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2024 Good Soil Forum Seed Capital Pitch Competition [Photo: Good Soil Forum]
Good Soil Forum to Award $500K at Seed Capital Pitch Competition Presented by Wells Fargo
by Lance Murray | May 1, 2025
The live pitch competition will provide entrepreneurs the opportunity to win a share of $500,000 in non-dilutive funding—along with expert mentorship, increased visibility, and access to a powerful network of industry leaders and peers.
by David Seeley |
May 1, 2025
With its first autonomous robotics-powered munitions factory and initial line "underway" in Dallas, UNION Technologies has a big goal: "Reforge the West's backbone" and win wars "without firing a shot." It aims to do this with software-driven "super-factories" that can eventually build themselves—"anywhere on this planet or any other."
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 30, 2025
The startup, which emerged from stealth in January, is an agentic AI platform designed to transform security operations. Based in Dallas and Tel Aviv, it's now actively hiring in Dallas after more than doubling its headcount in recent months.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 30, 2025
Spark said the new funding—led by WAVE Ventures and supported by Pathway to Cures—will help it scale its bioelectronic medicine platform and support its focuses on neurological health, hemostasis, and women’s health. In February, the company got a U.S. Air Force grant to explore its tech's potential in easing pilot disorientation.
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Rendering of the Fort Worth Public Market [Image: Fort Worth Public Market]
Wilks Partners on 3 Culinary Concepts Inside Historic Fort Worth Public Market
by Lance Murray | Apr 29, 2025
"It's an incredible honor to partner with Wilks Development and steward such a beloved Fort Worth landmark, being part of its next chapter," said Chef Jenna Kinard, the former executive chef of Max's Wine Dive, Hotel Drover's 97 West, and Jellico's at the Westin Southlake.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 24, 2025
Dallas biotech GenrAb is developing an antibody therapy that aims to protect brain cells under stress—the kind of damage that leads to disability in diseases like MS and ALS. The therapy, found in the spinal fluid of real patients, is now showing promise in animal models and moving toward human trials.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 24, 2025
Southlake-based Aerolane aims to use the same technique that delivered U.S. troops on D-Day to deliver cargo across the country. But its towed cargo glider, the Aerocart, comes with a 21st-century autonomous edge.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2025
The May 22 conference marks the 10th anniversary of the US-India Chamber of Commerce's flagship tech event, now featuring a new name and high-profile speakers from healthcare "double" unicorn ShiftKey and AI unicorn Kore.ai. Investor and CIO panels include leaders from the Mark Cuban Companies, AT&T Ventures, Amazon Business, and Fortune 10 Cencora.
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Highlander Health Co-Founders Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., and Brad Hirsch, M.D. [Photo: Business Wire]
Pegasus Park Speaker Series To Offer ‘Insights From the Frontlines of Health Policy’ by Former FDA Leaders
by David Seeley | Apr 10, 2025
Moderated by Highlander Health Co-Founder Brad Hirsch, next Wednesday's free public event will feature two former FDA commissioners and a former FDA acting chief information officer. The focus: "how the FDA has evolved across four presidential administrations."
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 7, 2025
“Game of Thrones” made them famous, but the prehistoric dire wolves were real—and, according to Colossal Biosciences, have now returned after 12,500 years in what it calls the world’s first successful de-extinction. The work goes beyond headlines: It could change how we save endangered species.
Meet Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi in a video—and hear dire wolf howls for the first time in more than 12 millennia.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 4, 2025
Hollywood's "A Minecraft Movie" killed it with a record $163 million opening weekend. Meanwhile, UT Dallas researchers have created their own world in Minecraft to develop educational games embedded in the blocky "digital sandbox"—and launched a new startup to advance their efforts.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 3, 2025
Focused on community health, this weekend's April 4-5 hackathon attracted more than 200 applicants, with 120 participants selected to form cross-functional teams of students, researchers, clinicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
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45 North Texas Companies Make Inc.’s 2025 Southwest Fastest-Growing List
by David Seeley | Apr 1, 2025
The 2025 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Southwest list features 137 companies from Texas, Oklahoma, and Arizona. Richardson-based ANOVA Digital led North Texas by ranking No. 4 overall with 1,082% growth from 2021 to 2023—and one other North Texas company cracked the Top 10, too.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 27, 2025
JennyAI is designed for businesses like plumbing and HVAC companies looking to drive immediate revenue growth. It leverages generative AI to streamline prospect outreach, optimize engagement, and deliver near-term revenue lift.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 27, 2025
Eido Bio’s three co-founders are taking on menopause, research gaps, and a market where women’s health “sort of starts and stops with birth control.” The biotech startup is raising a Series A to launch clinical trials for a menopause treatment—and help shift the science toward women.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 26, 2025
The owners of U.S. Property Development have been involved in more than $50 million in projects over the past 18 months, the new firm said. It's owned by investment leaders behind Fort Worth-based U.S. Energy Development Corp., and leverages operational efficiencies from a shared back-office platform.
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