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In 2023, Good Good Golf announced a partnership with Callaway Golf [Photo: Callaway]
Peyton Manning Among Investors in Good Good Golf’s $45M Funding Round
by Lance Murray | Mar 24, 2025
Since its 2020 launch, Prosper-based Good Good Golf has come out swinging with viral YouTube videos, a Callaway partnership, golf product lines, and more. The new funding will tee up its global expansion across "content, retail, and live experiences."
by David Seeley |
Mar 20, 2025
Rascal Flatts' 25th anniversary "Life is a Highway" reunion tour rolls into Fort Worth next week. Along with the fan-favorite hits, something else will be in the spotlight: custom-made pearl-snap shirts co-designed by Jay DeMarcus and Dallas-based Snaps Clothing.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 13, 2025
The Dallas entrepreneur’s new novel, “Tachyon Tunnel 2,” launches readers into space—built on the same big thinking that’s fueled more than 15 ventures.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 12, 2025
DirectH2 said the funding will accelerate the development and commercialization of its cutting-edge hydrogen solutions in collaboration with Houston-based Rice University—addressing critical challenges in the clean energy sector.
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WATTER Co-Founder and CEO James Hancock [File Photo; background: Watter]
Dallas-Based WATTER Snags $5M Seed Funding To Repurpose Waste Energy to Heat Water in Homes, Businesses
by David Seeley | Mar 6, 2025
A spinout from Dallas' Hunt Innovative Technologies, WATTER's high-tech water heaters enable cloud computing to "generate revenue while heating your water, delivering net zero computing." The solution aims to reduce demand on the grid while "bringing economic value to homeowners and businesses alike."
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 4, 2025
Four years and about 600,000 laundry loads later, founder Laurel Hess has scaled to 33 major metros across 19 states.
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by UT Dallas |
Mar 3, 2025
UT Dallas researcher Dr. Walter Voit transformed Minecraft’s 170-million-player universe into an advanced virtual training ground—for students and for AI agents tested by DARPA. His team’s Polycraft World uses gameplay to turn classroom theory into real-world expertise, covering topics from synthetic organic chemistry to nuclear plants to semiconductor facilities.
Their new startup company, Pedegree Studios, has licensed the core technologies from the university to create a scalable digital pipeline for education and workforce development.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 26, 2025
Thibault Fulconis brings more than three decades of leadership and financial experience to his new position at Yendo, which offers the first-ever vehicle equity-backed credit card.
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Dan Sinawat, CEO of VC ARENA and founder of AI CONNEX, captures a celebratory moment with Evelyn Solorzano, small business community officer at Bank of America, during The DEC Network's 10th Annual State of Entrepreneurship Awards. [Photo: The DEC Network]
DEC Network Celebrates Innovation at 10th Annual State of Entrepreneurship, Honors DFW Founders, Companies
by Lance Murray | Feb 25, 2025
From startup evangelists to visionary leaders, community-voted awards recognize excellence across the North Texas ecosystem.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 19, 2025
Brother's Bond Bourbon was founded by on-screen brothers, whiskey makers, and real-life friends Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries, Lost) and Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds).
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 19, 2025
Anthony Thurston's decades of experience includes multiple technical leadership positions at Tesla, BASF, and Apple. He joins ACT-ion on the heels of its recent $7.5 million Pre-Series A funding round.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 16, 2025
More than 300,000 defense suppliers—from major contractors to small businesses—must meet new CMMC security standards or risk losing contracts; SMU's conference tackles compliance requirements and implementation strategies Feb. 19-20.
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Rendering of Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails, coming to Fort Worth's River District. [Image: Love Management]
Grab Your Mallet: Croquet Club Restaurant & Cocktail Bar Coming to Fort Worth’s River District
by Lance Murray | Feb 11, 2025
Named after Chef Tim Love's father, Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails will be among the first public croquet clubs in Texas. The "country club for the people" will offer "Croquet Whites" jackets or sweaters to customers who'll click and bonk their way through the outdoor courses.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 11, 2025
The Hunt Energy Enterprises' spinout founded in 2019 says it has developed a cost-effective means to produce single-crystalline cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 6, 2025
D2—which launched last July with $1 billion in assets under management—said David Brickman's appointment significantly advances its expansion in the residential real estate sector — a key part of the firm's broader investment strategy.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 6, 2025
Last April, Dallas Innovates told you about Not Beer, a newly launched no-buzz beverage that “looks like a beer, feels like a beer, tastes like premium American sparkling water.” The brand's Dallas-based founder, Dillon Dandurand, launched his product just one month after Liquid Death—another sparkling water brand with attitude—got a valuation of $1.4 billion after announcing $67 million in new funding.
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