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Fast-Growing Telehealth Startup Expands HQ With McKinney EDC Innovation Fund Grant
by Alex Edwards | Oct 12, 2020
The incentive-based innovation fund, launched just this year, continues to fuel the growth of tech startups in McKinney. The latest is MyTelemedicine, a SaaS platform that powers modern remote healthcare technologies.
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 8, 2020
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded to two female scientists for the development of CRISPR as a gene-editing tool, is a revolution, according to a pair of UTSW scientists.
UTSW's Eric Olson and Rhonda Bassel-Duby use the technology in their work to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Olson also is the co-founder of biotech Exonics Therapeutics, which exited last year in a deal roughly valued at $1B.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 7, 2020
Athos Group is a technology service provider for the off-duty, or "extra-duty," law enforcement industry. The Irving-based solutions company has seen fast growth this year, and recently acquired its Irving neighbor in the same industry, RollKall.
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Custom rack for scalable position tracking system, US Patent 10,783,762; assigned to 7-Eleven, Inc.
Dallas Invents: 137 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 22
by Quincy Preston | Oct 7, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's custom rack for scalable position tracking system, Flatiron Health's extracting facts from unstructured data, Futurewei's intruder detection method and apparatus, Hemotek's plant medium including an oxygen-enabled composition, Mary Kay's combination of plant extracts to improve skin tone, Spectral MD's machine learning for healing prediction and treatment of wounds, the U.S. Government's energy generation, Toyota's intelligent road markers, and Wells Fargo Bank's monitored alerts.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2020
The Lewisville-based company's new fusion system is designed to compress and stabilize the sacroiliac joint. Its high-tech features make it the first of its kind specifically designed for SI joint solutions.
Other recent news includes a $10 million partnership with a Swiss medtech firm and a new division president.
Other recent news includes a $10 million partnership with a Swiss medtech firm and a new division president.
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Oct 6, 2020
The Roaring Twenties-themed virtual event will be a live, cinematic experience complete with a "Speakeasy Party To Go" feature for at-home watch parties. See who could take home an award.
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Experts Share Five Things Health Care Startups Need to Know About Securities and Health Care Laws
by Dave Moore | Oct 5, 2020
In a recent Dallas Startup Week discussion, Polsinelli Shareholder Adam Hull and Gray Reed Senior Counsel Matthew Lipton gave advice on regulations, insurance reimbursements, and intellectual property issues.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 5, 2020
Botisimo's tech has been used by more than 100,000 live streamers. That includes some notable names: Monstercat, Snoop Dogg, and Dude Perfect.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 2, 2020
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Pizza Hut, Revint, HealthMine, Suffolk, OneDay, and more.
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by Dave Moore |
Oct 1, 2020
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, and others can register now for VC University LIVE where they can unlock their venture finance skills and build their networks in Dallas and beyond.
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Frisco Fintech Payrix Extends Its Series A Financing, Surpasses $50M in Investments
by Alex Edwards | Oct 1, 2020
Payrix, a one-stop-shop for accepting and sending payments, is backed by Jerry Jones-founded Blue Star Innovation Partners and Boston-based Providence Strategic Growth.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 1, 2020
After a decade-plus of R&D, more than 100 patents, and legal battles with Gillette, Shavelogic aims to be the new face of an $11B global shaving and razor market.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 1, 2020
Rising to the top of the list: How the private charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks Owner and “Shark” Mark Cuban partnered up with tech companies to bring an "AI Bootcamp" to underserved DFW students. Here's our roundup of the Top 10.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 30, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: BlackBerry's method for managing local emergency numbers, Dell's information handling system for eye-tracking data, Doskocil's pet carrier car seat, Enseo's method for making reservations, Facebook's location-based content aggregation and distribution, Frito-Lay's apparatus for production of snack food pellets, Mazor Robotics' global spinal alignment method, and Novartis' cancer biomarkers predictive of therapeutic responsiveness.
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