Austin-based venture capital investor Next Coast Ventures has named Sarah Puil as a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at the company, the firm said on Friday morning, as it continues to grow its team. According to Next Coast Ventures, Pui...

Fort Worth-based Actuate Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceuticals company which is developing treatments for cancer and inflammatory disease, has raised $21.7M in a Series B funding round. According to Actuate, it raised $21.7M in ...

Austin is set to benefit from the move of high visibility venture capital firm Mithril Capital Management--founded by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel--to the city, sometime next year. In a report last week, Mithril co-foudner Ajay Royan said ...

Austin-based True Wealth Ventures, led by Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp, has raised $19.1M for its very first fund, the firm said on Tuesday. According to True Wealth Ventures, it will use the funding to invest in women-led, sustainable consume...

Dallas-based cybersecurity software developer Trend Micro announced this morning that it has launched its very own, $100M venture capital investment fund. Trend Micro said the new fund will focus on investing in startups in emerging technol...

San Antonio-based Geekdom Fund, the venture capital investment firm run by Don Douglas, Michael Girdley, Mike Troy, and Cole Wollak, has raised a new venture capital fund, Geekdom Fund II, worth $20M. According to a regulatory filing, 79 in...

Austin-based Next Coast Ventures, the new venture capital firm led by Mike Smerklo and Tom Ball, officially announced its debut fund, worth $85M, this morning. Next Coast Ventures said the fund's limited partners include institutional inves...

Austin-based venture investor Silverton Partners is aiming to raise $100M in a new, venture capital fund, Silverton Partners V, L.P., according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The filing indicates that the first investment in the fund h...

Investments in Texas startups jumped in Q1, according to the latest MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. According to the MoneyTree report, there was $5...

Texas has seen a surge in venture capital investments in the state, with $492.8M invested in Q3 of 2015, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association's MoneyTree report, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Th...

Austin-based Favor, the delivery startup founded by Ben Doherty and Zac Maurais, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series A funding. According to Favor, the funding was led by S3 Ventures, and also included Silverton Partners, Tim Dra...

Texas saw a surge in venture capital investments in Q4 of 2014, according to the latest MoneyTree Report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association this morning, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Accordi...

In what looks to be one of the largest funds to be raised by a local venture capital firm in recent years, Austin-based LiveOak Venture Partners announced this morning that it has held a final close for its inagural fund, at $109M. The vent...

Houston-based Opvizor, a developer of predictive analysis software aimed at maintaining virtualized data centers and VMware systems, said today that it has raised a new round of funding. Size of the funding round was not announced. Accordin...

Austin-based Makexyz, which operates an online marketplace for 3D printer access, has scored an investment round from Intel Capital, according to Intel. Financial details of the investment were not announced. Makexyz--headed by Nathan Tone-...

Austin-based OneSpot has raised $5.3M in a Series A funding round, for its content advertising and content marketing software. OneSpot said the funding was led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, and also included Mack Capital, RSL Ventures, Capital...

In a big boost to the local high tech industry, Austin-based early stage venture investor Silverton Partners announced this morning that it has formed a $75M, early stage follow on fund, Silverton Partners IV--which will specifically go to ...

Brett Hurt, the former founder of Bazaarvoice, has abandoned plans to be involved in a new, early stage venture capital fund he was organizing, Hurt+Harbach, he disclosed in a blog post Thursday. According to Hurt, he was losing sleep over ...

Pasadena, Texas-based biofuels maker KioR announced this week that it is in the midst of doubling production at its Columbus, Mississippi plant, with the help of $50M in new funding from Vinod Khosla and Khosla Ventures. KioR said it expect...

Houston-based drillMap, the developer of data visualization software for energy and drilling data, has raised $6.5M in a Series A funding. According to the company, the funding came from RockPort Capital, and also included Ridgewood Capital...

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association finds that Texas had $183.7M invested in the state in Q2, a slight rise from dollars invested in Q2 of last year. Accord...

