The New Age Of Intelligence

Women-Led VC Fund, Springdale Ventures, Onboards Marissa Epstein as Third General Partner - Link

• Springdale Ventures embarks on next chapter of growth with new hire and closing of second fund - Link
  - FoodNavigator-USA.com

 
 

Houston Incubator Announces Merger with Local Nonprofit - Link

• Impact Hub Houston, Sketch City merge to create civic initiative - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   

"Two Houston organizations that have partnered for three years to provide a platform for innovation and ideation have announced a more formalized partnership.

Impact Hub Houston, a global impact innovation incubator, and Sketch City, a nonprofit focused on advancing technology and data in public decision making and social good, have announced the merger of Sketch City into a new initiative under Impact Hub Houston: Code for Houston." - Natalie Harms

• DivInc and Fundr Launch New Partnership to Drive Startup Investment - Link
   
• Episode 1: History of the Austin Ecosystem with John Butler - Link
  – Austin Next Podcast
   
• Introducing Expa Accelerator, the most flexible program for pre-seed startups. - Link
• Garrett Camp's VC fund is breaking all the rules with a new accelerator for fledging founders. Here's how it's different. -Link
  - Business Insider’s Ben Bergman
   
• C4® Energy Announces Endorsement Deals with WWE Superstars Roman Reigns®, Bianca Belair™, Montez Ford® & Mandy Rose™ - Link
   
• Pet Supplement Co. PetHonesty Receives Majority Investment - Link
   
• Hero Digital launches Hero CommerceConnect, a complete experience-led eCommerce solution | Hero Digital - Link
   
• MP Cloud Technologies announces award of US Patent for AutoCode embedded in its flagship AdvanceClaim product - Link
   
• Galvanize to Enhance Military’s Tech Capabilities with Phase III Defense Contract - Link
   
• Bright Machines Expands to Austin with new Regional Office and Robotics Lab - Link
• Austin-based Bandit Acquired by GoPuff - Link
  - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
   
• Cedar Park coworking business supports area startups - Link
  - Community Impact Newspaper
• Eggschain Secures First Patent for Tracking Genetic Material via Blockchain - Link
   
• ThreatWarrior Announces Close of $10 Million Series A Funding Led by Ecliptic Capital, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, and Alumni Ventures Group - Link
   
• Sale prices soaring for Austin-area homes - Link
• City opens $2M grant program to assist creative sector nonprofits - Link
• Report: Ex-AE employee misused city resources, lied to auditors - Link
• Vision plan takes on mobility woes at Zilker Park - Link
• What will happen to all the plexiglass barriers Austin businesses set up during the pandemic? - Link
• Tax break proposal prompts call for changes to county’s public-private partnerships - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• EP13: The Power in Just Showing Up W/ Marc Nathan - Podcast
  - Tame the Change by The Interim Expert Team / Dos Mundos Creative
  [This was a lot of fun and thanks to Kana LiVolsi-Crosby & Parker Golson for the discussion]
   
• Apply Now to SXSW 2022: PanelPicker, Music Showcases, & Tech Competitions - Link
  - SXSW
   
• Museum of the Future Present Will Invite Guests to Experience Art in New Ways - Link
  - Austin Monthly Magazine
   
• How news outlets are positioning Trump’s lawsuit against Big Tech - Link
• How to keep Pride month going year-round (without rainbow washing) - Link
• How a study on a 35-hour workweek will impact post-pandemic life - Link
• Content creators, check out this big a*s guide to making money - Link
• Employers: Take note of the CROWN Act as it gains traction - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Elon Musk doesn't care if the Austin-made Cybertruck is a flop - Link
• Everything you need to know about Elon Musk and the billionaire space race - Link
• 5 reasons Austinites love to hate Elon Musk - Link
• Austin housing market levels up to 'new normal' after pandemic price surge - Link
• Austin named best city in Texas on US News Best Places to Live list - Link
• Update: Austin's Project Connect rail will create tunnel under Lady Bird Lake instead of bridge - Link
• With a new SpaceX Starlink factory, Austin could reach new heights in tech - Link
  - Austonia
   
• July Update: App Deadline Extended, Alumni Spotlight Series, and more - Link
  - Texas Venture Labs Newsletter
   
