Convey raises $8.25M Series B, continues hiring spree
Austin logistics startup Convey closed a $8.25 million Series B on Tuesday to enter new verticals and expand the team. Techstars Venture Capital Fund, RPM Ventures and other individual investors led the round. Convey graduated from Techstars Austin in 2014 and has raised over $15 million since its 2013 launch. [Built In Austin]
Philadelphia dev shop expands to Austin
Software development firm PromptWorks has expanded to Austin, under the leadership of software engineer Dustin Ingram. With 22 staffers currently in Philadelphia, the company will be hiring locally for software engineers, senior software engineers, project managers, business analysts, and UI/UX designers. [Press Release]
Apple partners with ACC to offer Swift coding classes
Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Austin on Friday to announce that the company is partnering with 30+ community colleges, including ACC, to offer Swift app development curriculum. The year-long course will teach students how to build apps using Apple’s programming language with an emphasis on safety, performance, and modern software design patterns. [Press Release]
Longhorns football partners with VR goggle company to quickly examine in-game concussions
The University of Texas athletic department will begin utilizing SyncThink’s EYE-SYNC concussion platform to evaluate and inform in-game concussion protocols. EYE-SYNC combines VR goggle and eye-tracking technology that evaluates impairments linked to concussions in as quickly as 60 seconds. [Press Release]
Codero welcomes new CEO
Codero, a cloud hosting provider, announced John Martis as the company’s new CEO this week. Martis previously served as CEO at Hostway and will officially step into his new role on Sept. 5. Leo Staurulakis, chairman of the board of directors and current co-CEO, will stay on as chairman of the board. [Press Release]
Continuum Analytics names new product marketing VP
Mathew Lodge recently joined Anaconda developer Continuum Analytics as VP of product and marketing. Lodge previously served as COO of Weaveworks, a container and micro services startup. He also held a VP role for VMware’s Cloud Services group, where he co-founded what is now VMware’s vCloud Air IaaS service. [Press Release]
SpareFoot celebrates major milestone on nine-year anniversary
SpareFoot announced on Wednesday that it has generated $1 billion in revenue for storage clients — almost exactly nine years to the date of when the startup first launched. Today, SpareFoot supports over 12,000 facilities from over 4,000 U.S. cities. [Press release]
Forcepoint acquires RedOwl
Forcepoint announced on Monday that it has acquired security analytics provider RedOwl. The analytics platform will integrate across Forcepoint’s solutions and existing customer solutions. As part of the deal, RedOwl employees will join Forcepoint’s data and insider threat security team. Financial details were not disclosed. [Press Release]
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