Techstars has hired Amos Schwartzfarb as its new managing director of Techstars Austin. Schwartzfarb takes over from Jason Seats, who is still with Techstars and will remain in Austin. Seats is one of the managing partners of Techstars $150 million venture capital fund. He is dedicating all of his time to that role. Schwartzfarb is […]
Amos Schwartzfarb is the New Managing Director of Techstars Austin
August 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
App Puts Patients and Providers on the Same Page
July 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
By TIM GREEN Reporter with Silicon Hills News Corinthian Health operates 20 centers where patients get critical intravenous drug treatments for chronic neurological and autoimmune diseases. The monthly sessions of infusions can last up to eight hours. If the patient isn’t properly prepared or the complex drug mix is off, the patient can suffer significant […]
Brewbot Raises $1.5 Million in a Seed Round of Funding
October 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Brewbot, a Techstars Austin startup, just landed $1.5 million in seed stage funding. The company raised the money from Brad Feld, Bebo Founder and CEO Michael Birch and Federico Pirzio-Biroli, an angel investor in London, Boulder VC Bullet Time Ventures, Hallett Capital and a new fund in Northern Ireland, TechStart NI and SparkLabs Global. The […]
Startup Week Founder Jacqueline Hughes: The Person Behind the Community
September 24, 2014 by 6 Comments
BY SUSAN LAHEY Reporter with Silicon Hills News Jacqueline Hughes seems the antithesis of a typical event coordinator—what Austin Technology Council’s Grover Bynum calls “whistle and clipboard” people. Event coordinators have reputations for being frenetic, type A, wearing frozen, stressed smiles. Hughes, curled up in an easy chair at Techstars Austin, seems relaxed, chill, though […]
Bob Metcalfe Tells Startups to Build Their Networks to Succeed
September 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Bob Metcalfe, professor of Innovation at the University of Texas, spent some time talking with Jason Seats, managing director of Techstars, during a virtual fireside chat at Foundercon in Austin recently. Metcalfe has held many careers including educator, publisher and columnist, venture capitalist, inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com. He has spent the past […]
11 Startups Pitch at Techstars Demo Day in Austin
September 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The latest Techstars Austin class showed off their hustle, determination and maturity at Demo Day Wednesday. All of the startups already have customers, revenue and market traction. Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at UT, introduced Burpy, a grocery delivery service formed by five friends at UT. He […]
The Largest FounderCon Ever is Being Held in Austin This Week
September 4, 2014 by 2 Comments
A sea of green shirts will be seen around Austin this week. First off, Techstars Austin held its Demo Day featuring 11 companies pitching their ventures at the Austin Music Hall on Wednesday. Now, Techstars FounderCon is underway, which is the annual gathering of Techstars alumni companies from around the world. This is the largest […]
Fashion Metric’s Technology Lets Shoppers Buy Clothes Online That Fit
September 3, 2014 by 8 Comments
BY LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Fashion Metric seeks to banish ill-fitting clothes. The startup, founded in Los Angeles, works with apparel retailers to help shoppers understand what size they are so they can order the right size clothes online, said Daina Linton, CEO and co-founder. Linton, a former PhD candidate at UCLA, […]
Common Form Wants to Make Tax Filing Simple
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
BY LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The three founders of Common Form met at Intuit in San Diego. They worked on the popular tax filing software TurboTax, but they quit in late 2013 to form their own startup to provide a better tax filing solution for simple tax filers. “Simple tax filers, which […]
LawnStarter Launches in Austin to Simplify Lawn Care for Consumers
August 9, 2014 by 12 Comments
When the temperatures hit triple digits in Austin, many homeowners don’t want to mow the lawn. A new startup, part of Techstars in Austin, has a solution. LawnStarter, founded in August of 2013, wants to take the pain out of lawn maintenance by hooking up homeowners with lawn care crews. The company officially launched this […]
