Month: October 2019

Learn More About the Future 50 Feature in Dallas Innovates 2020—The Magazine

Our third annual print publication will bring you the Future 50, covering 50 local innovators and disruptors who are working on things that can have an impact on the future.
MORE
UTD and WEDallas Celebrate Female Entrepreneurship at the Second Annual Women’s Summit
Powered by Capital One in partnership with The Dallas Entrepreneur Center and UT Dallas, the Women’s Summit gathered hundreds of women for personal testimonies, hands-on workshops, and business building.
MORE
Lyle Commits $10M for SMU Engineering School’s Strategic Vision
by | Oct 25, 2019
In what SMU calls a "bold plan," the engineering school’s future combines innovation, agility, and swift responses to shifts in technological capabilities with enduring institutional support.
MORE
Solutions Through Collaboration: Dallas Funders Tackle Workforce and Business Challenges with New Program
by | Oct 25, 2019
Communities Foundation of Texas, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas have partnered to create an academy focused on local collaborations. Meet the first class of fellows, featuring 24 local leaders.
MORE
homeless

My Startup Story: Soulgood Serves Up Vegan Food With a Purpose

by | Oct 24, 2019
Soulgood got its start as the "first vegan food truck in Dallas" at the Farmers Market a few years ago. Since, founder Cynthia Nevels has expanded into a catering business that's allowed her to leave her day job to serve global celebrities like Billie Eilish.
MORE
Agrilife research Dallas
Discovery: Agrilife Expansion Focuses on Food and Water, UTA Gets a $2.3M Grant for Composites
by | Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out why an important computing society recognized a UNT associate dean for her scientific contributions.
MORE
deal
Follow the Money: Aligned Energy Gets $495M, TPG Fund Nets $1.7B; AT&T Buys Ad Platform
by | Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Trinity Private Equity Group, Crestline Investors, Lone Star Analysis, and Baymark Partners.
MORE
ParkHub Founder and CEO Wins National Parking Association Innovator of the Year
by | Oct 23, 2019
George Baker won the top honor at the NPA's 2019 Innovation Awards this year. From here, Baker plans to continue innovating alongside his team with the motto, 'never in park, always in drive.'
MORE

IF/THEN Summit Convenes Nationwide Female STEM Role Models in Dallas

by | Oct 23, 2019
At the summit, AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors participated in a full-body scan. Each scan will be produced into a life-size 3D-printed statue to be displayed together in a monumental exhibit—the most statues of women ever in a single place. 
MORE
Hypergiant Partners With Dynetics to Deliver Space Data to Companies—Faster and Smarter
by | Oct 23, 2019
Together, Hypergiant and Dynetics plan to deliver more modern, agile, and efficient space data solutions for customers using Amazon Web Services.
MORE

Dallas Invents: 143 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 15

by | Oct 23, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell Helicopter Textron's anti-ice system for thermally fragile materials, Amazon Technologies' trust management in an electronic environment, Bank of America's synthesized voice authentication engine,K2M's expandable spinal implants, Lyft's apparatus for managing conference calls, Raytheon's LADAR data upsampling, UT, Texas AM System's 3D printing of regenerative bone healing scaffolds for rapid fracture healing, The Parking Genius' parking sensors capable of determining direction and speed of vehicle, and VPay's virtual payment card fraud detection.
MORE
president
DI People: ParkHub, OrderMyGear, and Naturally Slim Make Leadership Moves
by | Oct 22, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive announcements by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Freeman, Plano Chamber of Commerce, HealthMine, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Repairify, Caregiver Inc., and the National Math and Science Initiative.
MORE
American Airlines Raises $2.4M for Military Heroes and Families
by | Oct 22, 2019
The annual American Airlines Sky Ball this year raised $2.4 million for the Airpower Foundation. The direct donations and sponsorships go toward supporting children of fallen military heroes, funding projects, providing advanced technology “smart” homes to wounded service members, and more.
MORE