Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Thursday, May 21, 2015 Carvana Launches Online Auto Sales In Dallas Online car buying startup Carvana, which lets consumers search used automobiles, purchase them, and get them delivered the next day, all online, has launched in Dallas. Carvana said it has opened up a 30-acre operations center in Dallas in order to support the launch. Carvana allows users to shop for cars online, getting upfront pricing and showing immersive online images to help users select those cars, which are then delivered directly to a user's doo (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 21, 2015(Full story) Robin Raises $1.2M, Launches On-Demand Lawn Care Service Dallas-based startup Robin has raised $1.2M in a seed funding round, and launched itself into the on-demand lawn care service, the company said this morning. Robin said the seed funding came from angels, including Brett Hurt (Bazaarvoice), Derek Chapin (Woot!), John Jaggers (Sevin Rosen Fund)s, Mahesh Chukkapali (Google for Work), Jeff Williams (Covara Ventures), Josh Deckard (Hammerstone Capital) and George Baker Sr. (Parkhub). The startup--founded b (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 21, 2015 (More)(Full story) Planview Buys Troux Austin-based Planview said this morning that it has acquired Troux, a developer of IT management software. Troux was also based in Austin. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Planview said that the acquisition of Troux turns the company into a $150M company with close to 600 employees. Planview is led by Gregory Gilmore, and Troux had been headed by David Hood. Troux was advised by invesmtent ban (More info...) posted on Thursday, May 21, 2015(Full story) |
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