CVS to buy Dallas-based Signify Health in an $8B deal - Link

• CVS Health to Acquire Dallas-Based Health Platform Signify Health for $8 Billion - Link
  - D Magazine
• Beating Other Bidders, CVS Health Inks Deal To Acquire Dallas’ Signify Health in $8B Deal - Link
  - Dallas Innovates

Molecula Announces Rebrand to FeatureBase, Additional Funding, and Return to Its Open Source Roots - Link

Austin, TX, September 7, 2022: Molecula, creator of the world’s first real-time database built entirely on bitmaps, has completed an extensive rebranding effort as it renews its efforts around its open source community. At the heart of this rebranding is a change of the company name to FeatureBase – matching the name of its flagship product.

Over the past 18 months, FeatureBase has solidified its mission to leverage bitmaps to build and maintain the fastest, simplest, and most efficient analytical data technologies in existence. The company has spent the last year improving its core product, FeatureBase, while also developing its FeatureBase Cloud product, a hassle-free, no-maintenance SaaS deployment option. Now that FeatureBase Cloud is available to the general public, FeatureBase is taking the 18 months of innovation that have gone into its core, on-premise product, and open sourcing it to the public.

Fueled by a Series A Extension of $10 million, the team at FeatureBase will now have two distinct points of focus:

• Growing a thriving open source community of developers and engineers who believe in our mission to leverage bitmaps to build fast, simple, and efficient analytical data technologies.
• Improving the user experience and functionality of FeatureBase Cloud in order to create the world’s best operational, real-time computation layer designed to augment cloud data warehouses and make efficient, real-time data analysis a reality for organizations of all sizes.

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• LiveOak Venture Partners Welcomes Paola Retes to the Investment Team - Link
   
• A Brand New Ad-Venture. – Ecliptic Capital’s David J. Neff - Link
   
• Tradecraft Capital Announces Michael Terpin as New GP and Strategic Advisor - Link
   
• YETI Capital Enters The Canned Cocktail Space With An Investment In Epic Western - Forbes - Link
   
• Austin Next Goes Boom! - Link
  - Austin Next Podcast
   
• Zippsafe partners with Unorthodox Ventures - Link
   
• The Incredible, Overlooked Rise of Wine-Based BeatBox RTDs - Link
  – VinePair’s Jake Emen
   
• Leadership Austin - Announcing Emerge Class 16 | Class 2023 - Link
   
• Ep #6 | Flindel | Ugochi Owo - Link
  - Why We Strive Podcast
   
• Council seeks to incentivize new creative spaces - Link
• Council postpones vote on controversial license plate reader resolution - Link
  - The Austin Monitor
   
• Like 'quiet quitting,' 'quiet firing' reveals more cracks within the workforce - Link
• 5 eats, treats and shops coming to Domain Northside - Link
• A co-op grocery pilot will launch in East Austin - Link
  - Austonia
   
