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News on capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and grant funding across Dallas-Fort Worth. From early-stage funding to public exits, here’s a look at deals making business news in the region.
True North Advisors Co-Founders Scott Wood and Mark Gehlbach [Photos: True North]
Dallas’ True North Advisors Acquires California-Based Blue Investment Partners
by Lance Murray | Jul 14, 2025
This is True North’s second acquisition since forming a growth partnership with Wealth Partners Capital Group and the Aspire Holdings platform of HGGC in January 2024.
by Lance Murray |
Jul 14, 2025
TCU’s CREATE cross-campus accelerator program helped seed student startups in AI education, food technology, and lab automation after a year-long development process.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2025
S2 Capital said its new fund received institutional backing from U.S. and European investors, including global asset managers, public pension, multi-family offices, and sophisticated wealth management firms.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2025
Dallas-based Smoothie King said the partnership marks "a powerful new chapter" for the brand, positioning it for accelerated growth, innovation, and market leadership. The news comes as Smoothie King is rolling out an expanded Power Eats Menu of "protein-packed, flavorful meals" to complement its iconic smoothies.
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GameSquare Makes First $5M Ethereum Buy Under $100M Plan to Expand Crypto-Native Treasury Strategy
by Quincy Preston | Jul 10, 2025
The Frisco gaming and media company, backed by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the Goff family, secured board approval for the new plan and raised $9.2 million from a stock offering, including a full over-allotment driven by investor demand.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 9, 2025
Hyperabad, India-based agentic AI firm Covasant—which has a North Texas office in Plano and a U.K. office in London—aims to "directly confront adoption barriers for agentic AI" while delivering "robust, end-to-end enterprise governance solutions" through the newly combined entity, Covasant Technologies.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 8, 2025
Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based TPG acquired Hospitality Solutions for $1.1 billion through TPG Capital, its large-scale U.S. and European private equity platform. The company said former Trintech CEO Teresa Mackintosh has been named CEO of Hospitality Solutions.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 5, 2025
Align has investment teams based in Dallas and Cleveland. Legalex is an all-in-one technology-enabled platform designed to support process serving, court e-filing, skip tracing, and investigative services across all 50 states.
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DataBahn.ai co-founders, left to right: Nanda Santhana, CEO and Nithya Nareshkumar, president [Photos: LinkedIn]
Dallas’ DataBahn.ai Raises $17M Series A ‘To Redefine Enterprise Data Pipelines’
by Lance Murray | Jun 26, 2025
Founded in 2024, DataBahn.ai said it's "setting a new benchmark" for how modern enterprises manage and operationalize telemetry across security, observability, IOT/OT, and AI ecosystems.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 25, 2025
Utah-based Amplēo said it's benefitting from a 170% increase in demand for fractional leaders since 2022. Over the last year, it has expanded its services by acquiring Stage Marketing, The Sales Tax People, and Peak Business Valuation.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 24, 2025
Originally founded in Dallas in 1919 by Milton P. Levy as National Disinfectant Company, NCH now has 6,000 employees with distribution centers in 48 countries. Under the terms of the merger, the Levy family will become the largest minority shareholder in Solenis.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 18, 2025
The acquisition represents "a significant advancement" in Cytracom's Security Risk Management strategy and further aligns with the company's mission to empower MSPs to grow beyond traditional IT services and embrace a more strategic advisory role, the company said.
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An employee monitors a wafer transfer at one of Texas Instruments’ 300mm semiconductor fabs in Sherman, Texas, SM1. [Photo: Texas Instruments]
Texas Instruments To Invest Over $60B to Manufacture ‘Billions’ of Semiconductors in North Texas and Utah
by Lance Murray | Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-based TI said it's working with the Trump administration to expand its U.S. foundational semiconductor manufacturing capacity at its "fab" plants in Richardson and Sherman in North Texas, as well as in Lehi, Utah. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2025
As a result of the acquisition by Florida-based INSPYR Solutions, Beth Garvey, the chair, president, and CEO of BGSF, will transition from her role within the company to pursue other interests, effective July 1. Interim co-CEOs have been selected, the company announced.
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Irving-Based CEC Facilities Group To Be Acquired by The Woodlands’ Sterling Infrastructure for $505M
by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2025
CEC—a specialty electrical and mechanical contractor known nationwide for its work in semiconductors, data centers, high-tech manufacturing, and commercial construction—will continue to operate with CEO Daniel Williams at the helm.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2025
The companies announced what they described as a complete, cost-efficient option for employers looking to expand coverage for weight management and chronic conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension.
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