Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

Thank you to the Austin Technology Incubator at UT Austin for creating the Austin startup scene as we know it! This is no exaggeration: Austin’s startup community would not have taken off without the solid foundation laid by the Austin Technology Incubator , the longest running active tech incubator in the United States.

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APRIL 30, 2018

The fun comes to the Palmer Events Center in Austin on the weekend of Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6. Tickets for Maker Faire Austin range from $12 (for single day youth) to $42 (for a Ford Patron Weekend Pass). The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Central Texas startups should enter the Austin A-List Competition before the April 8 deadline The Forrest Four-Cast: March 25, 2019 50 of the world’s top startups came to Austin for SXSW 2019. There is no entry fee to be part of the 2019 Austin A-List Awards. Click here to enter your startup for this competition.

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MAY 4, 2020

Austin Based Datum Tech Secures Seed Round Funding One More Step in Datum’s Efforts to Democratize Data Datum Tech, Inc., an Austin based start-up specializing in mobile data, has announced a seed round funding of $950,000 from Quansight Initiate to continue its growth into the commercial and political markets.

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SiliconHills

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

They’ve grown the company to more than 8 million accounts worldwide, and last January, Invoice Home relocated its headquarters to WeWork on Congress in Austin. Invoice Home provides invoice-generating software for small businesses, freelancers, and entrepreneurs worldwide. The company was attracted […]

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Austin Startup

JUNE 9, 2020

Contributed by Mental Health Match: With need for therapy surging due to the pandemic and current events, help is available immediately for Austin residents from the comfort of their own home regardless of their income and needs. whether dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, or new life changes?

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SiliconHills

JULY 23, 2019

The Austin-based company has raised $25 million since its founding in 2012. The post Austin-based TrustRadius Raises $12.5 TrustRadius, a platform for software reviews, announced Tuesday that it has received $12.5 million in additional funding. TrustRadius plans to use the funds […].

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SiliconHills

APRIL 13, 2023

But this year, SaaStock is launching its first Austin-based SaaS conference for a three-day event running May 31-June 2. SaaStock is Europe’s largest conference focused on Software as a Service or SaaS. It takes place in Dublin, Ireland. The conference, which is called SaaStock USA, features panel discussions and networking.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 28, 2022

Austin had a record-breaking year with startup activity overall on the rise. In 2021, companies in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area raised $4.9 billion in venture capital in 387 deals, more than double the $2.3 billion raised in 2020, according to Pitchbook-National Venture Capital Association Venture Monitor data.

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SiliconHills

MAY 27, 2023

The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Opportunity Austin and SXSW, hosted a spectacular event last week at the Long Center for the Performing Arts to announce the winners of the highly anticipated 2023 A-LIST Awards.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Health Tech Austin is hosting the Future of Care Delivery System Summit on Thursday at Capital Factory. The event features opening remarks from Dr. Desmar Walkes, a public health expert, family physician, and medical director for the City of Austin, and Hugh Forrest, co-president and chief […] until noon.

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SiliconHills

MAY 19, 2023

Google Fiber is looking for testers in the Austin market to see what they can do with 20 Gig Internet. The applications can be drug development, virtual reality, artificial intelligent humanoid robot assistants, flying cars, or something else.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

In another sign things in the Austin startup world are beginning to return to normal following the COVID-19 Pandemic, Austin Startup Week returns to in-person events next week. The 12th annual Austin Startup Week takes place at Capital Factory downtown Monday through Friday next week. Register here.

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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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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Argo AI, the self-driving startup that launched Robo taxies in Austin, is laying off 78 employees in Austin. The company filed a report with the Texas Workforce Commission, reporting 68 employees would be laid off at Argo’s 7th Street location and 10 employees at its Congress location.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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SiliconHills

JUNE 3, 2023

Corrily, a price optimization software startup used by subscription-based companies, won the global pitch competition at Saastock Austin on Friday. Saasgtock, based in London, held its inaugural SaaStock Austin conference last week with more […] The San Francisco-based company beat five finalists to claim the top prize.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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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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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