5月30日

Sante, GST, BackTracks, 101 Commerce，即插即用，以及更多TX Tech让我们了解Xconomy Texas的最新创新新闻。-医疗风险投资公司Sante Ventures已经完成了2.5亿美元的第三只基金。Sante联合创始人兼董事总经理凯文•利兰(Kevin Leland)表示，该基金III已获得32家投资者的承诺，其中包括之前加入新基金的投资者的一半。这家总部位于奥斯汀的风险投资公司表示，计划对医疗保健公司进行20至25笔投资。Sante已经投资了一些公司，比如正在研发治疗睡眠呼吸暂停的Cryosa;DyaMX疗法治疗II型糖尿病Geneos Therapeutics是一种基于新抗原的个性化癌症疗法。Sante表示，该公司从种子轮到B轮都有投资，除了后续轮，它要么是所有投资的领投方，要么是共同领投方。Sante在2007年筹集了第一笔1.3亿美元的资金，在2011年筹集了第二笔1.3亿美元的资金。一个新的风险基金在休斯顿成立，目标是对软件公司进行种子投资。 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