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Taysha Gene Therapies Replaces CEO, Appoints R&D Chief

by | Dec 19, 2022

Dallas-based Taysha Gene Therapies is starting a new chapter in its fight to tackle devastating neurological conditions with changes in its top executive leadership.

Late Friday, the publicly traded biotech announced that Sean P. Nolan, the current chair of the board of directors and an experienced biopharmaceutical industry leader, is the company’s new CEO....

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Startup to Storefront: SkinStasis Launches ‘Revolutionary’ Skin Care Product Out of BioLabs at Pegasus Park
by | Dec 19, 2022
Co-founders Paul Stewart and Frank Murdock started up SkinStasis Skin Care earlier this year to meet "a big unmet need" in the cold sore/herpes virus field, where they say there's been "no real new pharmaceutical development" for over 20 years.

Working out of BioLabs at Pegasus Park, they teamed up with Irving's Cosmetic Laboratories to launch NextLeap—which uses tranexamic acid to shorten the time to recovery of normal appearance to as little as 24 to 48 hours, the co-founders say.
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North Texas’ Sky Elements Breaks Texas Record With 1,001 Drone Light Show
by | Dec 19, 2022
Fort Worth-based drone show company Sky Elements broke a Texas record Sunday night—and spread a little holiday cheer as well. To attract attention for the North Richland Hills toy drive benefitting the Community Enrichment Center, Sky Elements presented a "1,001 Drones Holiday Show" over the Birdville ISD Fine Arts/Athletic Complex.
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Grata Raises $6M in Seed Funding for Recognition Platform, Adds Industry Experts to Executive Team
by | Dec 16, 2022
Founded in 2019 by Mark Bunting, Grata is a first-of-its-kind online platform for consumers to convey recognition directly to a brand's frontline employees in real-time. The company said that investors who have joined to support the success of Grata include Capital Factory, Clutch, Hall Group, and Perot Jain. The startup has assembled a team of entrepreneurial veterans and industry experts including Patrick Brandt, Wesley Bryan, Allison Swope, and John Rabara.
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Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Dallas Deep Ellum

Mark Cuban, co-founder of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. [Photo: MCCPDC]

Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Co. Partners with Emsana RX to Help Take on Big Pharma

by | Dec 16, 2022
In January, the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company launched its online pharmacy directly to consumers, aiming to "bypass middlemen and outrageous markups." In October, it partnered with its first U.S. health plan, Capital Blue Cross. Now, by partnering with EmsanaRx, MCCPDC has made its first move into the self-insured employer drug market. Mark Cuban says EmsanaRx's "technological capabilities to customize to the needs of self-funded employers" will help his startup "bring lower cost medicines to a wider swath of the American public."
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$1.7B Cybersecurity Firm Trellix Appoints New Chief Information Security Officer To Be Based Out of New Plano Office
by | Dec 15, 2022
Trellix is a cybersecurity firm created last January via a merger between McAfee Enterprise and FireEye Security Holdings, leading to a $1.7 billion valuation. The company is opening an 85,000-square-foot office in Plano's Legacy West Urban Village to house the employees and assets of its local operations. Based in San Jose, California, Trellix has 4,500 employees worldwide.
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UNT Health Science Center Gets $2M from Tarrant County to Boost Emerging Tech Companies
by | Dec 14, 2022
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth has received a $2 million grant from Tarrant County to help emerging tech startups successfully apply for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding. "It’s about creating entrepreneurial excellence in Tarrant County,” says Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks. “This puts us at the forefront of innovation in bringing tech industries to Tarrant County as an economic development tool.”
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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of November 15
by | Dec 14, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Linear Labs' multi-tunnel electric machine, NEC Corporation of America's facial recognition system, NTT Data's securing machine learning models, Physmodo's human motion detection and tracking, Raytheon and University of North Dakota's detection of spoofing and meaconing for geolocation positioning system signals, Securus Technologies' ollicit activity detection based on body language, University of Texas System's anti-LILRB antibodies and their use in detecting and treating cancer, Watchguard Video's magnetic body-worn mounting system and method, and more.
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Rendering of Ramble Room in Snider Plaza. [Image: Ramble Room]

Imperial Fizz Is Building a Dallas Restaurant Portfolio ‘By Doing It Backwards’

by | Dec 13, 2022
Dallas restaurateur Jon Alexis is opening Ramble Room in Snider Plaza as the second venture of his company Imperial Fizz, following the successful launch of Escondido Tex-Mex in Preston Hollow. The two-story Ramble Room will open in early spring, offering "approachable, everyday American classic dishes." It's part of Alexis' "do it backwards" approach: "We find a great spot in a great neighborhood, and figure out what those neighbors need," Alexis said.
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The Last Word: Resolute Future’s Michael Kelly on When To Ignore Great Advice
by | Dec 12, 2022
Entrepreneurs need to filter things out—which is why Kelly believes founders can ignore great advice at times. "I hear a lot of founders get paralyzed because they don't know how to apply advice/feedback," Kelly wrote recently on LinkedIn. "If that's you, keep this in mind. There's a lot of great feedback that is irrelevant to you. It is up to you to understand what feedback is for you right now, what feedback should be set aside for later, and what feedback is meant for a different audience."
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Dallas-Fort Worth Tech Co. Partners With SoundHound To Offer Voice AI Ordering System for Restaurants
by | Dec 12, 2022
SoundHound, the conversational intelligence innovator, went public in April.

Hamed Mazrouei, CEO of tech-provider Vivant and Milagro, says the system streamlines operations for restaurants so they can focus on their food and their guests. The company described it as a "virtual employee who answers calls, takes orders, and makes reservations."
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Hedera Governing Council Adds 2 Leaders to Executive Team
by | Dec 9, 2022

The Hedera Governing Council has appointed two new members to the executive team. The council is a consortium of leading organizations that operate the open source, hashgraph-powered, carbon-negative Hedera network for Web3 applications....

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A rendering of the new Comerica BusinessHQ collaborative space on R.L. Thornton in Dallas. [Image: Comerica Bank]

Comerica Bank Is Creating a ‘BusinessHQ’ Collaborative Space for Small Businesses in Southern Dallas

by | Dec 9, 2022
Southern Dallas small business owners are about to get a new space to connect, collaborate, and help grow their companies.  Comerica Bank is transforming the first floor of its R.L. Thornton location into Comerica BusinessHQ—an 8,000-SF collaborative space offering a mix of coworking spaces, incubation fellowships, and technical assistance. The center will address three big needs: "capital, cultivation, and connectivity."
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AllOY Reveals Design of Its First Electric-Powered Autonomous Recreational Boat
by | Dec 8, 2022
The Dallas-based marine tech startup will take preorders in 2023 and set sail with production boats in 2024. Warbird Holdings CEO John Dorton—a veteran in both boat building and leadership—is joining the startup’s board to help AllOY make waves in the $57 billion recreational boat market.  AllOY emerged from stealth this summer to bring electric power and autonomous tech to boating.
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Fort Worth ISD Makes Rhithm Bio-Social Testing App Optional
by | Dec 8, 2022
Rhithm, a Dallas social-emotional learning and mental health startup, raised $4 million in a seed round last year for its emoji-based bio-social assessments app, which is now used by over 2,400 schools in 29 states, according to the company. One district that adopted the app is Fort Worth ISD—and it recently announced a change in how the app will be used.
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