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  • Materia Bioworks, a Toronto-based biomaterials startup, raised the 2024 CodeLaunch World Championship belt Wednesday and took home $25K in allocated capital. Houston-base...

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  • The event is the culmination of four previous CodeLaunch competitions held earlier this year across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Winners from the previous competitions w...

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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Experienced Leadership Team Takes Command with Launch of Dallas’ Formida Capital
by | Nov 22, 2024
The new middle-market lender, backed by funds managed by Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management, is led by president Wade Hundley, formerly CEO of Starwood/TPG-backed venture ST Residential.
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CodeLaunch World Champions Spotlight Biomaterials at Gilley’s Dallas Event
by | Nov 22, 2024
Materia Bioworks, a Toronto-based biomaterials startup, raised the 2024 CodeLaunch World Championship belt Wednesday and took home $25K in allocated capital. Houston-based Endora—whose app turns personal memories into interactive games—snagged $25K by winning the judges and investors awards.
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Dallas’ Evergreen Residential Raises $1 Billion in Capital Commitments

by | Nov 20, 2024
Founded in 2021, institutional real estate investment and operating platform Evergreen also announced a strategic investment from Kuvare Holdings—in the wake of a previous investment from an affiliate of NYC's Prosperity Asset Management.
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The Last Word: Thrift for Good Co‑Founder on Leveraging AI to Transform Thrift Stores
by | Nov 20, 2024
Founded in 2019, Thrift for Good enables people to buy and donate used goods while helping out charities, in an industry where 84% of donated clothes end up either dumped in a landfill or destroyed. Cooper and her fellow co-founder and co-owner, Taylor Watts, are building AI-based software for thrift stores to try to reduce that waste and inefficiency—while working to grow their DFW footprint.
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Fort Worth’s Standard Meat Co. Leaders Win a National EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award
by | Nov 19, 2024
The sibling leaders of Fort Worth's 89-year-old Standard Meat Company are among 12 national winners of the 2024 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award. In another local nod, the three co-founders of Dallas-based marketing platform HighLevel were recognized by EY as national "emerging finalists."
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The Last Word: DFW’s ‘Fastest-Growing Company’ CEO on Being David in a Goliath Industry
by | Nov 18, 2024
McKinney-based Maverick Power tops both Dallas Business Journal's Fast 50 and SMU's Dallas 100 private company rankings with record-breaking recent growth.
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