Here is the latest innovation news from Texas. —AdBm Technologies, an underwater noise abatement technology company in Austin, TX, raised $1.3 million in a Series A round, the company reported Thursday. AdBm says its system uses encapsulated air bubbles tuned to specific frequencies and in special configurations to capture and mitigate noise generated in, for … Continue reading “Roundup: Pristine, Xeris, Silvercar Raise Funds, SafeNight Debuts”
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Innovation Hub: Niche Social Networks
When most people think of social networks, they think of Facebook. But apart from Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth, which has 1.3 billion active users at last count, we’re seeing a rise in niche-based online communities, tailored to our personal or professional interests. Gina Bianchini is an expert on building custom social networks. She started Ning with … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Niche Social Networks”
Leveling Information Silos in the Workplace
Today’s mobile device technology has made it possible for both professionals and consumers to have nearly all of the information they need right at their fingertips. Moreover, the types of information now available to them are limitless—it could be work e-mail, travel itineraries, social media updates, or even the answer to that trivia question that’s … Continue reading “Leveling Information Silos in the Workplace”
Flocasts Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=75a0741f-7395-44d9-afd3-4ea73b39b2b6 Date 10/3/2014 Company Name Flocasts Mailing Address 2922 East Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78702 USA Company Description Flocasts changes the way athletes and fans interact with their passion in sports. We are a new media company that enables people to connect and engage in the sports and sports communities they love. … Continue reading “Flocasts Obtains $8,000,000 New Funding”
Numerous Garners $700,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b096eed6-6077-45bc-83cd-974b7fb5c38e Date 10/3/2014 Company Name Numerous Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 78703 USA Company Description Numerous is the best way to track and share life’s most important numbers. The world is increasingly instrumented. Life is increasingly quantified. And attention is increasingly scarce.They’re creating a beautiful solution. Website http://www.numerousapp.com Transaction Type Venture Equity … Continue reading “Numerous Garners $700,000 Seed Financing”
StackEngine Garners $1,000,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3fc82569-e5d1-44b4-983d-bd00246012d6 Date 10/3/2014 Company Name StackEngine Mailing Address 206 E. 9th St. 18th Floor Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description StackEngine builds software to manage and automate Docker applications, giving organizations the power to simply and massively deploy, manage, and scale resilient applications. Our goal is to bring modern management to modern, … Continue reading “StackEngine Garners $1,000,000 Seed Round”
Palmaz Scientific Lands $1,315,000 Series A Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=fa8b422f-6bd1-4fbc-88f0-ee463ae94a1e Date 10/3/2014 Company Name Palmaz Scientific Mailing Address 2828 N. Harwood Dallas, TX 75201 USA Company Description The Palmaz Scientific management and board of directors come from diverse backgrounds and have extensive management expertise. The combined team has created shareholder value in excess of $1 billion from sale transactions involving startup … Continue reading “Palmaz Scientific Lands $1,315,000 Series A Funding Round”
App Leverages the Crowd to Help Domestic Violence Victims in Crisis
A Dallas social venture group has created an app to harness crowdfunding to help domestic violence victims. And, now, after a year-long pilot in California, the company is bringing the app to North Texas. Aidmatrix, which makes supply chain management software for humanitarian organizations, developed the SafeNight app, which allows users to donate money to … Continue reading “App Leverages the Crowd to Help Domestic Violence Victims in Crisis”
ZMapp Ebola Drug Production Set for Texas, Possibly North Carolina
A federal initiative to ensure that the United States can respond to biological threats at home will be put to the test in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A Texas site is preparing to manufacture the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, says Robin Robinson, director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority … Continue reading “ZMapp Ebola Drug Production Set for Texas, Possibly North Carolina”
Apto Secures $1,400,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9e93b172-6fe3-47fb-897a-3548cf6216c1 Date 9/30/2014 Company Name Apto Mailing Address 2170 Buckthorne Place The Woodlands, TX 77380 USA Company Description Apto is a scalable commercial real estate brokerage CRM and deal management app developed by seasoned brokers. It provides brokerages with a moldable, cloud-based solution that brings your full business into one app. Easily … Continue reading “Apto Secures $1,400,000 Series A Round”
