Texas Emerging Technology Fund - News & Announcements

• Friday, February 17, 2012 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Touts Public-Private Aerospace Collaboration to save Texas Talent
  
  
  Gov. Rick Perry today praised the creation of a public-private partnership that will harness the Texas based talent, creativity and resources at Houston's NASA Johnson Space Center into innovative technologies with groundbreaking implications for our daily lives. This partnership will play an integral role in keeping some of our nation's brightest minds in Texas, and preserving jobs that might otherwise be lost as a result of the ending of the constellation program. Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade announced the initiative at the Texas Governor's Small Business Forum: Aerospace Collaboration Opportunities event held at the JSC.
  + Watch Interview of Keith Graf, Director of Aerospace, Aviation & Defense, Office of the Governor
  + Watch Interview of Mark Sirangelo, Chairman, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  + Watch Interview of Walter Ulrich, President & CEO, Houston Technology Center
• Thursday, December 22, 2011 • Austin, Texas & Kyle, Texas • ETF News
  Image Microsystems: Kyle, Texas City Council Approves Development Agreement with Image Microsystems
  Image Microsystems, a leading provider of technology restoration, reverse logistics, e-waste recycling, and MicroStrate recycled products manufacturing-today announced they have reached an economic development agreement with the City of Kyle, TX.
• Tuesday, October 18, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Receives Government Technology Leadership Award From National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
  Gov. Rick Perry has received the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF) Government Technology Leadership Award, which is given to a federal, state or regional official that has made exceptional contributions in leadership, program initiatives and resources to improve the economic climate for technology-based emerging enterprises.
• Monday, August 01, 2011 • Albuquerque, New Mexico • ETF News
  Sandia National Laboratories: Advanced Wind Energy Projects Test Facility Moving to Texas Tech University
  Sandia is moving its wind energy test facility to a new location near the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Sandia, Texas Tech, and Group NIRE are pursuing a three-way research agreement under which this facility will operate. The Department of Energy’s Wind & Water Power program is funding Sandia’s work.
• Monday, August 01, 2011 • Houston, Texas • ETF News
  Houston Business Journal: NASA- When the Smoke Clears
  The Houston Technology Center is opening a new office near NASA’s Johnson Space Center to support the redeployment of JSC contractors whose jobs were on the chopping block as a result of the space shuttle program winding down. The center’s goal is to not only help transition some of the 4,000 people estimated to lose jobs, but to establish new business in the process, said Walter Ulrich, president and CEO of the Houston Technology Center.
• Friday, June 24, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Announces TETF Investment in At-Home Macular Degeneration Monitoring Technology
  Gov. Rick Perry has announced the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) has awarded $1 million to Vital Art and Science Inc. (VAS) for the development of a handheld application capable of diagnosing and monitoring age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
• Thursday, May 19, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry: Together We Can Make Texas the National Epicenter for Cutting-Edge Technology
  
  Gov. Rick Perry today discussed the importance of making Texas the nation's next hub for innovation, collaboration and competition in technology development and manufacturing. The governor spoke at the Austin Technology Council CEO Summit, where he was also named Technology Champion of the Year.
• Monday, May 09, 2011 • Austin, Texas • ETF News
  Austin American-Statesman: HeatGenie Lands High-Powered Partner for its Self-Heating Food Container Technology
  For years, food packaging giant Crown Holdings has been looking for an efficient way to make a self-heating food container. After a decade-long hunt, Crown -- which has annual revenue of $8 billion and more than 20,000 employees worldwide -- found what it was seeking at HeatGenie, an Austin startup with six employees and a trickle of revenue. HeatGenie's product allows prepared foods to be heated in their containers without using a stove or microwave.
• Thursday, April 28, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry Announces TETF Investment in Speer Medical Devices
  Gov. Rick Perry has announced the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) is investing $2.5 million in Speer Medical Devices for the development of its point of injury trauma care technology.
• Thursday, April 28, 2011 • Austin, Texas • Press Release
  Gov. Perry: TETF Continues to Attract Top Researchers and Grow Emerging Technology Companies in Texas
  Gov. Rick Perry today emphasized the importance of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) following the release of an audit of the program by the State Auditor's Office (SAO). The SAO report finds no fraud or violation of state law in the operation of the TETF, nor does it find any political basis for the awarding of TETF money. The Governor's Office (OOG) is already implementing many recommendations from the report, and will continue utilizing the TETF to invest in emerging technology companies and bring top researchers to Texas.
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