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From left: John Terry, Steven McCarthy, John Dallager, Tatiana Chamorro, and Jody Turnbow. [Photo via AJ Long Digital/Morrison Seger]
‘Shaking Up’ a Category: Unexpected Products Expands to New Warehouse for Toucan Cocktails Launch
by David Seeley | Jun 20, 2024
Unexpected Products portfolio company Shaken Beverage Co. is about to launch Toucan Cocktails—a patent-pending two-can beverage with premium spirits in one can and all-natural mix in the other, and a built-in "shaker" system. With support from Morrison Seger VC Partners and a stellar new leadership lineup, a nationwide "shake-up" is one month away.
by David Seeley |
Jun 20, 2024
The Israeli company's AIR ONE "flying sportscar" holds the promise of letting people easily "drive the sky." But now the company's come out with an unmanned cargo version—and it's performing certification-oriented tasks for the launch out of AIR's "engineering microsite" in Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 19, 2024
Community members are encouraged to vote for their favorite nominees before June 21.
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Jun 18, 2024
Vann's news: Impact Ventures "will be considered 1 of 74 [Community Development Venture Capital] firms in the U.S."—and the second in Texas—"providing more small businesses access to equity and equity-like capital, especially in times like today where interest rates are higher and traditional debt is considered to be expensive."
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Redy co-founder Josh Altman, left, and Chief Strategy Officer Shelly Cofini. [Photos: Redy]
Bravo’s Josh Altman Launches Home-Selling Marketplace Redy in Dallas, 4 Other Cities
by Lance Murray | Jun 18, 2024
Reality TV star Josh Altman of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" is leveraging his pop culture fame to further disrupt an already disrupted home real estate sector. By using Redy, he says, "For the first time, sellers get paid cash to pick an agent; as a result, agents are directly invested in the sale."
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2024
The 2024 iC3 Summit, hosted by nonprofit BioNTX, is set to welcome over 1,000 industry professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors for its largest gathering yet. The event's formula—Innovation = Capital × Collaboration × Commercialization,—underscores its mission to drive breakthroughs through strategic partnerships and investments.
The 2024 iC3 Summit, hosted by nonprofit BioNTX, is set to welcome over 1,000 industry professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors for its largest gathering yet. The event's formula—Innovation = Capital × Collaboration × Commercialization—underscores its mission to drive breakthroughs through strategic partnerships and investments.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2024
Shaken Beverage Co., a maker of ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, said Tatiana Chamorro has an impressive career spanning multiple continents and a proven track record of strategic innovation and branding excellence, growth, and innovation.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2024
HCA, a new boutique investment bank specializing in behavioral and mental health, said the addition of Melissa Bunch supports its growth strategy as it continues to increase its leadership and win new buy-side and sell-side assignments.
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Preliminary rendering of Goodsurf in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood [Image: Goodsurf]
The Last Word: Goodsurf CEO Zach Shor on Next Thursday’s Deep Ellum Opening
by David Seeley | Jun 14, 2024
The surf's almost up in Deep Ellum, the historic neighborhood just east of downtown Dallas. Next Thursday, June 20, Goodsurf—a culinary and surf concept and subsidiary of Urban Entertainment Concepts—will open the doors and waves of its new venue at 317 S. Second Avenue.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 13, 2024
Nada bridges homeowners and investors through home equity via its Cityfunds and Homeshares products. The company's new president and CEO, Tore Steen, replaces Nada Co-Founder and current CEO John Green, who will transition to COO.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 12, 2024
At the U.N.'s recent AI for Good summit in Geneva, Day One was capped by a pitch competition featuring four startups from around the world, including Dallas-based Stemuli, a generative metaverse gaming platform that's "reimagining learning." Its founder and CEO Taylor Shead won the pitch—and now she's back home with other big goals in mind.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 12, 2024
With a track record of success on both sides of the pitch, Healy is set to shake up the reality competition show and offer invaluable insights to aspiring entrepreneurs. He'll appear on the show alongside Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph and investor/entrepreneur Kim Perell.
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ALY has launched a new "user-friendly" architectural rendering platform. [Image: ALY]
Dallas-Based ALY Launches ‘User‑Friendly’ Architectural Design Rendering Platform
by Lance Murray | Jun 11, 2024
ALY said its new platform 'democratizes access' to sophisticated design visualization. It allows developers, builders, and interior designers, and clients to interact with detailed designs via a web link—with no software downloads or high-end workstations needed.
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by Jewels Clark |
Jun 10, 2024
At the Founders' Breakfast Masterclass in Dallas, Psyche Terry, Miss USA and CEO of Urban Hydration, announced her brand's inclusion in the Amazon Black Business Accelerator. Boss Women Media's CEO, Marty McDonald, launched the expansion of her infant/toddler clothing line, Elle Olivia, on Amazon. Plus, Sarah Jakes Roberts, Lady Jade, and other influential voices offered valuable insights to empower Black women entrepreneurs.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 6, 2024
The newly launched streaming service buddi is like Netflix for pet lovers. Offering movies such as "Cats and Dogs," "Marley and Me," and "Beethoven," it's feel-good content "by pet people, for pet people."
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by David Seeley |
Jun 5, 2024
As we noted in our top story today, Lee's TXSE Group plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on Texas and the Southeast U.S. The group says it will provide "a venue to trade and list public companies and the growing universe of exchange-traded products" as a "fully electronic, national securities exchange." That's caused buzz across the Lone Star State—and especially on Wall Street.
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