• Interim Leadership Named at Dell Medical School - Link
• Report Outlines How Public Transit Agencies Can Advance Equity - Link
• Making Vital Fertilizer Element in a More Sustainable Way - Link
• A Texas-Sized Reading List 2021 - Link
• Making an Impact - Link
• JR DeShazo Appointed Dean of LBJ School of Public Affairs - Link
• A Federal Tax Credit Could Incentivize (and Accelerate) the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Link
• New Data on February Texas Blackouts Reveals Unprecedented Impact on Energy and Financial Systems - Link
• The Supreme Court Has Upheld Voting Practices in Arizona — is Texas Next? - Link
• Childhood Lead Exposure May Adversely Affect Adult Personalities - Link
• Research on Language Learning Yields Mitchell Prize for UT Austin Statisticians - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• Now Hiring Engineers: 7 Austin Companies Gearing Up for Fall - Link
• Tesla's First Solar Neighborhood Is Under Construction in Southeast Austin - Link
• The Future 5 of Austin Tech - Link
• Gembah Raises $11M to Grow Its Team and 'Democratize Product Innovation' - Link
• These Companies Are Reopening — Here's How They Prepared - Link
• LitLingo Got $7.5M, The Boring Co. Expands, and More Austin Tech News - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• How Elevate Brands will use fresh $250M to scale the Amazon sellers it acquires - Link
• How e-commerce aggregator Foundry will spend $100M - Link
• Best Places to Work: Long-term mindset helps Twelve Rivers Realty navigate rapid growth - Link
• Best Places to Work: Allure Realty culture stronger than ever - Link
• Best Places to Work: Tarvos Talent tops field after less than 2 years in business - Link
• Best Places to Work: Realty Austin takes top spot for fifth year in a row - Link
• Bright Machines to expand in North Austin with lab, customer success center - Link
• Real estate entrepreneur turns to media with streaming service focused on Latinos - Link
• Cirrus Logic: Rockstar philanthropists - Link
• Samsung seeking property tax abatements for $17B plant in rural Taylor, plus incentives from Travis County - Link
• Data shows Austin is indeed affordable — with a huge, scary exception - Link
• Austin's Best CFOs revealed for 2021 - Link
• Best CFOs: Chip Pate of SecureLink brings engineering mindset to tech leadership - Link
• Best CFOs: Robert Hernandez leads the way at credit union, in wider community - Link
• Best CFOs: Robert Alvarez wins again after guiding BigCommerce through IPO - Link
• Best CFOs: Mike Grisko brings creativity to unblushing, fast-growning brands - Link
• Best CFOs: Cortney Johnson combines knack for numbers with storytelling skills at ESO - Link
• Austin's 8VC to build, invest in startups with storage giant Lineage Logistics - Link
• How the pandemic changed us as consumers — and what companies are doing about it - Link
• Why Flix Brewhouse filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy for El Paso movie theater - Link
• HNTB has new leader for Austin office - Link
• Software startup DevRev growing Austin office after raising $50M - Link
• LAX data: Leave your heart in SF, take your business and vacations to Austin - Link
• North Austin aerospace manufacturer eyes move to Elgin - Link
• Austin startup funding soared through the roof in first half of 2021 - Link
• Report: Austin retail market has stabilized; Now, are we building enough? - Link
• Married Austin Realtors create app to solve homebuying pain point - Link
• Journal Profile: Alex Worthington helping transform Lockhart economy with queso, good eats - Link
• Musicians team up on Crowdmouth — an Austin startup boosting artists, rewarding fans - Link
• Austin drops more on esteemed Best Places to Live list - Link
• California-based Kval pledges dozens of manufacturing jobs north of Austin - Link
• Texas economy experiencing 'solid' recovery - Link
• Austin's first 'Tesla Solar' neighborhood explained - Link
• Cancer, Covid led serial entrepreneur Richard Bagdonas to his next startup idea - Link
• KungFu.AI names first COO, expands hiring throughout country - Link
• M&A wrap: Cirrus Logic to drop $335M; Workplace Resource acquired & more - Link
• Nebraska agricultural manufacturer eyes space in Bastrop - Link
• In the money July 12: $80M in deals done - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Four Austin startups combine to raise nearly $60 million - Link
• Site near Taylor competing with Austin for $17 billion Samsung fab - Link
• Austin housing market remains on track for record year - Link
• Elevate Brands lands $250 million to fuel swift growth - Link
• Austin-area employers add 8,000 to payrolls in June - Link
• California company to bring manufacturing facilty, 80 jobs to Hutto - Link
• In light of Surfside disaster, how are Austin buildings checked for problems? - Link
• Austin neighborhood to be fueled by Tesla solar, battery tech - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• How EPIcenter, Geekdom, and Venture for America Startup Programs Adapted to the Pandemic - Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
   
