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Meet the Entrepreneurs Who Took Home Funding at Impact Ventures’ Startup Showcase
by Alex Edwards | Jul 19, 2021
The live virtual event titled “Equity in Motion” hosted finalist entrepreneurs from Impact Ventures' Spring 2021 cohort. See who took home capital from the pool of $50,000.
by David Seeley |
Jul 19, 2021
"Laundry is dumb," James Chandler says. "Nobody should have to do it." His new app aims to make outsourcing your laundry as common as having someone else mow your lawn. Now he's raising money to scale up across Texas—by selling small business bonds through the SMBX marketplace.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 16, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Nexus Recovery Center, Lennox International, Eyemart Express, Evolve Mortgage Services, Balfour Beatty, West Monroe Partners, Foundry Commercial, and Working Solutions.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 15, 2021
The 28th annual ranking revealed 100 U.S. employers that offer top benefits, foster teamwork, and invest in their tech teams. Meet the three local companies named to the list, all in the small organization category.
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The DEC’s Dallas Startup Week to Feature the Third Annual Women of Innovation Summit
by The DEC Network | Jul 15, 2021
The Women of Innovation Summit will take place on Aug. 4 at Southern Methodist University’s McFarlin Auditorium during Dallas Startup Week, powered by Capital One. Women are encouraged to bring their whole work teams and even friends to make the most of a day of growth and development.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 14, 2021
As the Early Operator of the Dallas-Houston line, Renfe will help Texas Central design and develop commercial aspects of the system and advise and consult on final design, execution, construction, testing, and the commissioning of everything from station and buildings to core systems and O&M tech.
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by Alyssa Mora |
Jul 14, 2021
VivoDoc is striving to reestablish the patient-physician relationship by offering tools that manage the business side of healthcare and aid patients—all in one platform. In cutting out the middle man, the technology provides a “one-stop-shop” that makes healthcare easy, accessible, and affordable.
Set to launch in the coming weeks, the platform is already backed by $1 million from physician investors who plan to use it in their own independent practices.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 14, 2021
With more than 165 locations in the U.S. and international franchises, Snapology expands Urban Air's offerings to include play-based STEM and STEAM learning. That should add even more momentum to Urban Air, ranked the #2 "Smartest-Growing Brand" in America by the Franchise Times.
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Frisco-Based Apty Raises $7.5M in Series A Funding to Grow Its Digital Adoption Platform Software
by Alex Edwards | Jul 13, 2021
The latest investment follows $5.4 million in post-seed funding Apty raised in December. Since then the team says it's seen fast momentum for its Digital Adoption Platform software for enterprises—so much so that they decided to accelerate the round.
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by Tech Titans |
Jul 13, 2021
Entrepreneurs nationwide can submit an application now to demonstrate how innovative edge-enabled products help the world return to work and life. Due by Aug. 16, the edge-enabled solutions can benefit work, life, education or health.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 12, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America’s call interception heuristics, Belaj Innovations’ magnolia extract containing compositions, Illumina’s bioinformatics systems and methods for generating a De Brujin graph, IBM’s data aggregation node for blockchain rollup, Moneygram’s emergency services/virtual travel wallet, Motorola Mobility’s gas sensor augmented human presence detection system, Sealed Air Corp.’s crimped cushioned envelopes, ShockWatch’s unmanned aerial vehicle impact monitoring system, State Farm’s identifying property usage type based upon smart sensor data, Verizon’s providing LTE nåetwork devices with downlink channels in an unlicensed spectrum, and Walmart Apollo’s shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2021
At a time when Venture X is planning to rapidly expand its footprint, the coworking company has teamed up with local workspace innovator Vari to furnish all of its new properties.
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Impact Ventures to Host a Spring Virtual Startup Showcase and $50K Pitch Competition
by Alyssa Mora | Jul 12, 2021
"Equity in Motion" will focus on bridging the wealth gap for minority entrepreneurs through a virtual “Shark Tank”-style showcase, expert-led breakout sessions, live virtual networking, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 12, 2021
McIlroy and his investment partnership will invest at least $10 million in the high-tech mini-golf concept, in exchange for 10 percent ownership in the equity of each Puttery venue planned to open through 2023—including one in the Dallas area later this summer.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2021
The transportation institute will serve as a think tank for surface and air mobility technologies at AllianceTexas—conducting research, managing strategic initiatives, and helping to shape innovations that will change the way we live.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 8, 2021
The companies were picked, along with a cadre of other defense innovators, for a $950 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Department of Defense, the United States Air Force announced today.
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