Austin-based Rallyhood, the developer of web and mobile apps to help group communicate with their members, said this morning that it has added $1.7M more in its Series A funding, bringing the company's total raised to $3.2M. According to Ra...

Jim Breyer, a partner at venture capital firm Accel Partners, is stepping down from the board of Round Rock's Dell, the company announced Monday afternoon. According to Dell, he will not stand for re-election to the board at its next annual...

Plano-based NetSocket, the developer of unified communications (UC) products, said today that it has raised $9.2M in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Venture Investors, and also included Sevin Rosen Funds, Silver Creek Venture...

Austin-based Q2ebanking, which develops electronic banking software, said last week that it had raised $20M in a Series C funding round. However, it looks like the story is coming around again this week thanks to the firm's investment banke...

Austin-based mobile and online banking software provider Q2ebanking said today that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by new investor Battery Ventures, and also included prior investor Adams Street Partners...

Austin-based Savara Pharmaceuticals, which is developing inhaled antibiotics to treat MRSA infection in cystic fibrosis patients, has raised $16M more in a Series B funding round. The round came from the Tech Coast Angels, Rady Venture Fund...

Irving-based oneSource Virtual, which provides business process outsourcing services in conjunction with human resources software-as-a-service provider Workday, has raised $15M in a funding round, the firm announced this morning. The compan...

Austin-based Microventures, the crowdfunding-meets-venture-capital startup founded by Bill Clark, has made another investment, this time in San Francisco-based social commerce firm Ribbon. Ribbon announced a $1.6M funding for its service, a...

Austin-based Latakoo, the developer of high definition video uploading tools, has raised $2.0M in a combination of equity and debt, according to a regulatory filing from the firm. The filings indicate the firm raised $1.8M out of a $2.0M eq...

Austin-based Adometry, the developer of marketing analytics software, said today that it has raised $8M more in a round of financing. According to the company, the round was led by Shasta Ventures, and also included Austin Ventures and Sier...

Looking for an investment from Whole Foods' $30M venture capital fund? It looks like it's not so likely, based on a report today from the ABJ, which says that Whole Foods has invested in only one company, five years after creating its own $...

Dallas-based Naya Ventures announced this morning that it has launched a new, $50M early stage venture capital fund. The new fund is aimed at the mobile and cloud market. Naya Ventures is headed by Dayaka Puskoor (Microsoft), Prabakar Reddy...

Richardson-based EnTouch Controls, which develops energy management systems aimed at the small business market, reported this morning that it has added $500,000 to its Series A funding round, bringing the funding to $2.5M. EnTouch said the ...

Austin-based Mass Relevance, the provider of social curation software headed by Sam Decker, announced this morning that it has raised $3.3M in a Series A round. According to Mass Relevance, the round was led by Austin Ventures, included new...

Round Rock-based Dell is getting back into the venture capital business, and has set up a new corporate venture arm, Dell Corporate Ventures, VentureWire reported Friday. According to the WDJ, Jim Lussier, formerly of Norwest Venture Partne...

In a report today, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and Thomson Reuters said that fundraising dropped for venture capital firms, to the slowest quarter since the third quarter of 2003. According to a report released today, thirty...

Plano-based Layered Technologies, a provider of dedicated hosting and cloud computing services, said this morning that it has raised $20M in an equity round. The round was led by private equity firm Accel-KKR, and also included prior invest...

The venture team at Hunt Ventures said Friday evening that it has spun off from Hunt Consolidated, Inc., and is now operating as Covera Ventures. Steve Coffey, Jeff Williams, and Chris Eckman -- all previously Managing Directors or Director...

Austin-based NetStreams said Monday afternoon that it has raised $18.2M in a Series B round of funding. The round came from Austin Ventures. NetStreams develops networked entertainment systems that use the IP protocol. According to the firm...

Richardson, Texas-based Tango Networks, a provider of products that integrate mobile phones with corporate telephone networks, said today it has raised $25M in a Series A funding round. The funding came from Motorola Ventures, Nortel, Signa...