Clay.io Receives $550,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=90bd23c1-36f2-4921-a41d-85747bd82cea Date 9/29/2014 Company Name Clay.io Mailing Address Undisclosed Austin, TX 78705 USA Company Description The first service provided is a marketplace for cross-platform games. Clay.io takes the fragmented market of HTML5 games and brings it all together in one place. Part of this includes tying all achievements earned, high scores achieved, … Continue reading “Clay.io Receives $550,000 Seed Round”
Xeris Pharmaceuticals Secures $7,274,592 Series B Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c027e1b5-8ee3-4f0b-ae1a-a977f87b8270 Date 9/29/2014 Company Name Xeris Pharmaceuticals Mailing Address 3208 Red River Street Austin, TX 78705 USA Company Description Xeris is an Austin, Texas-based specialty pharmaceutical company developing patient-friendly injectables for indications in diabetes, epilepsy, and immunology. Website http://www.xerispharma.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $7,274,592 Transaction Round Series B Proceeds Purposes … Continue reading “Xeris Pharmaceuticals Secures $7,274,592 Series B Round”
Pristine Garners $5,400,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=93016ce6-497c-43a7-a277-fb6a5fbc9bc3 Date 9/29/2014 Company Name Pristine Mailing Address 701 Brazos 16th Floor Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Pristine EyeSight is a video communication platform optimized for Google Glass in healthcare. 1st person, wireless, hands free video. Website http://www.pristine.io Transaction Type Crowdfunder Transaction Amount $5,400,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company … Continue reading “Pristine Garners $5,400,000 New Funding”
Innovation Hub: Techies Fix Government
No one had heard of Mike Krieger when he responded to a call to organize San Francisco’s crime data. He was in his early 20s, working on his coding, and he created an app to help visitors and city-dwellers alike know when they had entered a high-crime area. A few years later, Krieger and a … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Techies Fix Government”
Big Delta Systems Say Spray-On Batteries Are the Future of Power
Big Delta Systems say batteries don’t only have to be square. Or rectangles and circles. Entrepreneurs at the Rice University startup say they have developed technology that performs as a battery but is able to be molded into an infinite number of shapes and styles. “The battery takes up around 40 percent of a device,” … Continue reading “Big Delta Systems Say Spray-On Batteries Are the Future of Power”
The Risks and Opportunities in a Startup: Age 0-2 Years
It’s a great time to start a tech company. The economy is recovering. The business opportunities are immense. And thanks to the boom in seed investments and crowd-funding it’s easier than ever to raise money for the business. Meanwhile, cloud computing has leveled the playing field by minimizing upfront costs, while social media has made … Continue reading “The Risks and Opportunities in a Startup: Age 0-2 Years”
Magnitude Software Secures $100,000,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=40ea2ce0-211e-4380-ad12-bf08ce94b0e9 Date 9/25/2014 Company Name Magnitude Software Mailing Address 401 Congress Avenue 29th Floor Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Magnitude Software is the leading provider of Enterprise Information Management software that drives real business value for customers. Magnitude Software offers a family of award-winning products, from business intelligence and data warehousing … Continue reading “Magnitude Software Secures $100,000,000 New Funding”
Austin’s Spiceworks Finds Niche Bringing Together IT Professionals
Imagine if LinkedIn invited its users to an “in-real-life” family reunion. That’s the idea behind SpiceWorld, an annual gathering hosted by Spiceworks, an Austin, TX-based company that describes itself as both a LinkedIn and an iTunes for IT professionals at small to mid-sized companies. These system administrators are frequently single practitioners in law or accounting … Continue reading “Austin’s Spiceworks Finds Niche Bringing Together IT Professionals”
“100K” Marathon: A Decades-Long Health Study Makes Its Business Case
For the past several months, 108 people, most of them in the Seattle area, have been under constant biomedical surveillance. And they like it. They’ve agreed to submit to a battery of medical tests that began this year but could stretch for 25 years or more in a landmark study organized by Seattle’s Institute for … Continue reading ““100K” Marathon: A Decades-Long Health Study Makes Its Business Case”
Silvercar Receives $14,000,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18f01761-f4de-457e-8d36-9fefe386c1d0 Date 9/23/2014 Company Name Silvercar Mailing Address 712 Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 USA Company Description Silvercar is the airport car rental experience reimagined for you, the connected business traveler. We put the power back in your hands, enabling you to bypass lines, avoid complexity and frustration, and drive away in … Continue reading “Silvercar Receives $14,000,000 Series B Financing Round”