• Geekdom hosts downtown event to help students sharpen entrepreneurial skills - Link
  - FOX 29
   
• Providing glimpses of technology’s past, Foxworks is fueling innovation at Port San Antonio - Link
• Being an Entrepreneur Is All About Punching Today in the Face, Says This Co-Founder - Link
• This Founder Is Disrupting How We Consume the World's Most Popular Beverage - Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
   
• San Antonio businesses have seen a 33% uptick in traffic, Texas still lags behind national average - Link
• Startup app to support San Antonio indie coffee shops this month by offering $1 cups of joe - Link
  - San Antonio Observer
   
• On the road: Tilting at wind turbines - Link
• Alamo Colleges apprenticeship program with Methodist Hospital helps launch health care careers - Link
• County commissioners approve framework for spending federal stimulus money - Link
• Former San Antonio biotech company sells for $80 million - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• Real estate entrepreneur turns to media with TV channel focused on Latinos - Link
• ERCOT unveils ‘Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability’ in effort to help Texas Power Grid - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Baird Foundation Repair - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Indatatech - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Galaxy Builders - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Coldwell Banker D'Ann Harper Realtors - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: G.W. Mitchell Construction - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Monarch Trophy Studios - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Vogt Auction Galleries - Link
• Family Owned Business Awards: LC Vending Company - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: McCombs Enterprises’ success hitched to family and community - Link
• Family-Owned Business Awards: Bubble Bath Car Wash - Link
• Here's where nine SA companies stand on returning to the office - Link
• Lynd expanding C-suite to support nationwide growth - Link
• JetBlue co-founder’s new airline ready for takeoff in SA - Link
• SwRI has plans to make pipeline transportation cheaper - Link
• Navistar HQ to SA? Why it may be the Alamo City's time - Link
• Texas economy experiencing 'solid' recovery - Link
• Spurs to turn more AT&T Center spaces into event venues - Link
• Microsoft to build another Westover Hills data center, state filings show - Link
• Electronics manufacturer closing Corpus factory, laying off 73 - Link
• Remote shift: SA to recruit workers the way it’s courted companies - Link
• Want to know what it takes to be a best place to work? Take your lead from these companies - Link
• East SA innovation center awarded millions to expand bioscience labs - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Lanny Lancarte opening 3 ghost kitchens in North Fort Worth - Link
• Chip and Joanna Gaines step up to help lead a new TV network - Link
• Dr. Stan Block, legendary TCU finance professor, dies - Link
• Starting at 50: Depend on no one but yourself - Link
• Work hard and learn as you go – Move Athleisure’s Kara Baker reflects on steering a startup to success - Link
• ECI Software Solutions names new CFO as Hagen becomes president, COO - Link
• Officials in charge of Texas' power grid try to reassure lawmakers and the public that they're fixing lingering problems - Link
• Fort Worth-based transportation solutions company acquired by founders, private equity firm - Link
• L&W Supply acquires DAICO Supply Company - Link
• Rainwater Charitable Foundation fellowships announced - Link
• Junior League of Fort Worth announces 2021-2022 Board of Directors - Link
• US consumer prices surged in past year the most since 2008 - Link
• Two local health care systems join data research operation - Link
• Goodwill, Heritage Auctions find treasure in video games - Link
   - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• DFW punches in with one of highest hiring rates in U.S., says survey - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
   
• McKinney Man Who Bought Jet Skis, SUVs Through Illegal Scheme Sentenced to Prison - Link
• How to Write an Effective Press Release - Link
  - Dallas Observer
   
