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• AnthemIQ Raises $10 Million to Expand its Real Estate Platform - Link
• Rocket Maker Firefly Aerospace Lands $75 Million in Funding and Becomes Austin’s Latest Unicorn - Link
  - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
   
• Platform Capital Leads a $1.3 Million Investment Round into STRAP Technologies - Link
• IoT Startup Hologram Hires Mike Georgoff as Chief Product Officer - Link
• Automation is En Fuego (part 1) - Link
  - Austin Startups
   
• Josh Chodniewicz of Fundify: How To Successfully Ride The Emotional Highs & Lows Of Being An Entrepreneur - Link
   
• Audible Releases ‘Best of SXSW 2021’ Podcast - Link
  - SXSW
   
• NFTs – WTH Are They? - Link
• Try (Just A Little Bit Harder) - Link
• Susan Paley’s Making Beats for Sneakers - Link
  - Mediatech.ventures
   
• First-of-its-kind following robot rolls into Austin market - Link
• Another California tech biz charges to Austin with new headquarters - Link
  - CultureMap Austin
   
• Tourism Commission recommendations include gondolas funded by hotel tax - Link
• Downtown vacancies eyed for arts activations, tenants with new pilot program - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• Austin businesses have a mixed response to new CDC masking guidance - Link
• Outdoor Voices' Ty Haney to join crypto craze with new business - Link
• Austin’s hot housing market is driving up down payments - Link
• Meet 11 Austin companies that rank among the nation's best of 2021 - Link
• Pop-ups and partnerships: 5 new moves in Austin food - Link
• Austinites need an office to return to. Are coworking offices the answer? - Link
• Buc-ee's boasts booming employee base while nearby businesses struggle to hire - Link
• 'I feel like Superman': Vaccinated Austinites are ready to party like it's 2019 - Link
• Austin-based hard seltzer company sweeps competition in San Francisco - Link
• Getting Hotter: New climate data shows Austin warming to record levels - Link
• Boomtown Austin loses tech workers - Link
• Millennial homebuyers 'rule the roost' in Austin, accounting for nearly 60% of mortgage purchase requests made in 2020 - Link
  - Austonia
   
