Austin Business News

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 15, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Autocraft Bodywerks, now celebrating 40 years of excellence in automotive collision repair, located at 5411 Wasson Rd, Austin, Texas, has met all the program standards in the certification process for the Mercedes-Benz Elite Certified Collision Program, Autocraft Principal Chris Raeder announced today. Completion of the Mercedes-Benz certification program confirms Autocraft Bodywerks’ commitment to restoring Mercedes-Benz vehicles back to original factory specifications and showroom condition.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation’s largest independent cooperative network serving the mortgage industry, announced today that the TMC Emerging Technology Fund LP has secured its first corporate partner, Andromeda. Andromeda is a Division of the Perseus Operating Group, of Constellation Software, Inc. (TSX: CSU; “Constellation”).

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — 90-Day Sales Manager proudly launches the first activity-based CRM with built-in coaching and accountability for mortgage teams at credit unions and community banks. The 3-in-1 platform provides mortgage departments an affordable solution to help loan officers stay productive during challenging times.

AUSTIN, Texas, June 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — A local Austin man, Woody Shea, stood at the pinnacle of his career as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a multinational corporation. A leader, innovator, and problem-solver, his days were filled with high-stakes decisions and groundbreaking technology. But in 2019, life took an unexpected turn, leading him to release a book of poetry, “Concrete Dreams” (ISBN: 979-8328164092).

AUSTIN, Texas, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 4, 2024, (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SXSW EDU is an educator conference in Austin, Texas, “designed for the brightest minds in education to change the future of teaching and learning.” United for Human Rights set up a booth at the conference, where human rights was a recurring topic in presentations, conferences and workshops. Educators, entrepreneurs, and members of civil society from across the U.S. around the globe visited the booth to learn about the program.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 4, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Leap Hockey, a pioneering online platform dedicated to advancing youth field hockey skills, is thrilled to announce its strategic partnership with Skyhawks & Stack Sports, a leading provider of sports camps and youth programming across the USA. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in empowering young players to excel in the sport of field hockey.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 7, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC), the nation’s largest independent cooperative network serving the mortgage industry, announced the completion of its “Pulse of the Network” survey for 2024. The full report features lenders’ top five critical issues for the year, top 10 goals and anticipated strategies for success.

AUSTIN, Texas and LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 5, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The dedication of the new Ideal Scientology Church in Austin, Texas, was the first in a series of stunning new Scientology Churches to open in 2024, and it embodies the spirit of unabated growth that has become the hallmark of Scientology today. Mr. David Miscavige, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, welcomed Lone Star State Scientologists and the purpose and pride they embodied in accomplishing this milestone.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Autocraft Bodywerks, now celebrating 40 years of excellence in automotive collision repair, located at 5411 Wasson Rd, Austin, Texas, has broken ground on a fourth, full-service location in Spicewood, Autocraft Principal Chris Raeder announced today. Located on 2.4 acres, the 23,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility is scheduled to open in September of 2024, and will offer estimates, bodywork and painting for cars, trucks, and SUVs of all makes and models.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — BioAustinCTX, Central Texas’ Life Science industry organization, announced today the appointment of Cindy WalkerPeach, PhD and Ryan Hawkins to its Board of Directors. BioAustinCTX is a nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas focused on advancing the life science industry in the Central Texas Region.

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 29, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Silicon Valley-based AI trailblazer, VOC AI, unleashed a wave of innovation at CCW (Customer Contact Week) Austin 2024, January 23 to 25. Renowned for its transformative solutions in the Voice of Customer (VOC) domain, VOC AI is gearing up to redefine customer experiences and empower businesses with cutting-edge AI applications.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Autocraft Bodywerk’s North Austin location, specializing in the repair and restoration of Tesla models, has been recognized by Tesla, as the #1 Top Performer during the second quarter for collision repair in the US Southwest Region, and 8th overall out of over 700 TACC shops in North America (USA, Canada, Mexico), announced Tammie Harper, General Manager at the North Austin location.

