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Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners Makes Majority Investment in Supreme Optimization

by | Mar 15, 2023

Dallas-based growth-oriented private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners announced a majority investment in Supreme Optimization, a digital marketing agency focused exclusively on life sciences.

No financial details were released.

Founded in 2015 and based in Southern California with a team distributed across the U.S., Canada, and UK, Supreme has grown rapidly to become a thought leader in the life sciences marketing space, combining top digital marketing strategies with deep scientific expertise to deliver exceptional results for clients, Trinity Hunt Partners said....

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The Last Word: Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans on His City’s 72-Acre Film Studio Development
by | Mar 15, 2023
The city of Mansfield, Texas, plans to break ground this year on Mansfield Super Studios, a film production studio to be built on 72 acres of undeveloped land, with restaurants, a hotel, and retail part of the project's $70 million vision.
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Texas Could Receive Over $472M in SSBCI Funds To Increase Access to Capital for Small Businesses
by | Mar 15, 2023
Under the SSBCI, Texas now has the potential to receive more than $472 million in U.S. Treasury Department funds to operate two programs. One is a capital access program, which will provide portfolio insurance for business loans and has been allocated $118 million. The other is a loan guarantee program that will increase access to capital for Texas small businesses—and that's being allocated $354.1 million.
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Gatik Partners with Kroger on Self-Driving Truck Deliveries to Dallas-Area Stores
by | Mar 15, 2023
Starting in May, Gatik's autonomous 20-foot box trucks will begin rolling goods from Kroger's Dallas distribution center to Kroger grocery stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Initially, they'll be operated with a safety driver in the cab, Gatik says.
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PowerHIVE doesn't require any change to existing operations, Concentric says. [Photo: Concentric]

Concentric’s New Automated Charger System Can Reload a Forklift Battery in 3 Minutes

by | Mar 14, 2023
The Carrollton-based company's COO calls the industry-first technology a "quantum leap forward." With plug-and-play, on-demand power, PowerHIVE is "scalable to every piece of equipment you operate today and tomorrow."
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Grammy-Winning Rapper and Entrepreneur ‘Killer Mike’ to Speak at The DEC Network’s State of Entrepreneurship Event
by | Mar 14, 2023
The DEC Network, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is gearing up for its 2023 State of Entrepreneurship event—the first-ever in Frisco. Dubbed 'the Super Bowl for Entrepreneurs' in North Texas, the annual gathering brings together game-changing startups and innovative business leaders.
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Media Culture Adds Industry Veteran to Lead Strategic Initiatives
by | Mar 14, 2023

Veteran brand strategist Lori Lasky has joined independent brand performance agency Media Culture’s leadership team to head the agency’s strategic initiatives.

Most recently, Lasky was director of Integrated Media at Nautilus Inc., and she will be responsible for program strategy across the agency’s portfolio of clients. She will work to identify opportunities for growth and drive integrated strategy across the team to align with business goals....

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The Last Word: Techstars’ Maëlle Gavet Has Advice for Founders Navigating the SVB Crisis
by | Mar 14, 2023
Maëlle Gavet is the New York-based CEO of Techstars, which kicked off its inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator last year. Over the weekend, she took to LinkedIn to address the "nerve-shredding" crisis at Silicon Valley Bank for entrepreneurs in the Techstars network "and far beyond."
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Robert Allen will lead the new Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership

From Austin to Fort Worth: Texas Economic Development Chief to Lead City’s New Business Attraction Efforts

by | Mar 14, 2023
The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce has taken significant steps to boost economic development for the city by creating the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership. The newly-formed nonprofit will be headed by Texas economic development industry veteran Robert Allen, who was appointed as president.
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Fort Worth-Based Lucid Hearing Launches First Smart TV-Based Hearing Assessments on LG TVs
by | Mar 14, 2023
In partnership with San Diego-based remote engagement platform Independa, Lucid Hearing is launching hearing assessments that can be performed right in your own home. But to utilize the test and get recommendations, you must own a 2021 or newer LG Smart TV. "This will greatly benefit millions of Americans who suspect they have hearing loss but have hesitated to seek testing and treatment," says Lucid EVP Bennett Griffin.
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Corps of Engineers Steers $20M More to Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project
by | Mar 13, 2023
The project aims to reroute part of the Trinity River near downtown Fort Worth and create Panther Island—which the city hopes will become a massive housing and mixed-use entertainment and recreational district. The new 2023 funding is on top of $403 million already allocated to the project as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2022.
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DFW Airport Gets $35M DOT Grant for Central Utilities Plant, Terminal D Energy Enhancements
by | Mar 13, 2023
The electric Central Utilities Plant will run on 100% renewable electricity, aiding DFW AIrport in its goal to be carbon net zero by 2030. Energy enhancements to Terminal D will include smart glass, sensors, high-efficiency HVAC, eco-friendly roofing, and passenger boarding bridges with advanced controls for use in DFW’s digital twin program.
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L to R: From left: UTD's Jonsson School Dean Dr. Stephanie Adams, Amazon Robotics employees Justin Croyle and Kobe Boateng, and Dr. Steve Yurkovich and Andrew Sherwood of the Jonsson School celebrated the new partnership. [Photo: UTD]

The Last Word: UTD’s Dr. Steve Yurkovich on $100K Amazon Robotics Grant

by | Mar 13, 2023
A$100,000 grant from Amazon Robotics will support the development of new UT Dallas coursework in functional safety—a practice that ensures the safe functioning of everything from autonomous warehouse robots to delivery robots and more.
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Former TRG Creatives ‘Poke The Bear’ With New Branding Agency
by | Mar 13, 2023
Todd Tucker and Bill Milkereit both hail from TRG—formerly The Richards Group—and are responsible for some memorable advertising work in recent years, including spots for Chick-fil-A’s EAT MOR CHIKIN Cow campaign, The Home Depot, and Fruit of the Loom.
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Irving Broadcast Giant Nexstar Expands Reach With New YouTube TV Deal
by | Mar 13, 2023
The pact includes its 29 CW-affiliated television stations, its 26 MyNetworkTV affiliates, and its four independent stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Oklahoma City, and Baton Rouge. It also renews and extends YouTube TV’s carriage of America’s fastest-growing cable news network, NewsNation.
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Dallas CEO Chanel Christoff Davis to Receive Top Recognition for Women-Owned Businesses from National Council
by | Mar 13, 2023

Dallas business founder and CEO Chanel Christoff Davis has been recognized as a Women’s Business Enterprise Star by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the nation’s largest certifier of women-owned businesses and a leader in women’s business development....

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