SiliconHills

AUGUST 27, 2022

In Austin, 97 companies made the Inc 5000 2022 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Overall, the Austin companies on the list had a 244 percent median growth rate, $5.3 billion in total revenue, and added 16,792 jobs. The list includes 28 newly founded companies and 69 repeat honorees.

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Austin Revenue 103

SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Madhu Basu, the founder of Unnanu, wants to scale his startup to a billion-dollar contextual search company in the next ten years in Austin. Already, he’s been issued a U.S. patent on selecting media using weighted keywords and he has another patent pending.

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Austin Founder Search Startup 110

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Austin startups raised $701 million in venture capital in the third quarter of 2022, 30 percent less than the same quarter a year ago, according to the latest Pitchbook-National Venture Capital Association Venture Monitor report.

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Austin Startup Venture Capital 100

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Now an Austin-based startup, Happypillar has come up with a mental health aid for parents. Parenting is hard and parents often need help. Happypillar’s founders created a digital therapeutic app that teaches parents how to interact with their young children during playtime.

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Austin Naming Product Startup 126

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Austin, Texas, USA downtown skyline. Since that time, Kip Lewis has repeated the process with more than 2,000 other RV and mobile home parks in and around Austin, Texas. Kip Lewis was one of the first business owners in the Austin metropolitan area to make this move. The One Business Failure That Kip Lewis Cannot Forget.

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Austin Texas Employee Entrepreneur 162

SiliconHills

AUGUST 14, 2020

People who once crowded Austin’s bars for meetups and happy hours, now congregate online to imbibe […]. The post Naturally Austin and SKU Host a Virtual Happy Hour Showcasing Austin Beverages and Snacks appeared first on SiliconHills. It has also given rise to the quarantine cocktail party on Zoom.

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Austin Hosting Texas 136

Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. With the sheer number of startups, talent and investment funds within Austin or moving to the city, it is no surprise that the number of individuals relocating to the area continues to increase.

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Austin San Francisco Startup Cofounder 111

SiliconHills

JANUARY 10, 2022

Virgin Atlantic announced plans Monday to begin offering direct flights to Austin. Austin, you’ve got the #greenlight to travel in style to the UK from May 25th as I am THRILLED to announce that Virgin Atlantic will be launching services from Austin to London,” Simon Hawkins, head of Virgin Atlantic North America, posted to LinkedIn. “I’m

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Space environmentalist Moriba Jah, an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, also referred to as the Genius Grant. The award recognizes Jah for creating the world’s first real-time streaming of near-miss collisions and activity in space.

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Austin Naming Texas Engineer 112

SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Austin’s technology industry wouldn’t be what it is today without Pike Powers. Powers put the silicon into the Silicon Hills and the Austin technology industry on the map when he helped to bring the headquarters of Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp., known as MCC to Austin in 1983.

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Austin Technology 95

SiliconHills

MAY 19, 2021

Founded 17 years ago, Realty Austin has seen tremendous growth. The husband-and-wife team of Jonathan and Yvette Boatwright have developed the company into the number one independent brokerage in Central Texas. In the beginning, Jonathan worked at Microsoft at the time Yvette was starting her real estate business.

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San Antonio Austin Texas Technology 124

SiliconHills

JANUARY 17, 2020

The 4-Star boutique hotel, which opened in 2015, is a symbol of the transformation that has taken place in downtown Austin in the last decade. The post Austin is Becoming a Real Estate Technology Hub appeared first on SiliconHills. The neighborhood once filled with single-family homes is now an […].

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Austin Technology 159

SiliconHills

AUGUST 6, 2021

Austin-based LawnStarter acquired San Diego-based Lawn Love. As the grass grows, so does the lawn care industry. And this week, two lawn care startups combined to create an even bigger company to tackle the problem of keeping lawns tidy. The financial terms of the cash and stock deal weren’t disclosed.

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Austin San Diego Stock Startup 112

SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The largest black technology conference, AfroTech Conference, kicks off Sunday at the Austin Convention Center. It marks a return to in-person events after two years of the AfroTech Conference held virtually due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The conference features fireside chats with technology leaders and music performances.

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Austin Technology 95

SiliconHills

AUGUST 5, 2020

Breyer Capital has announced plans to open a new office in Austin. The Silicon Valley-based venture capital and private equity firm, founded in 2006, is already an investor in Austin-based OJO Labs and Swivel. “I The post Silicon Valley VC Firm Breyer Capital Opens an Austin Office appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Silicon Valley Austin Private Equity Venture Capital 146

SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

All of those topics and more will be explored at the second annual Move America conference, which is coming back to Austin at the Palmer Events Center on Sept. Electric bikes, buses, trucks, trains, cars, drones, electric charging stations, smart cities, and a focus on sustainability and lessening the environmental impact of transportation.

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Austin America Startup Mobile 101

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Oracle is moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. “We We recently announced that Oracle is implementing a more flexible employee work location policy and has changed its Corporate Headquarters from Redwood Shores, California to Austin, Texas,” according to a statement from the company. “We

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Silicon Valley Austin Texas California 127

Austin Startup

MARCH 9, 2021

It seems Austin tops a new list every single day: #1 Best Place to Live 2019, according to US News & World Report, #1 Best Job Market in America, according to the Wall Street Journal, and #1 Best Place to Start a Business, according to Inc 5000, just to name a few?—?and and Austin has shown no signs of slowing down. But why Austin?

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Austin Naming Tulsa San Francisco 85

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The 11th-annual Austin Startup Week takes Monday through Thursday this week. The Monday women in technology event, however, was rescheduled because of outages on the Internet Monday, according to event organizers.

