Tech-enabled manufacturing startup based in Houston secures $42M in growth financing - Link

• Houston manufacturing platform MacroFab closes $42M Series C raise - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

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• Austin Next Spotlight: Gary Hoover - Link
• There’s Always an Us in Austin with Roy Spence, Co-Founder and Chairman of GSD&M and Founder of the Make it Movement - Link
  - Austin Next Podcast
   
• Meet the 2023 Champions of Change Award Nominees - Link
  - DivInc
   
• Austin Startups See Booming Growth in 2022 with $4.9 Billion in VC Funding, But Momentum Slows in Q4 - Link
  - Silicon Hills News’ Laura Lorek
   
• Dreaming Big - Interview with Wen Zhang by Wendy Shew - Link
  - INNW Institute
   
• City to look at electric vehicle building code updates - Link
• Food plan committee balancing inflation worries against long-term needs - Link
• Austin receives $2 million in federal funding for drug overdose prevention efforts - Link
• Austin 911 is still strained by understaffing. Call takers brace for SXSW.- Link
• Offering insurance for fertility treatments could cost city $1 million - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• January 2023: This Month in TVL! - Link
• High-Flying Former Cheerleader Gives Back to UT - Link
• Texas McCombs Hosts Dallas Fed President’s First Speech on Monetary Policy Goals - Link
• Vaccination Gets a Boost When People Know Their Neighbors Are Doing it - Link
• Let’s Build a Better Metro State of Texas - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• ThriveCart Raises $35M to Break Into the Creator Economy - Link
• AlertMedia Announces Strong Momentum as Employee Safety and Business Continuity Become Organizational Priorities - Link
• National Instruments Receives $7.6B Acquisition Bid From Emerson ... - Link
• Trends Shaping the Product Management Field - Link
• Tesla's Plans to Expand, Howdy's $5M Raise, and More Austin Tech ... - Link
• Fostering Community May Be The Key To Retaining Top Tech Talent - Link
• Hypori, Inc. Secures Series B to Redefine Zero -Trust BYOD - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• 2023 SXSW Pitch Finalists Announced: 40 Innovative Tech Startups - Link
  - SXSW
   
• Class action suit alleges AI content creation tools steal artists’ IP - Link
• Remote employee to repay $2k after tracking software disproves claims - Link
• TikTok to add ‘Talent Manager’ so reps can oversee clients’ brand deals - Link
• FTC to investigate Coca-Cola, Pepsi for alleged price discrimination - Link
• Instagram Shop tab is going away – how to sell now - Link
• Thousands of jobs cut at Goldman Sachs - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Google layoffs: As it builds a huge new tower here, news drops that Alphabet is cutting 12,000 jobs - Link
• Austin's EVO Entertainment returns to roots with massive project in northern suburbs - Link
• Facing shortage, Austin Community College launches online option for nursing program - Link
• Chancellor of Austin Community College to retire - Link
• Austin Asian Chamber CEO Fang Fang resigns - Link
• Lorin Peters, another entrepreneur born out of pandemic hardships - Link
• On the outskirts of Austin, economic development leaders struggle without availability of Chapter 313 incentives - Link
• Rainey Street continues to morph — this time with a retail shop for your pets - Link
• RateGenius lays off 139 in Austin as interest rates climb - Link
• Ryder layoffs: 800 jobs to be cut at Applied Materials site - Link
• Funding wrap: $20M in fresh funding reported for job placement, gaming and canned cocktails - Link
• M&A Wrap: ID security powerhouse, local empanada maker among companies making deals - Link
• Emerson reveals $7.6B buyout bid for NI - Link
• Emerson taking bold steps to take control of NI - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Tech Q&A: How pandemic became 'an accelerant' for Austin startup scene - Link
• Google not saying how many Austin workers hit by worldwide job cuts - Link
• Did Tesla pick a Texas site for a $375M battery refinery? What we know - Link
• 'No slowdown in need for people': Austin jobless rate slips to 2.7% - Link
• $7.6B bid is in play for Austin's National Instruments. What we know. - Link
• Transportation giant Ryder to cut 800 jobs in Austin - Link
• Austin tech company National Instruments exploring a possible sale - Link
• Austin-based Tesla drops prices as much as 20% in bid to boost sales - Link
• Will dollars keep pouring in for Austin startups in 2023? - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• Braustin Homes Launches PorchPass, a Fintech App for Manufactured Home Buyers - Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
   
