• Hiring: Capital Factory Venture Associate, Houston - Link
• BBL Ventures Energy & Industrial Tech Challenge - Apply by July 18th - Link
• Bellaire business owner starts new business making signs thanking essential workers - Link`
  - FOX 26’s Chelsea Edwards
• Innovating on Main Street for Resilient Local Economies: Founder Journey with Reda Hicks - Link
  - MassChallenge’s Dana Wildeboer
• Tilman Fertitta takes his golden online gaming casino public - Link
• Texas company's COVID-19 antibody test gets emergency authorization - Link
• Chicago-based food delivery app launches to serve Houstonians - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Houston fintech software startup expands with new German office - Link
• Houston-based space health research institution names postdoctoral fellows - Link
• 4 COVID-19 messaging tips from Houston communications expert - Link
• Business accelerator focused on child care centers launches in Houston following $3M grant - Link
• 10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for July - Link
• Local innovation leader to focus on diversity while standing up new-to-Houston cleantech incubator - Link
• Data science startup focused on neuroscience software nabs $3.78M grant and rebrands - Link
• Texas company receives emergency authorization for its COVID-19 antibody test - Link
• Rice research on why fighting workplace discrimination of LGBTQ+ employees boosts business - Link
• Virtual reality app developed in Houston allows users to escape to far away lands - Link
• Houston biotech company gets FDA greenlight to move forward with COVID-19 stem cell treatment - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
• Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels - Link
• Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury - Link
• Emmett joins Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies - Link
• Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon - Link
• Study finds new link between Alzheimer’s suspects - Link
• Rice lab’s bright idea is pure gold - Link
• Back to Work help available to job seekers - Link
• Rice researchers helping to ready vote-by-mail system for November - Link
  - Rice University
• Bauer students and faculty adjust to the virtual business world - Link
  - University of Houston
• WatchHerWork founder hopes call for equality will encourage cultural shift - Link
• Karbach Brewing Co. temporarily closes restaurant after employee tests positive for Covid-19 - Link
• Immatics Biotechnologies completes blank-check deal with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp., begins trading - Link
• Velodyne Lidar to go public in reverse merger with Houston blank-check co. Graf Industrial Corp. - Link
• Stem cell therapy co. Celltex begins clinical trial aimed at preventing Covid-19 - Link
• Mercer shares tips for getting ahead of the new normal - Link
• Forum Energy Technologies names new CFO, consolidates leadership - Link
• Software co. SmartVault to move to M-K-T mixed-use development in the Heights - Link
• HBJ reveals honorees for 2020 Most Admired CEO Award, inaugural Business Impact Awards - Link
• BBVA CEO Javier Rodriguez Soler: Why the bank is going big with digital expansion - Link
• Houston-based CSAT Solutions plans to open Louisville-area facility - Link
• Golden Nugget Online Gaming to go public in deal with Fertitta's Landcadia blank-check co. - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
• The Ion on track for Q1 opening in former Sears building - Link
• Record number of satellites launched in 2019 - Link
• Launch of NASA's Mars rover gets delayed again - Link
• NASA taps Joel Montalbano as manager of International Space Station program - Link
• Pendant vibrates before you touch your face - Link
• New Houston-made satellites to mimic chameleons - Link
• RIP, Microsoft Stores. We hardly knew ye. And that was the problem. - Link
• Comcast brings back data caps, AT&T extends suspension - Link
• Comcast offers free internet to 200 students - Link
• How to introduce the ‘internet of things’ in your home - Link
  - The Houston Chronicle's Andrea Lienfelder / Techburger Blog's Dwight Silverman
• The 2 Slide Startup Pitch Deck - Paul O’Brien - Link
• The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — Liquidation Preferences - Kirk Coburn - Link
• This startup wants to help people move from San Francisco to places like Raleigh - Durham Herald Sun - Link
• Good Time To Start A Consumer Brand? Industry Players Weigh In - Crunchbase News’ Christine Hall- Link
• The Mom Project’s Efforts To Help Moms Find Jobs Boosted By $25M Series - Crunchbase News’ Christine Hall - Link
• Invest in the Midwest: Capital Efficiency - Victor Gutwein - Link
• Tim O’Reilly makes a persuasive case for why venture capital is starting to do more harm than good - Techcrunch’s Connie Loizos - Link
• Amazon Web Services unveils new space business segment - Amazon’s Teresa Carlson - Link
• When You Have the Wrong Product, Nothing Else Matters - Inc. Magazine - Link
• He Was Fired From a Startup That's Now Worth $2 Billion. He Learned 3 Big Lessons - Inc. Magazine’s Jessica Stillman - Link
• Do You Know Where You Stand With Your CEO? Here’s How to Tell - OpenView’s Dan Slagen - Link
• Our Ghost-Kitchen Future - The New Yorker’s Anna Wiener - Link
• Don't Work With Clients Who Show These 5 Warning Signs - Inc. Magazine’s Marla Tabaka - Link
• How Substack has spawned a new class of newsletter entrepreneurs - Digiday’s Steven Perlberg - Link
• Kroger developed its own at-home COVID tests and is giving them to employees for free - Business Insider’s Hayley Peterson - Link
• From Tanks to Teleportation Episode 1: Robotic Revolution - Podcast
• I Got Rejected by Y Combinator… So I’m building my own Incubator. - Minas Marios Kontis - Link
• How One Company Was Poised to Grow 1,000% During the Pandemic - GAN’s Pat Riley - Link
• A Cloud Guru surges past $100m in revenue in five years - Financial Times Yolanda Redrup - Link
• SaaS Revenue Multiples Are Unbelievable - Sammy Abdullah - Link
• How to ask investors for help - Sammy Abdullah - Link

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