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Follow the Money: Belluscura Raises $2.7M, Systum Gets $10.7M; Diodes Plans $428M Acquisition

by | Aug 15, 2019
You’ll also find news about deals totaling at least $202 million, including Systum, Green Brick Partners, TPG, Curbio, The Pursuant Group, Sabre, Rent-A-Center, and ECi Software Solutions in this roundup of funding, mergers, and acquisitions involving companies with interests in North Texas.
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How a Dallas ‘MomPreneur’ Is Rewriting the Rules of Clothing Rental Services
by | Aug 15, 2019
The fashion magazines have declared it's the "year of the rental," and new services are starting to pop up. But Parcel22, founded by a local mom, is a subscription service that targets a different kind of audience: Gen Z.
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Pursuant Group Acquires Boston-based Nonprofit Fundraising Platform Causemo
by | Aug 15, 2019
The Dallas-based nonprofit fundraising and tech company says the acquisition continues its efforts to invest in data-driven technology solutions.
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This New ‘One-Stop Shop for Homeowners’ Does Everything From Christmas Lights to Landscaping
by | Aug 14, 2019
Frisco-based Chorbie provides full-service, on-demand solutions that are more convenient for homeowners. We spoke with the CEO and co-founder to discuss his plans to become the go-to experts for adding value and comfort to a property in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Dallas Invents: 179 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 6

by | Aug 14, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Vinli's cloud-integrated vehicle platform, Bank of America's network device spoofing detection, BizNet Software's smart data engine system, Blue Calypso's advertising distribution through mobile social gaming, CareFusion 303's methods for managing a return of medication, NxGen Partners' system for signal penetration into a building, PACCAR's augmented reality system for vehicle blind spot prevention, Platform Manufacturing Group's modular stair system, State Farms' vehicle image and sound data gathering for insurance rating purposes, USAA's low-bandwidth information distribution, and Verizon's traffic monitoring systems and methods.
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Public Transport Technology: Taming the Wild West
by | Aug 13, 2019
Digital Fight Club's Fight #1 will feature Robert Mundinger, founder of TheMap.io, versus Steven Duong, associate vice president of AECOM's Design + Planning and Economics, as the Fighters.
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A Cup of Clio: This New Startup is Bringing Italian Coffee to North Texas
by | Aug 13, 2019
Clio's founders spent 10 years traveling to and from Italy to perfect its brew. Now, the startup—which bills itself as an "alternative to Keurig"—is ready to launch and grow its Highland Park-based team.
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Plano Cloud Software Provider Raises $10.7M in New Round
by | Aug 13, 2019
Systum, a business solutions firm, will use the funding to add new functionality to its cloud-based software and to expand its marketing and sales efforts.
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‘Hop-on Jet Service’ JetSuiteX Rebrands to JSX, Gives its Airplanes a New Look

by | Aug 9, 2019
JSX offers publicly available charter flights on 30-seat jets from private terminals in California, Washington, and Nevada, helping passengers save time and money.
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Get the Scoop on DizziBrands’ First Store Location Featuring Boozy Bites
by | Aug 9, 2019
This alcohol-infused dessert startup wants people to come eat a drink at its Dallas taste kitchen.
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The Untold Story of How Digital Fight Club Came to Be
by | Aug 9, 2019
Now in its fourth year, Digital Fight Club is returning later this month to the Granada Theater in Dallas. Take a look inside the upcoming fight night and the events that led to its creation.
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Follow the Money: Varidesk Backs Common Desk; Crossplane Capital Raises $94M; defi Solutions Merges
by | Aug 8, 2019
You'll also find news from Aspire Marketing Services, Trinity Hunt Partners, Firestone & Robertson Distilling, DFW Bitcoin, Sharp, Shermco, Texas Document Solutions, U.S. Risk, and Texas Energy Control Products in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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6DOS Exits Stealth With a ‘One-of-a-Kind B2B Tool’

by | Aug 7, 2019
6 Degrees of Separation (6DOS) has opened its free beta platform for invitation requests, which utilizes a patent-pending 'relationship score' for a users’ connections. The tech startup says it's the only company focused on the quality, not quantity, of relationships.
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ECi Rebrands to Recognize its 20 Years of Growth in Business Software
by | Aug 7, 2019
The brand refresh reflects Fort Worth-based ECi's mission of providing small- and mid-sized businesses with support and purpose-built solutions. Also today, ECi released its new cloud-based analytics and data visualization platform to help users "become data-driven masters of their respective industries."
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of July 30
by | Aug 7, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Rockwell Collins' night sky spatial orientation, Advanced Cooling Therapy's devices for controlling patient temperature, Capital One Services' data processing platform monitoring, FreeFlight Systems' UAV guidance and communication device , Innovative Defense's subterranean formation shock fracturing charge delivery system, IBM's location of misplaced mobile computing devices, K2M's expandable spinal implants, Lennox Industries' systems for operating HVAC systems in low load conditions, Rolls-Royce Corp.'s aircraft engine cleaning system, and TissueGen's conformation and structural integrity of biomolecules
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AI Problem Solvers: Hypergiant Industries Teams Up with Global Giant Booz Allen Hamilton
by | Aug 6, 2019
With the companies' combined backgrounds in artificial intelligence, this collaboration brings serious firepower to AI solutions for the U.S. government and the private sector.
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