• San Antonio Business Journal : Geekdom introduces monthly San Antonio Startup Day - Link
  - Geekdom
   
• Texas jobless rate drops below 4% for first time since pandemic shutdowns - Link
• It’s time to elevate the teaching profession - Link
• Global female robotics nonprofit plants roots in San Antonio - Link
• How a world-class building is fueling Texas’ high-tech workforce - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• Texas Department of Public Safety opens applications for more medical cannabis dispensaries - Link
  - San Antonio Current
   
• Geekdom introduces monthly San Antonio Startup Day - Link
• Jackpot.com seeks to add convenience to playing the lottery, partners with Spurs - Link
• Editor's Note: The sunny side of the state - Link
• Banking Report: Broadway Bank remains bullish on the Texas economy - Link
• Banking Report: Following a recent acquisition, Sunflower Bank is focusing on name recognition and commercial lending in 2023 - Link
• Banking Report: Frost Bank focuses on expansion beyond San Antonio - Link
• CEO Marina Gonzales aims to bring needs of Hispanic businesses to the statehouse - Link
• Banking Report: Vantage Bank discusses growth projections, new products and headwinds in 2023 - Link
• New York firm plans 'investing heavily' in SA — starting with Westover Hills project - Link
• City pursuing long-range plan for one of nation's oldest airports - Link
• Frost Bank to complete second Houston expansion program in 2023 - Link
• New South Side tax zone looks to catalyze development - Link
• Scaleworks acquires web data extraction provider Import.io - Link
• UTSA’s wanted man: Keeping Traylor a top priority - Link
• Visit San Antonio to put destination marketing contract up for grabs - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• #29: Mobile app developer created a software platform to grow faster – Oliver Palmer - Link
  - Practical Founders Podcast's Greg Head
   
• Texas A&M’s downtown research complex gets a name: Texas A&M-Fort Worth - Link
• Commentary: Partisan rancor stifles government, threatens democracy - Link
• Texas Legislature’s state budget proposals leave more than $50 billion in state funds up for grabs - Link
• Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo in high gear this week - Link
  - Fort Worth Business News
   
