The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), in the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT), and its companies have had a very successful start to 2013, highlighted by capital raises in excess of $35 million. In addition, ATI member companies and alumni continue to receive widespread media coverage for their impact on the development of emerging technologies across several industries, earning several accolades in Q1.
Spredfast Raises $18M Series C
February 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It was a year and a half ago that Spredfast raised their $12M Series B round, and today the company announced an $18M Series C round. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners, with follow-on investment participation from existing investors Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners.
Spredfast and Bazaarvoice Complete Integration
January 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Bazaarvoice has helped brands harness the power of consumer ratings and reviews since 2005 supporting over 30% of the world’s greatest brands like Best Buy, The Home Depot, Geico, Samsung, Walmart, and Brooks Brothers. Bazaarvoice helps these brands use trusted opinions from real product owners to help influence purchasing decisions. Spredfast helps many of those same brands build their social presence by sharing compelling content and engaging with consumers across social channels. Combine the two and you get a simple way to share a brand’s most powerful endorsements.
Spredfast Adds Twitter Exec to Board
October 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Spredfast, the leading social marketing software provider that helps enterprises engage their social customers, today announced that Satya Patel has joined its Board of Directors. Patel was most recently the Vice President of Product at Twitter.
Spredfast Lands $12M Series B
September 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Spredfast, a leading social media management system provider, today announced it has raised $12 million in Series B funding led by InterWest Partners. Also participating in the round is Austin Ventures, the lead investor of the company’s $3.6 million Series A round. Spredfast plans to use the funding to expand its industry-leading platform that helps [...]
People News at SpredFast and Bazaarvoice
February 16, 2011 by 2 Comments
Former Lombardi Software CEO Rod Favaron Joins SpredFast as CEO Spredfast today announced that Rod Favaron has joined the company as chief executive officer, effective immediately. In addition, Favaron will join the Spredfast board of directors. Favaron’s appointment caps off a year of successes for Spredfast which include aggressive customer acquisition, Series A funding from [...]
Innotech Beta Summit 2009
October 21, 2009 by 3 Comments
It’s time again for the Beta Summit at the Austin Innotech Conference. This is the second year that I’ve had the pleasure of hosting this event, and we’ve got some great companies that are going to show you some early stage, or recently launched technologies.
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