Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry
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Taking The Pulse Of The Texas Technology Industry |
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 Tuesday, April 26, 2016 SparkCognition Raises $6M For AI-Driven Cybersecurity Software Austin-based SparkCognition, a startup applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to the cybersecurity market, has raised $6M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from CME Ventures, Verizon Ventures, The Entrepreneurs' Fund (TEF), and Alameda Ventures. The startup--led by Amir Husain--said the Series B was oversusbcribed. SparkCognition says it has developed machine learning technology which it is applying to both Internet-of (More info...) posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 (More)(Full story) HGGC Buys FPX Dallas-based private equity investor HGGC said this morning that it has acquired FPX, a software-as-a-service company focused on price and quoting applications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. FPX is based in Dallas, and offers up enterprise Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) software used by sales teams. HGGC said that senior FPX management has reinvested their proceeds from the sale back into the company, and retained a "significan (More info...) posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016(Full story) Omnitracs Names CFO Dallas-based fleet management products developer Omnitracs announced today that it has named Sarah Hagan as its new Chief Financial Officer. Hagan joins the company from Sabre Corporation, where she had served in a number of executive positions for 11 years, including participating in its IPO in 2014. Hagan also had once served at accounting firm RCO. Omnitracs develops fleet management software used by the transportation and logistics industry, and (More info...) posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2016(Full story) |
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