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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 31

by | Jan 8, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Animal Experts' training tool, Amazon's audio signal processing for motion detection, Avodah Labs' real-time gesture recognition method and apparatus, Baylor Research Institute's methods for diagnosing or detecting colorectal cancer metastasis, Frito Lay's fried food product with reduced oil content, Solera Holdings' vehicle smart mirror system with heads-up display, and USAA's blockchain-based transaction management.
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Fort Worth Biotech Eyevensys Completes $30M Series B Funding Round
by | Jan 8, 2020
The startup plans to use the funding to continue developing its technology and to position it as an innovator in ophthalmology. Eyevensys’ tech is a gene therapy platform to deliver ocular drugs via an electrotransfection system to the ciliary muscle of the eye.
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Dragon City Farms Harvest Returns
Dragon City Farms Raises Funding Via Harvest Returns’ Platform
by | Jan 7, 2020
Dragon City Farms said it will use the money to provide safe, superior quality, fresh produce to consumers across the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
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Pieces Technologies Closes $25.7M Series B Funding Round
by | Jan 7, 2020
The funding will accelerate the national distribution of Pieces’ clinical analytics engine and social determinants of health platform.
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DI People: AECOM, American Airlines, Michaels, and Aventiv Make Executive Moves

by | Jan 7, 2020
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Tony Fay Public Relations, Catapult Health, NetSTREIT, Envision Dallas, CSW Industrials, and McCarthy.
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Dallas Innovates 2020: Let’s Raise Our Flag
by | Jan 6, 2020
A new generation of innovators is taking its place in Dallas-Fort Worth lore, creating the next wave of great companies, services, and ideas.

We begin the decade with a toast to our newest magazine, Dallas Innovates 2020. This year, the cover of our third annual print publication declares “The Future is Here.”
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Culture Cues: Fast-Growing Fintech Alkami Takes a Balanced Approach to Innovation
by | Jan 2, 2020
“For us, the alchemy is transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary,” says Adrianne Court, Alkami's Chief Human Resource Officer.
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A Baker’s Dozen: Dallas Innovates’ Most Popular Stories of 2019

by | Dec 20, 2019
Let's take a look back on the stories that have grabbed our readers' attention the most this year.
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Survey Seeks to Gauge DFW’s Interest in the Life Sciences Sector
by | Dec 19, 2019
Anyone interested in the life sciences sector in Dallas-Fort Worth still has time to take BioLabs' survey to evaluate what might come next for local science startups.
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Follow the Money: Crescent Raises $24.6M for Fund; Geoforce Sells Majority Stake; NTT Data Services Makes Acquisition
by | Dec 19, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you'll also find news about Mark Cuban, Crestline Investors, Maverick Fitness Holdings, Texas Ventures, MoneyGram, Caregiver Inc., Vertical Communications, and Strait Lane Capital.
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DI People: Lantern Pharma, The Richards Group, and RKD Announce Leadership Moves
by | Dec 17, 2019
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you'll also find news from Colonial Savings, Crawford & Co., Kubota, North Dallas Bank & Trust Co., Amy Stewart Law, and Communities Foundation of Texas.
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Follow the Money: Bass Family Office Backs FoodMaven’s $15.3M Series B for DFW Expansion, Theatro Nets $20M in Series C Funds

by | Dec 12, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies and investors in North Texas, you’ll also find news from InspectIR, OneDay, ParkHub, SchoolSpire, MODE Transportation, Texas Capital Bancshares, and Independent Bank Group.
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Dallas Makes Inc.’s Surging Cities List for Second Year in a Row
by | Dec 12, 2019
Inc.'s Surge Cities rankings determine its top 50 U.S. cities for launching a business in 2020. This year, Dallas placed 29th overall and 12th for population growth.
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Tech Startup Theatro Receives $20M Series C Backing from Sageview Capital
by | Dec 12, 2019
The funding is expected to help Theatro rapidly scale its offerings across retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and other markets with large hourly workforces.
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Telecom Central: As 5G Rolls Out, North Texas Telecom Giants Continue to Expand
by | Dec 12, 2019
DFW long has hosted some of the biggest names in telecom, and that means as investment spending rises, area players increasingly play leading roles in how the future of wireless unfolds.
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