Startup

3 DISD Students Win NFTE STEM BizCamp Pitch at UNT Dallas

by | Jul 22, 2024
Students from six Dallas ISD schools took part in the STEM BizCamp sponsored by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. The three winners pitched startups focused on interior design, floral bouquets, and a chemical-free false eyelash adhesive.
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Dallas Software Company Arcade Names Industry Veteran as New Head of Sales
by | Jul 19, 2024
Arcade said that Mark Clare’s appointment comes at a pivotal time for the company, as it reaches its four-year milestone since launching to wireless retailers.
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North Texas Founder Among 5 Winners of ‘Fund Her Future’ Grant Program
by | Jul 19, 2024
Addie Gundry, founder and CEO of Keller-based Pluie, won an honorable mention award from the program, presented by Block Advisors by H&R Block. As a new mom, Gundry experienced firsthand the challenges of changing diapers in unhygienic public bathrooms, so she created a patent-protected self-sanitizing changing station.
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World Cup Appetizer: TOCA Social Is Coming to Grandscape in The Colony
by | Jul 18, 2024
The first TOCA Social immersive soccer entertainment venue opened in London in 2021, attracting cast members of "Ted Lasso" and top Premier League stars. Next summer, the first U.S. venue will kick its way into Grandscape in The Colony, thanks to a partnership with Major League Soccer in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Dallas Biotech Secures $50M Series D Funding To Combat Rare Hidden Killer in Joint Replacements

by | Jul 16, 2024
The $50 million funding will support the commercial launch of Osteal Therapeutics' pioneering combination drug/device therapy targeting biofilm infections, which are notoriously difficult to eradicate.
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The Last Word: Cornbread Hustle CEO on Giving ‘Second Chances’ via Jobs to People in Transition
Garcia's Cornbread Hustle is a staffing agency that helps people with criminal records and those in recovery find meaningful employment, by working with "forward-thinking companies" that value second-chance hiring.
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Playkout, the ‘First-Ever’ Pickleball-Inspired Fitness Studio, Is Coming to Dallas
by | Jul 15, 2024
Coming to Uptown Dallas this summer, Playkout blends physical group workouts with pickleball-based digital gamification. The company's lab in Plano has found that its simulators increase calorie burn "by 15%"—while taking the "work" out of "workout." Here's a look at what guests will find inside.
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Pickleball Kingdom To Expand with New Locations in North Dallas and North Fort Worth
by | Jul 12, 2024
A new Pickleball Kingdom just north of Galleria Dallas will offer 11 indoor pickleball courts. But the biggest "dink" you'll hear is when the even bigger North Fort Worth faciity opens in Q1 2025, serving up the largest dedicated pickleball facility in North Texas with 17 indoor courts.
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Covering Collectors: OpenRoad Classic Car Insurance Launches Out of Dallas

by | Jul 11, 2024
Here's an innovative approach to launching an insurance company: Cover something niche that people prize, cherish, and value almost as much as their kids. And in some cases—say, an owner of a cherry red 1971 Pontiac Firebird with flaming wings on the hood—maybe more so.
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The Last Word: G8RTech’s College Football-Playing Founder and CEO on Testing His Concussion-Reducing Headwear
by | Jul 10, 2024
A new Texas Monthly story says the startup's latest G8RSkin product reduces the chance of concussion by as much as 79%, according to a rating by the Southern Impact Research Center, which found the device provides the most effective protection on impacts to the top of the helmet.
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The Franchise Game, a 2nd Annual African American Franchise Symposium, Is Coming to Plano in August
by | Jul 9, 2024
The nation's "first and only" African American franchise symposium and trade show will take place at Yum! Restaurants International in Plano on August 16 during Black Business Month. This year's theme: Own Your Future: Franchising as a Path to True Independence.
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JAS, a Dallas-Based Alcohol-Free Botanical Cocktails Startup, Named as a PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator Finalist
by | Jul 9, 2024
JAS is one of eight CPG and beverage brands startups selected for PepsiCo's Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Edition. The five-month accelerator kicked off recently at Frito-Lay's HQ in Plano—and the winning startup will snag $100,000.
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Cowboys Legend Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones Partners with Innovative Walking Cane Startup

by | Jul 8, 2024
The Sportcane features a patent-pending 22-degree curve to better support the body by absorbing high-loading forces at impact and restoring normal knee flexion angle. The Super Bowl XII champion defensive end said that after using it, he noticed "immediate improvements" in his pain and mobility.
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Dallas-Based Citation Capital Gets Investment from Collaborative Asset Owner Network
by | Jul 8, 2024
In April, Bloomberg reported that Citation Capital aims to raise $850 million for its debut fund, which would be one of the largest-ever inaugural PE firm raises in Texas. Founded in 2023, the Dallas firm snagged a majority stake in "better for you" snack manufacturer Cibo Vita last October.
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New ‘Social Travel App’ Frienzy Launches Out of Dallas
by | Jun 27, 2024
Co-founded by a pair of young Dallas natives who've taken "countless backpacking trips" together, Frienzy is designed to help Gen Z travelers coordinate group trips, split costs, and share their experiences with others—all in one place. After closing an angel funding round and attracting 15,000 users to date, Frienzy is booked for growth.
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Dallas’ TestFit To Launch Generative Design Tool for Building Site Planning
by | Jun 26, 2024
The new tool from TestFit allows AI to test building site solutions "on its own," based on specific project requirements. "With Generative Design, a machine can test every possible configuration, inclusive of what we would never even think to try.” says Co-Founder and CEO Clifton Harness.
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