• Miami-Based Related Group Plans $120M Riverside Apartment Project in North Oak Cliff - Link
• Frisco and McKinney Rank Among the Top 5 Cities in the U.S. to Rent New Apartments - Link
• Net-Zero Goal: DFW International Airport to Get Battery-Electric Buses in 2023 - Link
• Dallas Nonprofit Education Opens Doors Adds 3 New Board Members - Link
• ‘Aggieland North’ Research Campus has a Name: Texas A&M-Fort Worth - Link
• Marketing Agency Media Culture Adds 2 Execs to C-Suite - Link
• North Texas Schools Receive $5.5M In Career, Technical Education Grants From TWC - Link
• Frisco’s Blue Star Innovation Partners Invests in Atlanta Telecom Software Provider - Link
• Stream Data Centers Promotes Longtime Leader to Chief Commercial Officer, Partner - Link
• Southlake VC Firm Gore Range Capital Names Entrepreneur-in-Residence - Link
• DPR Construction Appoints DFW-based Executive as Chief Financial Officer - Link
• Loop Dallas Announces President of its Board of Directors - Link
• Brinker International Adds New Vice President of Marketing to Leadership Group - Link
• Neiman Marcus Group Announces Leadership Moves to Accelerate Growth - Link
• Ventra Health Names President of Emergency and Hospital Medicine - Link
• Lennox Industries Introduces ‘Communicating’ Thermostat System That Detects Air Pollutants - Link
• Texas Instruments Announces New President, CEO to Succeed Rich Templeton - Link
• Alto Rideshare’s Apres Hour Art Car Offers Free Espresso Martinis All This Month - Link
• RumbleOn Appoints New Chief Financial Officer to Leadership Team - Link
• TAMEST Honors UT Southwestern Researcher for Work on Parasitic Disease - Link
• Analytic Partners Expands U.S. Presence with New Office in Dallas - Link
• The Last Word: Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz on Relaunching Girls Scouts USA Financial Literacy Badges - Link
• Ericsson’s Kevin Zvokel on 10 Hot Consumer Trends, His Company’s ‘Factory of the Future’ in Lewisville, and More - Link
• TXO Energy Partners Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering - Link
• Avocados From Mexico Announces Brand Color, Accessories Line, Multisensory Experience - Link
• Improving Acquires Software Developer, Consulting Firm Zigatta - Link
• California Credit Compliance Company Moves HQ to Frisco, Rebrands as Informativ - Link
• Realty Capital Breaks Ground on 16-Story Luxury Residential Tower on Lake Grapevine - Link
• Two Hands Eatery Becomes First Retail Lease at Stream’s QUAD Development in Uptown Dallas - Link
• Communities Foundation of Texas and The Dallas Foundation Award $250K Across 20 Nonprofits to Support Racial Equality - Link
• Lewisville-Based Supreme Golf Launches Free ‘Tee Time Marketplace’ Tech For Golf Courses - Link
• AD EX ‘Brickitecture’ Exhibition Shows the Landmark Building Power of LEGO - Link
• Dallas HR Tech Startup Listeners On Call Rebrands as Kindly Human - Link
• Soleo Health Selected as Sole Specialty Pharmacy Distributor of Newly FDA-Approved Alzheimer’s Treatment - Link
• The Last Word: BAL’s Chloe Mervine on Staying Focused on Her Startup’s Growth - Link
• LG Art Lab Promotes Simple and Secure Digital Artwork Sales Via Hedera Network - Link
• Here Are the Winners of The Innovation Awards 2023 - Link
• Spot On: Texas Instruments Announces First Chipset That Enables Cameras and Sensors to Clean Themselves - Link
• The Last Word: Crow Holdings’ Michael Levy on Planning a $41M Logistics Hub in Southeast Dallas - Link
• At 19, She Became the First Female Dickey’s BBQ Franchisee. Now She’s Opening This Bistro at The Star - Link
• Carrollton’s Swiss American CDMO To Use LiquiGlide Tech for ‘Frictionless’ Skin Care Container Emptying - Link
• Dallas’ Amperage Capital Launches to Create Assigned EV Parking Spots for U.S. Apartment Residents - Link
• Classes Begin at UNT’s Newly Opened $100M Frisco Landing Building - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Improving Acquires Software Development and IT Consulting Firm Zigatta - Link
• Mark Cuban: Business Is How We Teach Washington What Works - Link
• SMU Names a New Engineering School Dean - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• Activist hedge fund Driver Management steps up pressure on First Foundation on board candidates - Link
• Hollman promotes COO Sue Hwang to president - Link
• Activist investor nominates 2 candidates to sit on First Foundation Bank board - Link
• Capital One cutting more than 1,000 tech jobs - Link
• Texas Instruments names current COO Haviv Ilan as new CEO - Link
• Global cybersecurity firm McAfee announces new regional headquarters at The Star in Frisco - Link
• Plano-based tech consulting firm Improving acquires Frisco-based Zigatta - Link
• Texas A&M's Fort Worth research campus just hit another important milestone - Link
• UT Southwestern’s School of Public Health appoints Dr. Saad Omer as inaugural dean - Link
• Meet our 2023 Leaders in Diversity Awards honorees - Link
• Plano tech firm DZS appoints Tom Carter to chief customer officer - Link
• Fort Worth's TXO Energy Partners launches IPO on NYSE - Link
• The Concilio CEO: ‘What I do here is what I would do if I wasn’t the CEO’ - Link
• Taylor Shead on making ed-tech STEMuli 'as ubiquitous as Google Maps' - Link
• Project update: Barber Partners and Bain Capital's cold storage rollout is underway in Denton - Link
• Texas Restaurant Association has its eye on Texas capitol - Link
• Neiman Marcus appoints new chief brand officer, chief retail officer - Link
• Exclusive: Vista Bank to acquire Charis Bank - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno

