Archive for Incubator
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ABC News features ATI and member company, Spredfast, at center of Austin’s press to become “Silicon Valley 2.0″
ABC News tabbed the Austin Technology Incubator and its member company, Spredfast, Inc., as faces of Austin’s thriving technology-startup scene. Both ATI director Isaac Barchas and Spredfast co-founder Kenneth Cho contributed to the article. Austin may not be the first place that comes to mind wh...
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Emerging Companies Vie to Participate in $29 Million Smart Grid and Smart Home Demonstration Project; Top Experts Serve as Judges
Austin, TX (PRWEB) August 25, 2010 — The fourth annual Clean Energy Venture Summit (CEVS), a partnership between The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) and Austin Energy, names an elite judges panel to review this year’s competing companies as they vie for a spot in Austin’s million demonstrat...
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“What I Learned at ATI” Tabrez Ebrahim
Now for the next profile in our new series Intern Experiences: “What I learned at ATI” Tabrez Ebrahim received his masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. He came to ATI in 2007 and worked with the Clean Energy Incubator until 2009. After leaving ATI, Tabrez went to w...
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Qcue secures four new clients from NBA, NHL
The Austin-American Statesman covered ATI-graduate company Qcue’s recent success locking in four new professional sports teams as clients for their dynamic pricing system. Four pro sports teams join Qcue’s client list Austin-based Qcue Inc. has landed three NBA teams and a NHL team as custom...
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Bridging the gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW
Juan Sequeda Bart Bohn The following post is from Juan Sequeda, UT Ph.D. candidate and Semantic Web Austin co-founder. ATI-IT and Wireless director Bart Bohn serves on the board at Semantic Web Austin. Visit Juan’s blog here. Personally, I believe that the Semantic Web will become mainstream ...
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FireFly LED Closes More Than $300,000 in Series-A Funding Round with Texas Angels
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI), a not-for-profit arm of The University of Texas at Austin, announced today that its member company, FireFly LED Lighting, Inc., raised more than $300,000 in its series A funding round with investors from Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) and Concho Valley Ange...
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Renowned Energy Expert and Author to Keynote Clean Energy Venture Summit
Controversial Former Oil Executive Driving Green Energy Policies Austin, Texas (PRWEB) August 4, 2010 — Leading clean energy expert, former Shell Oil Company executive and author, John Hofmeister, will present the keynote address at the fourth annual Clean Energy Venture Summit (CEVS) on Septem...
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LOCKHEED MARTIN LICENSES IDEAL POWER CONVERTERS TECHNOLOGY CREATING SMALLER, MORE VERSATILE POWER SOLUTIONS
Following is the official release from Lockheed Martin: LOCKHEED MARTIN LICENSES IDEAL POWER CONVERTERS TECHNOLOGY CREATING SMALLER, MORE VERSATILE POWER SOLUTIONS Unique Technology Will Benefit Microgrid, Defense, Vehicle Applications DALLAS, August 2, 2010 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]...
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“Facilitated Contact with Reality:” The 2010 SEAL Program Decision Day
The following post was written by Bart Bohn, Director of ATI-IT/Wireless This past Thursday marked a major milestone for some incredible student entrepreneurs–the ATI SEAL Decision Day. The ATI Student Entrepreneur Acceleration and Launch (SEAL) program provides a structured summer pr...
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Bootstrapping to Traction, Then VC Funding: The Case of Gendai Games
The following post was written by Bart Bohn, Director of ATI-IT/Wireless Many entrepreneurs come to ATI with a plan that requires VC funding from Day 1. Unless you have done 5 startups—all VC funded with success—this is not realistic. A very frequent early conversation we have with bo...
