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Last-Mile Delivery: Plano’s PICKUP Now Merges with Connecticut-Based Company

by | Jul 25, 2023
PICKUP Now is merging with Connecticut-based Point Pickup Technologies to create a national on-demand last-mile delivery provider for retailers. "We're ready to help enterprise businesses unlock the ultimate last-mile experience for deliveries of any size," says PICKUP CEO Brian Kava.
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EOSERA Announces 2nd Annual EmpowHERment Pitch Competition
Designed for female-led, Texas-based startups, this year's competition will be held in Fort Worth on November 14 during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Three finalists will pitch live for a chance to win a total of $25,000.
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The Last Word: HiFAB’s Brent Jackson on How Prefab Homes Are Built in His Grand Prairie Factory
by | Jul 24, 2023
Now, instead of building its prefab houses on home sites, HiFAB is putting them together at the plant in three or four Lake|Flato-designed "modules." Later, they'll be put together like Lego blocks once they arrive at their permanent addresses.
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Madewell Spaces Is Bringing ‘Co‑Warehousing for Entrepreneurs’ to Carrollton
by | Jul 24, 2023
Sited in the extensively redeveloped former Venetian Movie Bar & Grill, Madewell Spaces will offer office, storefront retail, and coworking options along with warehouse spaces from 200 to 3,000 SF. The team behind it aims to help the "missing middle" of small businesses take the next leap in their entrepreneurial journeys.
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Global Accelerator MassChallenge Teams Up With Dallas-Based Lyda Hill Philanthropies to Boost Innovation, Health Tech

by | Jul 23, 2023

MassChallenge, a nonprofit connector of startups, founders, entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities, kicked off a partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies at the MC | Innovate 2023 Conference July 11-13 at Pegasus Park in Dallas.

The MassChallenge event launched a strong North Texas presence with Pegasus Park serving as home for the Health Tech Track within the nonprofit’s U.S....

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Curantis Solutions Adds Industry Veteran as Chief Revenue Officer
by | Jul 21, 2023

Curantis Solutions, an Addison-based innovator in hospice and palliative care electronic health records software, has appointed Vicki Goodman as chief revenue officer.

She will be responsible for leading the company’s sales and marketing teams and go-to-market strategies and will report to CEO John Carreker.

“Vicki brings over 30 years of experience in the hospice and home care industry,” Carreker said in a statement....

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Dallas’ Secretome Therapeutics Appoints Board Director, Assembles Clinical Advisory Board
by | Jul 20, 2023

Secretome Therapeutics, a Dallas-based biotechnology company developing first-in-class therapeutics from neonatal mesenchymal stem cells, has appointed Margot Connor to its board of directors and announced the appointment of its clinical advisory board composed of world-class clinicians and researchers in the field of heart failure.

“I have been fortunate to be part of the stem cell-based therapy evolution, and I believe secretomes are a true breakthrough in this extraordinary field,” Connor said in a statement....

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Dallas-Based Smile Doctors Raises Over $550M for Strategic Growth

by | Jul 19, 2023
Smile Doctors, which calls itself the largest and fastest-growing orthodontic support organization in the U.S., said the raise was funded by doctors along with several large domestic and international healthcare investors.
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Launched: Gestalt Tech Ignites ‘AWS Moment’ in Financial Data Warehousing for Lenders
by | Jul 19, 2023
"Built by lenders for lenders," Gestalt Tech's industry veterans aim to give lenders an "out of the box" data solution built to deliver decision-ready information and insights.
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Fort Worth’s Simpli.fi Launches ZTV for Audience-Targeted CTV Advertising
by | Jul 19, 2023
Connected TV—or CTV—advertising refers to video ads that are delivered via a streaming service during a viewer's movie, television show, or other video content, and then watched on an actual TV set.
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Cypress Growth Capital Invests $2M in Virginia SaaS Provider

by | Jul 17, 2023

Dallas-based venture capital company Cypress Growth Capital announced it has invested $2 million in PFA Solutions, a Virginia-based provider of software solutions tailored to the unique needs of private equity, venture capital, and other alternative asset management and investment firms. 

“As investment firms have grown in size and complexity, the importance of compensation structures and employee satisfaction has increased,” Cypress Managing Director Vik Thapar said in a statement....

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Alto’s New VP of Growth Joins from Doordash, Rideshare Co. Welcomes Other New Hires
by | Jul 14, 2023
The new VP of Growth will focus on expanding brand partnerships, increasing marketing and sales impact with customers, and developing strategies for both existing corporate client relationships and new customers. Alto announced a new director of business development and head of product and experience.
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