Llesiant, an Austin-based company that creates vertical search solutions for the enterprise, has raised $4.34M in a Series A financing, according to a regulatory filing. The folks over at peHUB report that the only listed shareholder is the Bureau of National Affairs. Just when you think you know all the startups in town that are raising money, someone pops up with a solid A round. According to the company website: Llesiant provides unique solutions that [...]
It’s that time of year again, and the largest and most successful of BarCamp’s will be held this Saturday March 14th. This is the king of the “un” conferences, and there could be as many as 1,800 people attending the event from around the world (RSVP on Facebook). The agenda will be finalized in the morning, and then it will be a jam-packed day. The location this year will be the former Paradox nightclub, so [...]
RF Code, provider of “wire-free” critical asset monitoring solutions, today announced Asset Manager, a real-time asset management solution that provides up-to-the minute information about an asset’s exact location and movement, security and environmental status, without requiring any manual labor to gather this information. It then instantly alerts when changes occur. San-Antonio, Texas-based Clear Channel Communications uses RF Code’s Asset Manager in its data center. Having a complete and accurate view into their asset inventory allows [...]
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Next Monday is the Accelerator event at SXSWi, where 20 companies will get a chance to pitch in front of a panel of influential people (and attendees). Among the finalists are a few companies (40%) from Central Texas. We should mention that Microsoft BizSpark is the title sponsor for this event, and AustinStartup is a network partner for BizSpark. In short, the program provides for free Microsoft development software for startups. MotionNotes, Houston. Spawn Labs, [...]
It’s been an exciting weekend on the blog. For those who care about administrative little details, we are now running the current verson of WordPress 2.7.1 and we’ve migrated the RSS feed over to Google. The feed migration wasn’t by choice of course, Feedburner was acquired by Google a while back and now all the former Feedburner stuff is going down. This should be transparent to everyone, and nobody should have to change their feed [...]
Capital Factory, a startup incbation program based in Austin, announced the final 10 mentors who will be working with companies that are chosen for the 2009 program. The list of mentors looks like a “who’s who” of Central Texas entrepreneurial talent. This list of the final 10 mentors, brings the total to 20 proven technology entrepreneurs, including founders Joshua Baer, Sam Decker and Bryan Menell. The deadline for startups interested in applying to be part [...]
Guest blogger Tim Wright is the principal of WrightResults, and blogs at CultureToEngage. Today he has some great information for us about the value and necessity of employee engagement in a startup. Over 5,000 Fortune 500 employees were surveyed (2006-07) by PeopleMetrics, “a leading research firm specializing in employee engagement, customer engagement, and strategic market research.” A key finding from the survey was this: companies in the highest quartile in profitability had twice as many [...]
Bazaarvoice announced that Rubbermaid is their newest customer on the Ratings & Reviews platform. Now consumers can share their credible opinions on Rubbermaid products, read peer reviews, and instantly access top-rated products in order to make the best purchase decision. Rubbermaid also shares the reviews with its product and customer service teams to ensure the company is always engaging site visitors with the right content and best possible overall site experience. “Rubbermaid consumers are loyal [...]
Hyperformix, a market leader in solutions for IT capacity and performance, today announced that it has secured a new round of equity and debt funding totaling $3.8 million. The funding will be used to drive accelerated growth and market penetration for its solutions aimed at the virtualization market. New investor LTI joins existing investors M/C Venture Partners and Morgan Stanley Venture Partners for the round. The investment caps off an exciting year for Hyperformix that [...]
