Startup

Dallas’ Flite Golf and Century Golf Pair Up As a Driving Range and Entertainment Twosome

by | Aug 13, 2021
Get your slice ready. Dallas companies Flite Golf and Century Golf have teamed up to bring gamification tech to golf ranges and golf entertainment venues—with help from Senior Advisor Ken May, former CEO of Topgolf, Drive Shack, and FedEx Office.
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CPG Accelerator SKU Selects Six Startups For Its Second Dallas Cohort
by | Aug 12, 2021
Meet the companies participating in the Dallas arm of SKU, the country's first accelerator dedicated to entrepreneurs in consumer packaged goods.
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Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of July 27
by | Aug 11, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of content transactional items, Alliance Sports Group's lighting system, Compass Datacenters' air dam for a datacenter facility, Microsoft's distributed processing architecture, Siemens' low pin count reversible scan architecture, and TI's technique to deter theft from automated teller machines.
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Renovations Begin for BioLabs’ December Opening at Pegasus Park
by | Aug 10, 2021
A mid-December opening is planned for BioLabs' first central U.S. location in Dallas. Inside the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park, BioLabs will serve as the key operator of the biotech laboratory and 37,000-square-foot flexible life science coworking facility.
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SMU Announces All-New Business Accelerator to Support Next-Gen Entrepreneurs

by | Aug 10, 2021
Students and recent alumni of Southern Methodist University will have the opportunity to be a part of an "intense and enriching" 6-month program—and a chance to compete for funding.
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Veryable Raises $31.9M Series A Round to ‘Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing’
by | Aug 10, 2021
Veryable takes a new approach to labor: The Dallas-based tech company "variablizes" it. By connecting businesses to independent workers for manufacturing and distribution, Veryable's operations-driven approach can put people back to work and improve productivity and growth for manufacturers and suppliers.
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UT Dallas and Fullstack Academy Launch Four Bootcamps for Tech Professionals
by | Aug 10, 2021
With Dallas ranked as one of the top cities in America for tech pros, UT Dallas and Fullstack have launched four skills training bootcamps focused on coding, cybersecurity, data analytics, and DevOps. The online bootcamps begin in November with tuition at $11,995 each.
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Follow the Money: MODE Global and Integrity Make Acquisitions, Twenty20 Merges With Skyhawk
by | Aug 10, 2021

What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money....

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Robot Grocery Delivery Is Coming to Dallas Via Vroom Delivery, Tortoise, and Urban Value Corner Store

by | Aug 9, 2021
Remotely piloted robots will make on-demand deliveries in the coming months from Urban Value's downtown Dallas location. You can order everything from milk and eggs to medications—but not beer (that will still be delivered by humans). If the pilot is successful, a larger rollout is planned.
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Dallas Founder Wes Cummins Sells 272 Capital to B. Riley Financial, Secures Energy Source for His Crypto Hosting Business
by | Aug 6, 2021
Wes Cummins made moves this week with two of his Dallas-based companies, 272 Capital and Applied Blockchain.
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DI People: Jacobs, ThinkWhy, Texas Medical Association Make Moves
by | Aug 6, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Freese and Nichols, Topgolf, Duane Morris, Dottid, and Jet Health.
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EY EOY Southwest winners 2021
Meet the Unstoppables: Here are the Winners of EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Southwest Award
by | Aug 5, 2021
The 11 entrepreneurs are eligible for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Awards.
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‘Built for the People’: Republic and Dallas‑based Nada Launch Real Estate Index Investing

by | Aug 5, 2021
Cityfund lets people invest in real estate markets like stock, starting with launch cities Dallas, Austin, and Miami.
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Mayor Johnson Partners With The DEC on a New Startup Package for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
by | Aug 4, 2021
Local entrepreneurs and small business owners can apply now to receive discounted and free services—from Amazon, IBM, Google, Dell, Microsoft, and more—to go toward cloud services, software, tech consulting, training and education, inbound marketing, networking, events, and accelerators.
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Legacy Knight Founding Partner Offers Advice for Entrepreneurs at Every Stage
by | Aug 4, 2021
"You don't have to be amazing to take the first step," Abe Minkara, former managing director of Mark Cuban Companies, says. "You have to take the first step to become amazing."
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Dallas Cryptocurrency Startup Zabo Acquired by Coinbase
by | Aug 4, 2021
Zabo’s technology connects cryptocurrency accounts making it easy for users to unify their crypto holdings. The core tech is a good fit with Coinbase which has worked to bring cryptocurrency mainstream, particularly with its IPO in April 2021. Zabo offers integrations with most top exchanges and wallets. The company, founded in 2018, is a good fit with Coinbase, which has worked to bring cryptocurrency mainstream, particularly with its IPO in April 2021.
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