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Austin Startup Internet Technology 114

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The Howdy Austin mural commissioned by Ride|Austin Here is your home page to get started and meet all of the people you need to know to plug into the Austin tech startup scene?—?the Working with Joe, he founded RideAustin to provide ridesharing to Austin when Uber and Lyft were driven out by city council.

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Austin Cofounder Texas Startup 110

SiliconHills

JULY 17, 2021

Bright Machines announced plans to open a new regional office and lab in Austin. The company, based in San Francisco, is not moving to Austin. Bright Machines is opening a customer support center and robotics lab in Austin. Instead, it is opening a new San Francisco headquarters in August.

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Austin San Francisco Customer 117

SiliconHills

MARCH 6, 2020

On Friday, City of Austin officials held a press conference and announced the cancellation of SXSW and SXSW.EDU, set to take place next week. The post Austin Officials Cancel SXSW appeared first on SiliconHills. The show isn’t going on after all. “We are devastated to share this news with you.

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Austin 104

Austin Startup

AUGUST 6, 2020

I am proud to announce that Breyer Capital has opened a new office in Austin, Texas. Breyer Capital’s Silicon Valley presence remains as important as ever, and at the same time, Austin offers a remarkable new frontier of opportunity. With that said, Austin today resembles a globally fascinating and fast-advancing geographic hub.

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Austin Silicon Valley Texas Entrepreneur 76

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Cart.com announced Thursday afternoon that it has moved its global headquarters from Houston to Austin. The startup has 150 employees in Austin and plans to double in the next 12 months, according to a news release. Capital Factory recently named Cart.com its Startup of the year.

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Austin Houston Startup Naming 71

SiliconHills

AUGUST 17, 2021

In Austin, 109 companies made the Inc. Overall, the Austin companies on the list had a 183 percent median growth rate, $3.9 5000 2021 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. billion in total revenue, and added 8,312 jobs. The list includes 12 newly founded companies and 62 repeat honorees.

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Austin Revenue 126

SiliconHills

MAY 21, 2021

Dean Kakridas remembers the old Austin tech scene. For the past 18 years, he’s worked in a variety of roles and has seen Austin’s technology scene mature and expand. And by old, he is talking about 2003 when he landed here. But he’s also spent time in Europe, Asia, and Silicon Valley. During that time, […].

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Austin Silicon Valley Asia Europe 96

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Three Austin-based startups received a total of $200,000 in cash awards from Google for Startups’s Black Founders Fund. The Austin startups are Laundris Corp., The post Google’s Black Founders Fund Awards Three Austin Startups $300,000 in Cash appeared first on SiliconHills. Tankee and Varuna Tech.

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Austin Founder Startup 133

SiliconHills

JANUARY 21, 2022

SXSW this week announced the 45 finalists in nine categories featuring four Austin-based startups. The Austin-based startups are Mod Tech Labs in the artificial intelligence, robotics, and voice category, Nephrodite in the health, wearables, and well-being category, Kiro in the smart cities, […].

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Austin Startup 100

SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The post UT Austin Uses Hologram Technology in the Classroom Thanks to an Austin Startup appeared first on SiliconHills. Just take a look at the University of Texas’ McCombs School of Business and its use of a hologram application called Recourse to beam a professor into the classroom during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Austin Startup Technology Texas 97

SiliconHills

JANUARY 17, 2020

Austin has become an eCommerce hub. Other major Austin players in the eCommerce industry include RetailMeNot, Bazaarvoice, BigCommerce, Dosh, Convey, H-E-B Digital, Black Locus/Home Depot, and Favor. And Austin is also […]. And Austin is also […].

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Austin Acquisition eCommerce Startup 146

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce has announced its A-List award winners for 2020. The post Greater Austin Chamber Announces 2020 A-List Award Winners appeared first on SiliconHills. The A-List winners were announced during a three-part online series hosted by the Chamber and SXSW on October 7th and 8th.

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Austin Hosting Founder 125

SiliconHills

AUGUST 26, 2020

There’s a new angel network in Austin, aimed specifically and women-led startups. This week, Women@Austin, a nonprofit organization focused on advancing female entrepreneurs, launched the Beam Angel Network. Jess […].

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Austin Texas Startup Networking 146

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Breyer Capital Austin?—?End End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors.

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Austin Silicon Valley Texas Entrepreneur 84

SiliconHills

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The 10th Annual Austin Startup Week is in full swing with lots of panels and virtual networking at the virtual venue Hopin. And tonight the first Austin Startup Crawl will take place virtually using a platform called Sococo from 4 p.m. The post Austin Startup Crawl Goes Virtual appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup Networking 96

SiliconHills

JUNE 30, 2021

Recently, the Austin-based company took another step in that direction by announcing a partnership with Proactive MD to open a primary health care center, Sana MD in Austin. Skyrocketing health care costs is a problem Sana, a health care startup, has set out to solve since its founding in 2017. With the center, Sana and […].

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Austin Partner Startup Cost 125

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 11, 2021

In a sign the economy is starting to open again after the COVID-19 Pandemic, a delegation from Poland visited Austin this week. Those in attendance included members of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the Polish consulate in […].

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Austin Poland 90

SiliconHills

JULY 10, 2021

billion Gigafactory in Austin to make trucks and other vehicles, but Tesla Energy is also creating a solar-powered local neighborhood. Last week, Tesla Energy announced the first Tesla Solar neighborhood called SunHouse at Easton Park, 12 miles east of downtown Austin. Not only is Tesla building a $1.1

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Austin Management 124