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San Antonio Biotech Startup Intrinsic Imaging Acquired for $80M - Link

 
 

Mercury Fund-affiliated SPAC opens $175M IPO, targets e-commerce acquisition - Link

 

The special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, announced July 27 it priced the IPO's 17.5 million units at $10 each, which would generate proceeds of $175 million."

• A-LIST 2021 Nominations - Austin Chamber of Commerce - Link
   
• Elisa Sepulveda Joins the MATH Venture Partners Team — MATH Venture Partners - Link
   
• Austin Next Podcast: Austin Now with Marc Nathan - Link [I really enjoyed this conversation with Michael Scharf and Jason Scharf]
   
• Business Facilities 2021-Rankings - Link [Austin-San Marcos- Round Rock Fastest Growing Metro]
   
• Rollick and Kenect Integrate to Enhance Online Buying for Recreation Dealers - Link
   
• Diversity-Focused College Counseling Platform SchooLinks Raises $8 Million Series A - Link
   
• Eterneva Raises $10M Series A to Reimagine the Experience Around Loss - Link
• The startup turning human ashes into diamonds - Challengers by Freethink - YouTube - Link
   
• ConverseNow is targeting restaurant drive-thrus with new $15M round - TechCrunch - Link
  - TechCrunch's Christine Hall
   
• QuotaPath raises $21.3M in Insight Partners-led round to help sales teams better track commissions - Link
  - TechCrunch's Mary Ann Azevedo
   
• Startup Tech Company Helping Austin Restaurants Thrive Post COVID-19 - Link
   
• Eterneva Lands $10 Million to Help People Grieve by Making Diamonds From Cremated Ashes - Link
• From Coffee to Computers, Trade Ties Between Texas and Panama are Strong - Link
  - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
   
• Willie Nelson, startup supporter? - Link
• STRAP Technologies, Groundbreaking Device to Aid the Visually Impaired, Announces New Hire - Link
• Business Excellence Awards Challenge - Link
  - Austin Startups
   
• Nonprofit mixes things up with podcasting workshop for Austin chicas - Link
• ‘Tinder for job seekers’ app swipes into Austin for U.S. debut - Link
• New photos show construction of Tesla’s Austin factory is in high gear - Link
• Lyft travels to the future with new self-driving cars coming to Austin - Link
  - Culture Map Austin
   
• How to stop reeking of desperation when you job hunt - Link
• Airbnb has blocked 50K+ bookings for being too big during COVID-19 - Link
• TL;DV summarizes video meetings so folks can catch up in quickly *with* context - Link
• Twitter experiments with “dislike” button in the lamest way possible - Link
• Study: Employers are inadvertently punishing women that suffer from Endo - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Is Austin really that expensive? Here's how rent stacks up against other major cities - Link
• Elon Musk announces Tesla’s record-breaking Q2 from Giga Texas site in Austin - Link
  - Austonia
   
