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Savara, Inc., an inhalation drug delivery company, today announced that it has been chosen by the state of Texas as the recipient of a commercialization award funded through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). The company, which produces novel respiratory therapeutics, will receive a $1.9 million award for the commercialization of [...]

LibreDigital announced that it has closed an $8.1 million Series C funding round led by new investor S3 Ventures with participation from existing investors Adams Capital Management and Triangle Peak Partners. The [...]

Now that everybody has had time to recover from SXSW, it’s time for Austin Tech Happy Hour on April 29th from 6pm – 8pm at Molotov. With a little luck we’ll have some great Spring weather for the upstairs patio. Come and network with your friends from the Austin technology community. There’s plenty to discuss [...]

Undercover Tourist, an Orlando, Florida-based discount travel company, is helping visitors of Walt Disney World® navigate those long attraction lines with the launch of a new iPhone application. The Undercover Tourist App, [...]

SolarBridge Technologies announced that it has been awarded $1.5 million from the State of Texas through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) for the development of its module‐integrated microinverter and management system. SolarBridge will use these funds to accelerate product development as the company prepares for the 2010 launch of the SolarBridge Microinverter, a [...]

Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Anthony Castoro, the CEO of Heatwave Interactive. The company has been at SXSW Screenburn showing off Platinum Life, their iSamJackson iPhone app, and Gods & Heroes. Perhaps you were at their party at The Belmont last night?

When we heard that Sprint was rolling out 4G service in Austin, we knew it was something that we wanted to check out. For years people have been talking about how great WiMax was going to be, and now it’s finally here. We’ve all had or tried out 3G network data services that generally saw [...]

The Austin chapter of the national Association of IT Professionals (AITP) is excited to announce the 2009 IT Executive of the Year Awards winners held in conjunction with the 2009 InnoTech Austin Conference & Expo.
This was the 12th annual IT Executive of the Year awards competition and is the premier recognition event for Central Texas [...]

Austin entrepreneur Jeff Chambers, former U.S. product director for HomeAway, Inc., has acquired PropertyMaps.com, a leading residential real estate search engine. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Real estate has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the recent slow down in the US economy. However, that pressure created a unique opportunity [...]

I originally posted this interview on the Collaboratory, but I wanted to also share it with AustinStartup readers.
I had a chance to sit down with the founders of Socialware for an interview. I edited our talk down to under 5 minutes. Socialware is an alliance partner of ours, and is  creating a new category of [...]