Startup

Partnerships and Personalization Drove White Rock Cybersecurity to Record 80% Revenue Growth in 2022

by | Mar 22, 2023
CEO James Range shares insights on the company's journey from one customer to more than 2,500 in tech hubs across the country.
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Meet 6 Investors Fueling the North Texas Startup Boom
by | Mar 22, 2023
From seasoned venture capitalists to up-and-coming angels, investors are setting their sights on North Texas. Many now call the region home. Here are six new North Texans who want to use their investment dollars to take big swings and make an impact.
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Frisco-based Freight Think Launches to Help Shippers Cut Costs, Boost Profits, Help Environment
by | Mar 21, 2023
Two North Texas supply chain veterans—Reid Klosowsky and Bill Maroney, in partnership with Frisco-based NT Logistics— have founded and launched Freight Think, a logistics-oriented advisory group. "We strive to improve profit margins for our clients—everyday shippers—who, for lack of time or expertise, cannot manage their transportation costs like the Fortune 100," Klosowsky says.
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Dallas Startup Focused on Erectile Dysfunction Raises $5M in Initial Public Offering
by | Mar 21, 2023
Mangoceuticals is aiming its mango-flavored ED drug at a “younger demographic” with colorful packaging and humorous marketing.
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MedArrive, Ouma Partner to Bring In-Home Maternal Care to Vulnerable Medicaid Members

by | Mar 20, 2023
Irving-based MedArrive said the collaboration seeks to improve the health of pregnant women and their newborns, especially those at high risk, by adding a vital service to its growing ecosystem of specialty care providers that managed Medicaid health plans can leverage for members in their homes.
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Surf’s Up in Grandscape: Up to $10M Restaurant Venue Coming with Shred-Ready Wave Pool
by | Mar 20, 2023
The only waves most people see in North Texas happen when the Cowboys are driving for a touchdown. But soon endless curls of, like, totally awesome and tasty waves will be peaking at Grandscape in The Colony. Coming to the rescue will be Fireside Surf, a restaurant with craft beers and signature cocktails built around a customizable deep-water wave pool whose German-based technology creates up to six-foot-high "standing waves." 
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Kodiak Robotics and Forward Air Roll Self-Driving Freight Runs Between Dallas and Atlanta
by | Mar 17, 2023
Mountain View, California-based Kodiak Robotics—which announced an earlier partnership last May with U.S. Xpress to launch autonomous freight service between Dallas and Atlanta—today announced it has teamed up with Forward Air Corporation to roll freight between the same two cities. Through the agreement, Kodiak and Forward say they're "operating autonomous freight service 24 hours per day, six days per week between Dallas and Atlanta, making three round trips weekly."
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The Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth 2023: Meet the Game-Changing Disruptors Driving Innovation and Impact
by | Mar 16, 2023
These standouts—startup founders, tech pioneers, educators, creators, social innovators, and business leaders—are transforming entire industries and making waves in their respective fields. 
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The Last Word: LCM Group’s David Luttrell on Why Family Offices Should Look at Startups

by | Mar 16, 2023
In our recent 2023 issue of Dallas Innovates magazine, we reported on a panel discussion about family investment offices that was held late last year at the annual Venture Dallas conference. During the panel session, Luttrell spoke about the single-family-office LCM Group, and how it views startups as driving innovation.
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Gatik Partners with Kroger on Self-Driving Truck Deliveries to Dallas-Area Stores
by | 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.
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Netze Homes Plans To Break Ground on 150 ‘Steel-Framed’ Homes in DFW This Year
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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The Last Word: Techstars’ Maëlle Gavet Has Advice for Founders Navigating the SVB Crisis

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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Feds To ‘Fully Protect’ All SVB and Signature Bank Depositors, Easing Pressure on Rattled Startup and Tech Leaders
by | Mar 13, 2023
Sunday's announcement that all Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank depositors would be "fully protected" may have helped startup and tech leaders breathe a little easier at SXSW in Austin, in North Texas, and beyond. While concerns continue, the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC said Sunday that "the U.S. banking system remains resilient and on a solid foundation."
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Dallas Startup Tuned In Grading Sees Potential in Vinyl Record Resurgence
by | 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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