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Outpave co-founders: CEO Zachary Ahlstedt (left) and CTO David Cauthron [Photos: LinkedIn]
Frisco’s Outpave Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding for Trade Business Spend Management
by David Seeley | May 13, 2024
Led by Mesquite-based Fritz-Pak Corporation, the seed round will be used to fuel Outpave’s mission of "pioneering advanced expense management solutions for the construction and residential services sector." That includes an Outpave-branded Visa card that lets construction pros see where their money goes "and see who spends where."
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 10, 2024
Dallas-based Spacee brings next-gen retail tech to life with virtual touchscreens and “invisible” inventory robots powered by AI. Its founder's insights lead him to believe knowledge work is being quickly replaced by generative AI.
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by Lance Murray |
May 8, 2024
The funding will enable OptMyCare to accelerate its customer acquisition plans, continuously refine its technology, onboard key management personnel, and add experienced healthcare and technology leaders, the startup said.
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by David Seeley |
May 8, 2024
Using exclusive technology from European-based Cool Chain, Plano-based Candor is launching a new Candor Food Chain division. Without the need for dry ice, shipments on pallets can hold their temperature for up to 9 days, with both perishable and dry goods able to be transported in one truck.
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A Trilogy Studios soundstage shown during construction. [Photo: Trilogy Studios/LinkedIn]
The Last Word: Optic8’s Eric Nienaber on Trilogy Studios’ ‘State-of-the-Art’ Virtual Production Stages in Fort Worth
by David Seeley | May 3, 2024
Seattle's Optic8 has partnered with Fort Worth-based Trinity Broadcasting Network to launch Trilogy Studios, which is now building three new "virtual production" stages in a five-acre facility in Fort Worth—including one (above) with a Cinematic LED wall that’s 157 feet wide and nearly 24 feet tall.
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by David Seeley |
May 3, 2024
After spending years as an educator in North Texas and Europe, Deseri Kelley pursued her lifelong fascination with designer handbags by launching DESERI in 2020. Carried by celebs from Jessica Alba to Christina Aguilera, her handbags are getting their first-ever brick-and-mortar retail presence today at Galleria Dallas.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 2, 2024
Techstars’ "most popular" accelerator has a new leader at the top. Trey Bowles took the reins to steer the March initiative and oversee the application/selection process for the September program. The deadline to apply is May 22.
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by David Seeley |
May 2, 2024
Dallas-based Krista provides a natural language processing-based platform that helps companies "integrate any AI into processes to improve business outcomes." That gives Birdzell plenty of reasons to muse on how AI and people intersect.
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Waabi's Lancaster facility is purpose-built for AV trucking [Image: Waabi]
Toronto-Based Waabi Opens Autonomous Trucking Terminal South of Dallas
by Lance Murray | May 1, 2024
“By establishing our presence here, we're committed to creating more opportunities for autonomous trucking in the region,” Waabi Founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun said of the eight-acre-plus terminal in Lancaster.
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by David Seeley |
May 1, 2024
After acquiring the North American and Caribbean rights to Germany-based citywave "standing wave" technology last year through its parent, Urban Entertainment Concepts, Goodsurf is ready to start rolling nonstop waves in one of Dallas' most entertainment-oriented neighborhoods.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 30, 2024
NTAN, an accredited angel investor organization, said that PodUp's platform provides the first all-in-one podcast platform, with 35 integrated modules available for an affordable price, saving podcast creators "a lot of time and effort."
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Apr 30, 2024
In this continuing series on real estate development in Southern Dallas, we introduce you to real estate professionals who are part of Innovan Neighborhood's Community Developers Roundtable. They’re working to bring new life to long-neglected parts of Dallas.
The New Dallas Landscape, Part 5: Meet Sam Ruben, of Ruben Legacy Homes.
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COO Jake Rome (left) and CEO Josh Ernst are co-founders of Backflip. [Photo: Backflip]
Dallas Real Estate Fintech Backflip Raises $15M in Series A Round
by Lance Murray | Apr 29, 2024
Backflip's "all-in-one" platform aims to give fix-and-flip investors the technology, data, and financing strategies to successfully flip houses at scale. Led by New York-based FirstMark Capital, the Series A round comes after Backflip said it crossed $10 million in net revenue run rate—"reaching near profitability."
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Apr 29, 2024
At 157 feet wide and nearly 24 feet tall, the "largest" virtual cinematic LED volume in the state of Texas is just part of what's being built in Fort Worth by Trilogy Studios—a partnership between Trinity Broadcasting Network and Seattle's Optic8.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 26, 2024
The buzzy video game company also reveals new development team Hidden Grove, as Rymer drives the company's growth following last year's news of a Fort Worth expansion supported by $1.5 million in city incentives.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 26, 2024
Dallas-based Nanoscope said Dr. Allen C. Ho will help define the strategy of developing its gene mutation-agnostic therapies. Ho is attending surgeon and director of retina research at Wills Eye Hospital and co-director of the Wills Eye Hospital Retina Service.
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