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association are reporting today that Texas saw $169.4M in venture capital deals for the quarter, in 30 investments. PwC and NVCA, which report venture investing numbers ever quarter, a...

Austin, Texas-based SailPoint Technologies, which develops software for the enterprise security and compliance market, said today it has raised $10M in a Series B funding round. The funding came from LightSpeed Venture Partners, Austin Vent...

Austin, Texas-based InovaWave said this morning that it has secured $2M in a Series A investment from Silverton Partners. InovaWave is a developer of software for the server and desktop virtualization market. Bill Wood of Silerton joins the...

Austin, Texas-based NewsStand has received an investment from HarperCollins Publishers, as part of a deal with HarperCollins and LibreDigital, a division of the firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. HarperCollins and LibreDigital are wo...

Austin, Texas-based Alereon has raised $4M in a venture capital round, the firm announced this week. The round came from Samsung Ventures. Alereon is developing ultrawideband (UWB) semiconductors for the mobile and wireless USB space. Samsu...

Houston, Texas-based ThromboVision, a developer of biomedical diagnostics products, has raised $400K in the first tranche of a Series A financing. The firm said that the investment will be used to fund the firm's clinical trials, to build i...

Austin, Texas-based ColdWatt announced this morning that it has joined the Power Management Bus (PMBus) Implementers Foru, a industry standards group focused on power control. ColdWatt is a manufacturere of high efficiency power converters....

Dallas and Austin Texas-based RipCode said today that it has raised $7M in a first round of venture capital funding. The round was led by Hunt Ventures, Vesbridge Partners, and El Dorado Ventures, and also included participation by ATA Vent...

Austin, Texas-based AlterPoint said today that it has raised $7.5M in a Series C funding round. Funding came from Austin Ventures, JK&B Capital, and Palomar Ventures, all existing investors in the firm. The funding brings the company's tota...

Dallas-based venture capital firm Sevin Rosen said last week that it has added a new venture partner to the firm. Dr. William D. Paiva will join the firm in the area of technology applications for life sciences. Paiva has previously managed...

Austin, Texas-based venture capital firm Austin Ventures said this week that it has promoted four of its members to the role of partner. Craig Milius, Michael Rovner, Phil Siegel, and Krishna Srinivasan were all promoted to Partners at the ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association has released its Money Tree venture capital results for Q3 of 2006, showing that there was $6.2 billion invested in 797 deals, down by 8 percent from Q2, but the best thir...

Austin, Texas-based Zebra Imaging has raised $5.9M in a Series C funding round. Zebra said that the funding came from Voyager Capital, and also included Nueve Private Equities and SAIC Venture Capital. The new funding wil lbe used for the f...

Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne are reporting today that there was $6.36B invested in 611 venture capital deals in the third quarter, with a slight increase in both the number of deals and amount of investment versus a year ago. The ...

Plano, Texas-based Enfora has raised $19M in a first round of VC funding for the firm. Funding came from Kodiak Venture Partners and Adam Street Partners. Enfora develops radio modules for the wireless data communications market, and has be...

Houston, Texas-based MedServe has raised $70M in funding, the firm reported today, from Avista Capital Partners and its existing ivnestors Chrysalis Ventures, Murphree Venture Partners, Cogene Biotech Ventures, and Erasmus Louisiana Growth ...

Austin, Texas-based HyPerformix has raised $5M in funding, the firm said last week. Funding came from Silicon Valley Bank and existing investors. Hyperormix develops predictive IT software. The firm also has appointed Peter Klante as Presid...

Austin, Texas-based LifeSize has raised $25M in funding, the firm said today. Funding came from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, and included prior investors Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Venture...

Hurst, Texas-based Handango has raised $60M in a venture capital round, the company reported today, saying that it will use the funding to extend its position in the smartphone content market. Funding came from Institutional Venture Partner...

Austin, Texas-based iTaggit has raised a new, Series A funding round worth $1.04M. The firm said Tuesday that the firm will soon provide web-based services and products for individuals to manage their personal assets. Investors in the firm ...