Hive9, which makes marketing software, announced Tuesday it has received $5.4 million in funding from LiveOak Venture Partners and Silverton Partners. The Austin-based startup plans to use the money to hire five or more additional employees and for product development and marketing, said Darin Hicks, its CEO. “Hive9 helps companies concentrate their marketing spending on […]
Clarify Lands $1 Million in Seed Funding
October 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Clarify, which makes audio and video search technology, announced Wednesday that it has closed on $1 million in seed stage financing. The Austin-based startup received funding from Projector Ventures, Silverton Partners and “additional notable support from Austin-based Blake Chandlee together with several other early Facebook executives; Michael Rauchman, a pioneer in electronic trading; Brett Hurt, […]
StepOne Closes on $ 4 Million in Venture Capital
May 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
StepOne, an Austin-based startup that makes customer support software, announced that it secured $4 million in venture capital. LiveOak Venture Partners led the round with participation from Silverton Partners. The company plans to use the money to add employees and to expand sales and marketing efforts. StepOne has already landed Telstra, Australia’s largest telecomm company, […]
Women@Austin Provides Insights on Startups and Fundraising
February 15, 2014 by 2 Comments
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The Capital Factory in downtown Austin smelled like roses and perfume on Thursday night. Red heart balloons, roses and heart-shaped doilies decorated the tables, walls and windows of the main presentation room. The tech accelerator and incubator hosted more than 100 women for the inaugural Women@Austin event, […]
Financing Thunderlizards in Austin at Capital Factory
February 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Capital Factory, Silverton Partners and Floodgate announced Monday morning they are teaming up to provide matching investments for all Capital Factory incubator companies. Josh Baer, co-founder of Capital Factory, made the announcement via a blog post and on Twitter. TechCrunch also posted this story on it. In total, each startup will get up to $150,000 […]
HeyRide Disrupts the Traditional Cab Industry
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A new startup, Heyride is creating quite a shake up in the Austin transportation industry. The company, founded in 2012, draws its inspiration from “the success of collaborative consumption companies such as Airbnb and car2 go.” Heyride has established an alternative marketplace to cabs in Austin. It’s a place where people can give and receive rides […]
CopperEgg raises $2.1 million and hires new CEO
May 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
CopperEgg has raised $2.1 million to complete its first round funding. The Austin-based cloud monitoring and analytics company also hired Bob Quillin as its new CEO. Silverton Partners led the investment along with Webb Investment Network and several private investors including Kenny Van Zant of Asana. To date, CopperEgg has raised $4.1 million. “Cloud computing […]
Famigo closes on a $1 million round of seed financing
March 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Famigo announced today that it has closed on $1 million in a seed round of financing led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Zilker Ventures, Liahona Ventures and CapitalFactory. Founded in 2009, Famigo has created a mobile phone application that lets families find kid-friendly content and restrict access to other mobile phone features on Apple […]
