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DI People: Dallas Cowboys, Hilti, Neiman Marcus Group, MoneyGram, and More Make Moves
by Lance Murray | Aug 5, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from the Dallas Jackals, Akorbi Group, egage2learn, Trademark Property Co., Independent Bank Group, Avanci, Independent Bank Group, and more.
by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 4, 2022
SKU Dallas set up shop in North Texas in 2020, partnering with DFW CPG as a local arm of the Austin-based CPG-focused accelerator. It's graduated 12 companies since then, including local plant-based jerky brand All Y’alls Foods, along with Texas-based mmmpanadas and Meli’s Monster Cookies.
Now it's announced its third lineup of CPG startups. All female-founded, they range from a Brooklyn sexual wellness and body product company to a California-based Vietnamese cold-brew coffee brand.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 3, 2022
The American Heart Association is looking to emerging technology to help in its fight against one of the leading global causes of death—cardiovascular disease.
The Dallas-based organization, alongside global health tech giant Philips, announced re-upping their investment in VC fund Cardiation Capital.
The Dallas-based organization, alongside global health tech giant Philips, announced re-upping their investment in VC fund Cardiation Capital.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 3, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AIM Designs' locker with reclining seat and roll-up door, Parkhub's system for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location and associated methods, Rettrobands' flat tire safety insert, Strong Products Group's connector for raceway, Toyota's visualizing and modeling thermomechanical stress using photoluminescence, Linear Labs' brushed electric motor/generator, Boot Royalty's comfort system for boots, Caterpillar's drill head position determination system, and more.
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From SaaS to Coding to Social Impact, See What Awaits You at Dallas Startup Week
by Kevin Cummings | Aug 2, 2022
Dallas Startup Week is only days away. In addition to three big summits, the DEC Network's flagship week-long event will offer sessions on 21 different "tracks." From social impact to startup funding to esports and emerging tech, here's a look at what the week holds in store.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 1, 2022
On "Flip to a Million"—premiering Monday at 8 central on HGTV and streaming on Discovery+—Long Island's Jon and Dani Wrobel and Chicago's Jason and EJ Williams move their families to Dallas with a daunting task. With an initial budget of just $1,000, they must race to flip as fast as they can. The first couple to sell a house for $1 million wins.
They'll face competition outside the show, too. In Q1, investors set a record by flipping 2,675 homes and condos in DFW—more than double the pace from Q1 2021.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 1, 2022
PH Innovation Holdings, operator of fitness gear and training tech platform company POWERHANDZ, has landed a “multimillion-dollar” investment from Vanguard Holdings Group in an all-Frisco deal. In addition, Vanguard Holdings has issued a private tender offer to acquire all issued and outstanding minority shares of PHI.
“This partnership will allow us to reach more athletes and shift mindsets about overall performance, physically and financially,” said POWERHANDZ CEO Danyel Surrency Jones.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 29, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from DHD Films, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, M2G Ventures, UT Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, MOOYAH, Successive Technologies, CG Infinity, and more.
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Activate Games Is Bringing Its Live-Action Indoor Experience to Plano This Fall
by David Seeley | Jul 28, 2022
Activate Games says it offers "the next level in entertainment, fitness, and gaming." Its six locations in Canada and the U.S. have up to 11 rooms with laser mazes, touch-activated climbing walls, arcade-style target walls, light-flashing basketball hoops, and more—with your score tracked by an RFID bracelet.
You can "put your brain and body to the test" when the new Plano location opens by as soon as the end of this year.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 28, 2022
From Topgolf to Puttery, Electric Shuffle, TOCA Social, Two Bit Circus and more, North Texas may be America's greatest high-tech playground.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 27, 2022
Nada's Cityfunds enable people to invest in single-family rental homes and fractionally invest in owner-occupied homes in Dallas, Austin, and Miami. With the new funding, Nada plans to expand Cityfunds to six new cities, grow its Oak Lawn-based staff to around 60, and develop a home equity-accessing debit card.
“We fundamentally believe that we can make a material difference to people's lives by making real estate as an asset more accessible,” co-founder and CEO John Green told Dallas Innovates.
“We fundamentally believe that we can make a material difference to people's lives by making real estate as an asset more accessible,” co-founder and CEO John Green told Dallas Innovates.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 27, 2022
The DEC Network’s flagship event—Dallas Startup Week—will be held August 7 through August 11 both virtually and in person at SMU's Cox School of Business.
Bringing together the local ecosystem’s “breadth and diversity” of corporations and startups, the Corporate Startup Innovation summit will feature Jim Adler, founding managing director of Toyota Ventures, and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired—plus a deep dive in the funding landscape, an accelerator pitch competition, and more.
Bringing together the local ecosystem’s “breadth and diversity” of corporations and startups, the Corporate Startup Innovation summit will feature Jim Adler, founding managing director of Toyota Ventures, and Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired—plus a deep dive in the funding landscape, an accelerator pitch competition, and more.
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The Shadow CEO:
A Founder’s Guide to Common Metrics
by Dennis Cagan | Jul 26, 2022
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan shares insights on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance—before making needless mistakes—in The Shadow CEO series.
Part 9: Explaining Common Metrics
Part 9: Explaining Common Metrics
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 26, 2022
Co-Founder Clifton Harness says TestFit is the first company to connect pro forma, construction cost, and asset design through building configurator software. The technology allows companies to "de-risk decisions" and log critical time savings when they develop new real estate. The funding will help the startup expand its R&D, quadruple its product and engineering teams, and build a new HQ.
“With TestFit, we see a disruptor driving a paradigm shift in the real estate industry,” said Gregg Hill, co-founder and managing partner at Parkway Venture Capital, which led the funding round.
“With TestFit, we see a disruptor driving a paradigm shift in the real estate industry,” said Gregg Hill, co-founder and managing partner at Parkway Venture Capital, which led the funding round.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 25, 2022
Plus, Fort Worth's Harvest Returns raises new fund; new Ryan acquisition makes 2022 its most active M&A year; OpTic Gaming acquires Dallas chatbot startup; Dallas legal education firm boosts digital content library; and Fort Worth's Novaria Group acquires firm with giant aerospace clients.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 22, 2022
Of three summits to be held during Dallas Startup Week, the Women of Innovation Summit is right in Miller's wheelhouse. The summit is powered by her company, Toyota Financial Services, and will celebrate women who transform their ideas and ambitions into a reality.
The goal? To set women leaders up for success, says Miller.
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