The New Age Of Intelligence

Venture group The Artemis Fund targets five more investments from first $15M fund - Link

The Artemis Fund closed its first venture capital fund at $15 million in the first quarter, co-founders and general partners Diana Murakhovskaya and Stephanie Campbell said. The fund was raised from 96 different limited partners, including individuals, foundations, corporate partners, a law firm and a bank." - Houston Business Journal’s Chris Mathews

• AnthemIQ: Closing Our $10 Million Series A - Link
  - Austin Startups
   
• Place Technology Announces $2.5 Million In Additional Seed Funding - Link
   
• Homeward Raises $371 Million and Plans to Expand Into New Markets and More than Triple Employees to 1,000 by Next Year - Link
• Outdoorsy Raises $120 Million in Financing and Launches Roamly, its Insurance Division - Link
• Bringing the Commercial Real Estate Industry into the 21st Century - Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
   
• Rainmakers: Interview with Marissa Limsiaco - President of Otso, 4X Entrepreneur, Combat Veteran, West Point Graduate - Podcast
   
• Pandemic, winter storm prompt Council to address local food system - Link
• Parks board rejects alcohol sales at Zilker Cafe, but the vote is in question - Link
• Cyclists split on sharing bike lanes with pizza delivery robots - Link
• Downtown co-living project gets Planning Commission support - Link
• Home prices in Austin rose $100,000 in six months. When will the surge end? - Link
• Code amendment would make car booting less of a headache - Link
• Council OKs new direction on convention center reconstruction - Link
• Herrington leaving his environmental post for new job in Virginia - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• Celebrity-backed fitness chain moves headquarters from California to Austin - Link
  - Culture Map Austin
   
• Austin-based jobs now open at the —not so boring— Boring Company - Link
• Celebrity-backed F45 fitness moves HQ to Austin - Link
• ‘Summer of love’: Forget the dating app stigma, 2 out of 3 people say you can fall in love before meeting - Link
• Nearly one-third of Austin ISD students in grades 6-12 failed at least one course in spring semester - Link
• Austin private schools expected to maintain gains even after AISD plans for in-person instruction - Link
• Three more Hollywood stars look to greener pastures in Austin - Link
• Futuristic or flop? Austonia gets a closer look at pizza delivery bots - Link
• Austin billionaire Michael Dell joins San Antonio Spurs family as newest investor - Link
  - Austonia
   
• Sixth Street’s Identity Crisis - Link
• Securing Your Austin Startup with Cyvatar - Link
• This Local Company Helps You Work From Home in Style - Link
  - Austin Monthly
   
• Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat - Link
• New Type of Machine Learning Aids Earthquake Risk Prediction - Link
• A Lab for Innovation - Link
• Jason McLellan Named 2021 Texas Inventor of the Year - Link
• Study Offers Plan to Overcome Hurdles for Hydrogen Energy - Link
• Sharon Wood Named Provost at The University of Texas at Austin - Link
• New Study on Climate Change Impacts on Plants Could Lead to Better Conservation Strategies - Link
• Blaming the Pandemic for Stress Leaves Couples Happier - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• Did Billionaire Elon Musk Sell All His Mansions To Live In A $50,000 House? - Link
• These Tech Companies Are Helping Austin Flourish - Link
• How These Local Companies Are Handling a Year of Rapid Growth - Link
• Digital-First News Startup Zenger Raises $10M Seed Funding to Enhance Software - Link
• Care About Your Users? Then Focus on Outcomes Over Outputs - Link
• Serenity Kids Raises $7M, Tesla Partners with ACC, and More Austin Tech News - Link
• EnergyX Is Hiring 100+ as It Looks to Launch a New Tech Hub - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• Keep Austin homes weird: Q&A with expert on strange, wonderful places to live - Link
• Meet Southwest Airlines' incoming CEO Bob Jordan - Link
• Austin’s biomass power plant idled again during mid-June energy crunch - Link
• How crop dusting drone startup Hylio developed its tech in Central America through protest and gang threats - Link
• Analysis: Texas is top destination, by far, for HQs leaving California - Link
• Literati growing in Austin with new HQ, expanded C-suite - Link
• Job postings for Elon Musk's Boring Co. highlight technology development plans, site in Bastrop - Link
• Outdoorsy raises $120M, launches insurtech division - Link
• After peaking in Q4, Austin sublease market expected to dry up - Link
• Journal Profile: Nomadic life led Cara Caulkins to Austin, entrepreneurship & happiness - Link
• Why Xebec, a company founded to enable remote work, is opening an East Austin office - Link
• Economic recovery continues as Austin metro regains thousands of hospitality jobs - Link
• Bastrop film studio gets initial OK from City Council - Link
• Mark Wahlberg-backed fitness franchise F45 Training files for IPO, confirms Austin HQ - Link
• Will Austin's prices ever reach San Francisco levels? - Link
• Why entrepreneurs, venture capitalists are flocking to Austin - Link
• Austin FC home opener shines spotlight on city, its businesses - Link
• In the money June 21: $64M in deals reported by bitcoin, baby food companies - Link
• Michael Dell becomes San Antonio Spurs investor - Link
• Austin’s Michael Dell could give San Antonio Spurs more leverage - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Amid pandemic, Austin's tech sector quietly boomed - Link
• Special delivery: Your next Austin take-out order may be delivered by a robot - Link
• Austin's Outdoorsy raises $120 million for expansion - Link
• Handful of Austin companies involved in merger, acquisition deals - Link
• Austin's jobless rate drops to 4.2%, lowest since COVID-19 hit - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• San Antonio is the U.S. city receiving the highest number of stimulus check-related scam calls - Link
• TPR's Cinema Tuesdays continues virtual screening series with A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Link
• San Antonio Current owner Euclid Media Group acquires Louisville's LEO Weekly - Link
• Texas bill to study psychedelics as treatment for PTSD in veterans becomes law - Link
  - San Antonio Current
   
• San Antonio’s ‘Doublewide Dudes’ re-imagine manufactured home sales for the virtual era - Link
• YouTube's Small-Business shopping event will feature Texas candlemaker - Link
• Manufacturing company swapping SoCal headquarters for San Antonio's Southside - Link
• Women who mean business: Service Manager feels at home in the Kahlig Auto Group - Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
   
• San Antonio artist dips a toe into the wave of NFT art - Link
• ‘Tough nut to crack’: Manufacturers struggle to fill jobs despite raising wages - Link
• FAA awards San Antonio airport $38M in stimulus funds - Link
• Plastics manufacturer Nissei to move U.S. headquarters from California to San Antonio - Link
• Local Alzheimer’s researchers cast skeptical eye at new emergency-approved medication - Link
• Spurs add Michael Dell to investor group as Peter J. Holt gains full control of NBA team - Link
• Judson ISD phone, email remain down after suspected ransomware attack - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• USAA adds another executive from major bank to C-suite - Link
• SABJ seeks to honor businesses, communities leading diversity efforts - Link
• Local school district confirms ransomware attack on IT system - Link
• SA cancer center to expand research diversity with national clinical trial - Link
• Georgia firm, UT Health SA to develop new cancer therapy and research center - Link
• Retail partnership brings first SA showroom for made-to-measure clothing store - Link
• The need for more risk management has grown for higher education and private K-12 schools - Link
• San Antonio's original tech coworking space expands virtual offerings - Link
• Back to Events: Industry heavyweights stress patience as business returns - Link
• Oil and gas jobs inching back up from pandemic lows - Link
• Austin’s Michael Dell could give Spurs more leverage - Link
• Plastics manufacturer moving HQ from California to SA - Link
• Local business leader celebrated for advocacy efforts by NAWBO - Link
• Local bank looks to fund green manufacturing along border - Link
• UTSA expert warns against simple fixes for post-pandemic labor shortage - Link
• Local tech school expands footprint in downtown building - Link
• Exclusive: USAA executive on how data is changing the financial industry — and how to protect it - Link
• Texas Biomed, other SA researchers in Covid battle for long haul - Link
• Presenting San Antonio's Best Places to Work for 2021 - Link
• Orlando’s post-pandemic convention collapse could be a warning for SA - Link
• Dutch Bros. speedy expansion into SA now includes the South Side - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Sentiero Ventures makes inaugural investment; Adds Data Sentinel to portfolio with $250,000 investment - Link
   
