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Innovation Meets Investment: Venture Dallas 2024 Summit Returns With J.P. Morgan and Perot Jain Leading the Charge

by | Aug 19, 2024
With heavyweight backers like JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain returning, the North Texas venture capital summit is gearing up for its fourth edition. Ahead of the event, the board offers insights on the region's tech boom and offers a glimpse of what’s to come.
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Plano-Based Noodoe’s EV OS Offered on Siemens EV Charging Stations
by | Aug 16, 2024
Under a newly NTEP-certified collaboration, Noodoe's EV operating system, EV OS, will be available with Siemens' public charging stations in North America in applications that require payment. Noodoe says it averages 99.9% percent monthly cloud service uptime—with no app required to access the chargers.
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PREP Kitchens Is Cooking Up a Dallas Facility with 53 Private Pro Kitchens for ‘Food Entrepreneurs’
by | Aug 14, 2024
Prep Kitchens Dallas will be a 60,000-square-foot facility with 53 private professional kitchens, a shared kitchen with 10 stations, and 10 "mobile food service base of operations." The location at 1499 Regal Row will target everyone from food truck entrepreneurs to bakers, caterers, meal prep startups, and more.
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205 Dallas-Fort Worth Companies Make Their Mark on the Inc. 5000 List for 2024
Of the 477 Texas companies on this year's "entrepreneurial benchmark," 205 are from DFW, leading all other Texas metros. But what really stands out is the impressive job growth these companies have driven. See who made the list.
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Dallas’ Articulate Labs Tapped by Medical Device Innovation Consortium for Advanced Tech Initiative

by | Aug 12, 2024
MDIC is piloting the AMCH program, with support from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to help encourage the medical device industry to adopt advanced technology not just during device production but across the total product life cycle.
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National Cricket League USA’s Inaugural ’60 Strikes’ Tournament Coming to UT Dallas
by | Aug 12, 2024
There's a new bat in town, and it's swinging into play at UT Dallas in October. Dallas-based National Cricket League USA will feature six teams in its inaugural Sixty Strikes Tournament—adding to North Texas' ever-rising cricket fervor.
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Texas-Based Research Bridge Partners Taps New Board Leadership to Drive ‘High-Quality Investment Opportunities’ in Biomedical Innovation
by | Aug 9, 2024
With a new CEO and three seasoned industry veterans joining its board, Research Bridge Partners is focused on moving university innovations from the lab to the marketplace.

Last year, the Texas-based nonprofit, in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, invested $4 million into North Texas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, bolstering efforts to transform groundbreaking research into viable companies.
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Plan Your Week: The Ultimate Guide to Dallas Startup Week 2024

The DEC Network, organizers of Dallas Startup Week, are calling DSW24 “the second largest startup week in the USA” — and it kicks off this Sunday!...

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Fort Worth’s Energy Domain Closes $5M Series A Round as It Works to Finalize Oil & Gas Data Platform

by | Aug 7, 2024
Aiming to revolutionize the oil and gas asset transaction process with its online marketplace, Energy Domain has facilitated over 200 transactions since 2021. With new offices in Fort Worth's Cattle Raisers Building, it's now eyeing growth as it finalizes its second platform, Energy Domain Data.
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Arlington-Based Aperture Acquires NOVUM Consulting Group
by | Aug 5, 2024
Aperture said NOVUM's experts have been engaged in more than 200 major IP litigation and complex business litigation matters, as well as advising clients in patent acquisitions/dispositions, licensing, valuation, and/or financing arrangements.
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SMU Grad Launches PREVO, an Indie & Student Film Streaming Platform
by | Aug 5, 2024
PREVO Founder Ryder McNeal was the top winner of the 2024 SMU Big iDeas Business Plan Competition. Launched last week, PREVO lets subscribers vote on which films they like best, with $5,000 going to the winner of the PREVO Summer 2024 Film Awards. A live weekend event is slated for September.
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Cosm’s ‘Shared Reality’ Dome Opens at Grandscape Aug. 31 with College Football Kickoff
by | Aug 2, 2024
Cosm's 87-foot diameter, 12K-plus LED dome will make people feel like they're magically close to the action of live sports and artistic events—from college football and NBA games to Premier League matches, UFC fights, and more.
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Dallas’ StoneTree Investment Partners Closes Debut $155M Fund, Eyes Manufacturing Companies

by | Jul 30, 2024
Specializing in buyouts of industrial and manufacturing businesses in the U.S. and Canada, StoneTree said its inaugural fund received commitments from a diverse group of investors, including "investment funds, family offices, foundations, pension funds, endowments, and OCIOs."
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Swinging Into North Texas: Batbox ‘Eatertainment’ Venue To Open in Addison
by | Jul 30, 2024
Why take cuts in a dusty batting cage when you can swing for the fences with friends in a buzzworthy venue? That's the idea behind Batbox, which has chosen DFW for its first U.S. location after opening 13 venues across Mexico. Now, with a $7.3 Series A closed, Batbox is calling its shot: 25 U.S. locations by 2030.
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Dallas’ Inferno Capital Group Snags Stake in Digital Marketing Agency Brand Sharks
by | Jul 29, 2024
Inferno's portfolio includes verticals in oil & gas, energy, solar, and the digital world. Now it's added a marketing agency founded in March by a 21-year-old Instagram influencer with 1.7 million followers.
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Dallas’ V2 Municipal Capital Partners with New York Financial Firm To Launch V2MC
by | Jul 26, 2024
Led by co-founders Charlie Visconsi and Ron Van Den Handel, V2MC will specialize in asset-based lending, serving traditional municipal borrowers—including governmental and not-for-profit entities—to identify both tax-exempt and taxable investment opportunities in healthcare, housing, education, and infrastructure.
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