TelaDoc Lands $50,250,081 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6ec2b7e3-7b8f-4d69-ae05-9f6a7c9a1e63 Date 9/22/2014 Company Name TelaDoc Mailing Address 4100 Spring Valley Dallas, TX 75244 USA Company Description TelaDoc, Inc. performs several tasks as a business associate of the TelaDoc Physician Association (PA). TelaDoc, Inc. is not licensed to practice medicine and must contract with one or more professional associations and/or licensed physicians … Continue reading “TelaDoc Lands $50,250,081 New Financing Round”
Roundup: New A&M Center, Funds for Ortho Kinematics, Encore Vision
Here is the latest innovation news from Texas: —Texas A&M University Thursday opened a national pandemic influenza vaccine manufacturing facility in Bryan, TX, the first part of a Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing, which is a cluster of research and development institutions that the university is currently building. GSK is the largest … Continue reading “Roundup: New A&M Center, Funds for Ortho Kinematics, Encore Vision”
How To Respond When the Media Calls
Startups and emerging companies raising money almost always have to confront this question: How to respond when the media calls? Media coverage can be great for a startup—especially one that is trying to get traction on the use of its product. However, when companies are raising money, they have to understand the “rules of the … Continue reading “How To Respond When the Media Calls”
Austin’s Famigo Helps Parents Police Kids’ Internet, App Browsing
Software to keep the Internet kid-friendly is a big business. One Austin startup wants to bring those guardrails to the app store as well. Famigo has developed software that outfits mobile devices with a vetted app directory culled from among the millions available on both Apple and Android systems. “It locks down the devices and … Continue reading “Austin’s Famigo Helps Parents Police Kids’ Internet, App Browsing”
A Prescription for the Achilles Heel of Healthcare IT
What keeps doctors from sleeping at night? Electronic Health Records (EHRs). More specifically, the “homework” these essential-but-sometimes-inefficient systems generate is enough to cause nightmares. In a recent study that observed physician behavior, primary care providers spent 40 percent of their patient visit time focused on their computer screens, clicking and scrolling through the patient’s EHR. … Continue reading “A Prescription for the Achilles Heel of Healthcare IT”
Secure Healing Obtains $50,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=25a14605-0112-4f21-ad85-bef1ba8cc1fb Date 9/18/2014 Company Name Secure Healing Mailing Address 10500 Fountain Lake Drive Houston, TX 77477 USA Company Description Secure Healing is a cloud and appliance based privacy monitoring and reporting platform working across diverse healthcare software systems. Website http://www.securehealing.com Transaction Type Accelerator Transaction Amount $50,000 Transaction Round Seed Proceeds Purposes The … Continue reading “Secure Healing Obtains $50,000 Seed Funding Round”
Encore Vision Garners $1,680,106 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=5fba27dd-2c34-4660-9ea1-8497396ba60b Date 9/17/2014 Company Name Encore Vision Mailing Address 1120 South Freeway Fort Worth, TX 76104 USA Company Description Quality vision is one of the most important contributors to a great quality of life. Encore Vision was formed to create a breakout solution to the global issue of presbyopia and to improve … Continue reading “Encore Vision Garners $1,680,106 New Funding Round”
Ortho Kinematics Lands $3,061,288 New Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8424634f-bfc0-4125-84a5-9ea018f0438d Date 9/17/2014 Company Name Ortho Kinematics Mailing Address 110 Wild Basin Road Austin, TX 78746 USA Company Description Ortho Kinematics, Inc. is a spine diagnostics company focused on spine motion analysis products and services. Website http://www.orthokinematics.com Transaction Type Debt Transaction Amount $3,061,288 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not … Continue reading “Ortho Kinematics Lands $3,061,288 New Funding Round”
ChartSpan Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=598d379c-d81a-4d8e-82ac-ce73e90450cb Date 9/17/2014 Company Name ChartSpan Mailing Address 3300 Taft St. Houston, TX 77006 USA Company Description ChartSpan is a health & lifestyle company enabling patients to capture, store, and share personal health records on their smartphone, computer or tablet. Website http://www.chartspan.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,000,000 Transaction Round Seed … Continue reading “ChartSpan Secures $1,000,000 Seed Financing”
InSightec Lands $12,500,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=6899ba22-c93f-4ae7-a797-1092f6284769 Date 9/16/2014 Company Name InSightec Mailing Address 4851 LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75244 USA Company Description InSightec developed ExAblate 2000– a product that integrates Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with focused ultrasound energy — as a new treatment modality that can replace invasive procedures and provide therapeutic alternatives to millions of patients … Continue reading “InSightec Lands $12,500,000 New Financing Round”
