Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Friday, November 20, 2015 Lynx Laboratories Acquired By Occipital Austin-based Lynx Laboratories, which develops mobile 3D scanning software, has been acquired by Boulder, Colorado-based Occipital, the two companies said this week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Occipital, which also develops 3D motion capture software, said that Lynx's entire team will join the company in Boulder, and that it has acquired all Lynx technologies and intellectual property. Lynx first came to life throug (More info...) posted on Friday, November 20, 2015(Full story) Umbel Raises $20M For Customer Data Analysis Tools Austin-based Umbel, a developer of customer data analysis tools, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Cielo Private Equity, along with others. Lisa Harris, Managing Partners at Cielo, joins the company's board with the funding. Umbel said the funds go twoards sales and marketing efforts. Umbel's founder and CEO is HO Maycotte. posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 (More)(Full story) Dell Services Launches IoT Accelerator For Insurance Industry Dell Services, the consulting end of Dell, said Thursday that it has launched a brand new, business accelerator effort, focused on the Internet of Things and insurance. According to Dell Services, its new Internet of Things (IoT) Insurance Accelerator will specifically help insurance companies create new products and services. Unlike most accelerators, the new Dell effort is not focused on startups, but instead on internal development efforts of in (More info...) posted on Friday, November 20, 2015(Full story) Zaniac's Minecraft, Lego Learning Programs Expand To Texas Zaniac, which offers up and after-school, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) learning program, says it is opening up its first location in Texas, in Dallas. The company, which incorporates Minecraft, LEGO robotics, and computer programming education and activities for kids, said the new campus will open in Dallas-Fort Worth in early 2016. Zaniac already runs programs in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, plus Miami, New York City, Connect (More info...) posted on Friday, November 20, 2015(Full story) Match Group Rises 22 Percent In IPO Dallas-based Match Group, which runs Match.com, Tinder, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish, Meetic, Twoo, OurTime and FriendScout24, had a successful IPO on Thursday, rising over 22 percent to close at $14.74 for its first day of trading. The company, which is now listed at MTCH on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, had debuted at $12.00 per share after pricing on Wednesday evening. posted on Friday, November 20, 2015(Full story) |
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