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| May 19, 2023 | This Austin accelerator made big claims; employees and customers say it didn’t deliver | Newchip, an online accelerator promising to help startups, has filed for bankruptcy and is now facing insolvency amid employee and client discontent.
Dozens of employees of the troubled organization staged a walkout on May 4, demanding that... |
| Mar 15, 2023 | This Company Plans To Bring Back Woolly Mammoths by 2028—but Why? | John Lopez, Tech Times 15 March 2023, 11:03 am
Colossal, a Texas-based synthetic biology company, plans to revive the woolly mammoth from extinction by 2028.
SiliconHillsNews reports that the company's CEO recently attended a speaking event... |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers | Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll ... |
| Jan 11, 2023 | Michael Dell's nepo babies: How the family of the billionaire computer mogul is making moves in the tech industry | Michael Dell with his wife, Susan, and two of their children, Juliette and Zachary. Zachary works in the VC world. Getty Images Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc / Contributor
Michael Dell's PC company, founded in 1984, has become one of the... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise | Laura Lorek Contributor
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Laura Lorek has lived in the Austin area since 2000, where she's been writing about established companies like Dell, NI, IBM, Apple, Oracle, Google, Meta and tech startups like Opcity, now Realtor.co... |
| Mar 9, 2022 | LiveOak Venture Partners’ Third Annual Giving Program Raises $250,000 for Nonprofit Organizations | For the third year, LiveOak Venture Partners has spearheaded the LiveOak Gives program to support nonprofit organizations. This year, LiveOak Gives Program is giving $250,000, the highest in the history of the program, which donated $200,00... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | Attend TechCrunch Live’s special event in Austin, Texas! (It’s free) | TechCrunch is thrilled to announce a special event centered around the exploding scene in Austin, Texas on April 6 at 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET. The area deserves a spotlight on the upcoming startups and recent milestones. It’s the city of u... |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Austin has attracted the likes of Oracle, Palantir, and SpaceX, among others. Here's what it's like inside Texas's growing tech hub. | Katie Canales/Business Insider
Austin, Texas, has become one of the hottest relocation hotspots for tech talent during the pandemic.
Tesla founder Elon Musk has a Cybertruck factory under construction outside the city, and his Boring Compan... |
| Nov 28, 2020 | Austin has attracted the likes of Oracle, Palantir, and SpaceX, among others. Here’s what it’s like inside Texas’s growing tech hub. | Austin, Texas, has become one of the hottest relocation hotspots for tech talent during the pandemic.
Tesla founder Elon Musk has a Cybertruck factory under construction outside the city, and his Boring Company recently bought an industrial... |
| Aug 10, 2020 | When Ginger was young: the early years | Ginger started by selling health data to providers, before pivoting to becoming a provider itself
Our when they were young series is a look back at the modest days of startups, what traction they had in their first few years, and how they e... |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Austin-based Ceresa Lands $1 Million for its Data-Driven Leadership Development Platform | Ceresa, a leadership development platform, announced Wednesday that it has raised $1 million in seed funding. Austin-based Next Coast Ventures and LiveOak Venture Partners led the round. |
| Jun 24, 2020 | Austin’s OJO Labs Raises $62.5 Million and Buys Movoto | OJO Labs on Wednesday announced a $62.5 million round of funding and the acquisition of Movoto, a residential real estate search site. |
| Oct 1, 2019 | OJO Labs Acquires Austin-based RealSavvy | OJO Labs has acquired Austin-based RealSavvy to create an even bigger platform for real estate brokers, agents, and teams and the customers they serve. |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Don’t Boil the Ocean and Other Words of Advice from Austin VCs to Entrepreneurs | Venture capital investment in Austin has been on the rise. |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Animal Rescue Groups, PGA, Stryve Biltong, Novo Labs & More TX Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news in Texas.
—Dallas Animal Services won $200,000 in the Innovation Showdown, a pet tech competition, for a customer service system... |
| Apr 19, 2019 | Imandra, Innovapptive, Nesh, Kroger Delivery Robots & More TX Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s catch up with the latest innovation news in Texas.
—Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners is one of three organizations that led a $5 million investment in Imandra, an a... |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Daily funding roundup - April 18th, 2019 | Astroscreen raised $1M; Native Data landed $2.5M; PadSplit closed $4.6M; Kangaroo secured $10.26M
Astroscreen: Astroscreen protects brands and defends democracy from harmful social media manipulation campaigns also known as astroturfing. As... |
| Mar 19, 2019 | OJO Labs Raises an Additional $45 Million in Venture Capital | OJO Labs, an artificial intelligence startup, has raised $45 million in additional funding. The Austin-based company plans to use the funds to accelerate its development and market expansion. It plans to hire more employees in the areas of ... |
| Mar 15, 2019 | CesiumAstro, MAP Health, StoryFit, Hatch Pitch & More Texas Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 3/14/19, 1:53 pm CT. See below.] Another South By Southwest festival comes to a close in Austin. Let’s catch up with the highlights from the tech portion this year an... |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Daily funding roundup - March 8th, 2019 | Bid Ops raised $1.75M; Jargon raised $1.8M; DesireList raised $3M; Osano raised $3M
Bid Ops: Bid Ops accelerates business partnerships between leading buyers and top suppliers. Bid Ops has raised $1.75 million in seed funding co-led by Illu... |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Urban unicorn renewal | Three cities, three dead urban unicorn renewal projects.