Molecular Templates Secures $3,500,000 Series C Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8ed7babf-0d0d-4b89-b3d3-d796ee60573d Date 9/16/2014 Company Name Molecular Templates Mailing Address 111 W. Cooperative Way Georgetown, TX 78626 USA Company Description Molecular Templates Inc. is creating an entirely new generation of potent anti-cancer agents based on proprietary applied proteomics technologies.The novel therapeutic agents in development by MTI are aimed particularly at melanoma, prostate and … Continue reading “Molecular Templates Secures $3,500,000 Series C Round”
LeadingReach Aims to Close Healthcare’s “Weakest Link,” Referrals
Innovation in healthcare can come from the unlikeliest of places. That seems to be the case at LeadingReach, an Austin, TX-based medtech firm: The startup was founded out of a marketing agency. LeadingReach wants to shore up what it calls the weakest link in healthcare delivery: the referral. The six-month-old startup sells Web-based software to … Continue reading “LeadingReach Aims to Close Healthcare’s “Weakest Link,” Referrals”
The Rhythm of Management: What Jazz Can Teach Startup Executives
“Jazz stands for freedom. It’s supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don’t be a perfectionist – leave that to the classical musicians.” — Jazz great Dave Brubeck Playing in a jazz ensemble and leading a business are very, very similar. And my experiences both as … Continue reading “The Rhythm of Management: What Jazz Can Teach Startup Executives”
GruupMeet Obtains $300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d0b7074-e033-462a-9f8a-55e44202b2fe Date 9/15/2014 Company Name GruupMeet Mailing Address 9540 Garland Rd. Dallas, TX 75218 USA Company Description We help create new opportunities through meeting engagement and event technology solutions. GruupMeet is an event planning and shared communication platform for seamless group airport arrival meet and greet experiences. Website http://www.gruupmeet.com Transaction Type Venture … Continue reading “GruupMeet Obtains $300,000 New Financing Round”
Innovation Hub: Why Tech’s Women Problem Is Bigger Than You Think
You’ve seen the numbers. And they’re not good. At Apple, Twitter, Google, and Facebook, women are vastly outnumbered by men. When it comes to technical positions like coders, men occupy 80 to 90 percent of the positions. Which isn’t a great sign if these represent the jobs—and skill sets—of the future. The startup scene is … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: Why Tech’s Women Problem Is Bigger Than You Think”
TX Roundup: New funding for FieldAware, Sandlot Solutions, & Oyokey
Here is the latest innovation news from around Texas. —Tom Goodman, product development officer for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, was in Houston Wednesday speaking to a meeting of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs. Goodman, who took his position at CPRIT the past March, gave the group a general overview the grant … Continue reading “TX Roundup: New funding for FieldAware, Sandlot Solutions, & Oyokey”
How to Attract Smart People, Smart Ideas, and Smart Money
North Carolina entrepreneurs are attracting attention all over the nation—and all over the world—across the tech, life science, and advanced materials sectors. The proof is in the numbers. Last year, more than 220 entrepreneurial companies in North Carolina raised nearly half a billion dollars through equity investments, grants, and awards from 108 unique funders, according … Continue reading “How to Attract Smart People, Smart Ideas, and Smart Money”
Cleantech Startups Seek to Scrub Dirty Industries, Not Kill Them Off
Startup Liquid Light’s technique of turning waste CO2 into chemicals is intriguing to anyone who cares about reducing greenhouse gases. But when it comes to selling the technology to potential customers, lowering emissions is mostly just an afterthought. The Monmouth, NJ-based company on Thursday said it raised $15 million in a Series B round from … Continue reading “Cleantech Startups Seek to Scrub Dirty Industries, Not Kill Them Off”
A Chat With Sanjiv Sidhu of Business Management Software Maker o9
Big data, meet artificial intelligence. At least, that’s the idea put forth by Sanjiv Sidhu, founder and CEO of o9 Solutions, a Dallas-based software company. O9 makes software that it says helps executives better sort through the noise of big data and then helps them interpret it in order to determine next steps for the … Continue reading “A Chat With Sanjiv Sidhu of Business Management Software Maker o9”
An Intriguing Program Takes on Tropical Diseases—But Not Ebola
[Updated and corrected 9/10/14, 10:05 am. See below.] On August 28, Anthony Fauci, the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s top infectious disease specialist, announced a major trial in concert with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: [[ticker:GSK]]) to test new Ebola vaccines in humans. Fauci called it an “all-hands-on-deck response” to the growing global health emergency in which more … Continue reading “An Intriguing Program Takes on Tropical Diseases—But Not Ebola”