• Dylan Thomas Digital Collection Launched Online - Link
• Commonsense Policies for Texas Students Could Go a Long Way - Link
• Open Data Shows Texas Education’s Digital Divide Improved During the Pandemic - Link
• Honoring the Life of Marye Anne Fox, Former VP for Research at UT Austin - Link
• Priceless Astronomy Data Saved After Collapse of Arecibo Telescope - Link
• UT Austin Studies Mysterious Substance that Could Transform the Future of Energy - Link
• Millennials Commit Less Crime Than Prior Generations - Link
• McConaughey’s Polling Numbers Show Texas Democrats Are in Trouble - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• Inflation is coming to big brand goods, how small business can keep up - Link
• Simplify your team communication for work and play with Memo - Link
• Apple takes a bite out of Facebook’s tracking policies - Link
• The 7 deadly sins of technical interviews - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Startup Competition From Austin FC, Q2 Now Accepting Applications - Link
• AI Processor Startup Mythic Closes $70M Series C With Plans to Hire 36 - Link
• 3 Local Sales Pros on Tactics to Build Trust - Link
• BigCommerce Announces First Quarter Financial Results - Link
• EnergyX Raised $20M, Firefly Secured $75M, and More Austin Tech News - Link
• AnthemIQ Raises $10M Series A to Double Team, Expand Its Platform - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• M&A wrap: Pet food startup Nulo has new majority owner; Removery still hungry for deals - Link
• Austin may soon alter, expand Downtown Density Bonus Program fees - Link
• 3 Ascension Texas hospitals to pay nearly $21M in fines for alleged kickbacks - Link
• Google leads Big Tech fight for spouses of skilled immigrant workers - Link
• UT Arlington's Myrtle Bell on a lifetime of work in diversity - Link
• Austin's Legacy One Financial Advisors, tied to John Paul DeJoria, merging to create $9B wealth adviser - Link
• 3 supply chain lessons learned in uncertain times - Link
• 5 takeaways for business leaders to survive the next recession or disruption - Link
• Austin 'on the brink' of transportation revolution with connected cars, city says - Link
• How will Elon Musk use all this land he's acquired? - Link
• Austin's Notley expands funding, fellowship programs to San Antonio - Link
• Texas sales tax overhaul bill that would have hurt small cities, helped large ones looks to be dead - Link
• Mythic CEO to stock up on engineering talent after $70M funding round - Link
• Bastrop Economic Development Corp. names interim leader, seeks permanent director - Link
• Viewpoint: Austin employers can strengthen economy, community by caring for the whole employee - Link
• Winter blackouts, pandemic couldn't stop AlertMedia — or its private equity deal - Link
• Ethos to invest part of $200M funding in its Austin HQ2 - Link
• Q2, Austin FC team on $100K startup competition - Link
• Even Zoom employees suffer from 'Zoom fatigue' — here's how the company combats it - Link
• H-E-B sues wipes supplier, alleging false Covid claims - Link
• Austin serial tech entrepreneur expected 'dark culture of ruthlessness' at Oracle — it was anything but that - Link
• AI chipmaker Mythic scores $70M haul from heavyweight investors - Link
• CEO Q&A: Wayne Peacock's first year leading USAA could hardly have been more challenging - Link
• Art Gensler, founder of the world's largest architecture firm, has died - Link
• Julian Read, presidential advisor and Texas PR pioneer, dies at 93 - Link
• Stoking a discussion on how to support workplace mental health - Link
• In the money May 10: $106M raised by 6 companies - Link
• AnthemIQ raises $10M for real estate tech, aims to double headcount - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Many Austin area retailers to keep requiring masks - Link
• Medical marijuana company starts work on $25M San Marcos facility - Link
• Austin startup AnthemIQ raises $10M for growth - Link
• Austin's Yeti beats Wall Street expectations in Q1 - Link
• Texas-transplant Elon Musk says Tesla won't accept bitcoin as payment - Link
• Gas prices in Austin, nationwide continue to climb - Link
• Austin-based Army Futures Command continues to grow, adapt - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• FoodTech Startup Grain4Grain Raises $775K, Joins Food Innovation Fund - Link
  - Startups San Antonio's Iris Gonzalez
   
• Rackspace ‘transformed’: How San Antonio’s biggest tech firm refined its business model to stay relevant - Link
• Texas colleges get $2 billion in federal stimulus money. Half must go to struggling students. - Link
• Colleges in San Antonio are getting $236M in federal aid. Half of it will go to students. - Link
• Halfway to herd immunity, San Antonio needs to embrace vaccine safety - Link
• Ceremonial opening of Cuisine Solutions’ massive sous vide plant draws French ambassador - Link
• Texas law now allows alcohol to go from restaurants after Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill - Link
• Bill Miller planning HQ move west from longtime downtown property - Link
• Former SA City Manager Sheryl Sculley moves to Austin - Link
• ‘What San Antonio is’: Winning #FilmSA contest video puts focus on family-owned Maria’s Cafe - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• It’s now legal in Texas for beer, wine and mixed drinks to be included in to-go food orders - Link
• NASCAR's Sam Hunt joins campaign urging Texas lawmakers to allow Sunday liquor sales - Link
• Free phone app aims to help beer fans explore Texas cities' breweries and taprooms - Link
  - San Antonio Observer
   
