Austin Startup

Sailpoint Continues Growth, Acquires CloudMasons

Bryan Menell — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:27:24 +0000

SailPoint, the leading provider of governance-based identity management solutions, today announced it has continued to grow at a record pace, nearly doubling its bookings in Q1 of 2012 compared to the same time last year. In the last six months, the company has added dozens of Global 1000 customers, including three of the United States’ 10 largest companies. SailPoint now counts eight Fortune 20 companies and a fifth of the Forbes Global 100 companies as customers. As part of the company’s accelerated investment in cloud identity solutions, SailPoint announced that in January it acquired Cloudmasons, a developer of cloud and mobile access management solutions. Continue reading →

Flash Valet Launches Mobile App

Bryan Menell — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:26:38 +0000

Every driver has wanted to drop their car off with the valet on a night out but couldn’t because they didn’t have any cash. And every business owner has wanted to know what the night’s business looked like in real time without waiting for a lengthy report to be produced the next day. Convenience for the customer and control for the business owner – this is what Flash Valet introduced today for the parking industry. If you live in Austin, you might have noticed your parking receipt, or the valet stand having the "Flash Valet" logo for the past several months. Today it officially launches in the iTunes App Store. Continue reading →

Why I Chose Austin – More Recently

guest — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:47:29 +0000

I met guest blogger Ben Dyer before he moved to Austin, since he runs the Atlanta version of AustinStartup, which is named TechDrawl. As a more recent transplant, he has a great perspective on our theme of the week, "Why I Chose Austin." Continue reading →

Polygraph Media Announces Launch of its Big Data Analysis Tool for Facebook Marketing

Bryan Menell — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:30:36 +0000

Polygraph Media today announced the launch of its Polygraph™ Reports -- data mining and analytics for Facebook. With a data science approach, Polygraph works in real-time to collect data from Facebook Pages and subscriber-enabled Profiles, and quantifies it in over 40 charts, graphs, and data visualizations to give marketers actionable intelligence to inform marketing campaigns and strategies. As a “truth detector” for Facebook marketing, Polygraph Reports are ideal for brands with a major Facebook presence and the agencies or consultants who work with them. Continue reading →

Startup Showdown A Welcome Addition To ATC’s Second CEO Summit

George Dearing — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:02:58 +0000

The second day of ATC’s CEO Summit wrapped up last Friday with the Startup Showdown, featuring Baytan Labs, MapMyFitness, Convergence Wireless, VivoGig, and Toopher. We captured some tweets along with commentary and have more coverage planned this week, so stay … Continue reading →

I Choose Austin

guest — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:48:57 +0000

Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs. He founded his first startup in 1996 in his college dormitory and now teaches a class at the University of Texas for student entrepreneurs. He's currently the CEO of OtherInbox and Director of Capital Factory. Joshua has helped start a dozen companies, sold four of them, invested in more than fifty of them, and is a mentor to many others. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuabaer Continue reading →

NextIO Secures $12.3 Million in Series F Financing

Bryan Menell — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:10 +0000

NextIO, the pioneer in I/O consolidation and next-generation networking solutions, today announced it has closed a Series F funding round of $12.3 million. This round included investment by existing investors and an undisclosed strategic investor. NextIO, which demonstrated significant growth in 2011, will use the new funds to further expand sales and marketing efforts and to further expand NextIO’s family of I/O consolidation solutions. Continue reading →

Rackspace Chairman Graham Weston at ATC Summit [Video]

Bryan Menell — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:28:00 +0000

Rackspace CEO Graham Weston makes the case that the Austin-San Antonio region is one of the fastest growing technology regions in the country. His main thesis: It's not about the city, it's about the region. Continue reading →

CareFlash and Coro Health Team-Up

Bryan Menell — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:30:35 +0000

Coro Health and CareFlash, thought leaders in new media care innovation, have melded together their flagship products – CoroFaith and CareCommunities – integrating community and spirituality into a seamless, user-specific experience – nurturing better outcomes across the entire care continuum – throughout recovery, rehabilitation and aging as well as with impending losses and the grief that follows. Continue reading →

Mass Relevance Secures $3.3 Million Series A

Bryan Menell — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:08:12 +0000

Mass Relevance, the technology leader in social curation and integration, today announced that it has closed $3.3 million in venture capital funding. The Series A round is led by Austin Ventures and includes new investor Battery Ventures as well as existing investors Floodgate Fund, Allegro Venture Partners and Metamorphic Ventures. Mass Relevance will use the new financing to accelerate growth for the company’s platform among media, entertainment, consumer brands and retailers. Continue reading →