• D CEO Panel Recap: Working Moms Crisis And What Employers Can Do - Link
• Here Are the 32 Finalists for the Big Tex Choice Awards - Link
• CRE Briefs: Frisco Development Takes New Workspace Approach Following Pandemic - Link
• Chicago Battery Charger Maker Moves Headquarters to DFW - Link
• How Is North Texas Fighting the Nursing Shortage? - Link
• Announcing My New Golf and Entertainment Concept: Chippery - Link
• Nominations Open: D CEO’s Excellence in Healthcare Awards 2021 - Link
• A Dallas Designer’s Take on the Workplace - Link
• What Is the Convention Center Worth to Dallas? - Link
• Corporate Board Strategies for Company Leaders and Would-Be Directors - Link
• Common Desk Expands to Frisco’s New HALL Park - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• DI People: Lennox International, Hillwood, Fossil Group, and More Make Moves - Link
• Check This Out: Walmart Tests All-Self-Checkout Supercenter in Plano - Link
• Three Dallas-Area Companies Make Insider Pro’s Best Places to Work in IT List - Link
• Frito-Lay CMO Tells Brands to “Innovate or Die” With 10 Tips for Making Innovation Your Secret Weapon - Link
• The DEC’s Dallas Startup Week to Feature the Third Annual Women of Innovation Summit - Link
• This ‘Blue Collar Analytics Company’ Delivers AI and ML Solutions For ‘People Who Work Hard’ - Link
• Addison-Based Authentix Acquires Singapore Brand Protection Company to Grow Its Digital Security Tech - Link
• Texas Central Signs Up Spain’s Renfe As Early Operator of High-Speed Dallas-Houston Railway - Link
• Here’s How Dallas-Based HealthTech Company VivoDoc Plans to Simplify Healthcare With AI and ML - Link
• Urban Air Adventure Park Forms Unleashed Brands, Acquires Snapology, a Creative Play Company - Link
• Dallas Invents: 120 Patents Granted for Week of June 29 - Link
• Everything’s Bigger in Texas: Schumacher Electric Corporation Relocates its HQ to Fort Worth to Expand its Vision - Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth Continues To Grow As a Tech Talent Leader, Says CBRE’s ‘Scoring Tech Talent’ Report - Link
• Frisco-Based Apty Raises $7.5M in Series A Funding to Grow Its Digital Adoption Platform Software - Link
• Tech Titans’ Edge Grand Challenge to Give Entrepreneurs a Connection to Enterprise Innovators - Link
• Is Your Pet Family? SMU Sociologist Says “Multispecies Families” Impact Birth Rates, Job Location, Disasters, and More - Link
• Flex in Demand: Venture X Partners with Standing Desk Innovator Vari - Link
• Young Dallas HR Software Company Leadr Raises $10M Series A Round - Link
• Impact Ventures to Host a Spring Virtual Startup Showcase and $50K Pitch Competition - Link
• Rory McIlroy Invests in Dallas-Based Drive Shack’s Puttery - Link
• The Future of Mobile: Ericsson Will Collaborate With MIT On ‘Fully Cognitive’ Networks and ‘Zero-Energy’ Devices - Link
• How To Be a Favorable SPAC Acquisition: Five Key Areas of Consideration - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Three electric vehicle companies among 109 big prospects weighing relocations to Dallas-Fort Worth - Link
• Q&A: Dallas-Fort Worth housing market ‘softening, but not soft’ - Link
• Dallas-based investment firm partners with massive Hollywood movie studio - Link
• Form D Friday: Maverick Capital, Crow Holdings Capital file to raise funds - Link
• Supply-chain firm adding Plano site, could house 400 workers - Link
• 2021 Most Inspiring Leaders winner: GFF - Link
• Complexity Gaming owner makes new acquisition to monetize its media assets - Link
• Frisco technology company raises $7.5 million Series A funding, looking to hire - Link
• Plano-based European Wax Center files to go public amid hot IPO market - Link
• This alternative investment firm has grown as blockchain becomes more mainstream - Link
• The North Texas industrial market has set another record - Link
• Dallas based tooling company makes second acquisition with eye on future expansion - Link
• Dallas-based Stonelake Capital Partners closes $555M real estate fund - Link
• Why today’s IT infrastructures aren’t suited for the modern digital workplace - Link
• What is digital workplace transformation? - Link
• JPMorgan Chase continually growing North Texas as a technology hub, global executive says - Link
• Behind the deal: Why Richardson’s Mavenir took a $500 million deal with Koch - Link
• Dallas startup raising funds to build second-hand marketplace for collectors and thrift store shoppers - Link
• Battery charging maker moves headquarters to Fort Worth from Chicagoland - Link
• Tech firm ramping sales, raises funding as folks get help assembling grills and swing sets - Link
• Fossil adds new exec to lead digital transformation - Link
• Studio Movie Grill working to heal post-bankruptcy, former CEO pushes forward with new venture - Link
• Dallas-Fort Worth saw tech demand surge in the second quarter - Link
• Dallas region gaining younger workers as it takes No. 13 spot in tech-talent report, CBRE says - Link
• FedEx leases more distribution space, local company buys Arlington warehouse - Link
• What business leaders need to know about making smarter technology decisions - Link
• Meet all 25 of our 2021 Women in Business honorees - Link
• Golfer Rory McIlroy’s firm invests $10 million in DFW company Drive Shack effort - Link
• Plano start-up that moved from Seattle raises $10 million - Link
• Magnolia Network set to debut this week - Link
• New York hygiene startup opens second office in Plano to support its growth - Link
• North Texas banks are looking to cut deals, but new executive order could rein in consolidation - Link
• Just how much industrial demand is there in DFW today? - Link
• Plano leader sees better times ahead as firm deals with costs, price transparency in health care - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno's Kevin Cumming

