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Gatik announces partnership with Kroger for store-stocking deliveries in Dallas area. [Photo: Gatik]
Gatik Partners with Kroger on Self-Driving Truck Deliveries to Dallas-Area Stores
by David Seeley | Mar 15, 2023
Starting in May, Gatik's autonomous 20-foot box trucks will begin rolling goods from Kroger's Dallas distribution center to Kroger grocery stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Initially, they'll be operated with a safety driver in the cab, Gatik says.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 14, 2023
According to the Dallas Morning News, Netze Homes plans to break ground on 150 homes this year in Corinth, Denton, Krum, McKinney, Mesquite, and Van Alstyne. The developer aims to max out its factory in 2024 to produce 300 homes a year from three metal-forming machines run by 20 employees.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 14, 2023
The DEC Network, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is gearing up for its 2023 State of Entrepreneurship event—the first-ever in Frisco. Dubbed 'the Super Bowl for Entrepreneurs' in North Texas, the annual gathering brings together game-changing startups and innovative business leaders.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 14, 2023
Maëlle Gavet is the New York-based CEO of Techstars, which kicked off its inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator last year. Over the weekend, she took to LinkedIn to address the "nerve-shredding" crisis at Silicon Valley Bank for entrepreneurs in the Techstars network "and far beyond."
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Tuned In Grading has launched as a third-party grading service for record collectors. [Photo: Tuned In Grading]
Dallas Startup Tuned In Grading Sees Potential in Vinyl Record Resurgence
by Glenn Hunter | Mar 13, 2023
Services offered by Tuned in Grading—co-founded by real estate entrepreneur and investor Rogers Healy, Ben and Skin Show radio personality Jeff “Skin” Wade, and Josey Records/Eastwood Music Group partners Luke Sardello and Waric Cameron—aim to enhance the value of vinyl record collections.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
Irving-based Austco said it plans to integrate Vayyar Care devices, roughly the size of a smoke detector, directly with its Tacera nurse call platform to power several solutions for independent living and aged care, remote patient monitoring, and dementia/memory care.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 13, 2023
Todd Tucker and Bill Milkereit both hail from TRG—formerly The Richards Group—and are responsible for some memorable advertising work in recent years, including spots for Chick-fil-A’s EAT MOR CHIKIN Cow campaign, The Home Depot, and Fruit of the Loom.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 10, 2023
The DEC Network—a non-profit driving innovation and economic impact by helping entrepreneurs start, build, and grow their businesses—is presenting its State of Entrepreneurship event on March 29 at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco. Only a few days remain for you to get your awards votes in. You can can go here to see the awards categories, get a link to submit your votes, and find out how to register for the March 29th event.
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Aaron Pierce, David Luttrell, Allie Laborde, and Sam Weatherford. [Courtesy photos]
How Family Offices Are Shaping the Venture Landscape
by Quincy Preston | Mar 9, 2023
As more families in North Texas look to diversify their portfolios and invest in promising startups, new investment opportunities are being given more attention than ever before. For founders, family offices are proving to be attractive partners with their flexibility and longer-term investment horizons. But how are the family offices themselves finding success in the venture landscape? Here's what experts have to say, along with some advice for startups.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2023
Plano-based IT consulting firm CG Infinity has hired Jeremy Leonard as senior vice president of digital marketing. Leonard will further the firm’s presence in the Denver metropolitan area, the company said.
The hiring accelerates the firm’s customers’ marketing transformation and customer-centric initiatives, CG Infinity said.
Successfully monetizing customer data
“Measuring ROI on marketing spend can be elusive....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 9, 2023
Irving-based INFOLOB Global announced the appointment of two senior vice presidents, Pankaj Dewan and Mahendra Raju Padmaraju, to its leadership team. With nearly 50 years of combined experience, both Dewan and Padmaraju are familiar names to many in the Oracle community, having served in sales and solutions engineering, respectively.
The global digital tech company founded in 2009 has a U.S....
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by David Seeley |
Mar 9, 2023
Last month we told you about Bridge Labs, a $32 million, 135,000-square-foot lab and office expansion that was potentially coming to the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park. Planning documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation now show that potential will become reality next month, when construction on the project is slated to begin. According to marketing materials, Bridge Labs will offer “best-in-class” purpose-built shell lab space plus spec suites ranging from 4,526 square feet to 7,722 square feet.
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Inbenta CEO Melissa Solis [Photo: Inbenta]
Conversational AI Platform Inbenta Seals Calif. to Texas Move With New HQ in Allen
by David Seeley | Mar 8, 2023
Two months after closing a $40 million investment led by Tritium Partners and naming Melissa Solis as the company's new CEO, Inbenta is planting its headquarters in Allen's One Bethany West. Solis, who previously founded and led Allen-based GIACT, made the decision to relocate based on Allen's city business support, a "strong talent pool," affordable cost of living, and more.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2023
OrderMyGear, the Dallas-based online store platform for selling custom-branded merchandise to groups, announced that Mykayla Goodwin has been named vice president of strategy, where she will play a key role in identifying growth opportunities and guiding company strategy through market research and strategic planning....
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by David Seeley |
Mar 7, 2023
In December, we told you about a $6 million seed funding round at Grata, a Dallas-based online platform that enables customers to deliver gratitude and recognition to a brand’s frontline employees in real time. With Grata now operating in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida at companies like Tex-Mex restaurant Mesero and First United Banks, Brandt aims to start raising up to $25 million in a Series A toward the end of this year, D CEO says.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 7, 2023
Last year, we told you that Dallas-based Hover Energy was heading into the U.K. market with its "islanded" microgrids that combine both wind and solar energy generation—enabling companies to reduce their carbon footprint by generating green energy onsite. Now the company's Wind-Powered Microgrid has been installed atop its first building in the U.K.—and its owner is the Royal Navy. A squadron leader calls the energy resilience provided by the system "vital to the security of the site."
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