Austin Startup

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 →

BuildASign Continues Rapid Growth, Moves to New HQ

Bryan Menell — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:15 +0000

BuildASign.com, a leading online custom printing provider, today opened the doors to its expanded office and manufacturing spaces following a year of incredible business growth. An official ribbon cutting ceremony was hosted by BuildASign.com CEO Dan Graham and Phyllis Snodgrass of the Austin Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon at the new location in North Austin. The expanded facilities more than double the company’s space, with over 80,000 square feet split between its corporate office and manufacturing space. Continue reading →

Infoglide and BusinessForensics Partner

Bryan Menell — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:59:50 +0000

BusinessForensics, the new leader in risk, fraud and compliance management software for financial institutions, Government agencies and corporations today announced it is enhancing its core application sets by incorporating Infoglide’s market-leading Identity Resolution Engine® (IRE) software. Continue reading →

Austin Tech Happy Hour on May 24th at Molotov

Bryan Menell — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:03:58 +0000

We're pleased to announce the next Austin Tech Happy Hour on Thursday, May 24th at Molotov from 6pm - 8pm sponsored by Hostway! Continue reading →

River City Circle Hosts Tweetup May 24

Matt Scherer — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:31:31 +0000

The River City Circle will hold a tweetup May 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Geekdom, 112 Pecan Street. Investors in the group will celebrate the San Antonio debut of Lobo and Lobo Negro brewed by the Pedernales Brewery, based in San Antonio. "We're celebrating what I would term a Populist form of fund raising to begin operations," Jim Montgomery, one of the River City Circle's founders, said. Investors bought one to two shares valued at $10,000 each to fund the brewery, Montgomery noted. Austin and San Antonio investors who want to know about the funding process behind the River City Circle can go to this link: www.ez.com/hhun. Continue reading →

CopperEgg Announces $2.1Million in Funding, New CEO

Bryan Menell — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:55:38 +0000

CopperEgg, a cloud monitoring and analytics company, today announced the addition of tech industry veteran Bob Quillin as CEO, as well as an additional $2.1M to complete their Series A Funding round. Silverton Partners was the lead investor and is joined by a group of new venture and corporate investors including Webb Investment Network, the investment fund of former eBay COO Maynard Webb, and several private investors including Asana executive Kenny Van Zant; bringing total financing to $4.1M. Continue reading →

Ziften Announces BLISS, and a $5.5 Million Series B

Bryan Menell — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:52:11 +0000

Today, Ziften Technologies launches the much anticipated release of its first product and announces Series B financing of $5.5 M. Ziften’s initial funding fueled development of a new class of software that reverses the degradation of enterprise desktops, making them easier to manage. Behavioral Lightweight Intelligence for Stressed Systems (BLISS) enables organizations to understand, prioritize, and control applications running across physical and virtual Windows desktops. Ziften has pioneered Desktop Quality of Service (QoS), leading to improved uptime, business alignment, performance, security, and reduction of errors and annoyances. Continue reading →

Techstars Director Expects Future Growth in San Antonio

Matt Scherer — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:05:14 +0000

After the recent TechStars program in San Antonio was finished, Matt Scherer, our San Antonio correspondent, got to speak to Jason Seats, the managing director of the TechStars Cloud program. Here's his interview with Seats, the co-founder of Slice Hosting. Continue reading →

SalesVu 2.0 Launches in the US and Canada

Bryan Menell — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:43:11 +0000

Austin-based SalesVu just released its latest mobile payment application, SalesVu 2.0 for iPhone’s and iPad’s. The new update solidifies SalesVu’s technology leadership position as the only mobile payment solution with centralized cloud-based management, reporting, and social media marketing. Continue reading →

Q&A Wednesday :: Spacecraft

Bryan Menell — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:14:46 +0000

Today's Q&A Wednesday is with Adam Morehead of Spacecraft. I first met with Adam about 9 months ago when they first started the company, so it's pretty exciting to see the product finally brought to market. Continue reading →