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Updated on March 27, 2025

CertifID Raises $20M Series B to Offer Transaction Fraud Protection

The company’s Series B funding will help it fuel product development and scale its operations.

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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 27, 2025

Sunroom Rentals Raises $11M to Help Renters Lease Apartments Entirely Online

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.

Sunroom Rentals Raises $11M to Help Renters Lease Apartments Entirely Online
Nona Tepper Nona Tepper
Updated on March 27, 2025

Dating App Bumble Is Reportedly Preparing for a $6B+ IPO

On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the Austin-based app could go public as soon as early 2021.

Dating App Bumble Is Reportedly Preparing for a $6B+ IPO
Hilary George-Parkin Hilary George-Parkin
Updated on March 27, 2025

Proactivity: A Smarter Approach to Customer Success

Open communication and an individualized approach give Hypori’s customer success team a leg up.

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Updated on March 27, 2025

5 female-focused initiatives shifting tides for rising tech entrepreneurs in Austin

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.

5 female-focused initiatives shifting tides for rising tech entrepreneurs in Austin
Jeff Rumage Jeff Rumage
Updated on March 27, 2025

Royal Raises $55M for Platform That Sells Music Royalties as NFTs

Nas, The Chainsmokers and Disclosure invested in the funding round.

Royal Raises $55M for Platform That Sells Music Royalties as NFTs
Updated on March 27, 2025

5 Austin companies with amazing office locations

Bats, bars, water — these Austin offices are close to everything. It's all about location, location, location for these startups.

5 Austin companies with amazing office locations
Adrienne Teeley Adrienne Teeley
Updated on March 27, 2025

Shipwell Kept Its Culture While Doubling Its Staff Once. Here’s How They’re Going to Do It Again

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.

Shipwell Kept Its Culture While Doubling Its Staff Once. Here’s How They’re Going to Do It Again
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