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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. 

 

Dallas-Based NiTEO Products Acquires 138-Year-Old Faultless Brands

by | Dec 10, 2025
Faultless Brands makes some of the most recognizable brands in the household products industry: Faultless, Niagara, and Magic, which are market share leaders in fabric care, and Bon Ami, a scratch-free powder cleanser that cleans without harsh chemicals.
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Dallas’ Balerion Space Ventures Invests in Spacecraft Systems, Advanced Nuclear Power, and More
by | Dec 10, 2025
Balerion is investing in Antares Industries, Samara Aerospace, and Valar Atomics. Balerion Co-Founder Phil Scully says companies like these are "laying the manufacturing groundwork for the next Industrial Revolution" and "building the foundational systems that will power the next trillion-dollar economy."
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Westlake’s ECI Software Solutions Acquires Chicago-Based Amper Technologies
by | Dec 9, 2025
By bringing Amper's FactoryOS platform into ECI, "we can connect shop floor intelligence with our ERP systems in a way not previously possible," said ECI CEO Trevor Gruenewald, giving customers "a unified, end-to-end view of their operations."
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North Texas’ Move Concierge Acquires LiveBy for Its Community Intelligence Capabilities

by | Dec 5, 2025
Farmers Branch-based Move Concierge said it plans to strengthen its existing platform with data‑driven personalization, additional reporting capabilities, and new insights that connect neighborhood discovery with the logistical aspects of moving and home setup.
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HF Controls’ $450K Gift Backs Nuclear and AI Research at UTA
by | Dec 5, 2025
The investment strengthens UTA’s pipeline for high-demand engineering talent and supports research on AI-enabled safety systems for nuclear plants.
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CPRIT Awards Grants to 15 Dallas-Fort Worth Researchers in Latest Funding Round
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas offers funding opportunities for promising cancer research, product development, and prevention programs. The state-funded initiative stands as the second-largest public backer of cancer research in the U.S. after the National Cancer Institute.
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North Texas-Based ECI Software Solutions Rolls Out New Payments Division and Expands Its AI Product Lineup
The latest launches—including new AR/AP automation and an embedded ecommerce AI Agent—mark a year of expansion for the Westlake-based software provider, backed by additional investment from Apax Partners and GIC.
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Dallas’ Braemont Capital Invests in 129-Year-Old Royal Cup Coffee & Tea

by | Dec 4, 2025
Founded in 1896, Royal Cup's reach extends throughout the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean, serving customers in the food service, hospitality, office and specialty coffee markets.
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Irving’s Targeted Convergence Corp. Gets NASA SBIR Contract to Advance Mission Design Modeling
by | Dec 3, 2025
Inspired by "set-based" and "success is assured" behaviors first developed by the Wright Brothers, TCC has developed software and processes that enable "fundamental changes to numerous critical business processes." Now it's putting them to work for NASA, aiming to accelerate early-stage mission and product design efforts.
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Dallas’ Applied Digital Leads $25M Funding Round for Swiss-Based Chip Cooling Innovator
by | Dec 2, 2025
Lausanne-based Corintis is developing direct-to-chip liquid cooling solutions using microfluidic technology. The goal: Significantly improving efficiency and power density in data centers running the most demanding AI workloads.
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Dallas-Based Nada Closes $10M Series A to Scale Its Home Equity Investment Platform
by | Dec 2, 2025
CEO Tore Steen said the new capital round—led by Interlock Partners with participation from LiveOak Ventures and Riverwalk Capital Partners—"supports our mission to unlock home equity at scale and broaden investor access to one of the largest and most untapped asset classes in the U.S."
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North Texas’ Somnigroup Seeks To Acquire Leggett & Platt in Deal Worth Around $1.6B

by | Dec 1, 2025
Created last February via Tempur Sealy International's $5 billion acquisition of Mattress Firm, Somnigroup is seeking to acquire Carthage, Missouri-based Leggett & Platt, a NYSE-listed, 1883-founded manufacturing company that happens to be one of its leading suppliers.
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North Texas’ Value Feeds Acquired by Indiana-Based Nutrition 101
by | Nov 27, 2025
Value Feeds has grown into an industry leader in dairy upcycling, expanding its milk supply through strategic contracts with leading dairy producers in the Southwest U.S.
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Chris Heim, CEO of Atomic Data, left, and Scott Jeffcoat, managing partner of Venue Wireless [Composite art: DI Studio; Source images, Atomic Data]
Atomic Data Acquires North Texas–Based Venue Wireless to Scale Stadium and Arena Tech
by | Nov 22, 2025
The Carrollton company behind tech deployments for Churchill Downs, MetLife Stadium, and multiple Super Bowls joins Minneapolis-based Atomic Data as demand for smart-stadium systems accelerates.
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Plano’s Tyler Technologies Acquires Baton Rouge-Based CloudGavel
by | Nov 19, 2025
By incorporating CloudGavel, Tyler’s courts and public safety solutions will offer enhanced real-time data access for law enforcement agencies and judicial officers, the company said.
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