HelioVolt, the well-funded Austin startup lead by Dr. B.J. Stanbery, is rumored to be announcing a breakthrough in CIGS efficiency with its CIGS cells. According to the company, it’s proprietary FASST reactive transfer printing process can produce cells with a 12.2% conversion efficiency in a mere 6 minutes. The announcement is expected come [...]
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Digby, Austin, Texas, a provider of a mobile commerce platform, which raised funding last year, was named one of the top ten company by attendees and expert panelists at Dow Jones’ Wireless Innovations conference this week. The conference, held in Redwood City, Calif., featured two days of panel presentations and keynotes by venture capital [...]
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HelioVolt, Austin’s very own thin film photovoltaic company that recently raised just under $100 million in venture financing, scored a huge hiring win today, announcing that Louay Eldada has been hired as CTO. Eldada was previously the CTO at du Pont, and served as a director for DuPont Photonics Technologies.
Prior to his five-year tenure [...]
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Aspyr Media, the Austin-based company better known for converting major games such as Guitar Hero, The Sims, Medal of Honor and Civilization, is betting its first game developed in-house will help improve your SAT test score. Pairing with Kaplan, the company will bring a SAT prep game to the Nintendo DS hand-held game console. According [...]
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Click Forensics, the Austin-based company which creates software to help people battle click fraud which recently raised $10m from Sierra Ventures, Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures, has announced that Paul Pellman has been named to the position of CEO. In his new role, Pellman will oversee strategic company initiatives, operations, and key growth and business [...]
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BSG Alliance, Steve Papermaster’s Austin-based startup which has been very active in both acquisitions (here, here and here) and appointing high profile new board members, has reportedly raised nearly $43 million in Series B funding led by Oak Investment Partners, according to a regulatory filing. The company had previously raised $20 million from Foundation Capital, [...]
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In connection with SXSW Interactive, Charlie O’Donnell of thisisgoingtobebig.com fame and local Austin entrepreneurs are organizing the first annual SXSW Interactive softball game. The game is shaping up to be a fun “Austin against the-rest-of-the-world” type of event. If you’re interested in playing, watching, or just taking a break from the conferences to enjoy the [...]
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According to PE Hub, PTV Sciences, one of the areas leading biotech venture capital firms, gained some star power today when it announced that Rick Anderson, the former chairman for Johnson & Johnson and worldwide franchise chairman for Cordis Corp., has joined the firm as managing director.
PTV has been in the news recently for its [...]
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Austin-based provider of ad supported IT management software Spiceworks, has been named by the editors of Webware, a CNET site, as a finalist in this year’s “Webware 100” Awards for Utility and Security category. Voting is open to the public beginning Monday, February 25, 2008 at noon PACIFIC and closes on Monday, March 31, 2008 [...]
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Dell, which has been a buying spree these past couple of months, has acquired a company in its own backyard, MessageOne. MessageOne, a provider of services for e-mail management, archiving and business continuity, will be rolled into Dell’s Software-as-a-Service suite, for a price of about $155 million in cash. According to Steve Schuckenbrock, president, Dell [...]
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