Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Monday, January 5, 2009 Advanced Hydro Raises Seed Funding Austin-based Advanced Hydro, a new startup focused on the water filtration market, said Monday afternoon that it has raised $0.5M in a seed investment round from clean technology investors Quercus Trust and 21 Ventures. According to the firm, it has licensed technology from the University of Texas which helps with alleviating fouling in membrane-based water filtration systems. The firm said its lab results show a 30-50 percent improvement in the flux of commercial membranes used to purify feed s (More info...) posted on Monday, January 5, 2009 (More)(Full story) JourneyEd Acquires Academic Superstore Dallas-based Journey Education Marketing Inc., a multi-channel marketer of education software, announced Monday that it has acquired Academic Superstore LLP, an Austin-based online retailer of learning-focused applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to JEM, Academic Superstore and its family of online stores will join JourneyEd.com's 15,000-member Academic eStore Network of online stores. JEM operates e-commerce sites that promote special, student-only pricing off (More info...) posted on Monday, January 5, 2009(Full story) Ensysce Hires Kirkpatrick as President, CEO Cancer treatment research firm Ensysce Biosciences Inc. reported Monday that Dr. D. Lynn Kirkpatrick has come aboard as president and chief executive officer. Houston-based Ensysce, which is studying the use of fullerene carbon nanotubes for therapeutic cancer applications, said Kirkpatrick has previously brought three agents to market. As the co-founder of Pro1X Pharmaceuticals, Kirkpatrick served as CEO from 1999 until its acquisition by Biomira Inc. in 2006. For the next two years, Ensysce no (More info...) posted on Monday, January 5, 2009(Full story) Tyler Technologies Signs Texas County Dallas-based Tyler Technologies, a provider of IT services and products to local governments, said today that it has won a $3.7M contract with Cameron County, Texas. The firm said it will implement its Courts & Justice software solution with the county. The software will be used the web-based product for managing the county's courts system, including case and jail management. posted on Monday, January 5, 2009(Full story) Freescale Eyes Netbook Market Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor said this morning that it has begun to target net books--small, inexpensive laptop devices--with new processors specifically focused on the market. According to Freescale, it has created a setup of software, components, and other resources based on its i.MX515 processor specifically geared towards OEMs building sub-$200 net book devices. The resources--available via a reference design--include a Ubuntu Linux OS, power management ICs, audio codecs, and other s (More info...) posted on Monday, January 5, 2009(Full story) |
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