• University of Texas System Board of Regents Votes to Approve University of Texas at Austin Joining the Southeastern Conference - Link
• Older Adults Are Happier When Space Matches Personality - Link
• Could the Death of a Corporate Handout in Texas be a Turning Point Nationwide? - Link
• Joint Statement from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Oklahoma - Link
• Legislature’s Fix of Texas Electric Grid is OK for Today, Not for Tomorrow - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• AI-Powered Ordering Assistant ConverseNow Raises $15M Series A - Link
• Built In's Featured Companies of the Month - Link
• Literati Just Released a New Product. Here's How They Plan to Grow. - Link
• Proactive Communication Helps Clients Succeed. Here's How to Get It Right. - Link
• Fetch Raised $60M, Facebook Expands, and More Austin Tech News - Link
• Want To Find Success? Learn How To Manage Up - Link
• Eterneva Raises $10M Series A to Turn Loved Ones' Ashes Into Diamonds - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• Best Places to Work: Allure Real Estate culture stronger than ever - Link
• Vacasa to go public after buying Austin's TurnKey Vacation Rentals - Link
• Viewpoint: Vaccinated? Downtown Austin needs you back - Link
• Lithium-ion battery maker picks Arizona over Texas for $500M factory - Link
• Vertalo expanding HQ, adding staff after $5M funding - Link
• Texas recognized as top state for semiconductor activity, among other accolades - Link
• Valhalla Esports Lounge on way to recovery after bankruptcy - Link
• Real Estate Roundup: Rocket maker Firefly buys HQ building; $4M in apartment upgrades planned after sale - Link
• Journal Profile: Austin Chamber CEO Laura Huffman turns to nature to unwind - Link
• San Antonio Spurs invest in Austin gaming company - Link
• 34 nominated for 2021 Family Business Awards - Link
• Banger's survived pandemic with an executive coach's help, healthy dose of spirituality - Link
• Viewpoint: Want to improve Austin? Start with housing policy, ABOR chief says - Link
• Why Gelesis is going public with Clayton Christopher's SPAC - Link
• Google delays office reopening, will require most workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 - Link
• Here’s how Austin’s housing market compares to the rest of Texas - Link
• Exclusive: Cassava Sciences shares soar on optimism about Alzheimer's drug — can it sustain stock market climb? - Link
• Tyson Tuttle to step down as Silicon Labs CEO - Link
• Austin loses out on Smart Wires HQ relocation - Link
• AffiniPay has new CEO - Link
• Ubeo keeps growing, now has 17 acquisitions under its belt since 2017 - Link
• The Chive CEO John Resig talks failure, culture & competing for talent in Austin - Link
• Learning from small and medium-sized enterprises: 3 values that drive success - Link
• Army Futures Command, ACC completes first phase of training program - Link
• Texas restaurants starving for billions more in Covid relief - Link
• UT's potential move to SEC could boost Austin tourism - Link
• M&A wrap: ESO, Removery, Grande Communications, Flueid grow through buyouts - Link
• New Google tower already reshaping Austin's skyline - Link
• Who are Austin's fastest-growing companies? - Link
• Eterneva raises $10M for memorial diamonds - Link
• In the money July 26: $123M in deals reported - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Austin auto sales: Eager consumers, but dealers battling supply shortages - Link
  Four Austin startups combine to raise nearly $60 million - Link
  Tuttle to step aside as CEO of Silicon Labs - Link
• Texas economic sectors expand , even as virus worries grow - Link
• Analysis: UT, OU move will be financial blow to jilted Big 12 cities - Link
• Thermo Fisher Scientific expanding in Austin, adding hundreds of jobs - Link
• Silicon Labs shifts focus to Internet of Things business - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• Tribe Gaming secures investment from San Antonio Spurs parent company - Link
  - Esports Insider
   
• Texas Biomed Levels Playing Field for Female Scientists - Link
• New Dominion Enterprises Wins Air Force Phase 2 SBIR Funding for Energy Innovation - Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
   
• As riders return to the streets, is it time for more scooters? City says no. - Link
• Former Fort Worth official is San Antonio’s new economic development director - Link
• ‘A lot of different factors in play’ as theaters and music groups reemerge from pandemic dormancy - Link
• As tourism ramps up and hotels raise wages, workers play hard to get - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• GUEST COLUMN: 10 Ways to Raise More Money in 2021 - Link
• Nominations deadline extended for the inaugural SABJ Diversity & Inclusion awards - Link
• Largest local employers continue to struggle to fill job openings - Link
• Boerne looking to grab some of Hollywood's business - Link
• Can a surge in leisure travel spare SA greater economic losses? - Link
• Lyft, Uber to get new SA competitor via zTrip expansion - Link
• USAA adds diversity, equity and inclusion leader - Link
• City names new workforce, economic development executives - Link
• Spurs invest in Austin-based gaming company - Link
• Hill Country city opens new incubator space - Link
• DOD decision critical to East SA innovation district plan - Link
• Geekdom Fund raises nearly $1 million for two startups - Link
• Keller Williams taps local leader for national role - Link
• These are the best industries to work for in the San Antonio area - Link
• Site expert: SA candidate for Amazon-backed vehicle assembly facility - Link
• Local tech leaders hope to spur entrepreneurs in wake of Rackspace layoffs - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Data center operator CyrusOne ‘separates’ with CEO Bruce Duncan, brings back co-founder David Ferdman - Link
  - Dallas Morning News
   