• GPS for Man’s Best Friend with Halo Collar’s Ken Ehrman - Link
  - Forging the Future with Chris Howard
   
• Fresh off grant, Houston health tech company's AI aims to revolutionize diagnostics, care - Link
• United opens $32M expansion of high-tech training center, plans to hire hundreds - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• TMC announces entrepreneurs, researchers joining its 2 health tech accelerators - Link
• How to leverage communications at any stage, according to Houston expert - Link
• Houston energy innovation incubator adds 3 startups to program - Link
• Rice University rolls out hybrid MBA track - Link
• Houston founder shares expansion plans for female-focused coworking - Link
• Texas ranks among best states to start a business - Link
• Houston research: Navigating diversity of thought among company leadership - Link
• These are the Houston companies with the most patents granted last year - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms
   
• Progress report: 59th SGA administration hosts fundraisers, pushes for athletic involvement, more - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• Rice Business creates Hybrid MBA program to utilize benefits of both on-campus and online learning experiences - Link
• Inclusive instruction featured at 10th annual Center for Teaching Excellence symposium - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Texas jobless rate drops below 4% for first time since pandemic shutdowns - Link
• Is the New York Times' 36 Hours in Houston as bad as people say? - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• The Cannon startup hub to open Clear Lake workspaces in Karam properties - Link
• Houston Endowment grants $1M to Justicia Lab for local immigration-related pilot program - Link
• Schlumberger CEO bullish on oil field service fundamentals despite global recession worries - Link
• Toronto-based consulting company Valenta opens Houston office - Link
• Opinion: How Houston’s businesses are suffering amid the ‘crisis of wellbeing’ - Link
• Finalists named for 2023 Houston ORBIE Awards - Link
• These were the most expensive homes sold in Houston in December 2022 - Link
• Fengate Asset Management starts building wind farm near Houston that will power Meta Platforms - Link
• Nauticus Robots begins overseas expansion with bases in Norway, UK - Link
• Members Choice Credit Union names Bonnie Tucker as first COO - Link
• Rice University to offer hybrid MBA program - Link
• Kinder Morgan CEO Steve Kean to step down, succeeded by President Kim Dang - Link
• Seismic data co. SAExploration accuses Houston accounting firm of gross negligence, audit malpractice - Link
• Texas Medical Center names 2023 cohorts for HealthTech, Cancer Therapeutic accelerators - Link
• Photos: A closer look at United Airlines’ new $32M, 56K-SF training center in Houston - Link
• Southwest Airlines hires consulting firm to assess holiday meltdown, takes additional steps - Link
• Photos: TMC Helix Park campus begins to take shape as first phase nears completion - Link
• Steinhoff: Mattress Firm cancels plans for IPO, citing ongoing market volatility - Link
• ConocoPhillips makes $1.2M multiyear gift to Prairie View A&M University - Link
• Exclusive: Houston Dynamo Football Club, Shell Energy partner on stadium naming rights deal - Link
• How Bank of Texas plans to continue growing with new CEO Mark Wade - Link
  - Houston Business Journal

• I'm Afraid VCs Will Take Over – Paul O’Brien - Link
• Marketing Roundup: Say “Hello” to Snoop Dogg When Buying Wine -3rd & Lamar - Link
• CVCs and Climate Tech—Tales of Success and One Giant Failure - Kirk Coburn - Link
• Creativity Loves Constraints - MediaTech Ventures - Link
• 3 Toxic Phrases People With High Emotional Intelligence Actually Use On Purpose, and Why - Inc.com - Link
• Cost-effective IP strategies can lead to massive exit valuations - TechCrunch - Link
• Inside a Corporate Accelerator: How working with startups transformed the Minnesota Twins, Comcast, and Equinor - Crowdcast - Link
• 3 reasons to join your local makerspace - Popular Science - Link