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Monday, October 5, 2015 Austin Startup Week Is Here! Austin Startup Week, the annual celebration of Austin's startup community, kicks off today at the Capital Factory this morning. The event, which runs for five days, includes everything from a battle of startup bands tonight and tours of local accelerators and coworking spaces, to panel discussions and more. posted on Monday, October 5, 2015(Full story) Perk.com Completes AppRedeem Buy Austin-based mobile rewards provider Perk.com said this morning that it has completed its previously announced acquisitin of AppRedeem. Perk.com had originally announced the deal in September, saying that the stock-for-stock deal is worth approximately $2.5M. Perk.com is led by Ted Hastings. AppRedeem also developed loyalty apps focused on viewing videos. posted on Monday, October 5, 2015(Full story) Bigcommerce Connects With Pinterest, Square Austin-based e-commerce software developer Bigcommerce has been very busy with partnerships in the last few days, saying this morning that it has linked with Pinterest to enable purchases and sale of products through Pins, and saying separately late last night that it has linked up with Square. In the Pinterest deal, Bigcommerce said it is now supporting "Buyab (More info...) posted on Monday, October 5, 2015(Full story) RF Code Names Sales VP Austin-based RF Code announced this morning that it has appointed Jonathan Luce as the company's new Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Luce had been Director of Sales and Strategic Accounts at RF Code for 8 years. He previously had served at APC/Schneider. RF Code develops software and hardware used for asset tracking. posted on Monday, October 5, 2015(Full story) |
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