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Month: November 2019
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Discovery: UNT Raises $2.3M for Research Portal; UTD Adds Faculty to Build on Emerging Areas
by Lance Murray | Nov 15, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news on UTSW and the American Heart Association examining cardiac concerns, as well as Cook Children’s in Fort Worth receiving a grant to bolster research.
by Kathryn Chavez |
Nov 14, 2019
PQC's Urban Work College Program provides a launchpad for students by partnering with companies—like FedEx and JCPenney—to cut tuition costs via compensation. Now, JPMorgan is the program's largest Plano employer.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Nov 14, 2019
Students from local P-TECH campuses worked with IBM and AT&T experts last week on ideas that use 5G or AI to solve a community problem. The two winning teams got $250,000 worth of support—and get to watch their idea come to life.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 14, 2019
Luminator Technology Group has a deliberate acquisition strategy that powers its mission of helping transit agencies meet evolving passenger demands. For a company that has nearly a century of experience in transit technologies, Luminator has to embrace emerging trends and implement them in a tangible, beneficial way, its CEO says.
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Follow the Money: Actuate Raises $6.5M in Series B Funding, Kanarys Raises $1.5M; Topgolf Inks Franchise Deal
by Lance Murray | Nov 14, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies with North Texas ties, you’ll also find news from Kanarys, Sweat Equities, RSF Partners, Siemens, GoPlant and Align Midstream Partners.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 14, 2019
At its foundation, the international tour is a book showcase. But through audience participation, Strong America hopes to ignite a "strong town revolution" of community strength and stability across America.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 13, 2019
Shardus calls itself "the foundation for global-scale decentralized applications." It hopes its distributed ledger software can remedy problems of traditional blockchains like scalability, decentralization, and efficiency.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 13, 2019
The aerospace and defense company is getting "outside of its comfort zone" at its Grand Prairie facility by using a CT scanner to see what's inside a two-million-year-old fossil.
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Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. [Photo: Courtesy Rolls Royce]
Rolls Royce Makes Closed Alliance Facility its Home Sweet High-Tech Home
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Nov 13, 2019
The British company took over the 440,000-square-foot facility at Alliance Airport after American closed operations there in 2016.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 13, 2019
Each month, Capital Factory invites new startups into its accelerator program. Out of November's 13 participants, three local businesses—GuestX, Kanna, and Symphion—made the cut.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Century Interactive's dynamic protection of personal information in audio recordings, Epsilon Data Management's social media instant win method and system, General Electric's system for data processing in a vehicle group, NEC's method for capturing images used in facial recognition, and Toyota's electronic and physical storage for shared vehicles.
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by Kathryn Chavez |
Nov 12, 2019
SMU called the gift, the largest in its history, a transformational and historic moment that will boost its reputation as a research university.
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Nano Liquid Solutions Tests Blood with a Single Drop
by David Kirkpatrick | Nov 12, 2019
A few drops of blood. You've heard it before, but this Dallas-based startup wants you to know it really can produce results with only one drop of blood. And, it's open to tech evaluations.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Nov 12, 2019
Energy Domain, a sister company to Fort Worth-based MineralWare, will provide an all-encompassing platform to list, evaluate, and transact a deal.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 12, 2019
Co-founders Mandy Price and Star Carter join 50 other black women in the United States who have raised more than $1 million in funding.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 12, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Weitzman, Women’s Foodservice Forum, Centennial, Eyecare Services Partners, Freese and Nichols, and Canterbury Group.
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