The Austin Technology Incubator at The University of Texas announced that Toopher has officially graduated into its Incubator as an IT portfolio company. Last December, Toopher closed a $2 Million Series A round of funding from investors including Alsop Louie Partners of San Francisco. Toopher was started in 2011 by Evan Grim, a University of […]
Austin Chamber’s New A-List of Startups to Watch
November 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Stacy Zoern, CEO of Community Cars, Inc., runs a car manufacturing business out of Pflugerville. But that’s not the most remarkable part. Zoern, who uses a wheelchair to get around, wanted to find a car that would provide independence to wheelchair users. Online, she found the Kenguru, an electric smart car. Only problem was the […]
Six Austin Startups to Compete at SXSW Accelerator
January 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
South by Southwest Interactive announced today the 48 companies that will participate in its SXSW Accelerator program this year. SXSW received applications from more than 670 companies and selected 48 companies to present in the fourth-annual SXSW Accelerator, sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark. The SXSW Accelerator competition takes place on Monday, March 12 and Tuesday, March […]
