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Mandy Price, CEO and co-founder of Kanarys, Inc. [Photo: Kanarys]
8 Trends Kanarys CEO Mandy Price Sees For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in 2022
by Alex Edwards | Dec 15, 2021
At the close of a landmark year—one that made her one of 25 Black female founders to have raised at least $4.6 million in venture capital—Mandy Price is looking ahead to what 2022 will bring for the DEI space.
by Alex Edwards |
Dec 14, 2021
iDonate wants to innovate generosity. The company's all-in-one digital fundraising platform is built to boost the impact of nonprofits. Its new funding to scale operations globally follows last year's raise of $8.7 million to expand its tech.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Dec 13, 2021
With an initial target raise of $20 million, Ty Lee's Common Dwelling online platform offers everyday Americans a chance to invest in—and profit from—single-family home rentals.
"I wanted to create a platform where people can invest with however much money they have available to them," Lee said. Even if that's as little as $100 or $1,000.
"I wanted to create a platform where people can invest with however much money they have available to them," Lee said. Even if that's as little as $100 or $1,000.
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by Dave Moore |
Dec 9, 2021
Chickasaw Nation is creating film and television productions to entertain and educate on the role Native Americans have played—and set the historical record straight. Its most recent release, “Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher,” premiered on Netflix last month.
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This "Paw-fee Table" by SHM Architects won Honorable Mention at the 7th annual Bark + Build Luxury Dog House and Cat Condo Design/Build Competition, now showing at NorthPark Center through December 23.jpg
Ruffing It: Bark + Build Competition Winners at NorthPark Center
by David Seeley | Dec 8, 2021
On display now through December 23 at NorthPark Center, the 7th annual Bark + Build Luxury Dog House and Cat Condo Design/Build Competition is presented by SPCA of Texas. Here's a look at the winning entries—all created by AIA Dallas architects and member firms of TEXO, The Construction Association.
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by Alex Edwards |
Dec 7, 2021
Zirtue's Alternative Payment Solution—operating in stealth mode to Fortune 500 corporate partners since early 2021—is now open to all businesses for consumers to pay their bills. It's a "new level of convenience," CEO and Co-Founder Dennis Cail says: The product gives those who are struggling a way to lean on friends, family, and loved ones to make payments, while providing accountability and trust to the lender.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2021
The Dallas Education Foundation is being recognized for driving the creation of an “educational metaverse” for DISD. Developed by Dallas-based STEMuli Technology, the metaverse is currently being piloted at Dallas Hybrid Prep, the district’s first permanently hybrid school.
The STOP Awards, funded by Philadelphia benefactor Janine Yass, will provide a total of $3.5 million in prizes for exceptional educational responses during the COVID pandemic.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 3, 2021
The Eos—a refrigerator-sized green energy solution powered by machine intelligence—captures and sequesters carbon from the atmosphere using algae. Hypergiant founder Ben Lamm, who's trying to bring back the woolly mammoth with his new startup Colossal, looks back at the development of Eos, and what it could mean for the world.
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Michael Fletcher, co-CEO of EarthX [Photo: EarthX]
EarthX Ramps Up Its TV Streaming Service with New Co-CEO and Execs from TLC, Discovery, and Animal Planet
by David Seeley | Nov 30, 2021
After 10 years of working toward a more sustainable future worldwide, EarthX is doubling down on its move into television. The Dallas-based environmental organization is ramping up its EarthxTV streaming service with a new leadership team of TV veterans—with plans to eventually announce traditional and digital 24x7 linear distribution deals.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 30, 2021
Oncor has donated Parkdale Lake and the land surrounding it to the city of Dallas to help complete The LOOP, a 50-mile walk and bike trail connecting north, south, east, and west Dallas. It's the largest parkland dedication in Dallas since 1938.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 23, 2021
The tech services firm is further stepping into the social impact space with a new app built for Crossroads Community Services, a local organization that provides nutritious food to its low-income families and individuals.
ArganoKeste is part of a Plano-headquartered tech company formed by a combination of three firms in May, including two in North Texas. Plano-based Keste and Arlington-based interRel combined with global firm United Virtualities.
ArganoKeste is part of a Plano-headquartered tech company formed by a combination of three firms in May, including two in North Texas. Plano-based Keste and Arlington-based interRel combined with global firm United Virtualities.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 23, 2021
The North Texas nonprofit will receive a half-million dollars from the Toyota USA Foundation to help increase the number of girls entering into a college-level STEM degree program.
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The Village Giving Circle members have a collective focus on organizations that are led by African Americans or serve the needs of African-American communities in North Texas. [Photo: The Village Giving Circle]
The Village Giving Circle Grants $260K to 16 Orgs Supporting the Black Community
by Quincy Preston | Nov 23, 2021
The Village Giving Circle at Texas Women's Foundation funds organizations and initiatives that positively impact the Black community in North Texas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 22, 2021
The Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Community Partner Program will serve students in five Dallas-area ZIP codes.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 22, 2021
"It's not an idea—it's happening," says April Allen, president of the Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation.
Southern Gateway Park will be an engineering marvel over I-35E, with five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex hidden under a hilltop, and one of the most awesome kids' playgrounds in North Texas. But its greatest achievement may be to make Oak Cliff whole again—and to bring all of Dallas together.
Southern Gateway Park will be an engineering marvel over I-35E, with five acres of wooded slopes, water features, rocky escarpments, a restaurant/retail complex hidden under a hilltop, and one of the most awesome kids' playgrounds in North Texas. But its greatest achievement may be to make Oak Cliff whole again—and to bring all of Dallas together.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 22, 2021
Two nonprofits will each receive $250,000 in grant funding. The Capital One grants are part of a $3.5 million commitment to 12 nonprofit organizations.
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