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Dallas-based Adyton Launches Mustr App to ‘Revolutionize’ How Critical-Mission Military Teams Operate

by | Oct 6, 2021
Adyton was founded in 2018 by two U.S. Army special forces veterans. Their "mobile technology with a mission" aims to pull actionable information in real time from critical-skill military teams—from the lowest first-line supervisor all the way up to the commanding officer.
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Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 21
by | Oct 5, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AbTech Industries' evaporation apparatus for treating waste water, Assa Abloy's remote loading dock authorization systems and methods, IBM's drone station marketplace, Safepass' digital badge, and Toyota's subscription-based smart refueling.
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Follow the Money: Dairy.com Acquires Mr.Milkman; Takkion Acquires Airway Services; Events Planning Startup Fêtefully Receives $1.3M Seed Round
by | Oct 5, 2021

⟫ GOT LOTS OF MILK? Frisco-based Dairy.com, the leading provider of tech, services, and intelligence platforms to the dairy industry, has acquired New Delhi, India-based Mr.Milkman...

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The Texas Blockchain Summit Will Feature Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Other Cryptocurrency Boosters
by | Oct 5, 2021
The inaugural October 8th Texas Blockchain Summit could be a watershed event for making Texas "the jurisdiction of choice" for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council, will host a wide array of speakers including Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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DI People: Metrospaces, Argano, TF Holdings, and More Make Moves

by | Oct 1, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, Evolon Technology, IBERIABANK/First Horizon, Mohr Partners, Accenture Interactive, CEC Entertainment, and more.
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ICYMI 2021: The Q3 Archive
You’ve found Dallas Innovates’ archive of news briefs from July to September 2021.
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LaunchBio Gets $750K From U.S. Department of Commerce’s $36.5M ‘Build to Scale’ Program
by | Sep 30, 2021
LaunchBio was one of 50 recipients of the program, which is led and managed by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the U.S. Economic Development Administration, to accelerate technology entrepreneurship and fuel innovation. The nonprofit organization's winning three-year proposal focuses on how to coordinate and enhance resources in North Texas to establish the region as a globally recognized entrepreneurial ecosystem. A large part of that is development of the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park.
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Plano-Based Tentacle Launches Tech Platform To ‘Transform the Information Security Space’
by | Sep 30, 2021
With more than 2,200 daily cyberattacks worldwide—at an average $200K per successful attack—organizations are racing to increase their information security. Tentacle says its configurable data management tool can help organizations modernize and optimize their security programs "with far greater efficiency and effectiveness."
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Two SMU Grads Create Eco-Friendly Products to Combat Single-Use Plastics

by | Sep 29, 2021
All straws suck—but single-use paper straws that disintegrate mid-drink are especially sucky. That's why two SMU grads were inspired to create an alternative to plastic straws, as well as other single-use plastic products, made with upcycled agave waste from tequila production. The pair are raising a Series A round.
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Dallas’ Esposure Teams Up with Cryptomining Startup Salad to Help Gamers Earn Rewards By Computesharing
by | Sep 29, 2021
If you think that headline is a lot to chew on, you've got the right idea. Esposure wants to help Salad nibble on computing time from gamers everywhere, by training users how to turn their idle PCs into cryptomining computers through distributed computing. Redeemable rewards are the dessert.
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 14
by | Sep 28, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's unified platform for managing telephone number ordering and procurement lifecycles, Cisco's blockchain for optimized fast-secure roaming on WLANs, Finish Time Holding's athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions, Match.com's  method for matching using location information, Renegade Logic automated network trading platform, SkyBitz's increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking, Stryker Corp.'s operating room wireless power transfer, and Toyota's real-time trajectory optimization for hybrid energy management utilizing connected IT.
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Report: Dallas Makes List of Top-Ranked Global Startup Ecosystems for Second Straight Year

by | Sep 28, 2021
The 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report from Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network notes that unicorns emerged for the first time last year in Dallas and five other global cities. Dallas tied for No. 31 overall on this year's global list, its same ranking as in 2020.
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Life Science Is Booming in Dallas-Fort Worth. The BioNTX iC3 Summit Is the Place to Connect
The summit is an innovation multiplier for capital, collaboration, and commercialization. Plus, you can meet 2021 NTX Rising Stars—and the new companies moving to BioLabs at Pegasus Park.

Here's an updated agenda for the annual iC3 Life Science Summit on September 30 and October 1.
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