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Tuesday, December 16, 2014 Houston Rockets Ties With Fantasy Sports' DraftKings The Houston Rockets have inked a deal to feature the team as part of daily fantasy sports site DraftKings, the two said today. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. According to the two, the partnership includes branded team bench areas and court side signage. The two said the deal will allow fans to interact and engage witht he Houston Rockets through DraftKings' daily fantasy sports serv (More info...) posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2014(Full story) HCC Embedded Opens Office In Austin HCC Embedded, a UK-based company which develops embedded middleware for storage and communications products, said it has set up shop in Austin, to help it expand in the U.S. market. HCC Embeddedd it has hired Jim Yastic, formerly of such companies as Freescale Semiconductor, Metrowerks, and Quadros Systems, to head up its Austin office and expansion. The company did not say how many people it intends to hire in the new location, which it says wil (More info...) posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2014(Full story) Wisegate Raises $4M More For IT Community Austin-based WiseGate, which operates an online community aimed at senior IT professionals, said today that it has raised $4M in a Series B funding round. The startup--led by Sara Gates--said the new round brings its total raised to $8M. The funding came from Arcus Capital Partners, along with Central Texas Angel Network, Atlanta Technology Angels, Golden Seeds, and Cowtown Angels. WiseGate operates a member-only service which lets IT professionals to (More info...) posted on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 (More)(Full story) |
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