• Foresite acquires several departments from long-standing CRE firm - Link
• Real Estate Recap: Bill Miller Bar-B-Q cleared to buy land for new HQ - Link
• French ambassador attends SA food plant opening (slideshow) - Link
• Local food tech startup receives funding from national grocer foundation - Link
• Meet the business set to become South Texas' newest publicly traded company - Link
• Lack of business travel keeping downtown hotels from recovery - Link
• Rackspace quarterly revenue, net loss rise; stock falls - Link
• International food manufacturer moving HQ to SA - Link
• Data: The industries hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic in San Antonio area - Link
• First-quarter roundup: Local public company sees profit rise 300% - Link
• SA, Miami institutions to team on $10M Latino cancer project - Link
• PODCAST: UT Arlington's Myrtle Bell on a lifetime of work in diversity - Link
• Texas rural land rush pushes prices to record highs - Link
• TaskUs CEO took huge pay cut during pandemic - Link
• U.S. approves first big offshore wind farm, an Avangrid Renewables joint venture - Link
• SA native acquires LA-based Funny or Die studio - Link
• Austin nonprofit funding group expands programs into San Antonio - Link
• CFO Tom Sweet reflects on 24 years at Central Texas' homegrown tech behemoth - Link
• Women's Leadership Awards nominations deadline extended - Link
• SA auto group to buy multiple luxury car dealerships in Texas - Link
• SA area's growth outpaced that of Texas, nation, census shows - Link
• Howard Tellepsen shares lessons learned from leading 112-year-old Texas construction business - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• Irving-based medical technology firm raises $830M investment from Sixth Street-led group - Link
• Fort Worth philanthropist Anne Marion art collection draws $157.2M in New York auction - Link
• Amazon looking to hire 2,800 full and part-time employees across DFW - Link
• Pilot training center opens in Arlington to ease pilot shortage - Link
• Incora opens Fort Worth headquarters with jobs, investment - Link
• Benner leaves Bennett Benner, forms new professional services firm - Link
• Every Texan welcomes Marisa Bono as its new CEO - Link
• Crime in Fort Worth: Police morale, education, training and public misconceptions - Link
• Glove manufacturer opening its largest facility in Fort Worth - Link
• Push to bring casinos to Texas this session appears headed for defeat despite high-profile campaign - Link
• Fort Worth private banking leader sees strong economic indicators for recovery - Link
• TPG announces leadership transition - Link
• Cyberattack on US pipeline is linked to criminal gang - Link
   - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• 7 Dallas companies clock in among America’s best employers, says Inc. - Link
• Dallas deemed No. 3 fastest growing tech hub amid the pandemic - Link
• Walker, Texas Ranger star takes on new role with health-focused brand - Link
  - Culture Map Dallas
   
• Cash for Hemp Licenses: Sid Miller's Political Aide Wrapped Up in Different Kind of 'Drug Deal' - Link
• North Texans Turn to OnlyFans for Empowerment, Connection and Lots of Cash - Link
  - Dallas Observer
   
