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![Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venture-Dallas-2025-Startup-of-the-Year-Award-940x436.jpeg)
Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and Stablecore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]
Three North Texas Companies Top the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup Awards
by Quincy Preston | Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 19, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 14 with a total of 139 patents granted.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 18, 2025
"XForce Galaxy is our way of showing that anyone can think like a hacker and defend like a pro," founder Lalit Ahluwalia said of the cinematic, immersive cyber-experience venue now open in Irving.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 18, 2025
A familiar figure in Dallas arts, civic innovation, and public service, Cuellar will succeed longtime CEO Tony Fleo following a months-long search as Social Venture Partners Dallas plans its next 25 years.
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Fluor Technologies Corp. of Irving has received a newly granted for systems that use idle offshore platforms to grow and harvest seaweed. The design repurposes non-producing rigs as ocean farms, with subsea support structures that enable large-scale seaweed cultivation and automated harvesting. The patent was invented by Aditya Hariharan of Katy, along with Houston-based inventors James Shih and Phillip Nguyen. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12433213, Fig. 1; DI Studio]
Patented: Fluor Corp.’s Offshore System for Growing and Harvesting Seaweed, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 12, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 7 with a total of 117 patents granted.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 11, 2025
Curve’s Plano-born founder and CEO, Ritish Patnaik, says "chronic diseases are on the rise, and healthcare costs are skyrocketing as a result." From its newly established HQ at Pegasus Park in Dallas, Curve will use the funding to advance the clinical validation and commercialization of its Whole-Body Intelligence platform, with a goal of "transforming" chronic disease monitoring.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 5, 2025
Plano-based CodeLaunch has been at the forefront of fostering startup growth by merging seed accelerator competition with a unique approach called “venturetainment”—featuring a blend of live music, comedy, panels, and networking. Here are the six finalists who'll be competing amid that high-energy mix on Nov. 12.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 5, 2025
From North Texas founders including John Carmack and Ben Lamm to investors like John Redgrave of DTX Ventures and Draper’s Andy Tang, the summit's speakers tackled hot topics from humanoid robots and tech transfer to AI, VC trends and Y’all Street. A call was also heard for more risk-taking by DFW’s innovation ecosystem: ‘We’ve got to be bravery hunters.’
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Monolithic 3D Inc. in Allen, has received a newly granted for a method of producing multilayer 3D semiconductor devices. The technology details a process for stacking multiple layers of single-crystal silicon with precise bonding and epitaxial growth techniques to create high-performance, space-efficient chips. The patent was invented by Jin-Woo Han of San Jose and Zvi Or-Bach of Haifa. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12432926; DI Studio]
Patented: Monolithic 3D’s Multilayer Semiconductor Device Production Method and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 5, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 30 with a total of 119 patents granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 4, 2025
The de-extinction startup is adding more than two decades of commercial cloning expertise to its portfolio with its first acquisition.
Days before the announcement, CEO Ben Lamm laid out his playbook at Venture Dallas 2025: run toward critics, treat promises to middle-America classrooms as seriously as commitments to investors—and spin out businesses worth more than $100 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2025
Conifers, which emerged from stealth in January with $25 million in funding, said the new partnership will accelerate its product development and enhance service capabilities for government agencies.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 30, 2025
McKinney-based Delta Black is developing its flagship platform, the RAIDER 330 drone, to be "the mission-ready tactical UAS modern warfighters demand." Now the company is collaborating with Seattle's Taqtile "to redefine how advanced military systems are maintained at the tactical edge."
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Supernal—the Advanced Air Mobility company of Hyundai Motor Group—has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12420922) for systems and methods supporting vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The patent, invented by Dallas-based William Kyle Heironimus, describes a craft with tilting proprotors and lift surfaces that transition between vertical and horizontal flight, improving efficiency and stability for electric air mobility. [Image: Supernal AY-24 exterior render, 2024]
Patented: Supernal’s Vertical Take-Off and Landing Craft Systems, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 28, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 23 with a total of 146 patents granted.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2025
Uptiq.ai said the funding will be used to drive large-scale adoption of Uptiq Qore, the company’s next-generation AI infrastructure platform, and make it accessible to financial institutions of all sizes.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2025
EPIC, which calls itself "the loan payoff clearinghouse for the automotive ecosystem," said the funding will support continued market expansion and platform innovation.
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![Social entrepreneur Byron Sanders, a former nonprofit exec, is CEO of Arete Health, launched in January 2025. [Photo: Michael Samples]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/27_ByronSanders-STEM-STEAM-STREAM-970_courtesy_Oct2019-1-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 28, 2025
Creatives Care Dallas brings virtual care, behavioral health, 2,000+ medications with zero copay, and more to Dallas County's gig workers. The community initiative is powered by Arete Health Shield in partnership with the Dallas Music Office.
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