• Meet Project Venkman: The Austin Startup Behind Bill Murray's NFT Collection - Link
• 'We're Just Getting Started' - Link
• Paddling the Canoe Forward: How to Ensure Your Employee and Business Goals Align - Link
• The tallest tower in Texas is going to be built in Austin - Link
• Astro Raised $13M, Ooni's New HQ, and More Austin Tech News - Link
• These 5 Austin Tech Companies Raised August's Largest Funding Rounds - Link
• The story of Scarbroughs, Austin's lost department store empire - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• CFO of Bed Bath & Beyond commits suicide, interim CFO named - Link
• Target changes its forced retirement age as CEO nears the cutoff - Link
• Apple debuts new iPhones, AirPods, Watches, and Fitness+ update - Link
• Federal Reserve Vice Chair fights to curb inflation & ‘overtightening’ - Link
• Switchboard: A cloud-based collaboration tool for remote work - Link
• Google launches new smartwatch, phones, and smart home tech - Link
• Is AI creating job loss or more career opportunities? - Link
• Many Chrome extensions are actually malware, even Netflix Party! - Link
• Crypto.com sends $7.5 mil to customer requesting $68 refund - Link
• Google Docs now includes emojis and interactive reactions - Link
• LinkLyft helps freelancers book new clients & showcase their work - Link
• Why Twitter tried, but failed, to monetize porn on the platform - Link
• 5 side hustle ideas and how to market your new gig(s) - Link
• What is open talent and what role will it play in a remote workforce? - Link
• Twitter releases private group tweet feature to the masses - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Discovery to Impact at UT Austin Selected to Lead National Science Foundation Innovation Hub with $15 Million Investment - Link
• Google.org Funds UT Austin to Support Computer Science Education - Link
• Investment from UT Co-op Promotes Academic Success for UT Students - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• I’m spending how much time on HR-related tasks for my business? - Link
• Elon Musk plans Tesla lithium factory, Neuralink campus in Texas, filings indicate - Link
• Austin health tech startup files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy - Link
• Pet Honesty rolls out in 1,500 Petco stores - Link
• Short-term rental regulations again under scrutiny at Austin City Hall - Link
• Advertising maven Gay Gaddis to be honored for lifetime achievement - Link
• Shared facilities make testing of autonomous vehicles more practical and cost effective - Link
• Maker of pipes for semiconductor fabs, power plants to build $75M factory in Seguin - Link
• Satellite imagery startup Albedo raises $48M from Bill Gates' firm, other big names - Link
• Examining the Texas Triangle through the commercial real estate lens - Link
• Austin lawyers help secure dismissal of lawsuit about cover of Nirvana's ‘Nevermind’ album - Link
• Infineon has tax breaks in hand for factory expansion but isn't commenting on plans - Link
• As Google slows hiring, CEO wants company to be 20% more efficient - Link
• Frozen treats maker secures incentives for $39M factory in Lockhart - Link
• No seed oil restaurant startup raises $6.7M seed round - Link
• Discover a clear path to your success - Link
• Interior designers adapt to pandemic, show off destination workplaces for Whole Foods, others - Link
• Funding wrap: Astro gets fresh name, $13M; LoudCrowd lands $5M for influencer marketing - Link
• Electronics manufacturer Flex nominated for Texas Enterprise Zone tax rebates - Link
• Austin entrepreneur gets her pajamas on J.Crew website - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Elon Musk's Neuralink has plans for lab, office facility in Austin area - Link
• Austin drivers get some relief at the gas pump, at least for now - Link
• Elon Musk's SpaceX building $43 million facility in Austin metro area - Link
• Tesla considers Texas for $375M plant to refine battery materials - Link
• Work starts on 74-story Austin tower destined to be tallest in Texas - Link
• Tesla sues to sell directly to consumers in Louisiana; is Texas next? - Link
• Every candidate 'has two or three offers' as Austin job market thrives - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• TechFuel Pitch Competition Open to Startups Across Texas - Link
• VelocityTX Admits 4 Companies into its 2022 BioGlobal Accelerator - Link
  - Startups San Antonio's Iris Gonzalez
   
• Tech Bloc - San Antonio’s Largest Cash Prize Pitch Competition - Apply
• Tech Bloc hosting startup pitch competition with $100,000 available in cash prize money – Link
  - KSAT
   
