Startup

Trinity Hunt’s Supreme Group Names Veteran Exec as CEO

by | Mar 22, 2024
Supreme Group was formed after Trinity Hunt Partners’ majority investment in Supreme Optimization, a life science-focused digital agency.. New CEO Tom Donnelly was previously chief growth officer at Medical Knowledge Group.
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Leadership Transition at Renibus Therapeutics: Co-Founder Appointed as Sole CEO
by | Mar 22, 2024
Jeffrey Keyser, co-founder and former Co-CEO of Renibus, steps into the role of president and CEO. Bolstered by an expanded Series B funding round in 2023 and a promising lead drug candidate, it signals a new chapter for the Southlake-based biopharmaceutical firm.
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Raising the Spirits: Sazerac Acquires North Texas-Based BuzzBallz, Pouring New Opportunities for Global Expansion
by | Mar 22, 2024
Merrilee Kick, the visionary behind BuzzBallz, is stirring up a new chapter. Known for its clever cocktails in ball-shaped containers, the brand is ready to shake up the global ready-to-drink scene with Sazerac's reach.
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Shop Small, Shop Local: It’s the Small Business Cohort Kickoff Weekend at Legacy West in Plano

by | Mar 20, 2024
One way to celebrate Women's History Month: Shop local this coming long weekend at the 2024 Small Business Cohort Kickoff Weekend at Legacy West. 90% of the featured local companies are women-owned, offering everything from skincare to home design items to cookies, puzzles, jewelry, and more.
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The Last Word: Shug’s Bagels Founder Justin Shugrue on His Boffo Bagel Success
by | Mar 20, 2024
They say you gotta be a New Yorker to really know bagels—which may be just one reason for Shugrue's successful 2020 launch of Shug's Bagels at 3020 Mockingbird Lane in Park Cities Plaza near SMU. 
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Colossal Biosciences Adds Renowned Ancient DNA Expert as Chief Science Officer
by | Mar 19, 2024
Dallas-based Colossal said that in her new role, MacArthur Award winner Beth Shapiro will oversee continued expansion of the company's de-extinction and conservation science teams. The company previously announced plans to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo bird.
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Dallas’ Form Bio and Google Cloud Help Life Science Professionals ‘Point and Click’ Their Way to Breakthrough Insights

by | Mar 18, 2024
Colossal Biosciences spinout Form Bio said it now provides a path for Google Cloud’s Vertex AI-based omics models to be used on a "point-and-click basis." Form Bio said these models "help scientists make more use of increasingly vast amounts of biological data" while speeding up computational aspects of their research.
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Here’s the Buzz About Two DFW Non‑Alcoholic Beverage Brand Launches
by | Mar 18, 2024
CURLS Founder and CEO Mahisha Dellinger has made a move from haircare products to the $13 billion non-alcoholic beverage category with newly launched and Frisco-based Huzzy Smart Sips. And in Dallas, Starla Wines has launched Starla Sips—"cute" two-bottle mini packs of its ultra-premium alcohol-removed wine.
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Neurolens Announces Leadership Restructuring to Fuel Growth, Innovation
by | Mar 15, 2024
The Coppell-based company said along with its strong foundation, the new structure combines seasoned leadership with strategic hires. Among the moves, Co-Founder Davis Corley is returning to his role as the company's CEO.
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UTD and Notre Dame Students’ Route-Planning App Gets 5 New Features After Saving Users ‘2 Million Miles’ of Driving
by | Mar 14, 2024
Launched last fall on the Apple iOS and Google Play app stores, the Routora app has added 37,000 drivers in over 90 countries, saving them 2.1 million driving miles, 50,000 hours, $315,000 in fuel costs, and 940 tons in CO2 emissions, the startup says.
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Plug and Play’s Triple Launch in Frisco and McKinney Aims to Boost North Texas as ‘Global Innovation and Technology Leader’

by | Mar 13, 2024
The global innovation platform is ready to showcase "revolutionary technology" in a splashy two-city, day-long event on March 26. To be held at the McKinney Cotton Mill and at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, the day will feature pitches, speakers, and panels on SportsTech, FinTech, and Enterprise & AI.
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Veteran Leader Named Managing Director of SMU’s Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership
by | Mar 13, 2024
Joshua Taylor will be responsible for leading the institute’s goals, programs, and operations, in alignment with the overall mission and vision of SMU Cox, co-founding directors Megha Tolia and Nirav Tolia, and benefactor Dr. William S. Spears.
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High-Tech ‘Field Trips’: NTXIA Launches Immersive Innovation Program
by | Mar 12, 2024
The North Texas Innovation Alliance has begun offering quarterly "hands-on innovation experiences" at "the brightest and most innovative projects across North Texas" for NTXIA members. The Immersive Innovation field trips kicked off with a tour of the NSF's newly opened eCAT Center at UNT. Here's where the NTXIA is going next.
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California’s Plus, German Truck Giant Test Self-Driving Runs Between Dallas and San Antonio
by | Mar 12, 2024
Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving startup Plus has announced a partnership with brands of the Munich-based TRATON GROUP. The partners say they're already testing self-driving trucking runs between Dallas and Houston with a safety driver on board—and more runs are coming "in the Texas triangle and I-10 corridor."
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