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Left: Madison Potts, 10 year old founder and CEO of Esined; Right: Vanessa Bouche, co-founder of Savhera PBC
Governor’s Commissioner for Women Pitch Winners Include a Human Trafficking Scholar and a 10-Year-Old Fashion CEO
by David Seeley | Sep 16, 2021
The North Texas regional winners include 10-year-old Madison Denise from Waxahachie, the founder and CEO of Esined tween fashions; and Hurst's Vanessa Bouche, co-founder of Savhera, a line of wellness products that impact the livelihoods of human trafficking survivors.
by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Sep 15, 2021
"It’s just cool that a Texas-based AI and robotics company can help a Texas-based burrito company expand in ways we could only imagine just a few years ago," says Alex Eagle, Chief Executive Officer for Freebirds World Burrito.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 15, 2021
Oscar-winning actress and producer Witherspoon and the media company she founded, Hello Sunshine, will work with Plano-based Stacy's Pita Chips to help support the visibility and success of female founders. Stacy's is also growing its Rise Project legacy by launching FoundedByHer.org, a nationwide directory of female business founders.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's virtual store shelf that emulates a physical store shelf, Air Distribution Technologies' HVAC scrubber unit with building management system integration methods, ProBiora Health use of hydrogen peroxide-producing bacteria for tooth whitening, Recognition Concepts' digital signage and content manager, Rovi Guides' methods for content rights portability, Salesforce.com's object detection and image classification-based OCR recognition, Toyota Motor North America's use of sensors to detect hazard from another vehicle while driving, Varidesk's motorized adjustable height table, and Zixcorp System's harvesting and distributing a certificate based on a DNS name.
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Joe Beard and Joel Radtke, co-founders of CollateralEdge [Photo: CollateralEdge]
‘The Next Fintech Unicorn’: Dallas-Based CollateralEdge Emerges From Stealth With $3.5M and a Stellar Investor Group
by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards | Sep 14, 2021
VC-turned-entrepreneur Joe Beard and financier Joel Radtke co-founded the new fintech to solve a "massive problem" in middle-market lending. CollateralEdge aims to help community and regional banks overcome collateral shortfalls, improve credit risk management, and drive profitable, long-term customer relationships. Capital partners include VC firm Perot Jain, Capital Factory CEO Josh Baer, and Kneeland Youngblood, the founding partner of Pharos Capital Group.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 14, 2021
The Bedford-based biotech will use the capital from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to advance its gene therapy that treats age-related macular degeneration.
Earlier this summer, Nanoscope Therapeutics announced it successfully treated 11 patients who were blinded by advanced retinitis pigmentosa.
Earlier this summer, Nanoscope Therapeutics announced it successfully treated 11 patients who were blinded by advanced retinitis pigmentosa.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 14, 2021
Tipalti, a payables automation company that handles accounts payable and mass pay workflows, plans to hire around 100 employees in Plano by the end of 2022. North Texas is its second location in the U.S. and the fourth globally.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 13, 2021
It's not "Jurassic Park," but it's almost as amazing. Hypergiant founder Ben Lamm is launching a new biosciences and genetics startup—Colossal—with $15 million in private funding. The goal: Use genomics to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth and re-wild it on the Arctic tundra. Lamm's co-founder, Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church, says this "grand vision" could lead to big opportunities in conservation, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and more.
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Immerss Raises $1.1M in Seed Funding to Accelerate Its Live Video ecommerce Platform
by Alex Edwards | Sep 8, 2021
Immerss aims to redefine the at-home shopping experience with its real-time video conferencing tool for brands and retailers.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 8, 2021
Grand Prairie-based beverage distributor RNDC has partnered with LibDib to launch LibDib@RNDC Texas—giving craft spirits makers access to restaurants, bars, and shops across the state. "The 'little guys' now have a chance," LibDib says. "It's time to distribute differently."
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 8, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's virtual store shelf that emulates a physical store shelf, Air Distribution Technologies' HVAC scrubber unit with building management system integration methods, ProBiora Health use of hydrogen peroxide-producing bacteria for tooth whitening, Recognition Concepts' digital signage and content manager, Rovi Guides' methods for content rights portability, Salesforce.com's object detection and image classification-based OCR recognition, Toyota Motor North America's use of sensors to detect hazard from another vehicle while driving, Varidesk's motorized adjustable height table, and Zixcorp System's harvesting and distributing a certificate based on a DNS name.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 7, 2021
Galaxy plans to acquire general veterinary practices across Dallas-Fort Worth, build a new surgical and emergency specialty hospital with its own reference lab, and help fight "vet burnout" by addressing why almost half of vets are considering leaving the profession. U.S. expansion is next.
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Jonathan Morris [Photo: courtesy of Magnolia Network]
Fort Worth TV Star and Hotelier Jonathan Morris Is an Entrepreneur’s Entrepreneur
by Sandra Engelland | Sep 2, 2021
The charismatic host of "Self-Employed" on Chip and Joanna Gaines' new TV network didn't set out to be a celeb. But with new episodes streaming and the opening of his boutique Hotel Dryce, the spotlight is on the business owner of Fort Worth Barber Shop and The Lathery.
He says interest in starting businesses has never been stronger.
Morris talks about his opportunity with Magnolia Network, and how representation matters, in both business and media.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 2, 2021
Officeable.com tech pairs underutilized office space with clients looking for remote work options.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 1, 2021
Established by an anonymous alumnus to encourage UT Arlington students to explore their business ideas, the Maverick Entrepreneur Program and Award Fund is one of the few student-focused entrepreneurship programs in the country that awards these levels of cash funding to assist emerging startups.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 31, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Textron Innovations' autonomous package delivery aircraft, Siemens Industry Software's chain testing and diagnosis using two-dimensional scan architecture, Bank of America's IoT versatile nodes, Wilson Electronics' multiple antenna repeater architecture, IBM's prioritizing workload, Speedgrocers' method for order fulfillment. Bell Textron's VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans, and Capital One's vehicle purchasing tools.
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