• From yoga wear to boozy ice cream: one woman’s journey to entrepreneurship - Link
• Students + Startups interns add value to San Antonio’s economy - Link
• County approves $20 million in pandemic relief to small businesses and nonprofits - Link
• An economic ‘regional win’: semiconductor supplier to build factory in Seguin - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• SUBMIT NOW: Nominations for Fire Awards, Inno Under 25 Awards extended - Link
• San Antonio biotech goes public raising nearly $8M - Link
• San Antonio follows growth in women partners matches statewide pace - Link
• Op-ed: It’s time for San Antonio to look south - Link
• Two women executives launch solar energy design and engineering company - Link
• Demystifying clinical trials through education - Link
• Clinical trials could be the key to greater equality in health care - Link
• Time is running out to nominate a local company for 2022 Fast Track Award - Link
• USAA hires executives to promote diversity, corporate responsibility - Link
• Japanese subsidiary to build $75M manufacturing facility in Seguin - Link
• Feds pumping millions into SA for women's cancer research - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• #12: Practical investor provides savvy help for vertical SaaS founders – Dougal Cameron - Link
  - Practical Founders Podcast's Greg Head
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• Episode 71: Quentin Crawford - The Snack With a Catch - Link
  - Innovate Fort Worth Podcast
   
• Dallas' Richard Rawlings gets into hemp with Gas Monkey Garage collab - Link
• Texas clocks in as 5th hardest-working state in U.S., survey says - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
   
• Perryman: Test scores sound alarm for future workforce - Link
• Perryman: Texas job creation focused on services - Link
• 2022 40 Under 40 Gallery - Link
  - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• Get Tickets Now: D CEO’s 2022 DEI Symposium, The Business of Belonging - Link
• Five Tips for Funding a Healthcare Startup - Link
• DFW Healthcare Brief: Medical City Lewisville’s Renovated Maternal Unit and AyuVis Is Accepted Into MassChallenge - Link
• Meet the Dallas 500: Ted Ogawa - Link
• Personal Trainers Are Going Mobile - Link
• Thirteen Novus Fraud Defendants Sentenced to a Combined 84 Years in Federal Prison - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• The Last Word: Wendy Ralston and Bill McFarland on Takeaways from Deloitte’s Consumer Industry Conference - Link
• DI People: EarthX, Match Group, Bonton Farms, and More Make Leadership Moves - Link
• Dallas Water Commons Project Aims to Transform Industrial Site into Public Wetlands Park - Link
• Past Issues: Dallas Innovates—The Magazine - Link
• Nonprofit Bonton Farms Names Thomson Reuters Exec Gabrielle Madison as Its First President - Link
• Dallas Startups Deposits.com and DUKE.AI Land Google As New Backer - Link
• The Last Word: Outside CLO Founder Amy Osteen on How She Chooses Projects - Link
• 14 North Texas Businesses Land Founders First CDC Grant Funding to Grow Their Workforces - Link
• Dallas-Based Texas Brand Bank Will Merge with 121-Year-Old Harmony Bank, and Take Its Name - Link
• Innovative Greenspace Coming to Frisco Is Named ‘Kaleidoscope Park,’ Gets Its Own Foundation - Link
• Dallas-Based nVenue Raises $1M to Fuel Growth in Sports ‘Micro-Betting’ Market - Link
• Meet the Finalists for the 2022 Tech Titan Awards - Link
• The Last Word: American Airlines CEO Robert Isom on Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker’s Podcast - Link
• Dallas Invents: 121 Patents Granted for Week of August 23 - Link
• The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas Seeks to Fund Products That Fight the Disease - Link
• LG Launches NFT Art Lab on Richardson-Based Hedera Network - Link
• The Last Word: National Space Society’s Ken Ruffin on Artemis Mission - Link
• My Possibilities Names First Chief People Officer - Link
• UT Arlington Names VP of Business, Finance and Chief Financial Officer - Link
• Allied Electronics & Automation Names New Chief Information Officer - Link
• City of Fort Worth Appoints Chief of Strategy and Innovation - Link
• Mindzie Taps Member of IEEE Task Force on Process Mining As Strategic Adviser - Link
• - Dallas Innovates
• Redfin brokerage sheds DFW office space amid national layoffs, volatile housing market - Link
• PGA of America veteran Ryan Cannon is appointed as EVP for sports marketing firm - Link
• Irving-based Pyxis Advisory Group officially launches in Texas - Link
• Dallas-based Instil Bio hires biotech veteran as new COO - Link
• Dallas environmental nonprofit EarthX has appointed Nathan Loftice as CEO - Link
• Compass Datacenters is gearing up for a $64M data center renovation - Link
• Harmony Bank and Texas Brand Bank sign merger agreement to create $700M entity - Link
• Viewpoint: Is trust the real obstacle to hybrid and remote work? - Link
• Retailer Popshelf is opening eight more locations in DFW - Link
• Dallas sports betting platform nVenue receives $1M funding through partnership - Link
• With $2B in development coming, here's what's next for downtown Fort Worth - Link
• Executive Insights: Sharn Barbarin, CEO, Medical City Arlington, 2022 Women in Business Honoree - Link
• CBRE leads $125M Series E funding round for proptech firm VTS - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno

