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Meet Milo: A New RoboKind Robot That Improves Remote Learning for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Alexa Vickaryous | Feb 2, 2021
Dallas-based education and robotics company RoboKind has transformed its social-emotional education program to assist students with autism in learning more efficiently in remote settings.
by Michaela Markels |
Feb 2, 2021
This year’s AHA Business Accelerator program winners received funding for their innovative business solutions to health inequities. Both aim to prevent unnecessary deaths caused by lack of funding, training, or resources in medical emergencies with their products.
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Recycling Subscription Service Turn Expands in Denton, Making it Easier to Compost Food Waste Scraps
by Alex Edwards |
Feb 2, 2021
Dallas-based environmental startup Turn promotes green living and a minimal waste. With its services for apartment residents, corporations, and members, Turn diverts organic waste to local farms, gardens, and composters, who then turn it into a resource.
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by Dave Moore |
Feb 1, 2021
A cash infusion into 13 organizations—many of them nonprofits—aims to make Southern Dallas County a more verdant, better-informed, and healthier place to live.
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WorkShield from left: Jared Pope, CEO and Travis O. Foster, Chief Legal Officer [Photo: Rebeca Posadas-Nava]
Dallas-Based Work Shield Adapts Its HR Tech to the New Workplace—Home
by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland | Feb 1, 2021
Jared Pope's HR tech startup offering technology to streamline workplace harassment and discrimination claims increased its client base by 250 percent. But it's more than a "check-the-box" compliance company.
Next up, the startup plans to move its headquarters to a new Dallas location, double its staffing, and raise a Series B funding round.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 29, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Trinity Park Conservancy, RKD Group, Taysha Gene Therapies, Freese and Nichols, NuVinAir, and Skybox Datacenters, among others.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Jan 28, 2021
After8toEducate received the largest award of $50,000, which will support its mission to help homeless Dallas youth.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 26, 2021
The startup's flagship product— Preciate Social—grew more than 200 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The virtual socializing platform for businesses and teams officially launched in September with nearly 10,000 users from 1,700 companies including AAA, SSI, Brock Solutions, and National Science Foundation/Emory.
The virtual socializing platform for businesses and teams officially launched in September with nearly 10,000 users from 1,700 companies including AAA, SSI, Brock Solutions, and National Science Foundation/Emory.
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DI People: United Way Dallas, North Dallas Bank & Trust, Texan by Nature, and More Make Moves
by Alex Edwards | Jan 22, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Sentrics, Summit Off Duty Services, TimelyMD, Calloway's Nursery, Greater Fort Worth Association of REALTORS, and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 15, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Mohr Partners, Ignite Sales, BBG, Tenet Healthcare, OneDay, Tech Titans, and Kainos Capital, among others.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 14, 2021
These standouts—entrepreneurs, leaders, inventors, creatives, and educators—are disrupting industries, solving challenges, and making Dallas-Fort Worth (and beyond) a better place in a year like no other.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 13, 2021
OCN.ai (the Ocean Currency Network) gathers and stores data on ocean conditions using blockchain tech, drones, and information from scientific partners to keep ocean sanctuaries pristine with autonomous enforcement.
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Female Funders: Capital Factory’s Helena Krusec on Raising Money, Community Building, and DEI
by Jasmin Brand | Jan 12, 2021
Helena Krusec provides business development opportunities for a portfolio of Capital Factory companies to connect with corporate partners across multiple industries, including prime defense contractors and the government.
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by Jasmin Brand |
Jan 12, 2021
“Dallas will always be home,” says the LA-based venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. Her VC firm, Backstage Capital has now raised more than $7 million and invested in more than 130 startup companies led by underestimated founders.
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by Jasmin Brand |
Jan 12, 2021
A constellation of North Texas female funders has emerged. They're bringing new perspectives and new deals to the table.
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