• She Represents: Courtney Caldwell - Link
  - Dallas Weekly’s Sherri Yarbrough
   
• Cypress Growth Capital Invests in MedChat - Cypress Growth Capital - Link
   
• 🔒 Fort Worth oil and gas company forms SPAC to take energy company public as IPOs stay strong - Link
• Fort Worth Mayor to 2021 40 Under 40 class: Time to move from shadow of Dallas - Link
• Nathan Davis, 31 - Link
• Diana Khaled Awde, 39 - Link
• Devan L Allen, 39 - Link
• Douglas S. Cooper, 36 - Link
• Rachel Clark-Kennedy, 33 - Link
• Clayton Comstock, 39 - Link
• Tracy Reneé Williams, 38 - Link
• Kadee Coffman Blair, 35 - Link
• Megan Cano Dobbertien, 32 - Link
• Jeff Davis, 36 - Link
• Cliburn CEO, Jacques Marquis, has something you gotta hear - Link
• CEO Mike Brown explains the who, the what and the, Y - Link
• California company opening manufacturing site in Fort Worth, bringing 140 jobs - Link
• 🔒 In Market: What is Hip? - Link
• Sara Richardson promoted to VP for Advancement - Link
• 🔒 Dallas-Fort Worth area ranked No. 2 for commercial, multifamily starts for first half of 2021 - Link
  - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• 6 Dallas companies rank among best U.S. employers for millennials - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
   
