Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Silvercar Gets $5M In Debt Funding Austin-based Silvercar has raised $5M in a debt financing round, according to a regulatory filing by the company. Source of the funding was not disclosed. Silvercar operates a car rental service which is driven by a mobile app. The company offers up a single model, premium Audi sedan with upscale features like GPS, satellite radio, and in-car Internet. Silvercar is backed by Austin Ventures, CrunchFund, SV Angel, as well as others. Photo: Silverc (More info...) posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2014(Full story) FireHost Lands $25M Dallas-based FireHost, which provides secure, cloud computing services, said this morning that it has raised $25M in a Series E funding round. The funding round came from The Stephens Group. FireHost said it will use the new funding to invest in product development, sales, and brand awareness. FireHost provides secure, PCI-compliant hosting services specifically aimed at businesses. The company is led by Jim Lewadowski. The new round brings the compan (More info...) posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 (More)(Full story) CyrusOne Expands In Houston Houston-based colocation provider CyrusOne said this morning that it has expanded its Houston West Data Center, adding an enormous 42,000 square feet and 6 megawatts of power capacity to the facility. The expansion brings the total footprint of the company's data center there to 160,000 square feet and 18 megawatts. CyrusOne's data center in Houston is focused on seismic exploration computing for the oil and gas industry. The company said the expansio (More info...) posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2014(Full story) |
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