• Clutch - Snap together powerful products | Product Hunt - Link
   
• A Houston Comic Book Store Filed a Lawsuit in Comic Form – Texas Monthly - Link
   
• MathWorks Deepens its Engagement with Greentown Labs, becomes its newest Terawatt Partner - Link
   
• Jeff Bezos' foundation gifts Space Center Houston with $1 million grant - Link
• World's largest 3D printer sets up shop in Houston - Link
• Pivotal new cancer research tower tops off in the Medical Center - Link
• Innovative brain injury rehabilitation center breaks ground in Southeast Houston - Link
• Game-changing new Houston health center tackles mental health - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• InnovationMap names judges for inaugural awards program - Link
• The growing femtech industry needs more attention — and funds, says this Houston expert - Link
• Report: Houston saw a spike in Black entrepreneur-founded companies amid pandemic - Link
• ERCOT announces plan to improve Texas power grid reliability - Link
• Houston incubator announces merger with local nonprofit - Link
• This Houston innovator is using data to power industrial reliability and sustainability - Link
• New software for facial surgery developed at Houston hospital gets FDA approval - Link
• How to attract and retain female engineers for the Houston workforce - Link
• Houston named an affordable tech city, startup hires CFO, and more local innovation news - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
   
• Call For Presenters | Energy and Clean Technology Venture Forum - Link
• Vicente Ordóñez joins Rice with CAREER Award - Link
• Oil demand likely to grow despite pandemic, study says - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Gulf of Mexico fire sparks climate crisis conversation - Link
• Going for gold: UH athletes competing in Tokyo Olympics - Link
• SGA takes a stand against Texas’ voter suppression bills - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Blue Origin announces 18-year-old will be on its first crewed flight from West Texas - Link
• How Texas got a front-row seat to Musk-Bezos space race - Link
• Houston drank more at the airport than anywhere else last month - Link
• Samsung considering second Texas plant site, here's what we know - Link
• Houston's first curbside compost service is here - Link
• Elon Musk's tunneling company is buying up land outside Austin - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• Houston energy software co. LiquidFrameworks agrees to be acquired - Link
• Health tech co. Symplr nabs PE investment for acquisitions, product development - Link
• Swyft Filings hiring amid pandemic-related spike in business applications - Link
• Good Works II planned IPO during tough time for blank-check cos. - Link
• Blank-check co. Good Works II prices $200M IPO, begins trading - Link
• Common Desk inks lease in recently rebranded City Place master-planned community - Link
• Esports team Houston Outlaws hosts first in-person event since pandemic shutdown - Link
• Samsung seeking property tax abatements for $17B plant in rural Taylor, plus incentives from Travis County - Link
• Trust in Texas electricity providers falls after winter freeze, study finds - Link
• University of Houston research awarded $2M from Department of Energy for chemical feedstock tech - Link
• 8th Wonder president: New CBD, Delta-8-THC seltzers draw fan fervor - Link
• EDF Renewables plans $437M solar investment in Texas - Link
• The Village School hires new head of school after previous head steps down - Link
• Amplify Energy regains NYSE compliance, gets PPP forgiveness - Link
• Houston Restaurant Weeks unveils initial list of 2021 participants - Link
• Can Fuddruckers make a comeback? This D.C. business owner is going to give it a try. - Link
• Here's how BBVA USA acquisition impacted PNC's Q2 earnings - Link
• BP takes full ownership of Louisville-based convenience store operator Thorntons - Link
• Houston's housing market sees total property sales hit record high - Link
• United Airlines signs deal to buy 100 electric airplanes from Heart Aerospace - Link
• ERCOT delivers grid reliability improvement plan - Link
• Lovett Commercial adds more food hall vendors for Post Houston redevelopment - Link
• How a marketing consultancy acquisition fits into Cart.com's e-commerce strategy - Link
• NewQuest Properties promotes exec to president amid leadership change - Link
• First-of-its-kind Blossom Hotel launches hiring campaign - Link
• Former Houston Rockets CEO named new CEO of Philadelphia 76ers' parent company - Link
• Jamey Rootes steps down as CEO of Houston Dynamo, Dash - Link
• YMCA of Greater Houston names new chairman of the board - Link
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's new chief technology officer hopes to enhance the audience experience for 2022 - Link
• Texas A&M's first-ever housing development in Houston receives funding - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
   
