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Cart.com Buys Dallas-based FB Flurry, Tripling Fulfillment Footprint and Enabling Next Day Delivery to Majority of US

by | Jan 10, 2022
Fast-growing Texas-based Cart.com acquired FB Flurry, which uses advanced tech to support "high-SKU" clients. Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Jeff Zisk, Flurry was named a Top 3PL this year by Multichannel Merchant.
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DI People: Dallas Fed, Container Store, McKinney EDC, Pizza Hut, GM Financial, and Others Make Moves
by | Jan 7, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from TechFW, Caris Life Sciences, Howell Instruments, KonaTel, CollateralEdge, NTCAR, and more. Plus: Governor Abbott appointed 5 North Texans to the Private Sector Advisory Council.
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Dallas No. 2 in Tech Job Postings Per Latest CompTIA Report
by | Jan 7, 2022
In addition to overall tech job postings, those for remote and work-from-home positions increased across U.S. metros. The top posted remote/WFH positions were software developers (No. 1) and IT support specialists (No. 2).

Plus: You'll find the top 10 U.S. employers by tech jobs postings.
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Dallas-Based Fintech CollateralEdge Adds New VP of Commercial Strategy to Leadership Team in Third Senior Hire
by | Jan 6, 2022
A hot new Dallas fintech is expanding its leadership team. Dallas-based CollateralEdge has hired banking veteran David Nakhleh as vice president of commercial strategy, following two other key leadership hires last summer.
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Sole Source Capital Portfolio Company More Than Doubles in Size With Three Acquisitions

by | Jan 5, 2022
The announcement continues a strong run for the Dallas-based industrial-focused PE firm. In October, Sole Source Capital was named a 2021 Inc. "Founder-Friendly" investor and raised $555 million in its second fund.
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Metrospaces Launches Beta Version of Its MetroCrowd Proptech Platform
by | Jan 4, 2022
Metrospaces, a proptech company powered by Dallas-based Shokworks, launched a beta version of its MetroCrowd platform today. The blockchain-powered tokenization platform is designed to "democratize" the real estate investing process, according to the company.
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Dallas-Based Alto is Going 100% Electric as It Expands to Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley
by | Jan 4, 2022
Six months after a $45 million Series B raise, Alto will be a coast-to-coast company by end of this month. It now aims to transform its fleet of owned rideshare vehicles to 100% electric by the end of 2023, with a network of EV Ops Centers keeping them charged, maintained, and ready. The first center is being built now near its Dallas HQ.
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EVERY LAST WORD 2021: The Archive
Read “who said what” in our roundup of quotable North Texans, including Perot Jain's Anurag Jain; EarthX's Trammell S. Crow; American Airlines' Doug Parker; and more.
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Dallas Invents: 113 Patents Granted for Week of Dec. 7

by | Dec 22, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's connection management service, Capital One's AR vehicle search assistance, Toyota's automated crowd sourcing of road environment information, USAA's anonymizing transaction information, Walgreen's window guard for cosmetic products, and more.
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ICYMI 2021: The Q4 Archive
You’ve found Dallas Innovates’ archive of news briefs from October to December 2021.
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Raising the Woof: Plano-Based Halo Completes Series B with $400M Valuation
by | Dec 20, 2021
Co-founded by Cesar Millan and two IoT-pioneering brothers, the startup sells the Halo Collar—a dog collar that stores up to 20 GPS wireless smart fences, with dog-training tech built in. Founded in 2018, the company has raised around $25 million to date, mostly through this latest Series B. According to Millan, "This funding will accelerate our mission of no more lost dogs, while at the same time, allow more dogs to follow, play, and explore every day."
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The Shadow CEO:
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About the Foundational Documents of a Corporation
by | Dec 19, 2021
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 4: Foundational documents
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NuZee coffee

Tea-Bag Coffee Innovator Appoints Former Sony CEO and Quantum Leaps Co-CEO as Advisors

by | Dec 19, 2021
Advisor Nobuyuki Idei says NuZee's approach to its "eco-friendly coffee product innovation" is a great opportunity to tap into one of the world's largest coffee markets.
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Higher-Ed Telehealth Startup Grows Leadership Team With 5 Exec Moves
by | Dec 19, 2021
The telehealth startup focused on higher education continues to grow its team as its services are in greater demand than ever.
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Brett Giroir named to the board of Onconano
Dallas-Fort Worth Biotech OncoNano Medicine Adds National Public Health Leader to Board
by | Dec 19, 2021
The former Assistant Secretary of Health and Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service will help advance Onconano's mission to advance the identification and treatment of cancer.
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DI People: Wingstop, CollateralEdge, Meritize, and More Make Moves
by | Dec 17, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Sabre, Trive Capital, Dresner Partners, NuZee, TimelyMD, Meritize, JAMCO Interests, Unleashed Brands, OncoNano Medicatin, EarthxFilm.
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