Sunroom Rentals helps Austin-area renters find, tour and apply for a new apartment or house virtually, a vital service in today’s socially distant reality. The company is now hiring and says it plans to use the fresh funding to expand across Texas.
A notable disparity exists in STEM fields when it comes to gender. Across the country, women comprise only 29 percent of the technology workforce, while Austin bests the national average by just one percent. Luckily, there's a quintet of organizations bent on changing the game by leveling the playing field -- one at the national level, one operating on a global scale, and three within Austin itself.
Shipwell is on the verge of something big. Like, $35 million big. After raising that amount in a particularly lucrative Series B, the Austin-based shipping solutions company set its sights on hiring around 200 more employees.