• How to Know If You Need Funding (and How to Get It) - Link
  - HelloAlice’s Carolyn Rodz
   
• Life Science Startups with Diverse Backgrounds Breakthrough Products to Market - Link
  - Texas Medical Center
   
• Houston company lands spacesuit deal for NASA's mission to moon - Link
• Houston tops Texas as No. 1 city for growth in tech jobs, says report - Link
• Houston energy company launches program focused on renewables and green hydrogen - Link
• Texas clocks in as 5th hardest-working state in U.S., survey says - Link
• Life is suite when you're a Houston Texans Luxe member - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Houston tech company lands exclusive spacesuit deal for NASA's mission to moon - Link
• Tech company inks 10-year deal with Uber to provide self-driving delivery service in Houston - Link
• University of Houston: Navigating non-compliance and human error in research - Link
• InnovationMap, HX open nominations for new combined awards gala - Link
• SXSW unveils first round of featured speakers and sessions for 2023 festival - Link
• Innovator introduces Houston's tech scene to leading VCs, entrepreneurs - Link
• 3 startups join Houston cleantech incubator - Link
• Pearland's Innovation Hub gives entrepreneurs and small businesses a leg up - Link
• Houston research: Why you should ditch one-size-fits-all protocols - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
   
• Travis Weaver Describes Buck's Typical Tuesday #shorts - Link
• Buck's Odd Game of "This Or That" #Shorts - Link
• Travis Weaver Works Hard, Lives Well, and Makes Manly Candles | Under The Influencer - Link
• Manready Mercantile's Ridiculous Whole Foods Story #Shorts - Link
  - Under The Influencer Podcast
   
