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DI People: ClubCorp, North Dallas Bank and Trust, Tappit, and More Make Moves
by Alex Edwards | Nov 12, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Jacobs, WiNGS, TearLab, Activate Renewables, StreetLights Residential, The Expo Group, Lear Investment Management, and more.
by Maddie Preston |
Nov 11, 2021
UTD students, faculty, and alumni pitched their big ideas for a chance to win cash to push their ventures forward. New this year: Capital Factory presented the first-ever biotech+ challenge award.
The event featured a closing conversation on the entrepreneurial ecosystem with long-time business partners Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain.
The event featured a closing conversation on the entrepreneurial ecosystem with long-time business partners Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain.
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The ‘Bloomberg Terminal of Real Estate’ Relocates to McKinney With Grant From MEDC’s Innovation Fund
by Alex Edwards |
Nov 11, 2021
Spatial Laser is joining the more than 20 tech companies that have expanded in or relocated to McKinney. The proptech startup uses a cloud solution to assist bulk buyers in quickly identifying real estate properties that have high rental returns with low risk.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 11, 2021
The fast-growing local healthtech startup will deliver a fully integrated care platform to Sholom—a provider of independent and assisted living housing for Minnesota seniors. By offering remote patient monitoring and digital care solutions, VitalTech aims to transform virtual health.
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U.S. Patent No. 11,155,321 (Underwater wings for providing lift to boats) was assigned to Minor IP, LLC.
Dallas Invents: 118 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 26
by Quincy Preston | Nov 9, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Minor IP’s underwater wings for providing lift to boats, Apple’s DMRS for 5G things communication system, Capital One‘s document term recognition and analytics, Dell’s pre-boot BIOS healing of platform issues from operating system stop error code crashes, Edible Garden AG’s greenhouse agriculture system, NICE LTD’s detecting complaint interactions, Toyota’s predicting and detecting a cardiac event, and VitalTech Properties’ on-body wearable charger.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 8, 2021
The city’s inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence position was recommended by the Mayor’s Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to better foster the start-up environment in Dallas. "While Dallas is known as a great place for big business, now we need to show that we are a great place for scalable, sustainable, and high-growth startups as well," Vaca says.
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Dallas-Based Vaxxinity Prepares for $100M IPO; Aims to Turn Immune Systems Into ‘Antibody Factories’
by David Seeley |
Nov 8, 2021
Vaxxinity's COVID-19 vaccine candidate is "super safe and mild and doesn’t bring recipients down for a couple of days with flu-like symptoms," says the company's co-founder and CEO, Mei Mei Hu. Unlike mRNA vaccines from Modern and Pfizer, Vaxxinity says its protein peptide-based platform is based on tech that led to a vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 5, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from BBG, Imaginuity, Eyemart Express, JAMCO Interests, The Nonprofit Alliance, RGT Wealth Advisors, Mohr Partners, and Complexity Gaming.
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Shanthi Rajaram, Indra Nooyi, Danyel Surrency Jones, Aneesa Muthana. [Photos via DFW*ATW]
Cracking the Code:
DFW Alliance of Technology and Women Gathers Hundreds to Inspire Change With ‘Collective Courage’
by Maddie Preston | Nov 4, 2021
At DFW*ATW's annual Executive Leadership Forum last week, women shared stories of how they cracked the courage code to become top leaders in business.
From Danyel Surrency Jones, co-founder and CEO of Dallas-based POWERHANDZ, to Indra Nooyi, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo, the leaders urged the audience to "push innovations," "eliminate inequalities," and advance talented women forward.
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by Maddie Preston |
Nov 4, 2021
The DFW Alliance of Technology and Women held its 19th annual Executive Forum last week, urging attendees to "crack the courage code" and empower women in business. Afterward, DFW*ATW's president, Shanthi Rajaram, spoke with Dallas Innovates about her takeaways from the event—and how being "comfortable with the unknown" helped her start her own entrepreneurship journey.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 4, 2021
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, BBG, and Buff City Soap all tapped new senior leaders this week.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 4, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth is a big draw for Gen Zers, too.
This summer, CommercialCafe ranked DFW No. 4 among the 10 Best Metros for Generation Z.
This summer, CommercialCafe ranked DFW No. 4 among the 10 Best Metros for Generation Z.
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Dallas’ Avanci Lands Patent License Agreement With Jaguar Land Rover
by Alex Edwards | Nov 3, 2021
Avanci's one-stop marketplace for wireless essential patents makes securing technology rights faster and easier. Its latest deal: Jaguar Land Rover—the UK's largest automotive manufacturer—which signed a patent license agreement with Avanci to receive licenses to 2G, 3G, and 4G essential patents.
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![Pudu offers many commercial service robots. Free 1-week trials of the PuduBot food delivery robot (far right above) are being offered to Dallas restaurants for a limited time. [Image: Pudu Robotics]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pudu-Robotics-360x203.jpg)
by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2021
The free, one-week trial of the company's PuduBot food delivery robot is open to Dallas restaurants, cafes, hotels, offices, hospitals, and other catering operators for a limited time.
The robot navigates around tables with 3D obstacle avoidance technology and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Oh, and it can sing "Happy Birthday," too.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's data authentication using a blockchain approach, Elbit System's apparatus for target location, IBM's avatar-based augmented reality engagement, Mckesson's adherence monitoring system, ProBiora Health's foods containing beneficial oral bacteria, Toyota's acoustic direction sensor, Verishop's online multi-user shopping, and Verizon's system for carrier settlement using blockchain.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 2, 2021
The report puts Dallas-Fort Worth at No. 8 for job growth in high-tech software and services, with an increase rate of 12.7 percent for the past two years.
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