2019年5月30日

桑特,銷售稅,回溯101商業、即插即用,&更多TX科技讓我們趕上最新的創新來自德克薩斯Xconomy新聞。醫療風險投資公司桑特公司關閉了一個2.5億美元的基金,其第三。桑特的基金III承諾來自32個投資者,包括之前的投資者加入新基金的一半,據凱文·利蘭,桑特的創始人和董事總經理。奧斯汀地區風險投資公司表示,它計劃在20到25之間在醫療投資公司。桑特Cryosa等已經進行了投資公司,正在開發一種治療睡眠呼吸暫停;DyaMX療法治療II型糖尿病;和neoantigen-based Geneos治療個性化的癌症治療。桑特投資從種子係列B輪和領導或位聯席投資的,除了後續輪,該公司說。桑特首次提出1.3億美元的基金,第二個2007年,還為1.3億美元,2011年。——新休斯敦風險基金啟動了在軟件公司進行種子投資的目標。 Golden Section Technology, a Houston technology consulting firm, launched the $20 million fund , called GSTVC, this week. Patrick Talley, the fund’s director, says the investments will not have a particular focus but will be in the $250,000 to $750,000 range, and have a bias toward Houston and Texas startups that develop and sell business-to-business software. —Backtracks, an Austin-based podcast analytics startup, has raised $2.1 million in seed funding in a round led by Moonshots Capital. Sputnik ATX, Capital Factory, Next Coast Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and BNSG Capital also participated in the investment. Backtracks has developed with it calls the Open Podcast Analytics platform that collects behavioral and performance data. Podcasters and advertisers in turn use this information to create targeted audio campaigns. Backtracks says its software gives detailed audience data on who, what, when, where, and how a user is listening to a podcast. —Plug and Play, the Silicon Valley-based accelerator network, will join local startups and investors as part of Houston Startup Week June 4-6 for a series of events related to innovation in energy and sustainability and healthcare. In addition to Plug and Play executives, speakers include Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner; Tom Luby, director of the Texas Medical Center’s Innovation Institute; and Barbara Burger, president of Chevron Technology Ventures. —Austin-based 101 Commerce has raised more than $2.5 million , according to a document filed with securities regulators. 101 Commerce is focused on acquiring and investing in Amazon “Fulfillment By Amazon,” businesses, which are third-party sellers whose e-commerce orders are fulfilled by Amazon. In June 2018, 101 Commerce raised $12.7 million in Series A funding in a round led by Next Coast Ventures with participation from 3L Capital, HomeAway founder Brian Sharples, and Cotter Cunningham, founder of RetailMeNot. —Actuate Therapeutics, a biotech based in Fort Worth and Chicago, has raised $21.7 million in Series B funding, according to a press release. The round was led by Kairos Ventures, with participation from DEFTA Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Bios Partners in Fort Worth, and other existing investors, the company stated. The investment will be used to expand an ongoing Phase I and II clinical trial of its lead drug, 9-ING-41. The company’s initial target with the drug is neuroblastoma, a cancer that forms in certain forms of nerve tissue. Angela Shah is the editor of Xconomy Texas. She can be reached at ashah@xconomy.com or (214) 793-5763. Follow @angelashah