Compare Metrics Snags $3.8 Million in Follow-On Venture Capital

Austin-based Compare Metrics, which makes analytics software aimed at retailers, announced that is has received $3.8 million in follow-on venture capital. Austin Ventures led the investment with additional funding by existing investors Julie Allegro of Allegro Venture Partners, Bob Greene of Contour Ventures, Capital Factory, Mike Maples Jr. of Floodgate, Brett Hurt of Hurt Family […]

Austin Chamber Names 12 Startups to its Austin A-List for 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The Austin Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night named 12 companies to its A-List of Startups for 2014. In the “Emerging” category, for companies that have raised less than $1 million, the winners were Datical, Compare Metrics, Embrace, TeVido, TrustRadius and Spot on Sciences. “You look at the […]

Five Austin Startups Demo Products at the InnoTech Beta Summit

By L.A. LOREK, Founder of Silicon Hills News The Beta Summit at InnoTech Austin on Thursday featured five innovative startup companies. Joshua Baer, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Capital Factory, served as the event’s moderator. He pitched his startup, OtherInbox, at the InnoTech Beta Summit a few years ago. The startups each had eight minutes […]