Feeling the Heat: HeatGenie Gets State Funding

Backed with an infusion of cash and local industry veterans, activity is warming up for Ironbridge Technologies Inc. — an Austin company developing a self-heating food package.
The nascent company just received its third round of funding from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, increasing the total capital from that one source to $1 million. It also appointed two technology industry veterans to its management team as it tries to make headway in the food container industry.

Watch the Demonstration Featured in Austin American-Statesman

Dr. Brendan Coffey holds a prototype model of one product application of HeatGenie's technology for self-heating packaging that would allow consumers to heat soup, coffee, or queso. Also pictured: Donald Schropp, left, senior scientist, and Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, director of IT and R&D.

Photo Credit: Mark Matson For American-Statesman