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DI People: Catapult Health, Pizza Hut U.S., COMSovereign, and More Make Moves

by | Oct 8, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Cyber Group, Purpose Tea, Opportune, JUNO, FreeSpace, First Screen, Mortgage Contracting Services, United Way Dallas, Caris Life Sciences, NuVinAir, and Bottle Rocket.
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Reimagining Communities: CPAL’s Alan Cohen Wants to Cut Dallas Childhood Poverty in Half Within a Single Generation
by | Oct 1, 2021
Child Poverty Action Lab's President and CEO Alan Cohen will be a featured speaker next Wednesday at Capital One's Reimagine Communities Summit. He'll be on the "Navigating a Pandemic” data analytics panel at the virtual summit. Here are a few of his insights on how we can empower change.
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If Rivian Builds Its $5 Billion Plant in Fort Worth, It Would Be “A Huge Economic Generator for the Region”
by | Aug 20, 2021

Last week Bloomberg News reported that Amazon-backed Rivian Automotive, the Irvine, CA-based electric vehicle startup, could potentially invest around $5 billion to build a factory near Fort Worth. ...

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HackDFW Hackathon Coming to Dallas October 1-3, Giving Tech Talent a Way to Show Skills to Top Companies
by | Aug 11, 2021
Backed by the Dallas Regional Chamber and powered by its Say Yes to Dallas campaign, HackDFW expects to draw 500 people to solve challenges from Amazon, Goldman Sachs, McKesson, and other major employers.
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Follow the Money: Blucora, Dynata, Surgical Notes Make Acquisition Moves

What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money. Sign up for our e-newsletter to stay in the loop.

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How Avocados From Mexico Is Breaking the Produce Mold to Keep Up With the Superfruit’s Industry Boom
by | Jul 21, 2021
After closing a record fiscal year of 2.4 billion pounds of avocados imported, Avocados from Mexico CEO and President Alvaro Luque talks company culture, investing in innovation, and how to reinvent marketing for produce by focusing on the "triangle of power."
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Unleashing Opportunity: Here Are the 105 North Texas Graduates of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Unleashing Opportunity: Here Are the 105 North Texas Graduates of Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses Program
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Spurred by Texas Growth, Local Consulting Firm Slalom Adds 200+ Jobs
by | May 25, 2021
Slalom wants to be at the center of the new way of doing business and engaging humans: through emerging digital and technology solutions. The Dallas-based firm is increasing its operations with an investment across the state that includes two new offices.
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RepairSmith officially announced its at-home car repair and maintenance service in Dallas and Houston. Next up is Austin, the company says.

Innovative On-Demand Auto Mechanic RepairSmith Expands to Dallas and Houston

by | May 6, 2021
Next up: Austin. RepairSmith was named to Fast Company's list of 10 most innovative transportation companies of 2021, alongside Tesla, Waymo, and more.

The shop-on-wheels, which makes house calls in customized Mercedes Sprinters and other vans, services business fleets and individual car owners. It also offers a free repair program called Jump Start for nonprofits.
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Falkon Technologies to Double Team, Expand Footprint With a Grant from the McKinney Innovation Fund
by | Apr 28, 2021
With the funding, Falkon also wants to build out its new transportation and logistics startup, Load Right, which aims to use technology to assist warehouses in managing and tracking single and multi-stop loads.
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DI People: Kimberly-Clark, Medecision, Comerica Bank, and More Make Moves
by | Apr 16, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from CASPR Group, NuZee, ThermoTek, and Oceans Healthcare, among others.
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DI People: Blossom Street Ventures, Transwestern, MoneyGram, and More Make Moves
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Cigniti Technologies, CECO Environmental, Slync.io, Texas Health Aetna, and more.
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Female Funders: Investor and Advocate Margot Carter on ‘Paying It Forward for the Next Generation’

by | Jan 20, 2021
"As women—any entrepreneurs, for that matter—are successful, if they pay it forward, there will be more of us," Carter says.
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Cindy Revol is a dallas fort worth female tech investor
Female Funders: Perot Jain’s Cindy Revol on Dallas vs Austin
by | Jan 12, 2021
Cindy Revol spent a decade working in healthcare tech in New York before a unique opportunity to delve into private equity brought her back home to Texas.
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Rev Tech's Rachel West is a dallas fort worth female tech investor – one of the youngest in the U.S.
Female Funders: Last Year, RevTech’s Rachel West Became the Youngest Female Fund Manager in Texas
by | Jan 12, 2021
RevTech Ventures specializes in early-stage investments (pre-seed and seed) at the intersection of retail and technology.
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Nicole Small is a dallas fort worth female tech investor.
Female Funders: Nicole Small Says ‘It’s an Exciting time in North Texas for Life Sciences and Social Innovation’
by | Jan 12, 2021
As the former CEO of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science from 2002 to 2014, Nicole Small’s passion for philanthropy and STEM education firmly prepared her for her current role as president of the Lyda Hill Foundation and CEO of LH Holdings Inc.
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