Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Armadillo Aerospace Lands NASA Award Rockwall, Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace, a developer of experimental space vehicles, is the recipient of part of $475,000 being awarded to two firms by NASA to test their vehicles in near-space. According to NASA, it is awarding both Armadillo Aerospace and California-based Masten Space Systems with funding, to allow the two companies to perform test flights of their experimental vehicles near the edge of space. The funding comes from a NASA program, CRuSR, aimed at fostering the develo (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010(Full story) MapMyFitness Gets $5.0M, Moves HQ To Austin MapMyFitness, a developer of online and mobile fitness websites and applications, said today that it has raised $5.0M from Austin Ventures, and moved its headquarters to Austin. The firm operates MapMyRUN.com, MapMyRIDE.com, MapMyWALK.com, MapMyHIKE.com, MapMyFITNESS.com, MapMyMOUNTAIN.com, and MapMyTRI.com, sites which allow users to upload their GPS data and other information on their exercise and fitness activity. The firm was based in Denver, where it continues to have operations. As (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (More)(Full story) Austin Ventures Invests $5M In Life Insurance Distribution Firm Austin Ventures said this morning that it has formed a new, life insurance distribution company with Bob Carter, the co-founder of National Financial Partners. As part of the new firm, Austin Venture said it has invested $5M in the new company, and has committed another $45M in funding to support the firm in the future. Carter was the co-founder of National Financial partners, and also co-founded PartnersFinancial. The name of the new company was not announced, however, Austin Ventures di (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010(Full story) The Planet Swizzles Referrals, Commissions Structure Houston-based The Planet, which provides web hosting services, said today that it has changed its commission structure for its referral partners. According to The Planet, it believes the changes will gives its referral partners more chances to earn money. Among the changes, the firm said it will provide commissions on month-to-month agreements and six-month contracts, rather than just longer, 12-month and longer contracts. The Planet uses its referral program to help drive advertising an (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010(Full story) Invodo Lands Children's Retailer Austin-based Invodo, a developer of e-commerce videos for retailers, said todayt hat it has landed The Land of Nod, owned by Crate & Barrel. According to Invodo, it will create, implement, and deliver online product videos for The Land of Nod retail site. The Land of Nod is focused on furniture and accessories for kids' rooms. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Invodo has a production team which creates product videos, and then ties those videos to the corresponding pro (More info...) posted on Tuesday, August 31, 2010(Full story) |
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