AUSTIN, Texas, June 26, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In today’s business landscape, where companies are facing the disconcerting reality of losing up to 5% of their revenue to fraudulent activities, the urgency for a reliable and efficient solution is critical. RapidVerify is proud to announce the launch of its innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform specifically engineered to address the pressing issue of document fraud.

AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — BioAustinCTX, Central Texas’ Life Science industry organization, announced today the appointment of Hilary Graham, PhD to its Board of Directors. Hilary has studied and worked in the Central Texas life science ecosystem since 2005. She is a storyteller and commercial strategist with a growth mindset specializing in the molecular diagnostics and life sciences markets. Connecting people is her passion.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 30, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — In the fall of 2022, TecnoTree acquired TrustStar, a SaaS application using proprietary artificial intelligence designed to provide mortgage loan officers with a simple way to access relevant market data to grow their businesses. TrustStar delivers a robust set of features that include loan officer insights, listing trends, realtor match, intelligent recruiting, lender competition, and many more through its powerful artificial intelligence platform, and now powered by Tecnotree, a world leader of 5G multi-cloud enabled digital technology.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 15, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seedling invites the Austin community to our 11th Annual Austin’s Fab Five – Light Up the Night! Gala on the evening of Friday, April 14, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Austin. Join us as we honor five true local heroes whose selfless devotion has left a profoundly positive impact in the lives of hundreds of Central Texas children.

AUSTIN, Texas and MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 6, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Beycome (Beycome.com), a no-agent digital real estate brokerage, is thrilled to announce that its platform is now available in Texas as of October 5, 2022. With the aim of integrating with all 44 multiple listing services by the end of the year, Beycome.com will first integrate with Houston MLS (HAR), Austin MLS (ACTRIS), North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS), San Antonio MLS (SABOR), Central Texas MLS (CTXMLS) and Greater El Paso MLS (GEPAR), covering 86% of the state.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 23, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Mold Inspection Sciences Texas, the state’s leading mold inspection and testing company, is proud to announce Brandon Apple has been appointed as COO. In this role, Brandon will oversee the company’s operational aspects, coordinate with managers and departments to achieve objectives and goals, promote employee growth, and assist in establishing policies that continue to cultivate company culture and vision.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 13, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen is pleased to announce that it will be attending and its founder, Christian Drapeau, will be speaking at the upcoming 8th Annual Biohacking Conference. The conference, which is completely sold out, will be held September 15-17 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seedling Foundation, a non-profit organization serving children who have an incarcerated parent, is seeking business partners and individual volunteers to mentor children in Central Texas school districts during the 2022-23 school year. The organization served 472 children last school year and expects to significantly increase the number of children served in local school districts.

AUSTIN, Texas, June 22, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — What do you get when you combine two old friends and a younger brother? It may sound like the start to a bad joke, but these real estate powerhouses are not playing. Ari Rastegar, founder and CEO, Rastegar Property Company; Dustin Mehaffey and Major Miller of American Realty Consultants; and Nic Costello, real estate broker, and Rastegar’s younger brother, have joined forces to make real estate deals that are turning heads.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The highly anticipated Second Edition of “Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating” (ISBN: 978-1792371936; Condesa Publications) by author Donald W Miles has been released. “Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating” is an informative high school and college level text about the history of Cinco de Mayo.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen® is pleased to announce that it will be attending the Fort Lauderdale Open as part of its sponsorship of golf professional Jerrel Gill. The Open will be hosted at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club on May 2-3, 2022.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 27, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen is pleased to announce that it will be attending and hosting a booth (#121) at the upcoming Paleo f(x)™ 2022 conference to be held in Austin on April 29 – May 1. STEMREGEN® is a unique and patent-pending blend of proprietary plant-based extracts documented to increase the number of circulating stem cells by stimulating Endogenous Stem Cell Mobilization (ESCM).

