I've lived in Dallas for 9 years and Austin for 4 years. I've been a part of 2 consulting startups and 1 product startup, and most recently raised a Series A f

I've lived in Dallas for 9 years and Austin for 4 years. I've been a part of 2 consulting startups and 1 product startup, and most recently raised a Series A for my company. I know of many startup companies in Dallas, but the scene is very different from Seattle and the Valley. VC money is non-existent, with a few exceptions. While many companies are started in Dallas every year, most of them are focused on non-software industries. On the software side, here are a few current ones I know about: 1) Swarmforce is a content system using swarm AI 2) Roov is a social network for the faith community 3) MileMeter sells auto insurance buy the mile 4) Viewzi provides view-based search A list of some others can be found at http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/12/17/founders-in-dallas/ http://www.texasstartupblog.com/2007/12/17/founders-in-dalla... A good way to get involved in the Dallas software startup community is to visit Refresh Dallas, Dallas BarCamp, and Dallas.rb Reading texasstartupblog occasionally provides insight to a new local company.