Startup

North Texas IT Services Firm AgileThought Files Chapter 11, Plans To Go Private

by | Aug 28, 2023
Irving-based AgileThought, which went public in 2021 in a SPAC merger, is a global provider of digital transformation services and next-generation technology solutions. The company said its deal to go private involves roughly $22 million in new-money financing from Blue Torch Finance, subject to court approval.
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Frisco Cost-Management Tech Platform Valify Makes C-Suite Moves
by | Aug 28, 2023

Frisco-based Valify announced the appointments of two key C-suite executives to the cost-management technology platform’s leadership team.

The company, which specializes in the classification and benchmarking of non-labor expenditures for healthcare providers, announced that Jessica Burns assumes the role of chief operating officer for Valify and Valify Solutions Group, an innovative group purchasing model tailored exclusively to hospital purchased services....

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‘TechFin’ Alkami Launches Engagement AI Predictive Model for Financial Services
by | Aug 28, 2023

Plano-based fintech Alkami Technology Inc. has launched a first-of-its kind Engagement AI Model via its AI Predictive Modeling solution that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Alkami’s proprietary Key Lifestyle Indicators....

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Gamestop Co-Founder Gary Kusin to Headline DEC Network Mentorship Awards at Dallas Startup Week
by | Aug 27, 2023
The Dallas-based serial entrepreneur and business exec will share his take on the impact of mentorship at the awards event in September. His storied career, which includes a successful turnaround of Kinkos and its sale to FedEx, spans retail and gaming to cosmetics and private equity.

Nominations for mentors opened on August 20.
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North Texas-Based Air Cargo Startup Aircon Raises $3.3M on Heels of $4.5M Funding in June

by | Aug 25, 2023
The Flower Mound-headquartered logistics startup says it's "disrupting the $270 billion airfreight market" by consolidating air cargo shipments via AI and machine learning. The $3.3M seed round led by Underscore VC will allow Aircon to invest in "deeper partnerships across the air cargo and freight markets," the company said. See how else Aircon plans to spend the new funding.
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Dallas-Based nVenue Partners with NASCAR on In-Race Micro Betting, Predictive Content
by | Aug 24, 2023
nVenue’s real-time betting and predictive data engine has surpassed over 1 billion predictions delivered across its MLB, NFL, and NBA offerings. Now nVenue is going to rev its engine for NASCAR—aiming for thousands of betting opportunities that can happen before the checkered flag gets waved.
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Dallas-Based PlayersTV Seeks Fan Investors for Its Athlete-Driven Content
by | Aug 24, 2023
Today the sports-lifestyle destination—whose content can be viewed 24/7 on Amazon Prime, YouTube TV, Vizio, Sling TV, Philo, and other platforms—launched a Fan Ownership Initiative to enable fans to become "shareholders, owners, and investors" in PlayersTV Digital. If fans go for it, they'll join 50-plus top sports stars who've already invested in the media company.
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The Last Word: VYIT’s Christine Scott on Her Startup’s Wearable Fitness App Launch
by | Aug 24, 2023
Scott and three other women co-founders—all "transformation and wellness coaches"—launched their North Texas-based VYIT LIFE platform in 2022. Aimed at everyone from the healthy-living curious to fitness beginners to those seeking “ultimate body transformation," the brand acknowledges that people have different fitness goals.
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North Texas Startup Launches Wearable Fitness App for Apple Watch and More

by | Aug 23, 2023
VYIT—a Dallas-Fort Worth-based startup founded by four female transformation and wellness coaches—has launched wearable apps to support its online training and mobile apps platform for everyone from beginners to those seeking ultimate body transformation. "Everyone's definition of being fit is different," says Co-Founder Christine Scott.
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Partners with Phoenix ‘Virtual Wellness Assistant’ To Tackle Prescription Affordability
by | Aug 22, 2023
Dallas-based Cost Plus Drugs announced today that it's teaming up with Drexi, a Phoenix-based pharmacy benefit manager that calls itself a "virtual wellness assistant" offering "honest pricing and better benefits, one prescription at a time." Drexi also helps customers track their prescriptions as a "wellness partner." See why teaming up made sense for both disruptive startups.
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Dallas-Based T72 Club Acquires Tampa AdTech Mobility Startup Nickelytics

by | Aug 21, 2023
T72 Club, which reports having successfully led more than 15 startups to profitability, sees strong potential in the "groundbreaking" startup that brings iconic ad campaigns to autonomous delivery robots.
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Supercharging Performance: MassChallenge Seeks Tech Innovators for Human Potential Sprint in Dallas
by | Aug 18, 2023
MassChallenge will assemble human performance and sports tech innovators to redefine the bounds of the human condition in a new six-week, high-intensity program. Target technologies are applications in biotech, defense, healthcare, space, and sports.

Applications for the Dallas-based cohort are open through September 7.
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Sparkle, a Plant-Based Sustainable Period Brand, Is Launching in the U.S. from North Texas HQ
by | Aug 17, 2023
Sparkle is bringing its sustainable and plant-based sanitary products from India to the U.S., offering dermatologist-tested and USDA-certified biobased products. Using a fully-automatic Italian production line, Sparkle's 50,000-SF plant in India (above) can make 1 million pads a day. See why Sparkle's co-founders chose Irving for their U.S. HQ—and how their U.S. waste management program could be a game changer.
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Four New Perspire Sauna Studios Coming to Sweat Out DFW with Infrared Light Treatments
by | Aug 17, 2023
Founded in Southern California in 2010, Perspire Sauna Studio combines the ancient respite of saunas with cutting-edge infrared light technology, including red light therapy and full-spectrum chromotherapy. One studio is already open in Fort Worth, with the company's Texas expansion also aimed at three other big metros. See what all the heat is about.
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