Heidi Soltis-Berner, managing director of
Deloitte University Expansion and Deloitte Real Estate Services, shown at the Westlake campus in 2020. [Photo: Deloitte]
Global accounting and consulting giant Deloitte aims to invest at least $300 million in the ongoing expansion of its Deloitte University cultural hub in Westlake, northwest of Dallas. The sprawling center, which opened in 2011, is "where learning meets leadership" for Deloitte employees and guests, offering multiple venues for learning, eating, networking, and well-being.
NYSE President Lynn Martin was in Dallas last week meeting with business leaders of some of the 50-plus DFW companies listed on the NYSE, as well as others that may be looking to go public. She was definitely on business-friendly ground in both the city and the Lone Star State, since more than 200 of the nearly 2,400 companies listed on the NYSE are based in Texas.
The exclusive Circle T Ranch reception—an annual highlight of the Venture Dallas franchise—drew founders and funders for pivotal connections and conversations. But the headliner unfolded on stage as Anurag Jain, Hill Perot, and Brendan Gaffey strategized the future of the startup and venture ecosystem in North Texas.
Anurag Jain and longtime business partner Ross Perot Jr. talked about the region's high growth with a roundup of innovators and investors at Circle T Ranch in Fort Worth's AllianceTexas development. The VIP reception was the prelude to the 2022 Venture Dallas conference—and one of the most coveted invitations in town.
Dallas-based Broadwing Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm targeting lower-middle-market manufacturers and service providers, closed its inaugural Broadwing Capital Fund I LP. The $440 million fundraise exceeded the initial $350 million goal....
At a new training center in Dallas, claims professionals from insurance giant Allstate Corp. can now immerse themselves in real-world scenarios policyholders face.
Two labs at the 33,000-square-foot Allstate Claims University campus enable claims professionals to learn from re-created situations that replicate damage to homes and cars....
Fort Worth-based agtech company Ranchbot, which provides remote satellite-anchored, water-monitoring technology for livestock producers, raised more than $15 million in a Series B funding round.
In conjunction with the fundraise, the company put itself under a new corporate umbrella, Ranchbot Technology Holdings Inc.,...
Dallas-based Broadwing Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm targeting lower-middle-market manufacturers and service providers, closed its inaugural Broadwing Capital Fund I LP. The $440 million fundraise exceeded the initial $350 million goal....
At a new training center in Dallas, claims professionals from insurance giant Allstate Corp. can now immerse themselves in real-world scenarios policyholders face.
Two labs at the 33,000-square-foot Allstate Claims University campus enable claims professionals to learn from re-created situations that replicate damage to homes and cars....
Fort Worth-based agtech company Ranchbot, which provides remote satellite-anchored, water-monitoring technology for livestock producers, raised more than $15 million in a Series B funding round.
In conjunction with the fundraise, the company put itself under a new corporate umbrella, Ranchbot Technology Holdings Inc.,...