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Jeb Hensarling [Photo: Grant Miller Photograhy/Venture Dallas]

The Last Word: TXSE’s Jeb Hensarling on a $300M War Chest, ARK Listings, and a ‘Transfer Portal’ Flowing to Texas

by | Apr 23, 2026
In a Bloomberg interview with Julie Fine, the former congressman laid out TXSE's timeline: trading this summer, listings in Q4, and first IPOs in Q1 2027.
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Dallas College Partners With Bloomberg on Y’all Street ‘Texas Ticker’ Initiative
by | Feb 18, 2026
The Texas Ticker is the flagship program within the Dallas College Y’all Street Market Experience, which connects students, industry partners, and the community to real-world market activity through applied learning, professional tools, workshops, and seminars—all focused on the financial sector.
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Lennox Launches Water Heater Joint Venture With Global Partner Ariston Group
by | Jun 23, 2025
Richardson-based Lennox International is turning up the heat on its home comfort product lineup. The Ariston Lennox Water Heating North America venture will debut Lennox-branded water heaters in 2026, with leadership jointly appointed.
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From left: Co-founder and CEO Mike Fey and co-founder and chief technology officer Dan Amiga. [Image: Islands]
Dallas-Based Island Valued at $4.5B Following Latest Funding Round
by | Feb 12, 2025
New funding led by New York-based Coatue Management has turned Island—a pioneering category leader in cyber-secure enterprise browsers—into a quadruple unicorn. The move comes just three years after Island emerged from stealth with a game-changing browser, over 100 employees, and nearly $100 million in funding.
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Quad Merger: Carrollton’s Mercury Communication Services and 3 Other Companies Launch IT Procurement Firm

by | May 2, 2023
The new company, Carrollton-headquartered Procure IT, plans to bring together data-focused partner firms with its own proprietary platforms and provide a new type of technology advisor that offers concrete data insights to customers about the vendors they're sourcing.
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Bloomberg: Dallas-Based Major League Rugby Explores Raising $100M To Fuel Growth
by | Mar 8, 2023
Dallas-based Major League Rugby is looking to raise $100 million to fuel its growth, according to a Bloomberg report. Nic Benson, the league's CEO, "is working with an advisor" on the $100 million raise, Bloomberg added. The league has 12 teams in the U.S. and Canada, including the Dallas Jackals, who had their inaugural season in 2022 and play their home games in Arlington's Chowtaw Stadium, the former home of the Texas Rangers.
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The Last Word: Amber Venz Box on Adding Virtual Storefront Checkout to the LTK App
Today Bloomberg reported that LTK is now allowing users to buy from influencer-curated virtual storefronts on LTK's app. Box's company has added in-app checkout to leverage the fact that influencers use the platform to make their videos and photos "shoppable."
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