Startup

Global Talent Tech Company Harver Announces Scott Lander as CEO and Board Chair

by | Jan 14, 2022
The hire follows the company's merger and rebranding in 2020. Dallas-based Outmatch joined forces with Amersterdam-based Harver in May and rebranded in November.
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DI People: JCPenney, 7-Eleven, Recode Therapeutics, Hawkeye, PCCI, and Others Make Moves
by | Jan 14, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from CrossFirst Bankshares, Johnson & Sekin, DataBank, Balfour Beatty, Caspr Group, Mohr Partners, One Network, Kainos Capital, The Dallas Foundation, Denton County Transportation Authority and Indio Management.

Plus, the incoming AIA Dallas President charts a way forward for 2022 and Gov. Abbott appoints a North Texas to the Broadband Development Council.
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Waymo Via and J.B. Hunt Announce Long-Term Alliance, More Pilot Runs on I-45
by | Jan 14, 2022
The expanded collaboration will lead to multiple pilot tests of robotically driven freight on I-45 between Fort Worth and Houston "in the same lane" as those conducted in 2021. The two companies plan "to complete fully autonomous transport in Texas in the next few years."
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Dallas Startup Week Slated for August with 5 days, 100+ Events, and 200+ Speakers
by | Jan 13, 2022
Hosted by The DEC Network and powered by Capital One, the five-day showcase is North Texas’ largest event focused on driving entrepreneurial success, economic impact, and innovation.
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The Shadow CEO:
Some Basics About Equity Distribution for Entrepreneurs

by | Jan 11, 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 5: Equity distribution techniques
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Richardson’s Skyven Raises $6.5M in Oversubscribed Seed Round and Grants for Its Clean Tech
by | Jan 11, 2022
The energy-as-a-service company aims to reduce industrial emissions through AI and an IoT platform that identifies areas to lower fuel consumption.
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Grapevine’s Car Capital Secures $150M Credit Facility and $6M+ Equity Investment
by | Jan 11, 2022
Secured from funds managed by Fortress Investment Group affiliates, the moves will fuel "significant and continued" future growth for the company. Its Dealer Electronic Auto Loan System (DEALS) allows dealer partners in 12 states to instantly approve 100% of their customers, no matter their credit history.
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Plano-Based MediLynx Rolls Out PocketECG That Intelligently Monitors the Heart—Remotely
by | Jan 11, 2022
The newly patented mobile cardiac monitor from MediLynx can stream an entire, continuous ECG signal to a physician or monitoring center.

The signal is processed in the cloud "in near real-time by a super-deep convolutional neural network with over 100 layers."
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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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