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From left: Calvin Waddy, Taylor Shead, and Roberto Inetti.
Three Dallas Entrepreneurs Among Google for Startups Black, Latino Founders Fund Recipients
by Lance Murray | Jul 13, 2023
The three Dallas startups are among 6 Texas businesses and 46 overall in the US awarded $150,000 from Google for Startups.
by David Seeley |
Jul 11, 2023
With the first-ever Major League Cricket match looming Thursday in Grand Prairie, the sport of cricket is catching on in DFW. Sixes Social Cricket, a London-based immersive entertainment concept, opened at Grandscape on June 17 to help North Texans get in the swing of things.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Jun 29, 2023
College football player and third-generation inventor Carter Hogg says his G8RSkin “balaclava” has drawn interest from sports leagues, players associations, and college teams.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 29, 2023
Backflip said that first-time and experienced residential real estate investors "from Alaska to Hawaii" can now leverage its data, technology, and capital to make better real estate investment decisions and fund the rejuvenation of the nation's 65 million aging homes. The startup, which raised $35 million in a funding package last year, also announced a C-suite hire and an Austin startup acquisition.
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Digital Seat Media's Digital Student mental health platform can be accessed by scanning the QR code on a student ID, lanyard, or wristband. [Photo: Business Wire]
Fort Worth’s Digital Seat Media Launches Platform for Student Mental Health Support
by Lance Murray | Jun 28, 2023
Digital Seat said the platform aims to provide much-needed support and resources to students grappling with mental health challenges, while also offering a central hub for school administrators to directly communicate with their student body. The platform can be easily accessed with a scan of a student's ID, lanyard, or wristband.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2023
The kickoff Drone & Robotics Demo Day featured 10 companies that are pioneering everything from first-responder drones to delivery robots to drone detection systems. Meet the companies and see solutions that could help turn Dallas County into a Smart County—one innovation at a time.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 27, 2023
One of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies, this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Southwest Award has 14 winners. Twelve of them are from Dallas-Fort Worth, including a logistics leader, a datacenter innovator, a top restaurateur, and more. Meet all 12.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 26, 2023
Milagro Corp. is readying for the transformation. Its latest move adds an OpenAI's ChatGPT integration for data access and enhanced user interactions. In the next 12 months, the CEO said, "the entire restaurant industry will change as we know it." Milagro its proprietary restaurant software captures actionable data that allows restauranteurs to maximize customer data through personalized messaging, turning data into a direct increase in revenue.
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The Founders Arena program will consist of a combination of remote and in-person programming, to be headquartered out of the new First Rate, Inc. campus on Ascension Boulevard in North Arlington.
Founders Arena WealthTech Accelerator Coming to Arlington in September
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 23, 2023
The Founders Arena WealthTech Accelerator—a 10-week program aimed at early- to growth-stage startups—will be offered beginning September 4. It aims to connect participants with potential customers and investors while supporting "the creation of innovative products that banks and wealth management companies can use to better serve their clients." Broderick Green, executive director of the Arlington EDC, calls the accelerator "a first of its kind not only for Arlington but globally."
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 22, 2023
The Health Supernova conference at Dallas' Pegasus Park gave the stage to innovators in Texas (and beyond) who are shaking up the status quo in biotech. From neurotechnology to mental health therapies, AI to robotics, the conference highlighted how these fields are intersecting and pushing boundaries.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 21, 2023
The funding will empower Yendo to make key hires, improve the product experience, and help more people by offering the card in more states. As part of the deal, lead investor Wesley Chan will join the board, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 21, 2023
In a "bring-your-own-device" world, Frisco-based Tango Networks is turning fixed-line phone numbers into mobile ones. Tango Extend lets users make and receive Microsoft Teams calls directly through the standard dialer on their mobile phones. With Tango Extend, businesses can manage an eSIM in a multi-SIM personal phone for a clear and secure separation between work and personal communications.
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Dennis Cail, co-founder and CEO of Zirtue
Dallas Fintechs MoneyGram and Zirtue Partner to Serve Unbanked, Underbanked Borrowers
by Glenn Hunter | Jun 21, 2023
Money-transfer heavyweight MoneyGram and startup Zirtue are teaming up. Uniting the giant's scale with the startup's relationship-lending tech, they aim to give more people around the world a 'hand up' in securing loans.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 20, 2023
Led by founder and CEO Edwin Tatum—a former pro basketball player—Dallas-based TatumTek says its new facility will be equipped with "advanced manufacturing technologies, robotics, and a dedicated team of skilled professionals to streamline the construction process."
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 20, 2023
Are you a woman entrepreneur looking to kickstart your innovative business idea? Here’s an incubator program based in Denton that could transform your dreams into reality....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 16, 2023
In a pivotal year, which saw Reata Pharmaceuticals halt research for a kidney disease treatment and receive FDA approval for its first-to-market degenerative disease treatment, the company welcomes Dr. Rajiv Patni as Chief R&D Officer. Patni marks this as an "inflection point to become a global, commercial-stage company with an expanding pipeline in both rare and common serious diseases."
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