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53 North Texas Companies Make Inc.’s Fastest-Growing in Southwest List
by David Seeley | Feb 28, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth companies snagged nearly 33% of the 166 rankings on the Southwest list. "This year's Inc. 5000 Regional winners represent one of the most exceptional and exciting lists of America's off-the-charts growth companies," said Inc. Editor-in-Chief Scott Omelianuk. "They're disrupters and job creators, and all delivered an outsize impact on the economy."
by Lance Murray |
Feb 28, 2023
Officially launching today, WashMetrix says its software helps car washes make quick, informed decisions during a period of continued growth and consolidation in the industry. “Car wash companies are looking for ways they can make all of their different systems work together to give them a more comprehensive picture of the business," said Co-Founder and CEO Rex Womble.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2023
Fawn Weaver, a bestselling author, investor, entrepreneur, and the first Black woman to be founder and CEO of a major spirits brand, will headline the May 3-5 event. “The Inclusive Capital Summit will bring solution-based conversations to the forefront, equipping our community and business leaders with the knowledge, network and platform to carry their work forward," says Impact Ventures' Benjamin J. Vann.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2023
Wold has an MBA from Harvard and is a graduate of the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas Class of 2020. She approaches her GRIT Fitness brand with more brains than brawn—and has put "mindfulness" at the heart of its mission.
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The RoboTire system at an Arlington Discount Tire store. [Video still: RoboTire]
A Robot Is Changing Tires in Arlington
by David Seeley | Feb 23, 2023
Michigan-based RoboTire uses "state-of-the-art robotics and advanced algorithms" to change a vehicle's tires in a fraction of the time it takes humans to do it, "reducing an hour-long experience to under 25 minutes while maintaining the highest levels of safety." The Arlington location is the second of Discount Tire's 1,100 stores to implement the system. And it's not a coincidence—Discount Tire is a RoboTire investor.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Aaron Lobliner has been named as the first chief client officer and a member of the executive team at Richardon-based Cataboom, a leader in gamification and incentivized engagements....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 22, 2023
"Scoot is a fun name, and it reflects the energy our product brings into meetings," founder and CEO Ed Stevens said. The dynamic virtual meeting startup will use the funding for product development and scalability to serve "a growing set of global customers."
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by Glenn Hunter |
Feb 22, 2023
The Dallas-based startup’s “conversational analytics platform” for interviewing and hiring gets an investment boost from the former co-CEO at Warburg Pincus. HireLogic’s platform uses AI to listen to in-person or remote job-candidate interviews and provide transcribed, “smart” synopses of the conversations.
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The Pro Volleyball Federation is slated to take the court in February 2024. [Photo: PVF]
Frisco-Based Pro Volleyball Federation Adds Atlanta Team with League’s First Female Owner
by David Seeley | Feb 17, 2023
Making news for the second time this week, the Frisco-based Pro Volleyball Federation today announced Atlanta as the league's third market, with Atlanta businesswoman Colleen Durham Craig as the PVF's first female team owner.
Earlier this week, the league announced that pop star Jason Derulo and Omaha businessman Danny White, founder and CEO of City+Ventures, are launching a PVF franchise in Omaha, Nebraska.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 17, 2023
In November, we told you about something amazing coming to North Texas: Cosm is bringing one of its first two immersive entertainment venues to Grandscape in The Colony, with state-of-the-art "shared reality" that seamlessly bridges the gap between the virtual and the real.
Today Cosm announced a partnership with the NBA that could one day drive lots of Dallas Mavericks fans (and OK, fans of other NBA teams too) to its Grandscape venue. The multi-year partnership will feature a new live game viewing experience unlike anything you've ever seen on your TV or a sports bar near you.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Feb 16, 2023
Headquartered in London with go-to-market operations in Dallas, Ziflow aims to grow its North Texas team from 28 to over 40 in the next 12-18 months. Its enterprise creative workflow platform helps companies like Showtime and McCann Worldgroup centralize feedback "on any creative asset using any device."
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 16, 2023
Evolon Technology Inc., a Dallas-based developer of proprietary software technology that takes surveillance video and turns it into real-time actionable information, announced that Tom Galvin has been elected president and chief executive officer....
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Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp. Acquires Preclinical Pharma Company
by Lance Murray | Feb 15, 2023
Dallas-based Financial Strategies Acquisition Corp. has acquired Texas-based preclinical pharmaceutical company Austin Biosciences Corp.
Financial Strategies is a special purpose acquisition company led by CEO Alexander V. Schinzing. It said that upon the deal’s closing, Austin Biosciences will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the company.
Earlier this month, Financial Strategies announced that its board approved an extension of the period of time available to consummate the deal by one month from Feb....
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by David Seeley |
Feb 15, 2023
The Dallas-based diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging tech startup raised the $5 million in a round led by Seyen Capital, adding to $5.5 million previously raised by the startup. A new EVP and five VPs have been added to Kanarys' senior leadership team, which plans to use the funding to further expand Kanarys' tech platform.
"This funding, along with the hiring of leading industry experts, will catapult us towards fulfilling our mission," says co-founder and CEO Mandy Price—one of fewer than 20 Black female founders who've raised more than $10 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 14, 2023
DimeTyd has developed an advanced FinOps platform designed to help Amazon vendors and sellers recover lost profits from complex accounting errors.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 14, 2023
Ready to really get in the game? Dallas-Fort Worth has become
a major testing ground for an endless variety of immersive entertainment concepts—and more high-tech amazements are on the way.
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