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Kale Kolbe, left, joins Crux Capital as a senior associate and Christopher Herrod is an Analyst for the firm. [Photo: Crux Capital]
Crux Capital Expands Investment Team After a ‘Killer Year,’ Boosting Consumer and Services Expertise
by Quincy Preston | Oct 4, 2024
With the hires of Kale Kolbe as senior associate and Christopher Herrod as analyst, the Dallas-based private equity firm aims to boost its core focus on consumer and services sectors while driving accelerated growth in its portfolio companies.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2024
Fort Worth-based marketing agency The Starr Conspiracy has officially rebranded as TSC, signaling a new era with fresh leadership. CEO Ashley Bernard is steering the agency toward innovation, AI investment, and cutting-edge marketing strategies, with the rebrand unveiled at the 2024 HR Technology Conference & Exposition.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2024
The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) has revealed its experienced leadership team, described as having “tremendous expertise in the markets” by founder James Lee. With a focus on innovation and competition, TXSE is set to make waves on what some are calling "Y’all Street," challenging industry heavyweights like the NYSE and Nasdaq.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2024
The city said Executive Assistant Chief Michael Igo's appointment will take effect Oct. 18 as current Chief Eddie Garcia transitions out of the role to become an assistant city manager in Austin. Igo's entire 33 years in law enforcement have been spent on the Dallas force.
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Frisco-Based tech company TeleCloud has been acquired by Austin’s Davenforth. [Photo: TeleCloud]
Frisco-Based Cloud Communications Company TeleCloud Acquired by Austin’s Davenforth
by Lance Murray | Oct 4, 2024
Davenforth, a joint family office, announced that it had also acquired Pennsylvania-based Third Generation, and as a result, is launching a new managed IT, voice, and networking platform that will service 21,500 users across 900 businesses.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 4, 2024
Toyota, whose North American HQ is in Plano, took its eyes off the road long enough to scan the skies and invest $500 million more in California-based Joby, for a total of $894 million it's invested to date. The investment is aimed at "realizing the two companies’ shared vision of air mobility," Toyota said.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 3, 2024
The development will feature Marriott brands AC Hotel and Moxy Hotel, bringing 264 upscale rooms, modern amenities, and unique lifestyle offerings to Uptown Dallas' McKinney Avenue corridor, said Atlanta-based PE firm Peachtree. The project is expected to open in summer 2026.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 3, 2024
"Trimble's Connect & Scale strategy has created an ecosystem that empowers customers across both the physical and digital worlds," Trimble CEO Rob Painter said about his company's joint venture with Irving-based Caterpillar.
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Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker congratulates Alec Jang, president of LG Electronics Business Solutions, on the grand opening of the company’s first U.S. EV charger factory on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Fort Worth. [Photo: Brandon Wade/LG Electronics USA]
LG Begins Taking Orders for its Fort Worth-Assembled EV Fast Chargers
by David Seeley | Oct 3, 2024
Nine months after cutting the ribbon in Fort Worth on its first U.S. factory for assembling EV charging stations, LG has begun taking orders for its first Level 3 DC charger in the U.S. The stand-type charger will be assembled "starting this fall" at the company's Fort Worth EV charging production center.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 3, 2024
The new office expands One Medical's partnership with Baylor Scott & White Health to deliver "seamless, coordinated care" throughout the region, following earlier office openings in Addison, Highland Park, University Park, and Fort Worth's West 7th District.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 3, 2024
Andrew Yaffe—former EVP and head of social, digital, and original content at the NBA—takes the helm at Dude Perfect six months after the trick-shot video team scored a $100M-plus investment from New York's Highmount Capital.
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![Rockwall-based Patriot Paws, which helps veterans regain independence and find new purpose through life-changing partnerships with service dogs, received a $50,000 grant from the Texas Veteran's Commission on the TVC's Texas Tour on Wednesday. [Image: Screenshot April 2024 Patriot Paws video]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Patriot-Paws-VideoScreenshot-2024-09-27-at-10.14.27 AM-360x203.png)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 2, 2024
36 grants awarded to 32 organizations across North Texas will fuel services for veterans, including mental health counseling, home repairs, employment support, and more through organizations like Patriot PAWS, Meals on Wheels, Equest, Baylor Research Institute, and local governments.
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Renibus Therapeutics CEO Jeff Keyser [Composite photo; original: Renibus Therapeutics]
BioNTX To Honor Renibus Therapeutics CEO with its 2024 Dennis K. Stone Award at iC³ Conference
by Lance Murray | Oct 2, 2024
Renibus CEO Jeff Keyser will be acknowledged as the award recipient at the 10th Annual iC³ Life Science & Healthcare Innovation Summit on Thursday, the first day of the Oct. 3-4 summit at the Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 2, 2024
Children's Health and UT Soutwestern announced that a $100 million gift from The Rees-Jones Foundation will support the construction of the new pediatric campus, just months after the Jean and Mack Pogue family gave its own $100 million gift. This marks the first time in Texas that a not-for-profit construction project has received two individual leadership gifts of $100 million.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 2, 2024
North Texas grabbed the world's financial attention again this week with updates from the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, which introduced its expansive leadership team and board members and said it had raised over $135 million to date. But as Austin-based Paul O'Brien noted in his LinkedIn Startup Studio post last month, the TXSE is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to North Texas' sprawling fintech and financial universe.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 1, 2024
In June, TXSE Group announced plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on enabling U.S. and global companies to access U.S. equity capital markets via a “fully electronic, national securities exchange." In the months since, that's led to endless discussion of the impact of North Texas' "Y'All Street." It was capped by yesterday's announcement that the TXSE had raised over $135 million to date as it named members of TXSE's board—including former Texas Governor and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry; former SEC Commissioner Rick Roberts; and Alex Bussandri, the global head of strategy at Citadel Securities.
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