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Follow the Money: Bass Family Office Backs FoodMaven’s $15.3M Series B for DFW Expansion, Theatro Nets $20M in Series C Funds
by Lance Murray | Dec 12, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies and investors in North Texas, you’ll also find news from InspectIR, OneDay, ParkHub, SchoolSpire, MODE Transportation, Texas Capital Bancshares, and Independent Bank Group.
by David Kirkpatrick |
Dec 12, 2019
Inc.'s Surge Cities rankings determine its top 50 U.S. cities for launching a business in 2020. This year, Dallas placed 29th overall and 12th for population growth.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 12, 2019
The funding is expected to help Theatro rapidly scale its offerings across retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and other markets with large hourly workforces.
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by Jim Fuquay |
Dec 12, 2019
DFW long has hosted some of the biggest names in telecom, and that means as investment spending rises, area players increasingly play leading roles in how the future of wireless unfolds.
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DFW Minority Supplier Diversity Council Recognizes $7B in Mega Deals
by David Kirkpatrick | Dec 11, 2019
The E Awards Gala celebrated 13 mega deals by AT&T, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and PepsiCo, along with each company's minority business enterprise partners.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 11, 2019
Lentz spent 38 years at Toyota, which included leading the North American headquarters move from California to Plano. Chief Operating Officer Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa will succeed Lentz.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 11, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Futurewei's motion-based music recommendation for mobile devices, Golf Tailor's arm positioning aid for golf swing training, Harman Professional's gesture-based control application for data sharing, Textron's blockchain airspace management for air taxi services, Hemply Yours' topical moisturizing composition, and LDR Medical's intervertebral disc prosthesis
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Dec 10, 2019
The Dallas-based jet service's latest collaboration treated some of Mrs. Maisel's biggest fans to "One Marvelous Night in Vegas."
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DI People: Tango, Clarus, and Learfield IMG College Make Executive Moves
by Lance Murray | Dec 10, 2019
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Partnership With Native Americans, Avocados From Mexico, Venture Metals, Tuesday Morning, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Parks for Downtown Dallas, and Sandler Law Group.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 9, 2019
The U.K.-based global manufacturer of drinking water dispensers and filters plans to consolidate its operations and establish new U.S. headquarters in Grapevine.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Dec 9, 2019
Katherine Stenesen comes to the museum from the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and brings a strong nonprofit background in development and fundraising to her new position.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Dec 9, 2019
Trend Micro sponsored activities during Amazon Web Services' week-long re:Invent conference, and also announced plans to increase some of its current company initiatives.
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Follow the Money: MacFarlan Raises $8.65M, MoneyGram Gets $20M, NTT Data Buys Austin IT Firm
by Lance Murray | Dec 5, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from RevTech, BARBRI Inc., McMillan Insurance Group, Liberty Trust Company, Emergent Cold, and Frito-Lay.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 5, 2019
The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area ranked seventh among the nation’s Top 20 Best Tech Cities for IT jobs in CompTIA's yearly report.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Dec 4, 2019
The 55-foot aerostat is an addition to AT&T's FirstNet public safety communications platform, which is designed to help responders stay connected during large-scale catastrophes. Launched last year in partnership with First Responder Network Authority, the platform now has more than 1M connections in service.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 4, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Grizzly Home's tornado-proof housing, American Airlines' demand forecasting, Avodah Labs'automated sign language translation and communication, Capital One's techniques to leverage machine learning for SEO, Olaeris' landing guidance for remotely operated aerial vehicles, Refocus Group's scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders, Swirlds' apparatus for efficiently implementing a fast-copyable database, and Toyota's system and method for Braille assistance.
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