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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. For decades, Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio have been on all of the “Top 10 Places for…” lists. It all starts with people?—?talent.

Texas 90
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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

I served on the board of directors until the IPO, and during that time we were able to recruit great firms like Foundry Group, SoftTech VC (now Uncork Capital), Bessemer Venture Partners, and Bain Capital Ventures. Payal and team have attracted capital partners like CRV, Thrive Capital, Google Ventures, General Catalyst, Temasek, and more. #10:

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

Just some of the winners include thriving Texas startups like Syzygy Plasmonics (Houston), Shearshare (Dallas), Groupraise (Houston), Journey Foods (Austin), Easy Expunctions (San Antonio), Mynd VR (Dallas), ZPEG (Austin), YouGoNatural (Dallas), and Senseye (Austin).

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Apollo Global Acquires Rackspace for $4.3 Billion

SiliconHills

Apollo Global Management Friday announced plans to acquire San Antonio-based Rackspace for $4.3 As part of the deal, funds managed by Searchlight Capital Partners will make a strategic equity investment in Rackspace. The […] The post Apollo Global Acquires Rackspace for $4.3

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MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS IN AUSTIN 2019 NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS

Austin Startup

MASSCHALLENGE TEXAS NAMES TOP 14 FINALIST STARTUPS FROM AUSTIN-BASED ACCELERATOR International accelerator to award up to $500,000 in equity-free cash prizes to select top startups from the region’s third startup accelerator program at Oct. all at zero cost and with zero equity taken. Brand, general partner at True Wealth Ventures.

Texas 48
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Investors! Join Me On An Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas

Austin Startup

Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Artificial Intelligence, eCommerce CPG, Defense Industry, Cybersecurity (San Antonio will be joining us in Austin) Why are we doing this?

Texas 50
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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My PR journey started with an amazing position with the renowned Jason Dady restaurant group in San Antonio, Texas. We do home equity funds without interest or monthly payments in exchange for sharing in the future upside/downside of home values. I needed a way to make money and be with my children. Image Credit: Ray Higdon.