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Dallas-Based Renter Network Stake Acquires Irving’s UMoveFree

by | Mar 12, 2026
UMoveFree says it has helped more than 5 million renters find homes and delivered more than $35 million in cash back. Stake describes the Irving-based company as the largest apartment-locating platform in Texas.
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Plano-Based Fundraising Platform momoGood Launches After Tatango-Givergy Combination, With Edison Partners Taking Majority Stake
by | Mar 12, 2026
The platform combines Tatango’s mobile engagement technology with Givergy’s fundraising and event tools to create an AI-driven system designed to help nonprofits streamline campaigns and engage donors.
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Five Iron Golf Indoor Entertainment Venue Coming to Fort Worth’s Near Southside
by | Mar 12, 2026
Five Iron Golf’s Fort Worth location will be its first in Texas. Projected to add 40 jobs to the local economy, it will feature 12 Trackman simulators with multi-angle swing-capture technology and access to more than 300 famous courses around the world. The venue will feature a full-service bar and kitchen, along with flexible indoor event spaces including a private bay.
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Fresh off IPO, Medline Breaks Ground on Its Second North Texas Distribution Hub
by | Mar 12, 2026
The 1.2 million-square-foot facility in Midlothian is part of the Illinois-based medical supply company’s expanding network. The hub is expected to be fully operational in Q2 2027.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Names Dallas Development as a Finalist for Free Mile-Long Tunnel

by | Mar 12, 2026
Hoque Global's $1 billion University Hills development—a 270-acre project near the UNT Dallas campus that could “rewrite perceptions” of Southern Dallas—is one of 16 finalists in The Boring Company's "Tunnel Vision Challenge." The winner gets a free tunnel up to one mile long and 12 feet in inner diameter.
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Video Game Co. ProbablyMonsters Names New Chief Publishing, Marketing, and Product Officers
by | Mar 11, 2026
Founded in 2016 in Bellevue, Washington, by Bungie founder and CEO Harold Ryan, ProbablyMonsters has a growing presence in Fort Worth under a $1.5 million incentive deal approved in 2023 by the Fort Worth City Council.
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Kimberly-Clark Appoints Former Walgreens, Kraft Heinz Exec as Chief Information & Global Business Services Officer
by | Mar 11, 2026
Francesco Tinto, who has over 30 years of experience in technology leadership, will oversee Irving-based Kimberly-Clark's information technology and GBS organizations. 
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French Researcher Joining UTSW Is Among Recipients of Up to $25M Cancer Grand Challenges Award
by | Mar 11, 2026
The Cancer Grand Challenges initiative, co-founded in 2020 by the National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK, provides funding over approximately five years to interdisciplinary teams addressing some of the most complex research questions surrounding cancer.
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The Last Word: AT&T on the Famous First Words That Launched an Industry 150 Years Ago

by | Mar 11, 2026
The company is celebrating with a free pop-up museum at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas — and a $250 billion bet on what comes next.
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Dallas’ Arenova Capital Takes $50M Majority Stake in Southern California’s Aspire Fiber
by | Mar 11, 2026
As part of the majority investment, Aspire Fiber's CEO Stephen Weatherford and its management team remain as significant shareholders and will continue leading the business going forward.
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Ohio’s Yellow Stripes Capital Takes Majority Stake in Plano-Based NoblQ
by | Mar 11, 2026
The transaction signals a leadership transition for Caldwell Velnambi, founder and former chairman of NoblQ, and Nepoleon Duraisamy, former co‑chairman and chairman & CEO of its subsidiary, Jeevan Technologies, both of whom have sold their remaining interests in the company.
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Dallas-Based Alto Upgrades Rideshare Fleet With All‑Electric Kia EV9 SUVs
by | Mar 11, 2026
Offering a calm cabin with captain's chairs and extra room to stretch out, the new three-row EVs bring "a fresh visual presence to the streets," Alto said, reinforcing the platform's signature look while introducing one of the newest electric SUVs available today. 
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Patented: Toyota’s Vehicle Heart Rate Detection Device and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 10 with a total of 180 patents granted.
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Dallas’ Big Sky Asset Management Surpasses $100M in Healthcare Real Estate Acquisitions in 90 Days
by | Mar 10, 2026
The transactions—each with separate sellers—include a surgical hospital in Corpus Christi, an ambulatory surgery center and medical outpatient building in Plano, an ambulatory surgery center in San Antonio, a multi-tenant medical outpatient building in Frisco, and an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Denton.
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Farmers Branch-Based Risk Theory Acquires New York’s Roundhill Express
by | Mar 10, 2026
Founded to address the distinctive challenges of insuring habitational properties in New York City, Roundhill Express distributes solely through a proprietary online portal, offering package policies covering property and general liability for one- to ten-unit dwellings.
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Plano-Based Argano Acquires Colorado’s Denovo Ventures
by | Mar 10, 2026
Partnering with organizations running Oracle's and JD Edwards platforms, Denovo specializes in migrating and supporting ERP platforms on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and offers long-term managed services that include infrastructure operations, hosting, and system administration.
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