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Month: February 2021
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Dallas-Based VolunteerNow Launches All-in-One Mobile App for Volunteering
by Alex Edwards | Feb 22, 2021
Last year, VolunteerNow's users gave 1.6 million hours to 3,500 local nonprofits. As its recruitment and reporting platform expands across the country, the Dallas-based nonprofit needed an on-demand solution that would broaden its reach.
by Alex Edwards |
Feb 22, 2021
Apex, the local "fintech for fintechs," has been valued at around $4.7 billion as part of the deal with special purpose acquisition company Northern Star.
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by Alexa Vickaryous |
Feb 22, 2021
In 2020, Alexia Hammonds transformed her blog into a online lifestyle brand. Just a few months later, she is launching a line of hair fragrances in a market with less than 70 brands.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 19, 2021
Alliance members are opening their homes to people who need shelter during the winter storm emergency.
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Community Toolbox: A Winter Storm and a Pandemic. Here’s a Round Up of Resources to Help North Texans
by Quincy Preston | Feb 19, 2021
Here's a round up of resources that can help in North Texas' unprecedented winter storm.
You'll also find updates on funding, grants, and assistance for navigating the COVID-19 crisis in Dallas-Fort Worth.
You'll also find updates on funding, grants, and assistance for navigating the COVID-19 crisis in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 18, 2021
Collectively, the 100 privately held companies contributed $6 billion to the Dallas-Fort Worth economy over three years.
Clavis Capital Partners, a private investment firm that operates and grows industrial businesses took the top spot in the annual rankings. Here's the complete list.
Clavis Capital Partners, a private investment firm that operates and grows industrial businesses took the top spot in the annual rankings. Here's the complete list.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 18, 2021
Jobs on the Rise in 2021 analyzes the shifts COVID-19 has caused on employment and hiring trends. In the digital transformation category, LinkedIn named Dallas-Fort Worth as a top region for user experience professionals, a job that grew five times over from 2019 to 2020.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 18, 2021
2020 was "really an opportunity for esports to shine with traditional sports on hiatus" says Mike Rufail. The esports innovator talks about the team's new HQ in Victory Park, the pandemic's impact on esports, efforts to "get out the gamer" vote, and what's next.
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New Dallas-Headquartered Tech Company Aiden Unveils ‘Blockbuster’ Expert-Filled Advisory Board
by Lauren Hawkins | Feb 17, 2021
Leaders from Microsoft, TaskRabbit, VISA, Charles Schwab, and other major companies form the board for the new tech venture that automatically helps keep computers up to date and safe from cyber attacks at scale. Part of Aiden's mission is to solve the technological challenges and vulnerabilities brought on by WFH.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 17, 2021
Thursday's historic landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars will be one of the most difficult technological feats in human history. If successful, the astrobiology mission will collect samples to study for potential signs of life. What most people don't know is that a Dallas company played a big role in the feat. NASA used tech from Continental Electronics Corp. to communicate with spacecraft and distant satellites. Leading up to the landing, CEC has provided radio transmitters that sent final course corrections and landing instructions.
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This Fort Worth Logistics and Moving Startup Delivered Free Firewood in DFW During the Winter Storms
by Alex Edwards |
Feb 17, 2021
Now, Gozova has teamed with two other local businesses to help those close to home. On Saturday, Feb. 20, the trio will supply firewood at Tulips Fort Worth from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 16, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell's foldable tiltrotor aircraft, The University of Texas' antisense antibacterial compounds and methods, DeCurtis' contact tracing via location service, Intellective AI's unusual score generators for a neuro-linguistic behavioral recognition system, IBM's automatic table cleanup for relational databases, JPMorgan Chase's data masking and devices, Noble House Home Furnishing's modular furniture with tool free assembly, Paccar's AR system for vehicle blind spot prevention, Tango Network's Automatic identification of a vehicle driver based on driving behavior, Texas Instruments' RFID tag with integrated antenna, and Textron's blockchain airspace management system.
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Doloromics Co-Founders Candler Paige, Dr. Theodore Price, and Jackson Brougher [Photos: Doloromics]
‘Highly Selective’ Illumina Accelerator Picks Dallas-Based Doloromics for its Second Funding Cycle
by Alex Edwards | Feb 16, 2021
Doloromics, a local therapeutics discovery startup that uses technology to find better ways to treat chronic pain, is one of nine companies selected.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 12, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Stack Sports, Perkins Coie, Duane Morris, INTRUSION, Plutus21, and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Feb 11, 2021
The shares of the Dallas-based tech-enabled home healthcare provider opened at $32, higher than the original pricing of $24.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Feb 11, 2021
The virtual multi-platform event, which hosts panelists from Capital One, Samsung, Imprimis Group, and CASPR Group, has been rescheduled for Feb. 24.
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