• STC names faculty of the year honors - Link
  - McAllen Chamber of Commerce

• Why Venture Capital Doesn’t Scale Part 3: How VCs Get Rich, Regardless - Kirk Coburn - Link
• Picture Perfect: The Class of 2021 · Babson Magazine - Link
• Lori Lightfoot on turning Chicago into a unicorn machine - Link
• Women's Entrepreneurship Accelerator Joined Generation Equality Forum for Gender-Responsive Procurement Panel & Commits to Action Coalitions - Link
• FinTech: Why These Startups Are Working on a Payment Revolution in the Middle East - Link
• NACo: With Digital Divide Widening, Accessible Broadband Top Equity Issue Facing America's Counties - Link
• Industry incubation keeps innovation and brands growing strong - Link
• Dotcom bubble 2.0? Start-ups are raising record amounts because VCs are afraid to miss - Link
• Space accelerator Moonshot receives matched-government grant - Link
• Millions of EVs Are Coming — But Can the US Electric Grid Handle Them? - Link
• Walgreens, VillageMD on track to open 29 primary care clinics in Texas this year - Link
• At 16, She Scaled Her VC-Backed Magazine Nationwide. She Ended The Company To Fix Her Mental Health By 20. - Forbes - Link
• 5 Questions with Ramzy Ismail, Venture Principal of the Techstars Equitech Accelerator - Link
• Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator Helps Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the 2028 Olympics - Link
• The We That Didn't Work at WeWork - Link
• Breaking down the future of venture capital in a post-covid world - Link
• Silver Lake and GE-backed Service Max unveiled in $ 1.4 billion SPAC deal - Link
• Austin was 'the biggest winner' of COVID tech migration. What happens to Silicon Valley? - San Francisco Chronicle - Link
• WhyHotel Announces Partnership With Alpha'a To Bring Locally Sourced Artwork To Pop-Up Hotels - Link
• Israeli tech sets yet another record, raising $11.9 billion in H1 of 2021 - CTech - Link
• State Of Venture Q2’21 Report - CB Insights Research - Link
• Innovation Moves to Middle America - WSJ - Link
• Social Impact through a Direct Public Offering — ROI for Good AND your Bank Account - by David J. Neff - Link
• Iris Knobloch Launches $300M SPAC I2PO With François-Henri Pinault – Deadline - Link
• Second Shot City – A Mythical Mystery Podcast - Link
• How to Spot High Potential Employees (HiPos) | AustinPeopleWorks - Link
• The Untapped Talent Source You’re Probably Overlooking - Texas CEO Magazine - Link
• We need a new hybrid working etiquette | WIRED UK - Link
• AWS launches new prog to help early-stage startups work with public sector | Business Standard News - Link