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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.
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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Left: Sid O’Bryant, PhD, Scientific Founder and Advisory Board Chair at CxPM; Right: CxPM CEO Danguole Altman [Photos: CxPM]
HSC Spinout CxPM Joins StartUp Health’s Alzheimer’s Moonshot Community
by David Seeley | Oct 24, 2024
"I embarked on this journey of creating a blood test for Alzheimer’s detection in primary care because of my own clinical and personal experiences," said UNT HSC's Dr. Sid O’Bryant, founder of Cx Precision Medicine. Now, by joining the Moonshot community, CxPM has gained "invaluable access to a network of investors, collaborators, and strategic partners" that could help drive its mission forward.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 22, 2024
The $2.5 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse will fund the second phase of Sonara's Remote Observed Methadone Evaluation study, the company said.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 21, 2024
Winners will be revealed in a live announcement at the George W. Bush Presidential Center during the Venture Dallas Summit on October 30.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 16, 2024
The competition, which seeks to support female-led businesses in Texas, will award the top winners $15,000, $10,000, and $5,000 prizes, plus an additional $5,000 People’s Choice prize.
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