• Jerry Jones, Post Malone, and the Dallas Cowboys: A Dallas Holy Trinity - Link
• The Scooters Are Back. This Could Be Awesome. - Link
• Dallas Footwear Icon Hari Mari Launches Apparel Line - Link
• Scenes From D CEO‘s 2021 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards - Link
• Dallas Hospitals Are Among the Most Overused in the Country - Link
• A Rent the Runway Pop-Up Shop Just Debuted in West Village - Link
• Personnel Moves: Cashless Payment App Tappit Hires New CFO - Link
• Here’s How Replacing Parking Lots With Parks Will Transform Downtown Dallas - Link
• Insights into Dallas’ Growing Life Sciences Market from Ethan Garner - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• DI People: Taysha Gene Therapies, MediaKind, Comerica, and More Make Moves - Link
• New Report Highlights How Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson Plans To Make Dallas an Inclusive Hub for Entrepreneurs - Link
• Health Wildcatter’s Med.Ventures Pitch Competition Hosts Global Startups Advancing Healthcare - Link
• Texas Women’s Foundation’s Annual Leadership Forum Honors Seven Female Leaders, Raises $475K - Link
• AHA’s EmPOWERED to Serve Program Hosts Mental Resilience Roundtable for Women of Color - Link
• Dallas UTSW Scientists Find Source of Rapid Weight Gain From Antipsychotics - Link
• Irving’s Caris Life Sciences Raises $830M to Grow Its Precision Medicine Platform for Cancer Care - Link
• Pandemic Evolution: PCCI Announces the Next Phase of Its COVID-19 Vulnerability Index - Link
• E-Scooter Pioneer Bird to Go Public via Merger With Dallas SPAC - Link
• Texas PEO G&A Partners Offers Advice on Rehiring and Other Post-Pandemic Transitions - Link
• Navigating the Future of Media and Entertainment - Link
• Dallas Invents: 119 Patents Granted for Week of April 27 - Link
• Coming Soon: An NFT Art Gallery is Popping Up IRL in Dallas - Link
• Capital7 Invests in Dallas Biotech Allied BioScience’s Series C Preferred Stock - Link
• Fort Worth’s TPG Transitions to Sole CEO Model With New Appointment - Link
• Symposium Highlights North Texas’ Black Tech Talent, Potential - Link
• SMU Researchers’ New Computational Technology Aims to Speed Up Drug Discovery - Link
• Irving’s AgileThought to Go Public Following Deal With Mexico-Based SPAC - Link
• A Dallas-Based Startup Raises Millions for Its Tech Platform, Providing an All-Around Solution for Homeowners - Link
• Here’s Why This Southlake-Based VC Is Investing in the Future of Skin Health - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Dallas entrepreneurial task force releases recommendations - including a proposal for a more than $50M investment fund - Link
• The most interesting man in Dallas private equity - Link
• New survey regarding wealth finds Dallas residents optimistic - Link
• Charles Schwab aims to give customers more control over social investments - Link
• Longtime Dallas College Chancellor Joe May to retire - Link
• Vanguard selects Dallas-Fort Worth for its fifth U.S. office - Link
• Dallas company grows to over 300 people with latest acquisition - Link
• These 10 companies had the most tech job openings in North Texas in Q1 - Link
• Form D Friday: Dallas firm raises $51 million from independent financial institutions - Link
• More Stuff than Space: Dallas-Fort Worth leads nation in self storage boom - Link
• Denton cold storage project finds anchor tenant, sets groundbreaking date - Link
• Amazon to hire 2,800 people this year in Dallas area - Link
• How will Elon Musk use all the Central Texas land he's acquired? - Link
• Local entrepreneur training organization teams up with Harvard for master's certification program - Link
• Why this Dallas bank is investing in cryptocurrency - Link
• State Farm to hire hundreds at Richardson regional hub - Link
• Another publicly traded East Coast company relocates HQ to Dallas - Link
• Exclusive: Liberty Capital Bank appoints new president months after new CEO and CFO - Link
• TPG shifts leadership by naming sole CEO - Link
• DFW tech company raises over $800M, which puts valuation at $7.8B - Link
• Plano biotech firm Allied BioScience lands new investment with eyes on global distribution - Link
• Irving tech company aims to go public at valuation of nearly $500M - Link
• Digital supply chain survey: 5 key findings to lead Dallas manufacturers from disruption to opportunity - Link
• PODCAST: UT Arlington's Myrtle Bell on a lifetime of work in diversity - Link
• Former longtime Frost Bank executive hired by Louisiana firm - Link
• Who are Dallas-Fort Worth's 27 billionaires? Take a look - Link
• Dallas sees strong month in tech job postings, grasps No. 3 spot in U.S. - Link
• Texas Instruments is thriving amid global chip shortage — here's how - Link
• Expert discusses pros, cons of Dallas-Fort Worth as corporate relocation destination as COVID wanes - Link
• When will demand be fully back at DFW Airport? It's complicated - Link
• DFW tech company wants to be 'Carfax for homes,' quietly raises almost $10M - Link
• Here’s how many people moved to Dallas-Fort Worth every day last year - Link
• RELOCATION STATION: These sites in Lewisville, The Colony and Flower Mound could land the next big HQ - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno's Kevin Cumming

