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Sandra Saldana, founder of Alva Health [Photo via American Heart Association]
Dallas’ Alva Health Gets American Heart Association Accelerator Grant to Combat Community Health Disparities
by Lance Murray | Nov 18, 2024
Alva Health is developing a device that uses noninvasive wearables and AI/ML algorithms to monitor the onset of stroke symptoms and immediately initiate emergency calls. Its wearable solution detects hemiparesis, a hallmark of stroke onset.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 18, 2024
More than 120 women-owned, newly-founded Texas businesses entered this year's eosera Foundation Pitch Competition. Three finalists competed for the top prize Nov. 12 in front of a panel of judges at the Kimbell Art Museum—including a Euless-based chronic pain relief startup and a gluten-free Dallas e-commerce bakery.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 15, 2024
Aaron Schinke has joined the C-suite of Dallas-based Carfluent, an AI-driven website technology that connects auto dealers with Spanish-speaking customers.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2024
The expansion is aimed at advancing the health innovation incubator's mission of supporting transformative healthcare startups and connecting them with the resources needed for success. Since 2013, 118 healthcare-focused companies have collectively secured over $350 million in follow-up funding after participating in its accelerator, Health Wildcatters said.
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Divi Scalp & Hair Health founder Dani Austin [Photo: Divi]
Dallas-Based Scalp & Hair Health Brand Divi Snags Minority Investment from California VC Firm
by Lance Murray | Nov 13, 2024
Divi is an award-winning brand with clean, science-backed products founded by entrepreneur and three-time Forbes Top Creator Dani Austin. With the new funding, Divi aims to scale its brand "to a household name," the startup said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 13, 2024
Boosting its Innovation Fund grant program, McKinney EDC is now offering non-diluted capital of up to $200K for qualifying early-stage startups—and up to half a million dollars in support for established or relocating later-stage startups who set up their HQs in the city.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 12, 2024
Conflixis said the funding will advance its mission to improve the healthcare ecosystem by ensuring every financial relationship is known, contextualized, and its influence on procurement, operational, and medical decisions understood.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 6, 2024
Rosy Wellness and Kindly Human took top honors in Early Stage and Growth Stage categories, respectively, edging out expanded finalist fields showing Dallas' "great ecosystem of companies that are going to do great things."
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Left:Harbor co-founders Charlie Hill and Kevin Lavelle with their baby monitor; Right: Eddy Badrina, CEO of Eden Green Technology [Photos: Harbor/Eden Green]
North Texas’ Harbor and Eden Green Named to TIME’s 2024 Best Inventions List
by David Seeley | Nov 4, 2024
Babies and herbs are sprouting up daily in North Texas—and two local companies have come up with innovative ways to monitor, nurture, and care for both. Now Dallas "smarter" baby monitor startup Harbor and Cleburne-based vertical farming company Eden Green Technology have had their tech honored in TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 1, 2024
Dallas Bryan Adams High School graduate and former NBA No. 1 draft pick Kenyon Martin has joined JumpShot Live, a basketball-themed eatertainment company that's establishing its HQ in the Dallas area.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2024
The oversubscribed investment round, which included participation from angels and strategic partners, brings a total of $5.25 million in investment to ContraForce. It said it will use the funding to accelerate the release of new product features and invest in sales and marketing in preparation for a future Series A round.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 31, 2024
If you saw a robot clambering down the side of 17Seventeen McKinney in Uptown Dallas this week, don't worry—it wasn't WALL-E escaping from Pixar Studios. It was an AI-powered, camera-scanning robot named Ibex, demonstrating what could be the future of high-rise window cleaning and digital-twin-mapping "predictive maintenance."
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SMU's Dallas Hall [Photo courtesy of SMU]
150-Plus High School Entrepreneurs Are Pitching 32 Business Ideas at SMU Wednesday
by Lance Murray | Oct 29, 2024
Wednesday's event will feature more than 150 students from 8 North Texas high schools pitching 32 business ideas at SMU's Student Business Incubator Showcase.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 25, 2024
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Oct 24, 2024
Fundraising has slowed and valuations are down, but biotech founders could have a lifeline in family office investments, panelists at the recent BioNTX summit in Arlington agreed. They said succeeding with these investors can take time, a lot of education, and a compelling, well-crafted story that connects emotionally with the family.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2024
Oncology companies seeking seed-stage through Series A funding are invited to apply to the Golden Ticket Pitch Competition, which will be held on March 11, 2025.
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