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Smart Pill Bottle Startup PatchRx Raises $1.2M Seed Funding, Relocates to Oklahoma
7Jul By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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Smart Pill Bottle Startup PatchRx Raises $1.2M Seed Funding, Relocates to Oklahoma

PatchRx, a startup that combines hardware and software for improved patient adherence to taking medication, has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round led by Atento Capital, with participation from Cortado Ventures and the Gaingels Network. The company, founded by Andrew Aertker and Gavin Buchanan while they were students at Trinity University in San Antonio, also announced the relocation of its operations to Tulsa, OK. The startup has 10 employees, according to LinkedIn. PatchRx has raised a total of $1.6M in funding over two rounds from the Tulsa-based lead investor Atento Capital for their medication management platform. According to Atento's website, they "look for exceptional entrepreneurs addressing large markets ... Being based in Tulsa is not a requirement for direct...
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Allosense Receives San Antonio Biomedical Seed Funding for Military Medical Innovation
31Mar By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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Allosense Receives San Antonio Biomedical Seed Funding for Military Medical Innovation

Allosense, a startup company producing internet-of-things or IoT tracking devices, will receive $25,000 from the San Antonio Military Medical Innovation (SAMMI) Fund. The City of San Antonio established the fund in December 2019 to support local companies commercializing discoveries in medical devices, new drugs, and biotechnology and biomedical software that can meet military medical mission needs. This is the first $25,000 round of SAMMI investment for Allosense. The company provides an easy way for companies or organizations looking to integrate smart sensors for tracking assets. The asset trackers are cell phone-sized devices that are always in communication, either on-demand or via a data stream. The startup is developing a next-generation version of its tracker small enough to...
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Gov Tech Startup Irys Closes $1.2M Seed Round
22Jul By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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Gov Tech Startup Irys Closes $1.2M Seed Round

Irys announced Tuesday its $1.2M seed round led by early-stage venture capital firm Good Growth Capital with participation from Arcadis and Techstars Ventures. Investors in the seed round from San Antonio include former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, Graham Weston, Pat Matthews, Victor Miramontes, and Matthew Starr. Cityflag, a government technology startup focused on helping cities flag and track 311 service requests, rebranded itself as Irys in mid-March, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was triggering lockdowns across the country. Alberto Altamirano, Alberto Gomez, and Eduardo Bravo founded the company in 2017. That same year, they received a contract with the city of San Antonio for an app to revamp its 311 system. Read more: San Antonio 3...
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Active Capital Leads $1.5M Seed Round for Social Media Management Platform Cloud Campaign
31Jan By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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Active Capital Leads $1.5M Seed Round for Social Media Management Platform Cloud Campaign

Cloud Campaign, a social media management platform for marketing agencies, announced it closed a $1.5 million seed funding round Friday.  Active Capital, a San Antonio-based seed venture firm for business-to-business (B2B) software as a service (SaaS) companies, led the round. Also investing were Colorado-based Access Venture Partners, AdEspresso founder Armando Biondi, Datalogix chief operations officer Eric Kirby, and former Google vice president of marketing Scott Epstein. Ross Gray and  Ryan Born founded the company in 2017. Cloud Campaign has nine employees and is based in Portland, Oregon, with a second office opening in Boulder, Colorado, in the coming months. They previously received $20,000 in pre-seed funding.  Social media has become an essential element in marketing campa...
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