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Call For Innovation: Startups, Now’s Your Chance to Pitch to Toyota AI Ventures

by | Feb 21, 2020
The venture capital subsidiary of the Toyota Research Institute is looking to invest in companies developing tech that could advance smart, connected cities. Apply now through April for the chance to pitch to the team.
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Dallas funding
Follow the Money: Align Capital Closes Second Fund at $450M, AWH Capital Raises $129.8M, VitalTech Makes Acquisition
by | Feb 20, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from TPG, Dean Foods, Caregiver Inc., Blue River Partners, Neuro-Pro Monitoring, and StarRFoam.
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The NATIONAL: Massive Downtown Dallas Redevelopment Gets New Name and First Tenant
by | Feb 19, 2020
Downtown Dallas Inc. has signed a lease as the first tenant in the 52-story building formerly known as First National Bank Tower. The revamped building is being called "the largest-ever adaptive, historical use development in Texas." Developers used new technologies to meet their aggressive deadline for completion this year.
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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 11
by | Feb 19, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of supplemental content to video, Samsung's method for 360-degree video navigation, Daifuku Co.'s automatic tire loader/unloader, DFB's treatment of skin malignancies using nanoparticles of taxanes, and Toyota's assessment of human driving performance using autonomous vehicles.
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From left: Dr. Robert Rodriguez, President, DRR Advisors; Raquel Tamez, CEO, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Marty Martinez, Founder & CEO, Social Revolt Agency; Claudia Romo Edelman, Founder, We Are All Human Foundation; Jesse Martinez, Founder, Latino Startup Alliance; Miguel Alemany, Chair of the Board, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers [Photo: Courtesy Marty Martinez]

Social Revolt Agency Joins the World Economic Forum for ‘First-Ever Hispanic Delegation’

by | Feb 17, 2020
As a partner of We Are All Human Foundation's Hispanic Promise, Social Revolt Founder Marty Martinez is part of an effort to increase the representation of Hispanic leaders on the global stage. 
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Toyota’s $750M Green Bond Backs Buying, Leasing Environmentally Friendly Vehicles
by | Feb 14, 2020
Toyota sees green bonds—this one being their fifth—as an important tool to fund the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles, while providing an attractive option for sustainability investors.
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Greg Hiltz to Lead Opendoor Dallas, the iBuyer’s Second Largest US Market
by | Feb 14, 2020
In Dallas, Opendoor has worked with around 12,000 home buyers and sellers and infused more than $74 million into the small business community.
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Founded in 2016 by Chief Executive Officer Chris Keaveney (right) and Chief Credit & Analytics Officer Phillip Stegner, the fast-growing education lender has raised a total of $23.4 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. [Photo via Meritize]
Career Connection: New Search Engine Helps ‘Often‑Overlooked Talent’ Find Training for In-Demand Jobs
by | Feb 14, 2020
Meritize Connect—launched in a statewide pilot—aims to bridge the gap between job-seekers, training providers, and employers.
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Tyler Technologies Tops $1B in Annual Revenue for First Time

by | Feb 13, 2020
Tyler, the largest provider of public sector software solutions, has had 32 straight quarters of double-digit revenue growth.
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Dallas funding
Follow the Money: Gas-to-Liquids Developer Greenway Nets $118K, FlyLine Pre-Seeds $500K
by | Feb 13, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Cysiv, Integrity Marketing, iDonate, DocSynk, Varsity Brands, Cushman & Wakefield, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 4
by | Feb 12, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Frito-Lay's potato chip that has more oil near its outer surfaces, American Leather's seat convertible to a bed, Capital One's authorized data sharing using smart contracts, Google's dynamic digital certificate updating, IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems, Raytheon's shadow mask generation using elevation data, and ROCA Medical's therapeutic treatment kit for allergies based on DNA profiles.
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Trend Micro Spin-Out Cysiv Gets $26M to Scale Its Cloud-based Cybersecurity Platform
by | Feb 11, 2020
The Series A funding will help the Security Operations Center-as-a-Service provider address the challenges enterprises currently face in protecting their data.
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DI People: Jacobs, Caris Life Sciences, Infogroup, and One Network Enterprises Make Leadership Moves

by | Feb 11, 2020
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from AspireHR, Rent-A-Center, Jones|Carter, and Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
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The DEC Teams Up With Common Desk Through Events and Office Space
by | Feb 10, 2020
Through the partnership, The Dallas Entrepreneur Center will get around $30K in office and coworking space in Common Desk locations across North Texas.
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Dallas Helps Tech Employment Rebound, CompTIA Analysis Shows
by | Feb 10, 2020
Dallas joins New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and San Francisco among the cities showing the largest month-over-month growth in January tech job postings.
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Frisco Station: Hub of Transportation
by | Feb 10, 2020

The developers of Frisco Station envision a day not too far in the future when people have many more transportation options and own fewer cars. They’re not waiting for some solution to just show up in a few years; they’re actively working to accommodate and test new modes of mobility....

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