Startup

Education Finance Solutions Provider Meritize Appoints New COO

by | Dec 12, 2019
Scott Rhode will focus on expanding the company's finance and credit operations as it scales its model concentrated on skills-based education.
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Booster Fuels Adds Vice President to Lead Its Brand Experience and Design Efforts
by | Dec 11, 2019
Founded in 2014 at AllianceTexas in Fort Worth, the startup has major financial backing from Dallas venture capital firm Perot Jain.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 3
by | Dec 11, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Futurewei's motion-based music recommendation for mobile devices, Golf Tailor's arm positioning aid for golf swing training, Harman Professional's gesture-based control application for data sharing, Textron's blockchain airspace management for air taxi services, Hemply Yours' topical moisturizing composition, and LDR Medical's intervertebral disc prosthesis
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ParkHub Acquires Connecticut-based Competitor and Plans to Open New Markets
by | Dec 10, 2019
ParkHub also expects to consolidate its parking tech with Wireless Carpark and expand its client set.
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Autonomous Food Delivery Robots Hitting the Streets at UT Dallas

by | Dec 6, 2019
The app’s user experience includes an interactive map that tracks the robot, and once it arrives, the user gets an alert and can unlock the robot via the app.
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This Dallas Startup Transforms Memories Into 3D Models
by | Dec 6, 2019
Shrink3d uses 3D scanning technology to convert a 360 photograph into a full color figurine. Now, it's opened its first pop-up shop in Frisco at Stonebriar Mall. 
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Follow the Money: MacFarlan Raises $8.65M, MoneyGram Gets $20M, NTT Data Buys Austin IT Firm
by | Dec 5, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from RevTech, BARBRI Inc., McMillan Insurance Group, Liberty Trust Company, Emergent Cold, and Frito-Lay.
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New Dallas Skincare Company Plans Launch in American Eagle and Anthropologie
by | Dec 5, 2019
WKND Cosmetics is launching its acne patch product next month in both stores nationwide.
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Bestow CEO and Co-founder Melbourne O'Banion [Image: Courtesy Fort Lion Studio]

Bestow Expands its Executive Team

by | Dec 4, 2019
With the four new additions to its C-suite, VP, and legal teams, Bestow hopes to continue working toward transforming life insurance, CEO and Co-founder Melbourne O'Banion says.
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Dallas Startup Week is Moving to the Cedars
by | Dec 4, 2019
In order to support the weeklong event's growth, The Dallas Entrepreneur Center is changing Dallas Startup Week 2020's basecamp location to Gilley's Dallas.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 26
by | Dec 4, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Grizzly Home's tornado-proof housing, American Airlines' demand forecasting, Avodah Labs'automated sign language translation and communication, Capital One's techniques to leverage machine learning for SEO, Olaeris' landing guidance for remotely operated aerial vehicles, Refocus Group's scleral prosthesis for treating presbyopia and other eye disorders, Swirlds' apparatus for efficiently implementing a fast-copyable database, and Toyota's system and method for Braille assistance.
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The Countdown: Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in November
by | Dec 3, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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NTT Data Services to Acquire Fast-Growing Austin-Based IT Firm

by | Dec 3, 2019
NTT Data says the acquisition will enhance what it delivers in Amazon Web Services, DevOps, and Agile development capabilities.
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Montage Resources Tops Growjo’s List of the 100 Fastest Growing North Texas Companies
by | Dec 2, 2019
See what local companies made the top 10 for fastest growth, based on number of employees, estimated revenue, valuations, funding, and numerous other triggers.
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Winners of the Texas Sustainable Winegrowing Competition are Announced
by | Dec 2, 2019
The Botanical Research Institute of Texas and the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo are recognizing Texas wineries for sustainable vineyard practices through an inaugural contest.
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Follow the Money: ULURU Raises $690K, RevTech Backs Pensa’s $10M Round; HMS Makes $155M Acquisition
by | Nov 29, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, mergers, and acquisition activity involving companies with North Texas ties, you’ll also find news from Automation Anywhere, Maverick Capital, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, SpotSee, and Novaria Group.
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