In just the past few days, we’ve had Foxconn renege on Wisconsin, Amazon renege on NYC and GE renege on Boston. Each followed the Anna Karenina principle that every unhappy economic d... |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Infinitum Electric Gets $1.8 Million in Funding to Improve the Electric Motor | Infinitum Electric Gets $1.8 Million in Funding to Improve the Electric Motor |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Taking Stock Of Austin’s M&A Year | 29 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
2018 has been a busy year for acquisitions of Austin startups.
As the year starts drawing to a close, we decided to take a look at the largest known startup acquisitions the city has seen this year.... |
| Nov 26, 2018 | Taking Stock Of Austin’s M&A Year | 32 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
2018 has been a busy year for acquisitions of Austin startups.
As the year starts drawing to a close, we decided to take a look at the largest known startup acquisitions the city has seen this year.... |
| Oct 20, 2018 | История SXSW: с чего начинался крупнейший фестиваль вокруг культуры, медиа и технологий | Получилось так, что второй год подряд я вхожу в число советников SXSW Pitch event. Сегодня я расскажу, с чего начинался «South by» в 70-е и 80-е.
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| Oct 11, 2018 | Rollick Lands $8.3 Million in Venture Capital Funding | Rollick announced Thursday that is has closed on $8.3 million in venture capital funding. The Austin-based company, which has created an online platform for dealers and retailers to sell powersports, RV, marine and industrial equipment, has... |
| Aug 21, 2018 | Y Combinator по ошибке разослал письма о приеме в школу 15 тыс. стартапам. И в итоге принял всех | Фото: iStock
Накануне основатели почти 11 тыс. стартапов получили письмо от американского стартап-акселератора Y Combinator, в котором их поздравляли с приемом в онлайн-школу. Еще 4 тыс. стартапов узнали, что их не приняли. Спустя два часа ... |
| Jun 13, 2018 | Strangeworks, TMCx, SeriesX, Unchained Capital, ALTR, & More TX Tech | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s get caught up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas.
—Strangeworks, an Austin, TX-based quantum computing startup, announced it has raised $4 million in a s... |
| May 17, 2018 | OJO Labs Raises $20.5 Million in VC Funding and Plans to Double in Size | OJO Labs, an Austin artificial intelligence startup, has raised $20.5 million in venture capital. |
| Mar 19, 2018 | Geekdom Teams With Alamo Angels to Launch a Pre-Accelerator Program in San Antonio | By lalorek
Geekdom, the tech co-working space at the heart of San Antonio’s technology district, announced recently that it has teamed up with Alamo Angels to launch a pre-accelerator program designed to nurture new startups. Read more on S... |
| Mar 10, 2018 | Preaching the Texas Startup Manifesto at SXSW | Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory is bullish on Texas.
He wrote the Texas Startup Manifesto last year and has worked diligently since then to bring Texas’ major cities together: Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas.
The goal is to... |
| Mar 5, 2018 | TX Tech: Phunware Goes Public, Biden at SXSW, BioHouston, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s start off the week with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas.
—Phunware, an Austin, TX-based software maker, plans to go public following a merger with Stellar ... |
| Sep 6, 2017 | LiveOak & Telestax Discuss Early Stage Technology Investing | In 2010, LiveOak Venture Partners saw a vast opportunity in the Austin and Texas market for early stage technology entrepreneurs. “But there was not as much capital available as many of the local entrepreneurs would attest to”...Read More... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | 40 Austin startups raised $385.9 million in Q2 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Second quarter venture investment in Texas once a... |
| Jul 13, 2017 | 40 Austin startups raised $385.9 million in Q2 | Second quarter venture investment in Texas once again reflected a common trend: Austin nabbed the most amount of investment dollars while Dallas and Houston trailed (significantly) behind.
Venture capitalists pumped $385.9 million into Aust... |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Austin Keeps Crown As King Of Texas VC In Q2 | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Second quarter venture investment in Texas once again reflected a common trend: Austin nabbed the most amount of investment dollars while Dallas and Houston trailed (significantly) behind.
Venture ca... |
| May 19, 2017 | Startups Race To Cash In On The Growing Last-Mile Delivery Market | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Immediate gratification.
That’s what appears to be driving the on-demand delivery space, which has seen its share of struggles in recent times.
Nowadays, consumers expect to receive merchandise, food... |
| May 19, 2017 | Startups Race To Cash In On The Growing Last-Mile Delivery Market | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Immediate gratification.
That’s what appears to be driving the on-demand delivery space, which has seen its share of struggles in recent times.
Nowadays, consumers expect to receive merchandise, food,... |
| May 9, 2017 | NarrativeDX Raises Venture Capital for its Artificial Intelligence Platform Aimed at Healthcare Providers | NarrativeDX, an artificial intelligence platform that lets healthcare providers...Read More |
| Dec 6, 2016 | TX Roundup: Blue Star Accelerator, Industrial Tech at SXSW, UT’s Foundry | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s catch up on the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas.
