{"id":71465,"date":"2025-12-01T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/71465\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:45:11","slug":"5-best-places-to-retire-near-houston-and-more-business-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/71465\/","title":{"rendered":"5 best places to retire near Houston and more business news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: It’s time to look back on the top Houston innovation news in recent weeks. From Houston’s most valuable startups right now to the top places to retire in 2026, here are the most-read InnovationMap stories from November 16-30: <\/p>\n


\n 2. 3 Houston companies land on Deloitte\u2019s Technology Fast 500 list
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Three Houston companies ranked on Deloitte’s annual list, with two cracking the top 100. Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Three Houston companies have made this year\u2019s Deloitte North America Technology Fast 500 list. The report ranks the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. The top Houston company to make the list is Action1 Corp., No. 16, a provider of cybersecurity software. Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n


\n 3. Houston\u2019s 10 most valuable startups revealed in new report
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Houston’s top startups by valuation range from e-commerce startups to a geothermal pioneer. Photo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Greater Houston Partnership has released its list of the 10 most valuable startups that are fueling the city\u2019s growth and entrepreneurial energy, including industry giants like Axiom Space and Fervo Energy. The list ranks its top 10 startups by valuation based on the company\u2019s last private funding round, reflected in Pitchbook data, as of October 20 of this year. Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n


\n 4. Houston scores $120M in new cancer research and prevention grants
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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has doled out 73 more grants to health care systems and companies in the state. Carter Smith\/Courtesy of MD Anderson<\/p>\n

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has granted more than $120 million to Houston organizations and companies as part of 73 new awards issued statewide. The funds are part of nearly $154 million approved by the CPRIT’s governing board earlier this month, bringing the organization’s total investment in cancer prevention and research to more than $4 billion since its inception. Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n


\n 5. Photos: Highlights from the 2025 Houston Innovation Awards
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Congratulations to the 2025 Houston Innovation Awards winners! Photo by Emily Jaschke<\/p>\n

The 2025 Houston Innovation Awards season came to a close on November 13 at InnovationMap’s annual awards program and networking event. A full house of attendees gathered to celebrate the best and brightest in Houston innovation right now. Continue reading.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s note: It’s time to look back on the top Houston innovation news in recent weeks. From Houston’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35880,35879,56,58,57,35881,7959,35877,19883,35878],"class_list":["post-71465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-cprit-grants","tag-deloitte","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-innovation-awards","tag-most-popular-stories","tag-retirement-plans","tag-trending-innovation-news","tag-valuable-startups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}