Xconomy Q&A: Intellectual Ventures Co-founder and CTO Edward Jung
Edward Jung, co-founder and chief technology officer, of Intellectual Ventures, has been out talking about how his company—which was recently described as among Silicon Valley’s most hated—is playing a long game to attack the big problems confronting the world today. On the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia in Seattle last week, Jung sat … Continue reading “Xconomy Q&A: Intellectual Ventures Co-founder and CTO Edward Jung”
Sandlot Solutions Garners $23,300,000 New Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=407b8c48-d753-4c10-872a-aa523ebaf4d2 Date 9/9/2014 Company Name Sandlot Solutions Mailing Address 222 W. Las Colinas Blvd. East Tower Irving, TX 75039 USA Company Description Sandlot Solutions is a healthcare information technology company jointly owned by Santa Rosa Holdings, Inc., and North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP) that provides a next generation health information exchange (HIE) … Continue reading “Sandlot Solutions Garners $23,300,000 New Financing Round”
Oyokey Obtains $1,100,000 Seed Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=cdba018a-1ec6-4b22-bcb1-d05d9883589f Date 9/9/2014 Company Name Oyokey Mailing Address 1825 W Walnut Hill Ln. Irving, TX 75038 USA Company Description Oyokey is a cloud-based technology company that has invented a powerful new addressing and recognition system for the Internet. Our mission is to flatten the Internet’s information architecture and make emerging engagement platforms … Continue reading “Oyokey Obtains $1,100,000 Seed Round”
Texas Startup Communities Expanding, Accelerating Into a Whole
The state of Startup Texas is in a fever of activity. In the last week and through mid-September, half a dozen accelerators have either announced new classes of entrepreneurs or are hosting their pitch days as the newly fledged startups seek funding and customers. Half of the programs did not exist just a year ago. … Continue reading “Texas Startup Communities Expanding, Accelerating Into a Whole”
John Maraganore: From “Prototypical Geek” To Canny Alnylam Chief
John Maraganore opened up an envelope in 1994 that changed his life. Inside were the results of the pivotal study of an anticoagulant drug Maraganore had created in the lab. It was the star prospect for Maraganore’s employer, Biogen. If the drug, bivalirudin, worked, Biogen might have its first product—and Maraganore, the glory of designing … Continue reading “John Maraganore: From “Prototypical Geek” To Canny Alnylam Chief”
Innovation Hub: John Maeda on Why Tech Loves Design
John Maeda stands at the intersection of design and technology—and attracts a bit of a cult following. He’s the first Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins, the venture capital firm that has backed companies from Amazon to Genentech to WebMD. Previously, he served as President of The Rhode Island School of Design. Maeda insists that design … Continue reading “Innovation Hub: John Maeda on Why Tech Loves Design”
Favor Receives $2,000,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=203afdb1-f5bb-43ae-864c-cbc83d1a0824 Date 9/5/2014 Company Name Favor Mailing Address 3405 Glenview Ave. Austin, TX 78703 USA Company Description NeighborFavor, Inc. develops and delivers an iPhone application that enables users to see ratings, comments, and a list of nearby people who are willing to run favors. Its application also enables users to find a … Continue reading “Favor Receives $2,000,000 Seed Funding”
Techstars to Offer “Equity Back Guarantee” to Skeptical Startups
Techstars is making a new pitch to entrepreneurs—satisfaction guaranteed, or your equity back. The startup accelerator, based in Boulder, CO, invests $18,000 in its startups in exchange for 6 percent of their equity. Techstars also offers each startup a $100,000 convertible note, which can increase its share of the company to 10 percent. But beginning … Continue reading “Techstars to Offer “Equity Back Guarantee” to Skeptical Startups”
RideScout and Austin’s Growing Transportation Startup Ecosystem
Perhaps it makes sense that a hub of transportation innovation takes shape in car-crazy Texas. A booming economy has brought droves of new migrants seeking work and clogging the roads. And while Texas’s metro centers are attracting urban pioneers to revitalized inner-city communities close to work, most still make ever-longer commutes. And that’s prompting Texans … Continue reading “RideScout and Austin’s Growing Transportation Startup Ecosystem”
Austin’s RideScout Bought by Daimler Car-Rental Service Car2Go
RideScout, an Austin, TX-based transportation aggregator app, announced Wednesday the startup has been acquired by Car2Go North America. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. RideScout, which founder Joseph Kopser describes as “Kayak for ground transportation,” developed an app that offered users real-time information on transportation options, including bus and rail service, taxis, and car-sharing … Continue reading “Austin’s RideScout Bought by Daimler Car-Rental Service Car2Go”