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Nada CEO Tore Steen [Image sources: Nada, DI Studio]
Nada Names Board Member as New CEO, Secures Additional Seed Funding
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.
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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by Lance Murray |
Jun 11, 2024
The award-winning clutch from Pluie and The Beaufort Bonnet Co. "marks a new era in modern parenting" by making any surface a clean, comfortable diaper-changing space. It's the first consumer offering from "Shark Tank"-featured Pluie, whose diaper changing tables are installed in restrooms across 40 U.S. states.
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Marty McDonald and Pastor Sarah Jakes Roberts [Photo: Amazon]
Amazon Black Business Accelerator and Boss Women Media Join Forces for Founders’ Breakfast
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 3, 2024
Up to 18 Arlington business owners will be selected for a new Small Business Development Cohort, with the application window opening on June 4 and closing on June 28, 2024.
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Maryland-based Dill Dinkers has announced its 14th regional development deal with business partners who have committed to the growth of at least 50 locations in the North Texas region. [Photo: Dill Dinkers]
Maryland’s Dill Dinkers Expands to North Texas, Plans Up to 50 Indoor Pickleball Facilities in Region
by Lance Murray | May 30, 2024
Dill Dinkers' local business partners have committed to open "at least 50 locations" in the North Texas area—including in Euless, Southlake, Keller, Frisco, Little Elm, McKinney, and Mansfield. They join an ongoing gold rush of pickleball facility brands aiming to tap passionate players' pickle-y preferences.
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by Lance Murray |
May 29, 2024
Solutions by Text has secured $110 million to expand its real-time payment technology within text messaging. The Dallas-area company's latest funding highlights its pioneering influence in the FinText sector.
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by Lance Murray |
May 21, 2024
Produced in Richardson, Subeca's Blinc IoT module utilizes Amazon's Sidewalk network to help its customers manage water infrastructure and detect and resolve water leaks.
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by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2024
Khandan Baradaran, PhD, was most recently VP of regulatory CMC at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, a biopharmaceutical company involved in the research and development of novel products for the treatment of rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases.
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Cien.ai has appointed Joanna Ridgway (left) as SVP of Global Sales and Steve Valenta as SVP of Strategic Partnerships. [Photos: LinkedIn]
North Texas’ Cien.ai Appoints 2 Execs to Leadership Roles, Launches New GTM Suite
by Lance Murray | May 17, 2024
The Plano-based go-to-market AI analytics platform has appointed Joanna Ridgway as SVP of global sales and Steve Valenta as SVP of strategic partnerships.
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by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2024
Dallas-based Yendo, which created the first-ever vehicle-secured credit card, said it will use the financing specifically to fund the growth of originations on its platform, which will enable it to extend credit to more Americans at affordable rates.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 15, 2024
Alkira's founders are in Dallas this week for the ONUG networking conference. Investors, including Dallas Venture Capital Founder Dayakar Puskoor, are bullish on the startup reinventing cloud networking and network infrastructure for the cloud era.
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by Lance Murray |
May 14, 2024
Arhasi and Cloudbench, a Google partner and leading emerging technology consulting firm, have launched a joint AI and data foundry in Frisco, staffed with experts from top universities. The foundry aims to drive innovation in AI and Web3 technologies.
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