• Texas Health Huguley’s $73 Million Expansion - Link
• Toyota Tech Lawyer Wande Elam Shares the Importance of Mentoring in DEI - Link
• Reimagining the Airport as the New Town Square - Link
• Local Chefs Have Headed to Farmers Branch - Link
• Key Trends That PE Fund Managers and Their Portfolio Companies Are Paying Attention to Post COVID-19 - Link
• Why the Dallas Moving Surge Is Here to Stay - Link
• Dallas Retail Roundup: Boho Hat Shops, Custom Furniture Studios, Dorm Décor Pop-Ups, and More - Link
• Behind the Deal: Texas Rangers Co-owner Launches Top Tier Sports Investment Fund - Link
• Finalists Announced: D CEO‘s Corporate Counsel Awards 2021 - Link
• Junior Achievement Announces 2022 Business Hall of Fame Inductees - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• Successes - The Dallas Innovation Resource Guide - Link
• Dallas’ Buff City Soap Names Former Topgolf COO Craig Kessler To Be Its New CEO - Link
• DI People: Buff City Soap, Comerica Bank, Sally Beauty, and More Make Moves - Link
• BILT Raises $9M in Funding to Expand 3D Intelligent Instruction App - Link
• Dallas Digital Real Estate Startup Nada Closes $2.5M Seed Round - Link
• OneDay Raises a $19M Series B Funding Round to Continue Expanding Its Video Storytelling Tech Across Industries - Link
• ‘Age of Empires’ Legend Wants to Make Dallas the Center of the Gaming Universe - Link
• Calling Female Founders: The $100,000 Investment Challenge at the Women in Tech Summit Could Be Your Fast Track Into Capital Factory - Link
• The Man Factor: Dallas-Based Reproductive Services Inc. Offers “First At-Home Solution” For Filling The IVF Cup - Link
• Plano-based Martin UAV to be Acquired by Shield AI - Link
• Watch Out Wyoming: Could the Texas Blockchain Council Turn Texas Into America’s Blockchain and Crypto Capital? - Link
• Winners Announced for the Children’s Health Innov8 4 Kids Hackathon - Link
• Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of July 13 - Link
• Aussie-Based Spot Parking Kicking Tires For DFW Business Opportunities - Link
• Here Are the Top 25 Companies to Work For in Dallas-Fort Worth, According to LinkedIn - Link
• Dallas Health Solutions Startup MediBookr Acquired by Plano’s Catalyst Health Network - Link
• TPG Rise Climate Raises $5.4 Billion To Help Build Climate Solutions Worldwide - Link
• ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Today - Link
• A Slice of Fashion: Plano-Based Pizza Hut Drops Tastewear Line - Link
• Dallas-Based Delta Agriculture Rebrands as a Full-Scale Industrial Hemp Supplier - Link
• Southwest Airlines Expands Partnership With Sabre to ‘Welcome Business Travelers Back to the Sky’ - Link
• RedBird Capital’s Andrew Lauck On Recent Deals, the Firm’s Deep Texas Footprint, and Playing the Long Game - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Meet Dekos Capital, Dallas' newest search fund - Link
• Dallas-based renewable company receives major financing for wind projects - Link
• After choosing Dallas area over California for HQ, tech firm eyes growth, first outside funding - Link
• Making moves: A roundup of North Texas tech and startup hires, departures in July - Link
• Follow the money: A roundup of DFW tech fundings, M&As and investor activity in July - Link
• Why West Coast firm picking NC over Texas for HQ could indicate a shift in relocations - Link
• Form D Friday: Dallas hedge fund opens new fundraising vehicle - Link
• Fort Worth oil and gas firm backs new blank check company - Link
• SoCal manufacturer bringing new facility, 140 jobs to Fort Worth - Link
• Dallas private equity firm acquires fourth platform in e-commerce space - Link
• This marketing CEO says his company is using data and empathy to help solve his clients' biggest problems - Link
• For CEO of Urban Air, 2020 provided the opportunity for a bounce to Unleashed Brands - Link
• She's passionate about her firm's private credit practice and her resource for parents - Link
• Her consulting practice helps construction firms with electronic discovery - Link
• Event planner travels the virtual tight rope act of the past 15 months - Link
• Mental health group followed an 'unexpected path to success' with telehealth - Link
• VP at Oncor says flexibility, education and communication will be key coming out of the pandemic - Link
• Head of global staffing firm Net2Source excited about future expansion - Link
• New executive director of Momentous Institute excited about serving mental health and education - Link
• For CEO of Match brand, 2020 was about pivoting, adjusting and thriving in a new environment - Link
• For Medical City Plano CEO, pandemic reinforced importance of communication and connection - Link
• Understanding market trends has helped her talent firm cycle into organic growth - Link
• For a tech parking firm during a pandemic, the past year was all about pivoting and developing - Link
• CEO of Medical City Frisco discusses keeping up with growth of community - Link
• She's using her PR firm of "mockingbirds" to champion change for good, and she sees that network growing - Link
• Her marketing firm is committed to helping small and mid-size businesses get tools for growth - Link
• Head of Allen EDC says 'diligent' approach is city's formula for success - Link
• Farmers Branch mayor/CRE exec is excited about 'new day' in his hometown - Link
• Dallas office becomes US headquarters for this London digital marketing agency - Link
• CEO: Acquisition by Evolve Mortgage achieves end-to-end digital closings - Link
• Cybersecurity startup in Dallas raises $20 million as it targets mid-market business - Link
• Dallas video-tech firm raises nearly $20 million in push into more markets - Link
• For current AT&T executive and former Grow South chief, she's proud that southern Dallas is still top of mind for community - Link
• Whether it’s the people of Anna or his wealth management practice, he says it’s all about the relationships - Link
• Plano-based Cinemark announces new CEO, other leadership changes - Link
• CEO of Dallas’ CyrusOne leaving company after taking role last year - Link
• Dallas health tech startup acquired by Plano firm, former client - Link
• Local logistics firm discusses HQ move, navigating ultra-competitive industrial market - Link
• Deal flow in first half of 2021 overshadows 2020 – but it wasn’t difficult - Link
• Two Dallas-area tech firms getting acquired by French company - Link
• The iconic TI calculator goes further beyond basics with popular coding language - Link
• TPG raises $5.4B for inaugural climate-focused investment pool - Link
• Global competition win positions Dallas startup on its path to raise $2.5M - Link
• Houston's approach to energy transition could translate to hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of investment dollars - Link
• Private equity dealmaking is breaking records. But why now? - Link
• American Airlines gets pushback from DFW’s Sabre on lawsuit - Link
• US Postal Service launches local same-day delivery options for small businesses - Link
• Former Mark Cuban Companies exec says startups should stay in Dallas - Link
• Arlington-based X-ray food safety company changes hands - Link
• Uber reveals tentative plan for how much space it will need in Dallas - Link
• RELOCATION STATION: These sites in Greater Fort Worth could land the next big HQ - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno's Kevin Cumming