• Plug and Play Summer Startups 2021 - Plug and Play Tech Center - Link
   
• Eunike Ventures EnergyNEXT Platform - Link
   
• BREAKING: Collins Aerospace coming to Houston Spaceport - Link
  - Community Impact Newspaper
   
• Cipher Mining Announces Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-4 in Connection with Its Proposed Acquisition by Good Works Acquisition Corp. - Link
   
• Houston Tech Rodeo rounds up cool events and industry insiders - Link
• 4 Houston companies clock in among America’s best employers, says Inc. - Link
• Houston named the No. 2 fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic - Link
• Texas Children's reveals first look at new $485 million Austin campus - Link
• Familiar face in Houston society + business launches new women's show - Link
• These are the events to attend each day during the Houston Tech Rodeo 2021 - Link
• 4 Houston companies clock in among America’s best employers, says Inc. - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• Exclusive: Houston coworking company to open sports tech-focused hub - Link
• Houston-based cancer and disease bio-venture launches after multimillion dollar series A - Link
• To expand or not to expand? Houston researcher weighs in on global growth - Link
• 3 Houston startups announce strategic appointments across energy and tech - Link
• This Houston school makes the grade as one of the nation’s best private colleges for the value - Link
• New Houston accelerator leader dives into first cohort - Link
• Health care in a post-pandemic world: Telehealth is here to stay, but so are in-person visits - Link
• Global accelerator announces 5 startups to its Houston cohort - Link
• Energy company with U.S. HQ in Houston acquires local business - Link
• Houston ranks among fastest growing tech hubs amid the pandemic, report finds - Link
• Energy giant makes Houston sole headquarters in massive move - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - InnovationMap's Natalie Harms / Culture Map Houston
   