—The Big Cities Health Coalition released its “Big Cities Health Inventory Data Platform” this week, which all... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Tour of Texas: Twyla, Firefly, Factom, DocSynk, Disruptors, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Let’s get caught up with the latest innovation news from Xconomy Texas.
Austin:
—Factom, a startup that uses blockchain technology to secure and verify data such as public rec... |
| Apr 8, 2016 | The South has something to say, and this time Atlanta hopes it’s with tech | If your city has developed a cultural export with a national reputation before, then your local entrepreneurship community ought to take some lessons.
In Chicago, founders speak of the Second City movement in comedy, a pipeline that has rec... |
| Feb 9, 2016 | Vast, an Algorithm-Based Search Engine for Used Cars, Grabs $14M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Austin—Making a big-decision purchase like a car or home can feel like a futile task given all the details to consider, especially with so many options online.
Vast is an Aust... |
| Oct 10, 2015 | LiveOak-Funded UT-Spinout Capsenta Helps Healthcare Companies Harness Data | Anyone familiar with the University of Texas at Austin is no stranger to the words “what happens here changes the world.”...Read More |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Tech.Co Deals Roundup: Medium Raises $57M, Business Insider Gets Acquired | Today's Tech.Co Deals Roundup is brought to you by National Coffee Day. Drink responsibly.
Need more funding news? You can get the Tech.Co Deals Roundup sent directly to your inbox by subscribing here.FundingMedium Raises $57M at Estimated ... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Tech.Co Deals Roundup: Medium Raises $57M, Business Insider Gets Acquired | Today's Tech.Co Deals Roundup is brought to you by National Coffee Day. Drink responsibly.
Need more funding news? You can get the Tech.Co Deals Roundup sent directly to your inbox by subscribing here. Funding Medium Raises $57M at Estimate... |
| Sep 27, 2015 | Billionaire Mark Cuban on Raising Kids: 'I Don't Want Them to Be Entitled Jerks' | September 27, 2015 5 min read
Butlers, beamers and brats. That’s mainly what comes to mind when many of us think of the perks and privileges rich kids are privy to. No work and all play makes Jack a spoiled boy.
Mark Cuban isn’t stupid. He ... |
| May 30, 2015 | The Obsession With Silicon Everywhere | There are many commentators who argue that there is a bubble in Silicon Valley today. They may or may not be right, but there is certainly a bubble in places named after the preeminent global tech ecosystem.
Silicon Border. Silicon Hills. S... |
| Jan 16, 2015 | TX Roundup: New Money, Texas Venture Labs, Aceable, & Roverpass | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The new year is progressing at a rapid pace, as are Texas’s innovators. Here’s the latest on new products, a shout-out to Houston and Austin as meccas of STEM jobs, and a slew... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | Startups and 13 States Jumpstart Equity Crowdfunding Without SEC | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ever wanted to own your own little piece of a startup, but found you don’t quite have the money to do it? Well, now you can buy a stake in a local brewery, restaurant, or soft... |
| Aug 4, 2014 | Texas Roundup: Funding, Relocations, & Techstars Cloud Returns | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 8/5/14 8:47 am. See below.] It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the Texas innovation community. Here are some of the highlights:
—Bluegrass Vascular Technologies migh... |
| Mar 11, 2014 | Three lessons learned from SXSW pitch competitions: What not to do | Seratis Health won the Monday contest. Founded by a doctor, Seratis is a communication tool to help healthcare providers coordinate, track and analyze care across a team and to replace pagers.
Some of the entrepreneurs had promising ideas b... |
| Apr 9, 2013 | AirStrip ONE wins it all! | Mobisante’s MobiUS device, in addition to providing analysis and measurement of the fetus, can provide ultrasound imaging for as well as imaging for abdominal, cardiac, pelvic, pediatric, mucoskeletal, and peripheral vessels. It was co-foun... |
| Apr 7, 2013 | Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform Realty Mogul Is Gaining Steam, As It Wins Another Pitch Competition | Last week, a young startup called Realty Mogul took home top honors at “Founder Showcase,” a Silicon Valley pitch competition and networking event hosted by TheFunded.com, in which eight early-stage startups showed off their wares in front ... |
| Nov 28, 2012 | Lokalty also named one of Philly’s coolest new businesses, plus features on CallGrader, Wodify, Charity Gift Market, SnipSnap [Startup Roundup] | Technically Philly’s Startup Roundup parses out the small pieces that make our greater Startup ecosystem thrive. We want to keep you in touch with the innovations that we can’t quite get to covering, but that deserve highlight. Follow along... |
| AirStrip ONE wins it all! | In the past few weeks the road to the mobile health version of the NCAA basketball tourney has taken many twists and turns. It started as an exercise spurred by the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on mobile health regulation an... |
| Three lessons learned from SXSW pitch competitions: What not to do | You couldn’t throw a free beer coozie at SXSW this year without hitting a pitch contest. The main SXSW accelerator had two days of pitches and six tracks, including one for wearables and one for healthcare. There was a pitch competition Sun... |
