Month: May 2021

AI Startup Aiotics Opens Its Headquarters With a Grant From the McKinney EDC

by | May 27, 2021
The young startup, which makes scalable artificial intelligence solutions, is using a grant from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation’s Innovation Fund to establish a headquarters in McKinney and drastically add to its team.
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Accelerate Real Asset Management Launches Renewable Energy Infrastructure Venture With $500M in Capital
by | May 27, 2021
Plano-based Accelerate Real Asset Management, a growth-oriented real asset platform, sees a significant renewable transformation happening in the United States economy. That's why the team plans to capture attractive, risk-adjusted returns in an emerging asset class of sustainable infrastructure royalties.
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1091 Pictures Acquires “No Ordinary Love” by Fort Worth Filmmaker Chyna Robinson, sets June 15th release date
by | May 27, 2021
Chyna Robinson's film "No Ordinary Love," has already earned multiple festival accolades. Next up, she wants to break into new genres like sitcoms, romance, and sci fi.
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Recuro Health’s At-Home COVID Rapid Test Platform Featured at Census Bureau and HHS’s TOPx Solutions Showcase
by | May 27, 2021
The new Richardson-based digital health startup, led by several leaders from Teladoc, aims to offer consumers a "personalized digital medical home." It recently closed a $2.9M funding round and acquired telehealth startup SupDoc.
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VIRA Insight Unveils Brand Refresh, New Manufacturing Center and Headquarters in Lewisville Amid Business Boom

by | May 26, 2021
Space matters, and Vira points to its own new look and capabilities as proof. The company offers custom solutions for any built environment, like retailers, offices, coworking spaces, and wellness brands. With customers like Best Buy, CVS, Amazon, and Samsung, here's why the company told us it plans to prosper in a post-pandemic world.
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Dallas-Based Fintech Apex to Speed Equity Trade Settlements with No Two-Day Wait
by | May 26, 2021
While Apex will continue to observe the two-day settlement standard, it will simulate instant settlement by giving its customers immediate access to the cash value of trades in their accounts.
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Dallas-Based Fund Night Ventures Is Making Moves in the Creator Economy
by | May 26, 2021
Backed by Night Media's lineup of YouTube superstars, Night Ventures has a mission: taking concepts from the VC world and investing in individual creators and their businesses.
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Dallas-Based Bestow Named To 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50
by | May 26, 2021
Like the fast-growing digital life insurance company says, "we do things a little differently around here."
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Frisco PropTech Elm Street Technology Expands With New Senior Leadership, Aggressive Acquisition Strategy

by | May 25, 2021
The provider of residential real estate technology and digital marketing strategies is continuing to scale with two acquisitions this year so far (and eight in total). It's all aimed at boosting the company's productivity and lead-gen platform for agents, brokers, and teams.
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Plano-Based Auto Crypto Company Carnomaly Partners With National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
by | May 25, 2021
Carnomaly, which is bringing the power of blockchain and cryptocurrency to the automotive industry, wants to change the way we buy, sell, shop, report, and finance new or used vehicles. The local company plans to do so with new application launches and a partnership with NMVTIS, which protects people from fraudulent and unsafe vehicles.
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Spurred by Texas Growth, Local Consulting Firm Slalom Adds 200+ Jobs
by | May 25, 2021
Slalom wants to be at the center of the new way of doing business and engaging humans: through emerging digital and technology solutions. The Dallas-based firm is increasing its operations with an investment across the state that includes two new offices.
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American Heart Association’s Precision Medicine Platform and Hitachi Vantara Announce New Alliance
by | May 25, 2021
The alliance will make the platform even more accessible for fast, efficient supercomputing data analysis research.
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Arlan Hamilton: ‘Be Yourself So That the People Looking For You Can Find You’

by | May 24, 2021
"You have a lot more control than you may have walked in thinking you have," she says. Today, Hamilton leads a fund that exclusively invests in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. And though she was shot down plenty of times, she's gotten to where she is today by believing in herself and how far she could take Backstage Capital.

Read about the VC's journey—and get advice for how you can follow in a similar path—in our recap of her keynote conversation at TechFW's inaugural Women & Wealth event last week.
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Mickelson Wins Historic Golf Major at 50: It’s Gotta Be the Shirt!
by | May 24, 2021
How did Phil Mickelson stay cool and make PGA history as the oldest player ever to win a major? HIs partnership with Dallas-based performance menswear brand Mizzen+Main was part of his game.
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Dallas-Based AR Startup ARKH Signs 50/50 Joint Venture With UK-based Litho
by | May 24, 2021
22-year-old ARKH CEO Landon Nickerson—who earned millions as a YouTube gamer—will now exclusively sell Litho's controllers under his ARKH brand, which has raised $5.7 million in funding to date.
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Tech Titans Will Host a Reverse Pitch Virtual Event June 10th
by | May 21, 2021
At Tech Titans' June 10th Reverse Pitch Virtual Event, reps from AT&T, CBRE, Cisco, Ericsson, and State Farm will give innovators and entrepreneurs tips on what they're looking for most.
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