Telestax announced this week it has raised $4.7 million in funding. Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners led the funding round. The company plans to use the money on product development, customer support and marketing. “We are thrilled to bring Telestax into our portfolio of promising companies. The exceptional team, high-value technology and resulting customer adoption of […]
Everfest Wants to Help You Discover the World’s Best Festivals
May 21, 2015 by 1 Comment
By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News As summer kicks off so does festival season including the Keep Austin Weird Festival, Austin Chamber Music Festival and Bat Fest. But hundreds of festivals also take place all over the world and often it’s difficult to find out what’s going on where and when. The solution […]
Austin-Based Bearch Gets $2.1 Million in Funding for Photo Sharing App “Unseen”
August 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Snapchat is one of the most popular apps right now for young people. The company turned down offers of $3 billion and $4 billion from Facebook and Google, respectively. Snapchat lets its users send videos and photos and messages which disappear after a little bit. That privacy feature appeals to young people who don’t want […]
Spanning Cloud Apps Set to Double Its Workforce in Austin
January 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Spanning Cloud Apps announced that it more than doubled the size of its workforce last year and its revenue and customers quadrupled from 2012. The Austin-based startup now has 40 employees, up from 16. It plans to double its workforce this year. The company also moved into new headquarters last year at 823 Congress, four […]
Grocery Delivery Service Burpy Featured on a Slice of Silicon Hills
August 28, 2013 by 5 Comments
TeacherGraph Wants to Solve Communications Problems at Schools
August 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Joseph Van and Tony Le founded TeacherGraph, a software as a service (SaaS) application online that allows schools to send messages via email or text to parents and for them to send back messages all on one platform. Van spent some time Wednesday answering questions about the new startup which has just launched out of […]
A Slice of Silicon Hills Features BudgetDoc
May 3, 2013 by 1 Comment
By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Do you want a doctor? Do you want to bypass the hassle of insurance claims and pay cash up front? Then BudgetDoc wants to make your life easier by creating a network of doctors willing to give discounts to patients that pay cash up front. Dr. Megan […]
Greenhouse Founders Featured on A Slice of Silicon Hills News
April 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
Finding Funding for your startup is hard, but Greenhouse is trying to make it easier. The company is one of several firms taking advantage of the JOBS act of 2012, which relaxes regulations for equity investing and allows individuals to own stock in new startups without being SEC accredited. This means that you, or a […]
A Slice of Silicon Hills Talks with Austin-based Circle Media
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
BY ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News This week, we talked with Circle Media founder and CEO Mark Piening about his new startup. Incorporated just last January, Circle Media officially launched at SXSW and was one of the five finalists in the Startup Austin Fast Pitch Competition. The Austin based company does data analysis […]
ZippyKid Will Pay $3,000 & New iPhone for Employee Referral
August 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Everyone knows by now that tech talent is in short supply nationwide. So ZippyKid, a fast growing WordPress hosting site, is offering $3,000 and the latest iPhone to someone who refers the winning candidate for its job opening. The company, based at Geekdom in San Antonio, is hiring a senior systems administrator. ZippyKid offers managed […]
