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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.
Schwab President and CEO Rick Wurster (left) and Forge CEO Kelly Rodriques [Photos: Schwab/Forge]
North Texas’ Charles Schwab to Acquire Forge Global in $660M Deal, Aims to ‘Democratize Access’ to Private Markets
by Lance Murray | Nov 6, 2025
San Francisco-based Forge operates a premier private market platform and a leading trading marketplace through which investors have bought and sold more than $17 billion in private company shares. Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster said his company will use Forge's marketplace to "further democratize access to this increasingly important source of wealth creation for investors."
by Lance Murray |
Nov 5, 2025
Advanced Intralogistics said that acquiring Fort Worth-based Anchor strengthens its ability to deliver fully integrated lifecycle solutions for warehouse and distribution center operations nationwide.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 5, 2025
The acquisition strengthens MCG's Midwest manufacturing presence, expands its engineering capabilities, and establishes LEC as MCG’s research and development hub for power generation engineering, MCG said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 5, 2025
Cooper Robertson is known for its work on the Gateway Arch Visitor Center, the Princeton University Art Museum, and as master planners for Battery Park City and Hudson Yards’ urban design framework, among other key projects.
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Cloned by Viagen in 2023 from cells frozen for more than 40 years, “Ollie,” a Przewalski’s horse foal shown here at five days old, marks another milestone in using biotechnology to help restore threatened animal populations. [Photo: Elizabeth Arellano Photography/Viagen]
Dallas Decacorn Colossal Buys Viagen, a Texas Pioneer in Animal Cloning
by Quincy Preston | Nov 4, 2025
The de-extinction startup is adding more than two decades of commercial cloning expertise to its portfolio with its first acquisition.
Days before the announcement, CEO Ben Lamm laid out his playbook at Venture Dallas 2025: run toward critics, treat promises to middle-America classrooms as seriously as commitments to investors—and spin out businesses worth more than $100 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 4, 2025
The acquisition complements CBRE's large and growing presence in digital and power infrastructure, CBRE Chair and CEO Bob Sulentic said, while opening "sizable new growth avenues for CBRE in markets where the need for Pearce’s services is growing rapidly."
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by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2025
New Jersey-based Kenvue—which spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023—is the maker of Tylenol, whose active ingredient, acetaminophen, has been linked to autism by the Trump administration. Kimberly-Clark CEO Mike Hsu says the unique combination of CPG and healthcare brands "will serve billions of consumers across every stage of life."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 3, 2025
As it looks toward its Q1 2026 launch of the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, TXSE Group announced that J.P. Morgan has made an equity investment and will join TXSE Group's board of directors as an observer. Other top backers include Black Rock, Charles Schwab, and Citadel Securities.
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Surgical Automations co-founders, left to right: CEO Sanket Chauhan, COO Ritambhara Chauhan, and Jason Blackstone [Photos: LinkedIn]
Still in Stealth Mode, Dallas-Based Surgical Automations Closes $3.4M Seed Round
by David Seeley | Oct 30, 2025
The company says its Vāsuki Robotic System provides "unprecedented vision and control to the gastroenterologist," making GI screening "safer, faster, and easier." Its seed round was co-led by Dr. Fred Moll, co-founder of Intuitive Surgical, the $192 billion company that invented the da Vinci robotic surgical system.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
VerifyID.ai delivers a simple, flexible, and secure digital identity verification platform with built-in fraud prevention, MTX Group said. The acquisition comes just weeks after after MTX launched MTX Ventures, an investment arm focused on backing early- and mid-stage companies in the enterprise AI space.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
Micromax is a global supplier of advanced electronic inks and pastes designed for high-performance electronics used in navigation and defense, medical monitoring, and advanced circuit board components.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2025
Uptiq.ai said the funding will be used to drive large-scale adoption of Uptiq Qore, the company’s next-generation AI infrastructure platform, and make it accessible to financial institutions of all sizes.
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XTI Aerospace's TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft [Photo: XTI Aerospace]
XTI Invests $2M in Valkryrie Sciences as Companies Partner on VTOL Tech Platform
by David Seeley | Oct 28, 2025
Based in Austin with an office in Dallas, Valkyrie has partnered with Colorado's XTI Aerospace to launch the Vanguard Platform, an intelligent technology system for next-gen vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2025
RetrievAir lets pets fly side-by-side in the cabin with their owners without the need to confine the pets to a bag, crate, or the dreaded cargo hold. The investment was made by guest "shark" Alexis Ohanian and his VC firm, Seven Seven Six.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2025
"GSA and Trinity's missions are intrinsically linked, united by an ambition and ability to solve some of the world's most complex environmental challenges," said Mike Remsberg, divisional president of Water & Ecology at Trinity.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 23, 2025
After achieving a "Big Hairy Audacious Goal" of reaching over $1 billion in volume on its platform, OMG is taking an even bigger step by merging with Inktavo—the parent company of InkSoft, Printavo, GraphicsFlow, SignTracker, and Clarity Software.
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