• How to Start a Startup by Heath Butler, Mercury Fund (Recording) -  Link
   
• Mercury Fund takes on SDGs as part of its investment thesis - Venture Capital Journal - Link
   
• 7 Hills Pharma Names Biopharma Industry Veteran Michael S. Perry Chairman of its Board of Managers - Link
   
• Lazarus 3D Announces First FDA Clearance for PREoperative SUrgical REhearsal (PRE-SURE®) Technology - BioSpace - Link
   
• Houston hospitals once again dominate annual national rankings - Link
• 10 Houston companies rank among best employers for young professionals - Link
• Houston-based startup expands after-alcohol product line with new beverage launch - Link
• Get a glimpse at the schedule and speakers for global healthtech event - Link
• Houston cancer-fighting institution names 10 innovative fellows - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• New Houston med school to offer low-cost health care thanks to $1M gift - Link
• These 10 Houston companies rank among best U.S. employers for young professionals - Link
• From faculty to founder: What to know before starting a company, from a University of Houston expert - Link
• Houston hospitals once again dominate annual national rankings - Link
• Houston VC leaders announce SPAC with $175M IPO - Link
• Startup founder on how Houston has evolved as a software hub — and why there's no better place to be - Link
• Deloitte IDs 3 tech trends that deserve a closer look in 2021 - Link
• Houston energy startups claim big wins, space health fellows named, and more innovation news - Link
• Expert: Solar energy is a necessary solution to summer power grid insecurity in Texas - Link
• Houston data solutions startup rebrands, expands to support neuroscience research - Link
• Deadline extended for inaugural InnovationMap Awards nominations - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
   
