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Tyler Technologies Tops $1B in Annual Revenue for First Time

by | Feb 13, 2020
Tyler, the largest provider of public sector software solutions, has had 32 straight quarters of double-digit revenue growth.
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Follow the Money: Gas-to-Liquids Developer Greenway Nets $118K, FlyLine Pre-Seeds $500K
by | Feb 13, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Cysiv, Integrity Marketing, iDonate, DocSynk, Varsity Brands, Cushman & Wakefield, and more.
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TCU MBAs Win the ‘World’s Largest Venture Capital Competition’
by | Feb 12, 2020
The team, supported by the Cowtown Angels Fellows Program at TCU’s Neely Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, won the regional competition and will now advance to the global finals.
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CarOffer’s Used Car Bidding Platform Hits $60M in Monthly Sales
by | Feb 12, 2020
CarOffer, which says it's the retail automotive industry's first instant trade platform, has reached $60M in monthly sales within the startup's first six months.
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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 4

by | Feb 12, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Frito-Lay's potato chip that has more oil near its outer surfaces, American Leather's seat convertible to a bed, Capital One's authorized data sharing using smart contracts, Google's dynamic digital certificate updating, IBM's root cause analysis of performance problems, Raytheon's shadow mask generation using elevation data, and ROCA Medical's therapeutic treatment kit for allergies based on DNA profiles.
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Trend Micro Spin-Out Cysiv Gets $26M to Scale Its Cloud-based Cybersecurity Platform
by | Feb 11, 2020
The Series A funding will help the Security Operations Center-as-a-Service provider address the challenges enterprises currently face in protecting their data.
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iDonate Receives New Funding to Grow its Digital Giving Platform for Nonprofits
by | Feb 11, 2020
The $8.7 million will allow iDonate to create an SaaS/payments solution that supports new tender types like Apple Pay and Google Wallet as well as international payments.
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DocSynk Gets Bridge Funding for Future Series A, Hiring, and to Boost its Healthcare AI Platform
by | Feb 11, 2020
DocSynk’s AI system compiles lists of patients who are at risk for chronic illnesses, along with their probability of being diagnosed within certain time frames. It can also improve a care management process and revenue cycle.
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Dallas Helps Tech Employment Rebound, CompTIA Analysis Shows

by | Feb 10, 2020
Dallas joins New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and San Francisco among the cities showing the largest month-over-month growth in January tech job postings.
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Addison Tech Firm Securonix Raises Nearly $12M in New Funding
by | Feb 7, 2020
The new funds bring the total funding for the Addison-based cybersecurity and threat detection technology provider to more than $40M.
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Reata Pharmaceuticals Extends 122K Sublease as it Awaits New HQ Tower in Plano
by | Feb 7, 2020
The pharmaceutical company, which raised $505 million through the sale of shares last year, has already leased 327,400 square feet of space in the under-construction tower.
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Q+A: ThinkWhy’s Co-Founder, President, and COO on Labor Market Economics and Talent Strategy
by | Feb 6, 2020
ThinkWhy's newly launched product, LaborIQ, is built to make labor market data accessible and affordable for businesses. It's a mission for ThinkWhy's Claudine Zachara: "It’s more critical than ever for companies to consider a variety of economic variables to stay competitive."
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Follow the Money: Shiftsmart Raises $16.3M, Alto Scores $6M, BG Staffing Makes $21.6M Acquisition

by | Feb 6, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Worlds, Tricolor, Puration, Atos, Kriya Capital, Kofile, and more.
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Meet the Future 50: Dave Copps, CEO and Co-founder of Worlds
With three successful exits from startups under his belt, and Worlds launching from stealth with $10 million in funding, Copps knows a thing or two about how to build a company. We also found out his "walk on" song is Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.
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Worlds Raises $10M in Series A Funding as Dave Copps’ AI Startup Launches From Stealth
by | Feb 6, 2020
The startup, spun out of Hypergiant Sensory Sciences, plans to use the funding to power its "first-of-its-kind" Extended Reality environment, which can be used to build AI-models to give businesses and organizations a new way to view their physical world.
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Connect and Unite at DSW20: Registration for Dallas Startup Week 2020 is Now Open
by | Feb 5, 2020
This year's Dallas Startup Week will take place from April 26 through May 1, with its basecamp location at Gilley's Dallas.
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