• C-Hear Accepted into Microsoft for Startups Program - Link
   
• Virtual job fair to connect Tarrant County job seekers with employers looking to hire - Link
• Bank of America supports for 36 DFW-area nonprofits - Link
• Fort Worth Museum of Science and History reopens with new Science Studio - Link
• Texas Health nurse named one of nations 50 most influential clinical executives in Country - Link
• North Texas Community Foundation names two new directors - Link
• Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your personal information, and how worried should you be? - Link
• Fort Worth goes Hollywood (Reporter) - Link
• In Gear: Alliance goes all in on autonomous freight technology as TuSimple drives forward - Link
• Nanoscope Therapeutics cleared to open Phase 2b clinical trial for vision therapy - Link
• Fort Worth medical school receives provisional accreditation - Link
• 40 Under 40 Sponsors - Link
• 40 Under 40 Video - Link
• 40 Under 40 Gallery – 2021 - Link
• 40 Under 40 honorees – 2021 - Link
   - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• European pool-sharing app dives into Texas just in time for summer - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
   
• 7 Services in Dallas to Help You Live Your Best, Lazy Life - Link
• New Dating App Called UnFiltered Only Lets You Show Your Real Self - Link
• 10 Brilliant Ideas for Pop Culture Pop-Up Bars Around Dallas - Link
• The Women in STEM Exhibition in Dallas Breaks Records - Link
• Wu-Tang Clan Founder Raekwon Visits Dallas to Promote Line With Streetwear Shop Centre - Link
  - Dallas Observer
   
