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Serial entrepreneur and investor Reed Duchscher [Photo: Michael Samples]
Dallas-Based Fund Night Ventures Is Making Moves in the Creator Economy
by David Seeley | May 26, 2021
Backed by Night Media's lineup of YouTube superstars, Night Ventures has a mission: taking concepts from the VC world and investing in individual creators and their businesses.
by Alex Edwards |
May 26, 2021
Like the fast-growing digital life insurance company says, "we do things a little differently around here."
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by Quincy Preston |
May 25, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s event trigger based on region-of-interest near hand-shelf interaction, American Airlines’ monitoring/alert system for airline gate activities, Danco’s smart water system, Dell’s method to manage file access rights in an information handling system, Discourse.AI’s training of chatbots , Fresh Innovations’ avocado tray, Lintec of America’s tear-resistant nanofiber sheet, IBM’s managing transparent windows, Rain Bird’s volumetric budget based irrigation control, and RFCyber’s payments between two mobile devices.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 25, 2021
The provider of residential real estate technology and digital marketing strategies is continuing to scale with two acquisitions this year so far (and eight in total). It's all aimed at boosting the company's productivity and lead-gen platform for agents, brokers, and teams.
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Dallas-Based Snipitz Wants to Let You Choose Your Own Live Broadcast POV
by David Seeley | May 25, 2021
With the Snipitz web and mobile app mixed with sharable clips and social media, "you have YouTube marrying Facebook on steroids," the company says.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 24, 2021
"You have a lot more control than you may have walked in thinking you have," she says. Today, Hamilton leads a fund that exclusively invests in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. And though she was shot down plenty of times, she's gotten to where she is today by believing in herself and how far she could take Backstage Capital.
Read about the VC's journey—and get advice for how you can follow in a similar path—in our recap of her keynote conversation at TechFW's inaugural Women & Wealth event last week.
Read about the VC's journey—and get advice for how you can follow in a similar path—in our recap of her keynote conversation at TechFW's inaugural Women & Wealth event last week.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2021
How did Phil Mickelson stay cool and make PGA history as the oldest player ever to win a major? HIs partnership with Dallas-based performance menswear brand Mizzen+Main was part of his game.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2021
22-year-old ARKH CEO Landon Nickerson—who earned millions as a YouTube gamer—will now exclusively sell Litho's controllers under his ARKH brand, which has raised $5.7 million in funding to date.
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DI People: Lockheed Martin, Signify Health, Eyemart Express Make Executive Moves
by Alex Edwards | May 21, 2021
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from Cytracom, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Sentrics, Guaranty Bancshares, and Ketchum.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 20, 2021
OneDay is using the same technology its known for—a first-of-its-kind video platform that allows senior living communities to celebrate and digitally preserve the stories of their residents—to enter into the multifamily real estate market. Convey by OneDay aims to redefine how leasing agents connect with current and prospective residents to ultimately drive occupancy and engagement.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 19, 2021
Dallas-based Dottid, an SaaS platform for the commercial real estate industry, is continuing its growth momentum to solve everyday problems for all parties in a leasing transaction.
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by David Seeley |
May 19, 2021
To prevent suicides, hunger, and learning issues, Rhithm's emojified bio-social assessments app lets kids say how they feel.
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Hypergiant CEO Mike Betzer [Photo: Hypergiant]
Hypergiant Industries Names Enterprise Tech Expert as CEO; Founder Ben Lamm Moves to Vice Chairman
by Alex Edwards | May 18, 2021
Software executive Mike Betzer will lead the next phase of Hypergiant's growth, including a rollout of the industry's first system that provides open AI integration for building AI models.
Founder Ben Lamm, who launched Hypergiant from stealth in 2018, will pursue "the most pressing issues of our lifetime": AI for good, climate change, and the positive impact of technology. "This is where the world needs my time and attention," he says.
Founder Ben Lamm, who launched Hypergiant from stealth in 2018, will pursue "the most pressing issues of our lifetime": AI for good, climate change, and the positive impact of technology. "This is where the world needs my time and attention," he says.
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by David Seeley |
May 18, 2021
With newly leased office space in Dallas' Harwood District, Melbourne, Australia-based Dubber is adding a Texas flavor to its newly released suite of call recording solutions.
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by David Seeley |
May 18, 2021
Famous for flip flops, Hari Mari has made its first flagship store a laid-back retreat—with a bar, yoga classes, and second-floor party space.
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by David Seeley |
May 17, 2021
Plano-based Adaptive3D is a category leader in printed elastomers for additive manufacturing, competing in a $129B industry. So it's no wonder the Boston company snapped them up.
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