• Department of Energy unveils geothermal ‘Earthshot’ at Ion - Link
• NSF awards $15 million to Rice, partners to create southwest hub - Link
• Fossil fuel trade must be considered in carbon border adjustment plans, says Baker Institute report - Link
• Three NSF grants support future of wireless - Link
• Onuchic wins top Biophysical Society honor - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Side hustles for full-time college students - Link
• UH, TDECU extend stadium naming rights through 2034 - Link
• Liberal arts education should be valued more - Link
• ‘Be mindful of what you’re borrowing’: Financial Aid office breaks down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Houston women fear they were tracked by Apple AirPods: 'No one prepares you for this' - Link
• Tesla seeks tax breaks for lithium refinery on Texas' Gulf Coast - Link
• Work from home is killing business-class travel, experts say - Link
• Irish watchdog fines Instagram $402M over handling of teens' data - Link
• Texas sees historic 26% surge in tax revenue as inflation soars - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• ChurchSpace, Enrichly chosen for 2022 Google for Startups Black Founders Fund - Link
• Axiom Space building out former Fry’s Electronics store for planned October move-in - Link
• Houston Business Journal names 2022 Women Who Mean Business Lifetime Achievement Award winner - Link
• NASA awards Axiom Space $228.5M spacesuit contract for Artemis III mission - Link
• United Airlines orders up to 400 flying taxis from Eve Air Mobility - Link
• Houston Business Journal names finalists for 2022 Best Places to Work awards - Link
• Houston companies take top 4 Texas spots on Forbes' list of America’s Best Employers by State 2022 - Link
• Houston tech co Restaurant Roundup: Cherry Block Smokehouse opens in Garden Oaks; Bellaire Broiler Burger closes - Link
• Uber Eats, Nuro launching autonomous food deliveries in Houston, San Francisco Bay Area - Link
• . Codenotary raises more money, grows total funding to $24M - Link
• Discover a clear path to your success - Link
• SPAC shareholders OK merger to take Houston's Nauticus Robotics public - Link
• Op-ed: Workplaces need to be accommodating to new mothers - Link
• Baker Hughes restructuring business to drive profitability, names management team - Link
• 5 things to know today, including latest Artemis update and an $8B CVS deal - Link
• Ted Segal: Houston Dynamo FC building on momentum after 'year of progress' - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• Why Founders Should Consider Venture Debt – Golden Section Ventures’ Will McCallum - Link
• Why is every podcast sponsored by a VPN company? – Michael Girdley - Link
• I was on the Entrepreneur’s Handbook Podcast – Michael Girdley - Link
• How to own a business, make a ton of money — and pay no federal income taxes. - Michael Girdley - Link
• Texas Businesses Create New Job Opportunities in Underserved Communities with $100,000 Grant from Founders First CDC - Link
• States with the most venture capital investments into woman-led startups - Link
• Freelancer Paradise Found — Report Identifies The Best and Worst U.S. States For Freelance Workers - Link
• 'Podnosis': The changing landscape of femtech and health disparities for underserved populations - Link
• Distill Ventures Commits Additional $5 Million to Drinks Founders From Underrepresented Communities - Link
• Click. – Springtime Ventures Rich Maloy - Link
• Uber Taps Nuro's Street-Legal Robots For Food Deliveries - Link
• Brands, VCs and Industry Pros | A take on raising capital in 2022 - Link
• When in doubt, spin out - Sustainable Returns’ Kevin Stevens - Link
• The Future of Marketing and AdTech – MediaTech - Link
• 10 Things I’d Do Differently as a Founder Next Time Jason Lemkin - Link
• Mapped: The Wealthiest Billionaire in Each U.S. State in 2022 - Link
• How Newlin VC Invests - Sam Ramil - Link
• Two Women-Led Startups Look To Solve Baby-Formula Crisis With Synthetic Breast Milk - Link
• Angry Etsy Creators Build a New Platform – TheStreet’s Danni Button - Link
• A hacker just stole $185,000 in crypto from actor Bill Murray that was destined for charity – Fortune’s Eli Tan - Link
• Kim Kardashian's Next Role? Co-founding a New Private Equity Firm, SKKY Partners | Inc.com - Link
• Why DTC brands that once shunned Walmart as a 'bargain basement' are now rushing to get on the megaretailer's shelves – Business Insider - Link
• Online grocery company Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods – Techcrunch’s Christine Hall - Link
• "As A Recruiter, I Tell People To Remove Them": 5 Things That This Google Recruiter Says Should NOT Be On Your Résumé Anymore In The Year 2022 - Link
• ‘We Got Memed Into Moving’: Inside Miami’s Tech Boom - WIRED - Link
• Chicago Inno - 'The check was secondary': How local VC LongJump is supporting 15 Chicago startups - Link
• Where fundraising for female-founded startups is growing fastest - Link
• Bullshit Startup Culture. Some personal opinions - Link
• How Fast-Growth Companies Minimize Their Problems - Inc.com - Link
• 5 Tips to Avoid Alienating the Audience in Business Meetings - Link
• How To Build Your Personal Brand By Exhibiting The Crucial Three C’s Of Branding - Link
• 3 views: Meetings are bad, yo. Choose emails - TechCrunch - Link
• Bob Iger Says Linear TV Is Dead, Less Streamers In Future, Movies Smaller – Deadline - Link