• Remembering Anthony Bourdain’s Texas Ties - Link
• Feed the People Dallas Works With a Local Chef on a New Free Meal Program - Link
• California Protective Eyewear Brand Wiley X Plots North Texas Headquarters - Link
• Don’t Expect Health Tech Investment to Slow Down Any Time Soon - Link
• Health, Equity, and Reform: Girls Inc. Conference Equips Girls to Thrive - Link
• Gallery: Girls Inc. Dallas Equips Girls to Fight Injustice Through One-of-a-Kind Conference - Link
• A Thoughtful Return to the Office - Link
• Servant Leadership Is Far More Than a Business Theory - Link
• Living in McCities: A Map of Chain Restaurants in Dallas - Link
• Why Behavioral Health Companies Are Occupying More Commercial Real Estate Space - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Today - Link
• DI People: Southwest Airlines, RAVE Restaurant Group, Antuit.ai, Uplift Education Make Moves - Link
• Dallas-Based EdTech Startup Banneky Has a New Way to Promote Diversity in STEM Careers - Link
• Plano-Based Belluscura Breathes Lighter Life Into $23B Respiratory Care Devices Market - Link
• Dallas’ Envy Gaming Invests in ‘Livestream Sidekick’ Botisimo - Link
• Vari’s New Global HQ Is a Proof of Concept for the Idea of ‘Building‑as‑Service’ - Link
• Size Matters: Want a Home Office? Renters See New-Build Apartments Upsize in DFW Suburbs - Link
• Dallas-Based Sentiero Ventures Makes Its First Investment From AI-Focused $10M Fund - Link
• Dallas-Area Lender Compliance Technologies Closes $4.15 M Series A to Mitigate Regulatory Risks - Link
• After Battling Nike in the Supreme Court, Dallas-based YUMS Relaunches Its Streetwear Brand - Link
• Dallas Invents: 112 Patents Granted for Week of June 8 - Link
• C1 Innovation Lab, BCBSTX Team Up With Capital Factory to Spur Innovations in Healthcare - Link
• Bedford Biotech Restores “Meaningful Vision” in Blind Patients With Gene Therapy—and May Soon Go Public - Link
• Gov. Abbot Signs Teledentistry Bill, Ending Ban and Allowing Virtual Dentistry in Texas - Link
• How North Texas Can Become a Top‑Ranked National Technology Innovation Hub - Link
• Plano Hospitality Tech Firm Enseo Sells Majority Stake to H.I.G. Capital - Link
• Here’s How StaffDNA’s Newest Platform Update Plans to Permanently Empower Healthcare Professionals - Link
• North Texas’ Qarbon Aerospace Will Assemble LIFT’s HEXA Flying Cars - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Capital Factory partnership leverages health care startups' tech to solve industry issues - Link
• Dallas company working on health care technology goes public in London, raises $16 million - Link
• Meet Taiga Coolers, the local manufacturer trying to change the cooler game - Link
• PNC Bank relocates regional executive to Fort Worth, building on market presence post-BBVA USA acquisition - Link
• Chatbot software startup lands backing from local esports organization - Link
• Elon Musk's Boring Co. has big plans for Texas, new job postings show - Link
• Form D Friday: Local real estate firm raises more than $12M - Link
• Here's why so many corporate headquarters leave California for Texas - Link
• Choice of incoming Southwest Airlines CEO surprises some experts - Link
• Integrity Marketing Group’s decision to relocate to Fountain Place driven by expansion needs - Link
• The need for more risk management has grown for higher education and private K-12 schools - Link
• Texas ranks second in most BIPOC-owned small businesses, new report shows - Link
• Former Trammell Crow, Stream Realty executives launch new firm - Link
• Automation startup makes acquisition to help with Latin American expansion - Link
• Exclusive: Texas outshines all other states, by far, in luring California headquarters relocations - Link
• California governor on the exodus: ‘We need to step up our game’ - Link
• New Denton Chamber president discusses goals, move from Metrocrest Chamber - Link
• Logistics company expands headquarters at Cypress Waters - Link
• Get to know the Most Inspiring Leaders of 2021 - Link
• Meet Southwest Airlines' incoming CEO Bob Jordan - Link
• Travel growth: Airline-software company Sabre sees more sales - Link
• Report: Logistics unicorn with North Texas ties confidentially files for IPO - Link
• Massachusetts logistics company opens first Texas fulfillment center in Dallas, bringing 400 jobs - Link
• Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly to step down, new leader named - Link
• Behind the $5B acquisition of Michaels - Link
• Sunwest Communications' CEO never really cared for PR firms. Then he bought one - Link
• Three product recalls and one product launch — Eosera's leader talks about the past year - Link
• Tanya Ragan: 'It's exciting to feel the energy and the activation return to downtown' - Link
• United to Learn partners with DISD to make a lasting impact in elementary schools - Link
• Here's how GFF is leading its employees back to the office - Link
• Whether standing in the office or home, Vari continues to refine and expand its mission - Link
• Mooyah oversees growth and innovation while putting franchisees first - Link
• Capital One president urges employees to take their individual power back - Link
• For global dating app giant Match Group, COVID created nimble opportunities for growth - Link
• Third-party logistics provider makes M&A move in highly fragmented industry - Link
• Grapevine’s GameStop raises over $1 billion amid stock frenzy of 2021 - Link
• Dallas workers are looking for new jobs at one of the highest rates in nation - Link
• On the Agenda: Dallas City Council set to vote on new economic development entity - Link
• Grant Thornton managing partner on navigating the uncertainty and fluidity of tax law - Link
• Dallas office of national wealth management firm has big growth plans - Link
• Startup sees growth as it helps remote teams foster real relationships - Link
• Social app Clapper in Plano — an alternative to TikTok — raises $3 million - Link
• Local athletic training tech company gets boost from Amazon's Black Business Accelerator pilot program - Link
• Long-term effects of Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack - Link
• Exclusive: Plano technology company acquired by global private equity firm - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno's Kevin Cumming