• 40th Kinder Houston Area Survey: Hope for future despite pandemic’s challenges - Link
• Kristof’s commencement speech open to community, Rice announces - Link
• Bio-inspired scaffolds help promote muscle growth - Link
• Architecture’s Gálvez to show winning ideas about air - Link
• Rice engineers set sights on implantable ‘living pharmacy’ - Link
• Taylor Crain on creating the Rice she wanted to see - Link
• Rice seniors cherished final semester spent with friends - Link
• Preventing life-threatening pediatric condition starts with pandemic safeguards - Link
• Rise in credit scores amid COVID-19 may render them obsolete, says Baker Institute expert - Link
• Dateline Rice for May 10, 2021 (Weekend Edition) - Link
• Rice physicist Stanislav Sazykin dies at 49 - Link
• Rice student wins design competition aimed at addressing food scarcity in New Orleans - Link
• Timing is everything in new implant tech - Link
• Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Students should seize the day to find happiness - Link
• New medical device aims to combat opioid addictions - Link
• UH not requiring proof of vaccination moving forward - Link
• Herff Jones data breach leaves students’ bank information compromised - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• A look inside the Ion, Houston's new tech hub inside a converted Sears - Link
• Opinion: Houston will rise again with a resurgence of conferences and meetings - Link
• Houston ranks No. 2 nationally for growing tech markets during COVID-19 pandemic - Link
• Man charged with reckless Tesla stunt was once declared 'the most spoiled kid in the US' - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• LiftFund receives $4M from Wells Fargo for minority-owned business aid in Houston, Dallas - Link
• Amazon offers bonuses and incentives as it looks to add 75K logistics jobs - Link
• Ineos exec: Companies face issues with slow-to-retire workforce - Link
• University of St. Thomas and corporate partners collaborate on unique college tuition/internship program - Link
• Hope Clinic CEO aims to provide quality health care on sliding scale - Link
• Cadence CEO says merger with BancorpSouth is 'all about growth' - Link
• St. Joseph Medical Center launches $92M renovation project - Link
• More women are joining Houston's construction ranks, filling a growing workforce need - Link
• Schlumberger appoints former Siemens exec to new C-level sustainability role - Link
• University of St. Thomas to open campus esports center this summer - Link
• Houston's home sales, prices continue to break records, inventory still at record lows - Link
• Kinder Houston Area Survey: Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated existing financial, racial inequalities - Link
• Houston First's acting CEO: Houston poised for boom in convention business - Link
• Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner named president of African American Mayors Association - Link
• Digital supply chain survey: 5 key findings to lead Houston manufacturers from disruption to opportunity - Link
• Empower Pharmacy to open $55M, 85K-SF pharmaceutical compounding facility - Link
• Houston Mayor’s Office of Veterans & Military Affairs gets new director - Link
• Here’s how many people moved to Houston every day last year - Link
• Houston medical device co. Soliton to be acquired by Allergan Aesthetics for $550M - Link
• Op-ed: How Houston leaders can restore progress for women - Link
• See which local schools rank on U.S. News & World Report's 2021 Best Public High Schools lists - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• Starter Kit for Texas Entrepreneurs — S3 Ventures: The Largest Venture Capital Firm Focused on Texas - Link
• What Project Bobcat is Tesla building with Texas Gigafactory? - News - Hybrid and electric cars - thedailyguardian.net - Link
• Can 3D-printed homes help fix the global housing crisis? - World Economic Forum - Link
• As SpaceX Ramps Up Activity In The Rio Grande Valley, Local Concerns Grow - Link
• The Impossible Situation of Facebook - SEO'Brien’s Paul O’Brien - Link
• Why Venture Capital Doesn’t Scale Part 2: Venture Capitalists Prop up Organizations on Stilts of Cash on a Wavering Shore - Kirk Coburn - Link
• Local VC Silver Falcon Capital is leading the investment in another Richmond startup - Link
• Just Women's Sports Raises $3.5 Million From Kevin Durant, DraftKings, Others - Link
• Local startup company The Shed gets investment from fund founded by former NASCAR chairman - Link
• Tech bros' next move: Private cities without US government control - Link
• How Whitney Wolfe Herd Became a Billionaire Bumble Boss - Maxim - Link
• Boulder Startup Week: How new companies can land funding outside of VC firms- The Daily Camera - Link
• A 'flyover' biotech launches in Texas with four Ron DePinho-founded companies under its belt - Link
• J&J, Village Capital unveil 12 startups building culturally competent care in new accelerator - Link
• What They're Not Telling You About the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack - Link
• Tim Draper might move university out of San Mateo - Link
• Office Evolution Expands to Austin - Link
• Lubin, ConsenSys Vets Raising $75M Venture Fund, Documents Show - Link
• The Breakout Cities on the Forefront of America’s Economic Recovery - Link
• Amazon rollups are the hottest deals - Link
• Chicago Inno - Chicago’s M25 raises new $31.8M fund to invest in early-stage startups throughout the Midwest - Link
• Research: Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes How Companies Think - Link
• This founder raised millions to build Fair, a neobank for immigrants | TechCrunch - Link
• BLCK VC Launches Scout Program With Lightspeed, Sequoia To Support More Black Investors - Link
• Why Ray Dalio Thinks Getting to Know Yourself Better Is Key to Business Success | Inc.com - Link
• Trouble at Basecamp - Post Bureaucracy - Link
• Dunbar’s Number Debunked: You Can Have More Than 150 Friends - The New York Times - Link
• Why “Idea” People Are Risky and What to Do About It - Link
• The great resignation is coming - The Daily Mirror - Link
• For Startups, What Makes a 'Good' CFO? | Grit Daily News - Link
• Bobby Goodman Joins Swivel as Its Chief Revenue Officer - Link
• Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups - By Ali Tamaseb - Link
• Don’t Just Present A Great Idea…Present An Actual Prototype - Link