• Science and technology research is critical infrastructure, says Baker Institute - Link
• Vardi wins award for social and professional responsibility - Link
• Woodson Research Center team honored with Shapiro award - Link
• Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit, tours neuroengineering labs - Link
• Rice team creating insulin-producing implant for Type 1 diabetes - Link
• Timothy Morton on giving up flight — at least when it comes to lectures - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Expanding public transit will help combat climate change - Link
• Off-campus study spots students find in Houston - Link
• Veganism isn’t necessarily guilt free - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Electric buses are coming to Houston, as Metro takes first step toward letting up on the gas - Link
• GAO upholds NASA choice of SpaceX for lunar lander - Link
• Space Station lost attitude control after Russian module docked - Link
• Russia adds 23-ton module to Space Station - Link
• Galileo Project to probe for alien-made objects - Link
• ‘Holy moly!’: Inside Texas' fight against a ransomware hack - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• New-to-Houston accelerator program lands $250K commitment from Bank of America - Link
• Buckeye Partners acquires solar power project as it grows energy transition business - Link
• Houston Grub Park opens to highlight Black-owned food trucks - Link
• Houston Business Journal reveals finalists for 2021 Fast 100, celebrating fast-growing cos. - Link
• Houston Business Journal reveals honorees of third-annual Innovation Awards - Link
• Houston Business Journal returns to in-person events in the fall - Link
• Lone Star College-University Park building out campus esports lounge - Link
• Sekai Hospitality launches in Houston, plans clubs in Washington Corridor, EaDo - Link
• Kirby Corp. CFO to retire - Link
• UH College of Medicine receives $1M gift to open direct primary care clinic in southwest Houston - Link
• United Airlines getting rid of its in-house kitchen catering unit in Houston, elsewhere - Link
• Unity National Bank of Houston CEO to step down - Link
• Shell to acquire U.S. renewable power co. - Link
• Houston biotech firm adds C-suite roles, opens new research lab in TMC - Link
• Houston lags behind other major U.S. cities in median lot size, report finds - Link
• Update: Port Houston to reopen container terminals to truck traffic after hardware failure - Link
• Jeff Bezos offers to cover $2B in costs if NASA gives moon lander contract to Blue Origin - Link
• Buc-ee's sets opening date for second Georgia travel center - Link
• Op-ed: Temporary protective status ruling is bad for the economy - Link
• Asset Management Advisors acquired by Cresset, growing Houston headcount - Link
• Icon Information Consultants focuses on hiring older workers, paying workers more for higher retention - Link
• Houston-area battery co. Microvast goes public in SPAC deal with Tuscan Holdings - Link
• Top Tier Sports eyes more investments in community-focused sports teams - Link
• US News & World Report ranks Houston hospitals among top in Texas, nationwide for 2021-22 - Link
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise, MD Anderson Cancer Center make Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion list - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• She Loves Tech - Largest Start-up Competition for Women and Tech - Link
• Why Venture Capital Doesn’t Scale Part 4: How VCs Make Money as Big Businesses Win the Pandemic - Kirk Coburn Link
• New Fund Manager Inspiration for Female GPs: Coyote Ventures - YouTube - Link
• Why Texas? Byron Smith on Bringing XSpace from Down Under to the Lone Star State - Texas CEO Magazine - Link
• How to juggle raising a family while building a company - Link
• Get Uncomfortable - Step Outside Your Comfort Zone - Remote COO - Link
• How Growth-Stage Startups Are Doubling Down on Diversity & Inclusion - Inc.com - Link
• SquareFoot is Southbound - SquareFoot Blog - Link
• Vacasa will go public in deal valuing Portland company at $4.5 billion - oregonlive.com - Link
• Demand for Part-Time CFOs Heats Up as Startups Raise More Money - WSJ - Link
• The Velocity of Money in Startupland - Link
• The Carbon’s in the Details: A Look at Blockchain and CO2 - TCR - Link
• Female Founders Fund closes $57 million funding round — Why it matters - Link
• Three Guides for Student Founders - Link
• Pitch Decks Explained - StartupBrite - Link
• Ask a Startup Lawyer: How Should You Manage Co-Founder Equity? - Link
• Bridging Sectors for Pandemic Readiness (COVID Special) - Science in the Mall, Y'all on Acast - Link
• Open Source Alternatives - 200+ open source alternatives to popular B2B tools - Product Hunt - Link
• 30 Conversation Starters for Successful Networking - The Muse - Link
• Cowboy Ventures’ Ted Wang: CEO coaching is ‘about having a second set of eyes’ - TechCrunch - Link
• Publication-TFOA-Family-Office-Networks.pdf - Link
• Would Your Business Benefit From Venture Capital? - Link
• Open Cap Table Coalition tackles startup share questions - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech - Link
• This Is the Skill Your Business Must Adopt to Thrive - Link
• How are startups spending record amounts of funding? On jobs, not offices - Shoobx - Link
• How to Successfully Introduce Your New Product with a Soft Launch — Mastering Medical Device - Link
• Why You Should Invest in Diversity & Inclusion Before a Series A - Inc.com - Link
• How to Do Technical Due Diligence on a SaaS Startup – MicroAcquire – Startup acquisition resources - Link
• 7 Examples of When You Should Acquire a Startup Rather Than Build One - Link
• How I Created A $350 Million Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software - TechCrunch - Link
• Blogging is dead. Long live blogging. Or, why the Substack hype is much ado about very little. – Media Nation - Link
• Industry 5.0? Investors Again See The Promise In Industrial Automation After COVID-19 – Crunchbase News - Link
• Here's what to do if you want to continue remote work (and not sabotage your career) - Link
• Moore's Law for Everything - Link
• Baird Capital's Venture Team Leads $12.8MM Series B Investment in Saranas - Baird Capital - Link