Hedera Hashgraph, the Dallas-based distributed ledger platform, has announced a new, unlikely partnership with the Chopra Foundation to fight rising suicide rates and support mental health awareness.
Together with the Foundation, which says it is dedicated to supporting mind-body integrative health and well-being, Hedera will develop a freely accessible online platform for the Never Alone Initiative.…
The Mark Cuban Foundation, which is the private charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks Owner and “Shark” Mark Cuban, teamed up with Walmart, tech-enabled credit solutions provider Elevate, and product and engineering firm Headstorm to host the second year of its AI Bootcamps Initiative. …
Dallas-based Allied BioScience has been on the cutting edge of innovation throughout the pandemic. In April, the biotech company was among Lydia Partners’ initial round of multimillion-dollar investments, and in May, its antimicrobial coating was said to improve patient outcomes and reduce environmental contamination.…
Natural pet food pioneer Freshpet is set to break ground on a new facility it calls “Kitchen 3.0” in Ennis next week. The facility, which will be built in two phases about 40 miles south of Dallas, will take the pubicly traded company’s “total capacity to about $1.3 billion” once it’s fully operational, according to Seeking Alpha, an online financial site.…
Across North Texas, companies are promoting and hiring people to take on leadership positions within their organizations.
Dallas Innovates covers prominent personnel moves in Dallas-Fort Worth businesses and nonprofits—from the newest startups to well-established companies. Here are the people moves tied to innovation and technology in the region.…
Balfour Beatty’s U.S. Buildings group is a leading U.S. construction management and design-build firm, which makes its line of business essential to the economy. Eric Krueger, Executive Vice President of Balfour Beatty, provides insights on the Dallas Region’s steady construction and new developments amid a pandemic.…
In partnership with Dallas County, PCCI, UT Dallas, Dallas ISD, and Codeup, the City of Dallas is launching a student data challenge posed on a key question: “How is COVID affecting youth in Dallas?”
The COVID-19 Data Challenge will have participants from 6th-12th grade work on a project using real virus data from Dallas County cases.…
Last June, CharaChorder launched with a new class of peripheral device that lets ordinary people type faster than is possible on a traditional keyboard. Fast forward two months, and the Plano-based startup is already growing with two new local investment partners and a $2.5 million evaluation—all despite operating during a global pandemic.…
Dallas Baptist University is the first institution to implement a new data integration software platform for higher education.
The AMSA Connect platform from A.M. Simpkins & Associates is an Integration Data Analytics As-a-Service (I.D.E.A.S.) solution tailored specifically to higher ed institutions.…
In this weekly column, CEO of The DEC Network, Bill Chinn, interviews a “celebrity mentor” that is currently participating in the organization’s Fast Start Mentoring Program. The program matches tenured business leaders who have handled crises before to small business owners struggling to navigate the COVID-19 crisis.…
Southlake-based biotech startup OncoNano Medicine says it’s received a $9.97 million grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to expand uses for its innovative lead product, OHM-100, that “lights up” a tumor to distinguish it from normal tissue.…
More than 15,000 women of color gathered (virtually) for the Black Girl Magic Digital Summit last weekend, according to the organizers of the two-day summit hosted by Boss Women Media.
The event came during a time when we all needed it the most, says founder & CEO Marty McDonald. …
Ed. note: Registrations for Global Entrepreneurship Week Fort Worth have opened. The “All Virtual, All Week Pop In & Out As You Please” event runs Nov. 16-20. Themes for 2020 are Entrepreneurship 101, Main Street North Texas, Emerging Tech/Innovation, Inclusion, and Funding.…
A serial entrepreneur based in Fort Worth has announced plans to take on a number of ambitious business ventures in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jeremy “JB” Yowell, the CEO of ALG Holdings Family LLC, is taking his ownership of multiple companies to the next level, most notably Hyena’s Comedy Club, Kroh Exploration, and Freaky Fast Homebuyers & Investments.…
In the face of rapid and unprecedented change due to COVID-19, Texas’ institutions of higher education are ready to play a pivotal role in the state’s challenging path toward economic recovery, said Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Harrison Keller during a virtual fireside chat at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s annual State of Higher Education.…
The Dallas Chapter of The Links, Incorporated’s second annual Women Who STEAM Awards Luncheon will honor eight women who have been outstanding in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) fields and have also excelled in serving, teaching, excelling, aspiring, and mentoring at work and in their communities.…
With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of industries have been faced with pivots and retooling. With most companies implementing work from home policies, the real estate sector is one of the markets at a crossroad. But many, like global corporate real estate services company Mohr Partners, is moving forward.…
Dallas Invents is a weekly look at U.S. patents granted with a connection to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Listings include patents granted to local assignees and/or those with a North Texas inventor. Patent activity can be an indicator of future economic growth, as well as the development of emerging markets and talent attraction. …
Since its founding in 2014, Opendoor has been rapidly expanding with its tech-based real estate model. It launched in Dallas in 2015 and now operates its “radically simple way to buy and sell your home” in 21 cities across the U.S.…
Amazon made a major announcement today that involves plans to expand its tech hubs across the U.S, creating 3,500 new jobs in the process. That includes its existing tech hub at the Galleria Towers in North Dallas.
The Seattle-headquartered tech giant plans to grow by more than 100,000 square feet of space at the Dallas Tech Hub in the Galleria.…