• Knightsgate Ventures Invests in DriveItAway and the Mission to Provide Vehicle Access for the Credit Challenged - Link
   
• Chasing 'Holy Grail' STAT3 target, Houston startup refuels with $74M to zero in on liver cancer - Link
  - Endpoints News
   
• SpaceFund Intelligence Announces Space, Military, and Finance Expert Consulting Team - Link
   
• Spiras Health Receives $14MM Series B Funding, Led by NEA - Link
   
• 3 Houston head honchos rank among America's top CEOs in new report - Link
• Houston recognized as a top major city of the future in new report - Link
• Houston-area suburb claims top spot for business-savvy cities list from Verizon - Link
• New tech platform allows Houstonians access to the city's top BBQ - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Cancer-fighting company based in Houston emerges from stealth and snags $74M in its latest round - Link
• Networking with high-status colleagues isn't successful across industries, per Rice University research - Link
• Houston data management company closes $18M in fresh funding - Link
• Innovative Houston 'agrihood' grows impact with new land acquisition - Link
• Houston university claims spot on top 100 institutions for patents - Link
• Houston startup shines bright as cryptocurrency's 'North Star' - Link
• 2 Houston research projects are advancing green technologies in solar and battery power - Link
• 3 Houston innovators make Forbes list of up-and-coming entrepreneurs - Link
• Houston expert: Finding your tech talent through analytics - Link
• 3 Houston companies named to semifinals of clean energy competition - Link
• Houston-Dallas high-speed train still not official but now it has a builder - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
   
• Black neighborhoods have led the Houston area’s surge in start-ups during the pandemic - Link
• Energy Ventures: Apply to present in-person at the 19th Annual Energy Tech Venture Forum on Sept 15-16! (Deadline to apply: July 16) - Link
• Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysis - Link
• Drug doubles down on bone cancer, metastasis - Link
• Nightside radio could help reveal exoplanet details - Link
• Targeted tumors attack not-innocent bystanders - Link
• Housing in Houston: Tough times for tenants, would-be homeowners - Link
• Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response - Link
• Solar energy collectors grown from seeds - Link
• ‘Flashed’ nanodiamonds are just a phase - Link
• CLEAN Future Act’s oil field-produced water provision could undermine energy transition, says Baker Institute expert - Link
  - Rice University
   
