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Stack Sports CEO Jeff Young (left) and Michael Doernberg, CEO of PlayMetrics [Photos: LinkedIn/PlayMetrics]
North Texas’ Stack Sports Merges With Youth Sports League Management Software Provider PlayMetrics
by Lance Murray | Jun 11, 2025
The merger unites two highly complementary brands, augmenting PlayMetrics’ modern technology platform with the scale, reach, and capabilities of Plano-based Stack Sports "to better serve the evolving needs of sports organizations worldwide," the companies said.
by David Seeley |
Sep 6, 2023
Ben Davis, co-founder of Frisco-based men's grooming clubs The Gents Place, also operates the Dallas nonprofit Operation Gentleman, providing veterans with business attire and meals and homeless people with free haircuts.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 20, 2023
Blue Star Innovation Partners, a Frisco-based growth focused investment firm that partners with leading software and payments companies, has invested in Sonar Software, an Atlanta-based provider of BSS & OSS solutions for internet service providers, Blue Star announced.
“We view Sonar as a leader in the telecommunications technology market and believe there are attractive opportunities to accelerate growth and to better serve our existing customers,” Jeff Gardner, partner at Blue Star Innovation Partners, said in a statement....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 29, 2022
Plus: Southlake SPAC to take financial services firm public; real estate startup Nada Closes $8.1M seed round; Southlake PE firm is raising two biotech-focused funds; Jones family-backed investment firm acquires travel software company; and more North Texas deals.
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The Gents Place Founder Ben Davis (right) brought on former Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith as a co-owner in 2016 to help drive franchise growth. [Photo courtesy of The Gents Place]
Jerry Jones-Affiliated Firm Invests in The Gents Place
by Lance Murray | Dec 6, 2017
The Gents Place, an upscale Dallas lifestyle club that offers men's grooming and other services, plans to open 150 franchised locations over the next five years.
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![Dani Austin, above, and her husband, Jordan Ramirez, co-leaders of Dallas-based Divi, are among the 18 winners of EY’s 2025 Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Award. Austin launched the brand in 2021 with a focus on science-backed scalp and hair health, growing it into a national name now backed by Norwest and carried by Ulta Beauty, Target, and Amazon. [Photo: Divi]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dani-Austin-founder-of-Divi.jpg)
