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Follow the Money: Energy Spectrum Seeks $1.3B, Boxcart Raises $245K, DataBank Makes Acquisition

by | Oct 3, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies with ties to North Texas, you’ll also find news from Formula Inc., Trinity Private Equity Group, PumpJack Dataworks, 1Confirmation, Harvest Returns, Interlock Partners, Goldcrest Capital, Wildcat Capital, LEG Calhoun, ECI Software, Snappy Salads, Colony Capital, Integrity Marketing Group, Nextlink, AZZ, Addus HomeCare, and Redbird Capital.
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accelerator Impact Ventures
Applications Open for Impact Ventures’ Minority-Focused Technology Accelerator
by | Oct 2, 2019
The nonprofit’s accelerator is intended to boost minority- and women-run startups in the tech sector. The deadline for startups to apply is Nov. 22, with the program set to kick off in March.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 24
by | Oct 2, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: teleCalm's telephone system for impaired individuals, AiBUY's interactive product placement system, Allied Bioscience's composition to form self decontaminating surface, Capital One Services' method for an ATM to issue a secured bank card, Flex-a-Rock Holdings' latex-based formulations for coating and sculpting applications, rewardStyle's methods for screenshot linking, Tella Firma's expendable fluid drive actuators for foundation lifting, Tesla's solar photovoltaic power conditioning units, TRV Dispense's soft food and beverage dispenser, and Wells Fargo Banks' methods for processing nuances in natural language.
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The Countdown: Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in September
by | Oct 1, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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DI People: Toyota, MoneyGram, Lennox International, Gardenuity Make Executive Moves

by | Oct 1, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves from North Texas companies, you’ll also find news from Thryv, Highland Capital, Razberi, and Nuvectra Corp.
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Private Investors Find Polte’s Location Platform for $12.5M Investment
by | Oct 1, 2019
With its patented alternative to GPS, Polte leverages widely available 4G and 5G networks to help manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of goods effectively track and manage millions of assets.
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Live-Video Security Provider Stealth Monitoring Gets ‘Significant’ Equity Investment
by | Sep 27, 2019
Headquartered in Addison and Toronto, Stealth Monitoring also offers analytics and detection offering aimed at deterring crime.
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Follow the Money: Latticework Capital Raises $120M, Renibus Therapeutics Gets $3.37M, HMS Buys VitreosHealth

by | Sep 26, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news about Fetch, Figable, Stealth Monitoring, Solo Stove, BP Energy Partners, Integrity Marketing, a360inc, and more.
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Fetch funding
Package Delivery Startup Fetch Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding
by | Sep 26, 2019
Fetch operates local warehouses, where it accepts all deliveries then provides scheduled, door-to-door service directly to apartment residents. The funding backs its national expansion. 
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The Track Captain Applications for DSW20 are Now Live
Track captains are in charge of creating and organizing the sessions in each track (AR/VR, blockchain, fashion, coding, social impact, and more). Applications are due Oct. 11.
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 17
by | Sep 25, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcatel Lucent's driver behavior monitoring systems, Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems' bio-dimming lighting, CTL Medical Corporation's biomedical implants, Focal Therapeutics's implantable tissue marker device, GF-17's method for creating and sharing bots, Sprinkl.IO's remote wireless moisture sensors for irrigation, Texas Instrument's error-correcting analog-to-digital converters, and Victor Equipment Company's automated gas cutting system.
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DI People: Cyber Group, Apex Clearing, and Brinker International Make Leadership Announcements

by | Sep 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from European Wax Center, MedCore Partners, Kimberly-Clark, Medecision, and SMU.
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Matt Alexander speaking at the RevTech annual event in 2019: Tech Trends in Retail. The event was held in Plano, Texas at Neighborhood Goods.
RevTech’s 12th Semi-Annual Event Talks Emerging Retail and the Tech Behind It
by | Sep 23, 2019
“I think we in the retail industry are guilty often of not necessarily asking the question of 'Why would I deploy this technology?'" Neighborhood Goods' Matt Alexander said during the event's fireside chat.
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The ‘Only Female Black-Owned Coworking Space in Texas’ is in Dallas, and It’s Expanding
by | Sep 20, 2019
Located in Addison, Business Lounge Dallas focuses on one-to-one business growth for entrepreneurs of color.
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Brewing Up Business: Phil Romano and George Esquivel on Crafting a Company
by | Sep 20, 2019
Restaurant mogul/innovator/entrepreneur Phil Romano and Four Corners Brewing Co-founder George Esquivel share (real) advice. It was a 40-minute master class.
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