• UH will offer historic amount of hybrid, online classes - Link
• UH Dining should continue to-go option next semester - Link
• UH athletics moves to 100 percent capacity for 2021-22 seasons - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Workers recount their first day back at the office - Link
• These 11 LGBTQ-owned Houston businesses deserve your support - Link
• Cryptocurrency kiosks deposited into some H-E-B stores - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• JLL creates student loan repayment program, invests $4M in additional diversity effort - Link
• Reconnecting after Covid: What’s next in mental health and ways you can reintegrate into the community - Link
• 5 things to know today, including what to keep an eye on from politics to sports - Link
• Small Business Big Mission: The pandemic handed a huge challenge to many businesses, and the community stepped up - Link
• Small Business Big Mission: Buddy's bar pivoted several times to endure the pandemic - Link
• Small Business Big Mission: Tacos Doña Lena faced multiple challenges upon opening but persevered - Link
• Small Business Big Mission: Houstonian refuels the city with her summer fitness bootcamp - Link
• Mental Health in the Workplace: How the pandemic impacted employees, and what employers should know - Link
• Eatertainment concept Flight Club to open 3rd U.S. location in highly anticipated Houston development - Link
• Trae Tha Truth to open ice cream shop in Katy that employs adults with special needs - Link
• Restaurant co. SPB Hospitality relocates HQ from Nashville to Houston, plans to hire - Link
• 5 things to know today plus Mattress Mack's biggest bet yet - Link
• Luby's Inc. lands buyer for Luby's Cafeteria restaurant business - Link
• The Montrose Center celebrates Law Harrington Senior Living Center's grand opening - Link
• NextDecade appoints top operations executive - Link
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo expands C-suite with chief marketing officer - Link
• Amazon expands Houston Tech Hub, adding 150 jobs - Link
• Houston tech co. Graylog raises $18M round for log management software - Link
• These Houston public cos. saw biggest job gains and losses in 2020 - Link
• Texas ranks second in most BIPOC-owned small businesses, new report shows - Link
• Op-ed: How to prepare the next generation of female engineers - Link
• Houston-area airports receive over $200M from FAA's Airport Rescue Grants program - Link
• Biopharmaceutical co. Tvardi Therapeutics raises $74M to advance clinical pipeline, grow team - Link
• HCA Houston Healthcare recruiting, expanding Houston footprint amid pandemic recovery - Link
• TechnipFMC CEO doesn't want to be an industry consolidator - Link
• 5 things to know today plus Mattress Mack's biggest bet yet - Link
• Luby's Inc. lands buyer for Luby's Cafeteria restaurant business - Link
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquires machine learning firm Determined AI - Link
• Houston Dynamo, Dash announce new owner, hire former Texans President Jamey Rootes as CEO - Link
• Houston scores second-highest jump in rank on global liveability index - Link
• Alamo Drafthouse emerges from bankruptcy with refreshed ambitions - Link
• PNC CEO Bill Demchak details BBVA acquisition from branches to border - Link
• Westlake Chemical execs: $2B Boral building products deal adds new geography - Link
• TDECU names permanent president and CEO after longtime leader's departure - Link
• Small businesses face challenges in hiring, increased operational costs, Goldman Sachs survey shows - Link
• YMCA of Greater Houston hires nonprofit veteran as chief philanthropy officer - Link
• Houston First taps Jorge Franz as president of Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau - Link
• Lemonade Day hires former New Hope Housing Inc. exec as CEO - Link
• See the Houston cos. that made Fortune's new diversity list, Measure Up - Link
• Westlake Chemical to buy building-products business from Boral for $2.15B - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• Startups, Politics, and “Cancel Culture” - Silicon Hills Lawyer’s José Ancer - Link
• The Glamour-Less Side of Entrepreneurship - Joah Spearman - Link
• Dell for Startups - MediaTech.Ventures - Link
• Exclusive: Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm - The Daily Dot - Link
• Vista Equity Partners Selects Clearloop to Offset 2020 Carbon Footprint While Providing Clean Energy to Underserved Southern Communities - Link
• Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank - ProPublica - Link
• How Two Baseball Fans Are Turning a Podcast Side Hustle Into a Media Empire - Inc.com - Link
• Let them drink kombucha: San Francisco’s lavish tech offices return as city still struggles - The Independent - Link
• How to Implement a Work-From-Anywhere Growth Strategy Using a Hybrid Hub-and-Spoke Model Entrepreneur - Link
• Cleantech.org Announces 24 Semifinalists for the $100,000 GS Beyond Energy Innovation Challenge - Link
• Cleantech Investing Is on the Rise - Link
• Four VCs Recorded $ 1 Billion IPO Profit Thursday - Link
• Marc Lore says brands like Warby Parker can't be created by large retailers - Link
• Purpose At Work: Lessons From Alpha Foods On How To Lead With Purpose - Forbes - Link
• Technology Saves the World - Marc Andreessen - Link
• How This 30-Year Software Industry Veteran Scaled His Company to a Successful IPO - Link
• This Is Why You Need to Find a Mentor Right Now - Link
• 6 Ways to Be an Active Ally to Black Women at Work | The Muse - Link
• Fastest growing remote work hubs of 2021 - Link
• How tech startups are transforming mental health - Sylvia Bouloutas - Knightsgate Ventures - Link
• Surge in start-ups is a surprise in the pandemic economy. - The New York Times - Link
• How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork | Vanity Fair - Link
• Be Careful of "Salary Hearsay" in Austin's Market and the Impact on Your Job Search | On the Mark...The IT Market in Austin, Texas - Link