AUSTIN, Texas, April 1, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Life Science industry organization, BioAustinCTX, announced today changes to its Board of Directors with the departure of Elisa Maldonado-Holmertz and the appointment of Tami Annable. Over the past several years, Austin and the Central Texas region have developed into one of the fastest-growing life science hubs in the U.S.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 28, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Connected Industrial Mobility leader, SIERA.AI, announced the advancement of the telemetry Dashboard for remote visibility and monitoring to drive efficiencies and reduce lift truck accidents. Operational connectivity continues to grow as manufacturing, warehouse and distribution centers seek to improve mobile safety, efficiencies and agility.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 10, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen® is pleased to announce that it is a supporting partner of two upcoming South Florida PGA Section events and golf professional Jerrel Gill. The two events are the South Florida PGA Foundation PGA HOPE Classic on May 12, 2022 and the South Florida Open on June 21-23, 2022.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 4, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen is pleased to announce that it will be attending and hosting a booth (#215) at the upcoming South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Wellness Expo. The Wellness Expo is open to all SXSW Badges and is free and open to the public from March 12-13, 2022 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center in Exhibit Halls 1 & 2.

AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 17, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seedling Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing school-based mentoring for children impacted by parental incarceration, recently released its annual program evaluation showing that children who had access to a Seedling mentor had stronger social, emotional, and school-based outcomes than children who were without a mentor during the 2020-21 school year.

AUSTIN, Texas and BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 15, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a research collaboration with Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus to develop new technologies for B-cell monitoring in transplant rejection.

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 5, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Connected Industrial Mobility leader, SIERA.AI, announced the completion of a $6.8 million seed funding round. The funding round was supported by Parkway Venture Capital, a New York venture capital firm and Ubiquity Ventures, a Silicon Valley seed-stage institutional venture capital firm.

AUSTIN, Texas and OXFORD, U.K., Dec. 7, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a developer of novel HLA based transplant diagnostics, and Oxford Immunotec, Ltd. (OI), a global diagnostics company part of PerkinElmer Inc., today announce an exclusive sublicense agreement in which PTS will obtain exclusive commercial rights to issued patents protecting a novel assay originally developed by Dr. Oriol Bestard, M.D., Ph.D.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 1, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seedling Foundation, a non-profit organization providing school-based mentoring for children who have an incarcerated parent, has selected Julie Barschow as Development Director. Ms. Barschow joins Seedling with over 20 years of nonprofit management, development and marketing experience.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 27, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SIERA.AI a leading innovator of digitization and safety solutions for preventing industrial forklift accidents announced today the continued rapid growth of new customer wins and expanded deployment of its SIERA.AI S2 and S3 forklift digitization and safety solutions.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 19, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Capitol Fence, electric gates in Austin installers, shares the top reasons to install automatic gates at homes and residences. Electric gates can provide homeowners and businesses with security and safety. Electric gates are the perfect solution for residential and commercial fencing. They offer an affordable, functional, and secure solution for entrances or exits.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Kalyagen is pleased to announce the successful product registration of STEMREGEN® in Spain. This announcement coincides with Christian Drapeau’s, CEO and Chief Scientist of Kalyagen, trip to Madrid, Spain last week to speak at the IV Jornadas Internacionales Otto H. Warburg symposium at the NH Madrid Príncipe de Vergara.

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 13, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The 2021 MUSE Awards programs are now officially closed now that winners have been announced. Taking in 4,876 entries from all over the world in both the MUSE Creative Awards and the MUSE Design Awards, the competition has demonstrated itself to be one of the leading programs in honoring excellent individuals in the creative and design fields.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Virginia Stewart Case, STRATAC, Austin, TX was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. NSBA is the nation’s oldest small-business advocacy organization, and operates on a staunchly nonpartisan basis.

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Seedling, a non-profit organization serving children who have an incarcerated parent, is seeking business partners and individuals to mentor children in Central Texas school districts during the 2021-22 school year. The organization served 349 children last school year and expects to significantly increase the number of children served during the 2021/2022 school year.

AUSTIN, Texas and CAMBRIDGE, U.K., July 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a research collaboration with The University of Cambridge Abdominal Transplant Centre at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.