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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today toured the Ion Innovation District and participated in a roundtable with Rice University’s president and Ion’s leadership and tenant companies. The panel was centered around, “building Houston’s innovation economy.” About the tour, Sen. Cruz said:“The Ion is a perfect example of the kind

Second Draught’s substantial draft list includes local craft beers from Saint Arnold, True Anomaly, and Eureka Heights.

Innovative Houstonians will soon have a place to collaborate over a beer or two. Second Draught opens Monday, September 12 inside The Ion, Rice University&#3

Ankr, a Houston-based cancer education and navigation platform, has been named the winner of The Ion’s Houston Startup Showcase

Courtesy of Rice Management Co. Rendered view from the fourth floor of the Ion. If you’ve driven by Midtown on Interstate-69, you’ve probably seen the big new, shiny glass building on Main Street. The Ion, now scheduled to open this fall, is the heart of Houston’s new innovation district, housed in the former Sears building that stood on the southern tip of what today is considered Midtown for nearly 80 years until it closed in 2018. Rather than razing the four-story building, the develop...

Energy industry beginning to get behind tech incubators Jim Magill, Correspondent FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 Chevron Technology Ventures has set up shop at the Cannon startup hub in West Houston, photographed on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of14 Employees with Chevron Technology Ventures demonstrate the different work locations at its Cannon startup hub location in West Houston on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.Elizabeth Conley, H...

2021 could be the year it all comes together for Houston tech FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 Construction continues on Ion, the former Midtown Sears store being repurposed as a startup hub, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Houston. Business and city leaders hope the building will help transform the section of Midtown into an "Innovation Corridor."Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Fiesta Mart, 4200 San Jacinto St., and Midtown Sears, 4201 Main St.,, are shown Tuesd...