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Dallas-Based Automated Stock Trading Marketplace Wins Impact Ventures’ Pitch Competition

by | Feb 1, 2021
Amid a Reddit-fueled stock frenzy, Founder Ronnie Green's timely pitch for AlgoPear's automated trading platform took the top prize in Impact Ventures' 'Shark Tank-style' competition. The startup aims to help "common investors" have the same access as the wealthy.
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Dallas-Based Work Shield Adapts Its HR Tech to the New Workplace—Home
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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DI People: Brinker International, Neiman Marcus Group, Texas Oncology, and More Make Moves
by | 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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Berkshire Biomedical Raises $3M to Continue Developing Its Virtual Care and Prescription Drug Management System
by | Jan 28, 2021
Successful medical outcomes rely heavily on medication adherence, according to a Berkshire Biomedical. That's why the Dallas startup is developing tech that can dispense secure medication with a dosage specific only to the intended user. The system is currently under review with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for market clearance.
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Dallas-Based Impact Ventures is Hosting a Virtual Startup Showcase and $50K Pitch Competition This Weekend

by | Jan 27, 2021
On Saturday, 13 tech startups and small businesses led by diverse founders will vie for $50K in a virtual “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition. Three expert-led panels also will cover how to build a million-dollar business in a pandemic, the current and future state of DEI, and capital for underrepresented founders.
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Industrial Impact: Digital Logistics and Supply Chain Hubs Are Growing in Dallas
by | Jan 27, 2021
Digital logistics and supply chain hubs are big business in Dallas.
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Technology Hub Dallas Fort Worth: The companies just keep coming
Tech Comes of Age in Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Jan 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth has a spirit of optimism and checks the right boxes for tech companies, experts say. The region has earned its stripes as a top-growing global location for business technology.
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of Jan. 12
by | Jan 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Atense's storing and using multipurpose secret data, Authentix's product authentication using barcode characteristics, Capital One's task management platfor, Innovation First's performance arena for robots with position system, IBM's cognitive vetting system for unsolicited residential visitors, Kintrans' body movement recognition and association system, Mass Luminosity's streaming and nonstreaming media transfer between devices, Sensal Health's medication adherence apparatus, STMicroelectronics' atomic layer deposition of selected molecular clusters, and USAA's traffic drone system.
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Dallas-Based Preciate Gets $4.6M Seed Round to Scale Its Virtual Social and Peer Recognition Tech

by | 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.
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Blackstone Charitable Foundation Gives $5M to University of Texas Institutions to Expand Its Entrepreneurship Program
by | Jan 26, 2021
The Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneurship program, which has been at UT Dallas since 2016, is opening to a more diverse range of students by expanding to six new campuses. Locally, that includes UT Southwestern.
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RollKall Launches ‘One-Stop Shop’ Feature on Platform Connecting Law Enforcement Officers to Off-Duty Jobs
by | Jan 26, 2021
The Irving-based company, which is the nation’s leading provider of off-duty and “extra-duty” law enforcement staffing, has also announced the hiring of B2B tech expert Tara Bryant as its new chief commercial officer.
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Dallas-Based PE Firm Partners With Two Aerospace Companies to Form New Missile and Space Platform
by | Jan 26, 2021
The new platform, now operating in Los Angeles, is already among the largest independently owned suppliers focused on manufacturing complex systems in the space, missile, interceptor, and hypersonic markets, the firm says.
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Meet the 13 Winners of Dallas Innovates’ and D CEO’s 2021 Innovation Awards

by | Jan 22, 2021
Here are the companies and leaders driving innovation in North Texas.
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DI People: United Way Dallas, North Dallas Bank & Trust, Texan by Nature, and More Make Moves
by | 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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10 Inspiring Female Founders in Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Jan 22, 2021
Enjoy living vicariously through these incredible women, writes TechFW's Lauren Acton. Meet 10 female entrepreneurs who share practical advice on launching a company.
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Dallas-Based Pieces Acquires Local Data Company to Continue Creating Healthier Communities
by | Jan 21, 2021
Dallas-based Bowtie Business Intelligence will join local healthcare AI company Pieces to empower organizations of any size to transform data into actionable insights that can maximize impact on the community.
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