Austin Companies Launching at DEMO

It’s the time of the season to launch companies. Between the TechCrunch50 and DEMOfall, over 100 companies are launching themselves, or products this month. Here’s a rundown of companies of interest, and we’ll have more details as they launch.

• 80legs – Some friends from Houston are doing some interesting things with grids.
• EthicsEd – MicroAssist is launching a great e-learning product.
• Piryx – Some key execs have moved to the valley, but we’ll still claim them.
• ge.la.to – They were a Technology Spotlight company at tech happy hour not long ago. They’re doing some cool things to the world of online dating.
• InfoChimps – They were a Capital Factory finalist, and now they’re launching their marketplace for large data sets.
• Melior – They will be launching gurustorms!
• Ringful – They have developed a whole host of applications.

Posted by Bryan Menell http://austinstartup.com Bryan is the founder and Editorial Director of AustinStartup.com, which launched in 2005. He is currently the Director of the Collaboratory at venture-funded Dachis Group. Bryan advises a handful of early stage companies and is a Managing Director of Capital Factory. To read more posts click here.