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  • NYC-based General Atlantic already owns 42% of the outstanding shares in the company, which has more than 1,000 waxing services locations in 44 U.S. states. Under the dea...

  • Founded in 2019, Arctos Partners has stakes in teams across the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, the NHL, Major League Soccer, and beyond. In 2024, Arctos raised more tha...

  • Cynthia Sanchez Serrano, deputy director of the City of Fort Worth Public Events Dept., is being promoted to director and will lead the Phase 2 expansion. Here's a look a...

  • The project, known as Vascularized Immunocompetent Tissue as an Alternative Liver, or VITAL, aims to "biofabricate" functioning livers using patients' own cells and advan...

  • The acquisition deepens Movate’s Salesforce capabilities while adding to its recent M&A activity focused on companies from India to Indiana.

Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Patented: SC Autosports’ Solar Roof for Golf Carts and Other North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 13 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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North Texas’ LiquidStack To Be Acquired by Ireland-Based Trane Technologies
by | Feb 10, 2026
LiquidStack—a leader in advanced liquid cooling solutions for IT hardware, data centers, and blockchain systems—relocated its HQ from the Boston area to Carrollton in 2024. It opened a second manufacturing facility in Carrollton last year.
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North Texas’ Flowserve To Acquire Trillium Flow Technologies’ Valves Division for $490M
by | Feb 10, 2026
Scotland-based TVD’s large installed base of over 200,000 units—including assets in 115 operating nuclear reactors—generates recurring, high-margin demand for aftermarket services, replacements, and spare parts, Flowserve said.
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Vibrant Capital Launches Out of DFW To Scale AI ‘in the Real Economy’

by | Feb 10, 2026
Vibrant Capital said it's founded on changing what's wrong with AI implementation: "AI rarely fails because the model isn't smart enough—it fails because the work around it doesn't change," the firm said. Its CEO, Shadman Zafar, is a prolific inventor who has held executive roles at Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, and Verizon.
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NASA Invests $750K in UTA Materials Research to Improve Advanced Air Mobility Safety
by | Feb 10, 2026
The grant supports development of reusable, impact-resistant materials designed to withstand frequent landings and collision events in next-generation aircraft—everything from air taxis to the flying cars of the future.
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.

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Fort Worth’s Novaria Group Acquires California-Based Plasma Ruggedized Solutions
by | Feb 9, 2026
PRS specializes in parylene coating, potting, and encapsulation solutions that protect electronics operating in harsh and demanding environments where performance and reliability are crucial. The deal comes three months after Novaria announced its $2.2 billion acquisition by Nashville-based Arcline.
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