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VentureLab camps expand to Austin
VentureLab has expanded its youth entrepreneurial camps to Austin. It is debuting High School Startup at Capital Factory. The camp kicks off June 15th and runs through June 26th.
The Austin High School Startup teaches kids to turn their ideas into products or services and launch a company. [VentureLab Expands to Austin and Launches High School Startup program: Silicon Hills News]
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Ticketmaster buys Front Gate Tickets
Ticketmaster announced late Tuesday it was buying music festival ticketing service Front Gate Tickets. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. [Ticketmaster Looks to Dominate All Things Ticketing: LA Business Journal]
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TabbedOut raises $21.5M Series C to continue expansion
Austin-based TabbedOut announced they raised a $21.5 million Series C investment last week. The leader in mobile payments for bars and restaurants said they will use the new funds to continue to accelerate user acquisition, create integrations with other mobile consumer services and expand into 20 new U.S. markets. [Built In Austin]
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Austin bumps Silicon Valley out of top spot in startup city rankings
Austin has unseated perennial favorites in the Bay Area to be named the best city in America for startup businesses, according to this year’s Kauffman Index report. Every year the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation measures metrics associated with entrepreneurship in the United States. They look at things like the number of new entrepreneurs, the number of entrepreneurs who founded a company when employed and the number of startups in a region per capita. And, we won! [Built In Austin]
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Hive9 raises $5.4M to bolster new software spinoff
Marketing management software company Hive9 announced a $5.4 million funding round today. The round was led by investors LiveOak Venture Partners and Silverton Partners. The Austin company spun off from marketing agency Bulldog Solutions in April 2015. [Built In Austin]
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Bigcommerce adds former HomeAway COO to team
Bigcommerce has a new CEO. The company announced that Brent Bellm, former president and COO of HomeAway, will join the team and hopefully help in anticipation of an IPO. [Former Paypal Executive Joins Bigcommerce As CEO: TechCrunch]
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