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Dallas’ Ylang 23 Partners with Immerss for Livestreamed Jewelry Shopping, Digital ‘Clienteling’

Ylang 23—a designer jewelry store in Preston Center that's served Dallas for 35 years—has partnered with the Dallas-based live-commerce company Immerss to bridge the gap between in-person and online shopping. By using the latest tech from Immerss, Ylang 23 aims to provide customers with a more personalized and intimate shopping experience—from live-streamed trunk shows to personal presentations and more.
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Irving Mobile Healthcare Firm MedArrive Gets $8M in Funding To Help Reduce ER Visits, Hospitalizations
by | Apr 11, 2023
The investment from Cobalt Ventures follows MedArrive's $25 million series A round in November 2021 and brings its total funding to $40.5 million to date. "Everyone in America has a right to inclusive, high-quality care, yet too many are left out and have no one on their side who can connect them to the system," MedArrive Co-Founder and CEO Dan Trigub said. "That's what the MedArrive platform and our field providers offer."
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Recuro Health Secures $47M in Series B Funding for its Digital Medical Home
by | Apr 11, 2023
The Coppell-based startup said it will use the proceeds to advance and scale its Digital Medical Home, which includes diagnostic-enabled Virtual Primary Care and Virtual Behavioral Health Solutions tailored to fit the healthcare needs of any population. Recuro integrates advanced science, data, at-home diagnostics, and targeted genomics for cancer screening and pharmacogenomics "to better inform integrated care," the company says.
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Tiger Woods’ PopStroke Is Rolling Into North Texas
by | Apr 11, 2023
Combining realistic outdoor putting courses with a restaurant and craft cocktails, PopStroke is coming to Grandscape in The Colony, with construction slated to begin this summer. Tiger's partnership in the company gained steam in January with a $650 million investment from golf equipment company TaylorMade. At Grandscape, the new venue will be going head to head with Drive Shack's mini-golf concept, Puttery.
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Techstars Startup Weekend Dallas Returns: A Dive into Emerging Tech for Diverse Entrepreneurs

The DEC Network is excited to host the Dallas return of Techstars Startup Weekend, a three-day program that immerses aspiring entrepreneurs in the world of startups. More seasoned founders can connect with other creators and improve their knowledge. 

The program kicks off on Friday, April 21, and runs through Sunday, April 23, at VariSpace Las Colinas....

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Ever.Ag Names Veteran Leader to New Position of President
by | Apr 6, 2023

Mike Sargent has joined Frisco-based Ever.Ag, a provider of supply chain software and financial services for the agriculture industry, in the new position of president.

Sargent will be responsible for bringing strategic focus and operational excellence to drive further innovation in the Ever.Ag...

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New VC Firm Aims to Back Women-Owned and Led Companies in DFW
by | Apr 6, 2023
First fund from Wendi McGowan-Ellis’s Cassandra Capital also intends to invest in women-owned VC firms.
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Cutting a Path to Success: Dallas Startup Launches Eco‑Friendly Robot Mower to Tackle Landscaper Labor Shortage
Sensori Robotics has emerged from stealth after three years of R&D pursuing a "robotic revolution in lawn care." Founded by two brothers who grew up tinkering with things in the U.K.—and now live in Texas—Sensori aims to disrupt the landscaping market with its AI-based location methodologies and location-aware robot.
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LaborJack Expands to DFW With Manual Labor Gig Staffing App

by | Apr 4, 2023
The Colorado staffing startup says it aims to go "beyond muscle for hire" to be the future model for the gig economy workforce. After completing around 5,000 jobs across the gig economy in Colorado, it's starting its Texas expansion in DFW with a goal of providing up to 300 local jobs in the next year. Its "Laborjacks" will help with moves, landscaping, months-long gigs at small businesses, and more. See how much they'll make and find out more.
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Historic Cedars Corner Building in Dallas Gets New Life–and Becomes Home to These Black- and Women-Owned Businesses
by | Apr 3, 2023
In 1923, the building was home to the Newland Hotel and a Piggly Wiggly grocery story in The Cedars neighborhood directly south of downtown Dallas. Now known as Cedars Corner, its first floor is an incubator of sorts for a distinctive collection of Black and women-owned businesses committed to bringing life back to the historic space. Meet the owners and see what they're cooking up.
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Fort Worth Doubles Down on Innovation Districts With New Policy, Designations
by | Apr 3, 2023
Along with formalizing its policy on innovation districts, the Fort Worth city council said the city's Medical Innovation District and AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone— two areas already well-known as clusters of innovation in the city’s target industries—have been formally designated as innovation zones.
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Human-Free Trucking From Dallas Next Year? Aurora Says Its Tech Is Now ‘Feature Complete’
by | Apr 3, 2023
With the latest beta release of its Aurora Driver autonomous driving system, Aurora Innovation says it's reached a "feature complete" milestone. This could put the company one step closer to its goal of totally human-free freight runs between Dallas and Houston by late 2024.
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Los Alamos National Lab Launches LEEP to Match Entrepreneurs with Expert Mentors and Funding for Deep Tech Commercialization

The Lab Embedded Entrepreneur Program is designed to help entrepreneurs develop and commercialize their deep technology ideas. Texas innovators are invited to apply for the fellowship—but hurry, deadline is approaching quickly on April 17.
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Arlo Eisenberg Is Skating On the Creative Edge
by | Mar 30, 2023
Eisenberg, the doodling Dallas artist behind Drug Receipts NFTs, is pushing the boundaries of creativity. Along with his Dallas Design District creative agency—named simply Eisenberg—he runs the NFT company with two former pro rollerblading buddies.
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Six Dallas-Area Companies Make Financial Times’ 2023 Fastest-Growing 500 List
by | Mar 30, 2023
FT's new list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the Americas covers a three-year period from 2018 to 2021 when economies were "powering out of the pandemic." This year's list features six companies in Dallas, Plano, McKinney, and Coppell. See how the median revenue of ranked companies almost doubled on this year's list—and find out which local companies made the cut.
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