2025 Innovation Award winners represent the cutting edge of North Texas innovation across industries. From left: Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences; Aurora; Bell; and Dave Copps, Worlds.
D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about automated payment solutions startup UPAY raising new funds; Fort Worth’s Star Castle Ventures' $5.25M raise; Carlyle Group acquiring a majority stake in Dallas’ Aspen Power Partners; CenterOak Partners selling Wetzel’s Pretzels for $207M; and other deals.
Dallas–Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing business ecosystems in the United States. Major corporations continue relocating headquarters to North Texas, venture-backed startups are scaling, and entrepreneurs from across the country are increasingly choosing Dallas as the place to build....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Many enterprises today are grappling with transformation fatigue. After years of reorganizations, technology investments, and process overhauls, leaders are still asking the same question: Why aren’t we moving faster or seeing greater returns?...
Inc. Magazine has unveiled its 2026 list of the fastest-growing companies in the Southwest, and 45 North Texas companies are honorees—with three cracking the Top 10 and one making the Top 5....
Global competitive entertainment company BLAST, in partnership with Live Nation, the Fort Worth Sports Commission, and C3 Presents, is bringing some of the biggest names in esports to Dickies Arena April 29 to May 3 for BLAST Premier Rivals Fort Worth 2026. ...
Plano-based Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE: SBH) has announced that Adrianne Lee has been appointed as the company’s new SVP and chief financial officer, effective April 28. She succeeds Marlo Cormier, who will be leaving the company, effective April 11, 2026, to pursue other opportunities....
Dallas–Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing business ecosystems in the United States. Major corporations continue relocating headquarters to North Texas, venture-backed startups are scaling, and entrepreneurs from across the country are increasingly choosing Dallas as the place to build....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Many enterprises today are grappling with transformation fatigue. After years of reorganizations, technology investments, and process overhauls, leaders are still asking the same question: Why aren’t we moving faster or seeing greater returns?...
Inc. Magazine has unveiled its 2026 list of the fastest-growing companies in the Southwest, and 45 North Texas companies are honorees—with three cracking the Top 10 and one making the Top 5....
Global competitive entertainment company BLAST, in partnership with Live Nation, the Fort Worth Sports Commission, and C3 Presents, is bringing some of the biggest names in esports to Dickies Arena April 29 to May 3 for BLAST Premier Rivals Fort Worth 2026. ...
Plano-based Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE: SBH) has announced that Adrianne Lee has been appointed as the company’s new SVP and chief financial officer, effective April 28. She succeeds Marlo Cormier, who will be leaving the company, effective April 11, 2026, to pursue other opportunities....