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Dallas’ Verily Storyworks To Develop TV Series on Legendary Athlete Jim Thorpe
by David Seeley | Aug 14, 2025
Verily Storyworks has deployed a crowdfunding model to develop "THORPE," a planned 3-season scripted drama series about the life of legendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. The studio and IP company's founder is working with Thorpe family members on the project—and is inviting the public to become "capital ambassadors" for the series.
by Lance Murray |
Jan 10, 2023
Harvest Returns, a Fort Worth-based crowdfunding platform, recently helped American Beef Ranch complete a $470,000 raise.
According to Harvest Returns, the Idaho-based ranch aims to raise high-quality grass-fed, grass-finished beef and lamb.
A fifth-generation rancher, owner, and operator, Jesse Nelson has worked the ranch for over 10 years giving him an advantage in understanding how and where certain improvements are to be implemented, Harvest Returns said....
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 8, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 1, 2022
The startup's new digs in Oak Lawn will give it room to grow its workforce from 15 to around 50 by end of year. Enabling people to invest in single-family rental homes and fractionally invest in owner-occupied homes, Nada has attracted over $2 million from investors into its Cityfunds in Dallas, Austin, and Miami. Now it's expanding to Houston and other cities, launching a debit card, and expecting new funding soon.
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A team at Get Shift Done packs boxes for RISD at Cafe Momentum. [Photo: Chad Windham]
Get Shift Done Fund Goes National, Expands Hunger and Unemployment Initiative
by Alex Edwards | Jun 18, 2020
Get Shift Done for North America aligns national partnerships (the likes of Capital One, Sarah and Ross Perot Jr. Foundation, Access Healthcare, and Shiftsmart), seed funding, and technology to offer a program that can be quickly launched in any city.
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by Rachel Linch |
Jun 4, 2018
The nation's largest community day of giving is adding an ambassador program to help spread the word and some new tech allowing personalized crowdfunding.
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by Kerry Curry |
Jan 30, 2018
Chris Rawley and Austin Maness are running one of the nation’s first crowdfunding websites for agricultural investments.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2017
Player Revolution Sports says the EPLAY app puts “the world of adult sports in the palm of your hand.”
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Senthil Natarajan (middle) is presented with a $4,000 check for winning the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Tuesday at Southern Methodist University. [Photos: Catherine Durkin]
Device Designed to Curb Pitching Injuries Takes Top Prize at Contest
by Heather Noel | Dec 1, 2016
Senthil Natarajan was selected the winner from eight finalists at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards at Southern Methodist University.
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by Amanda Hayes |
Aug 11, 2016
Some UNT students will get a jumpstart on their careers through a partnership with the Dallas Cowboys, a new test being used in Dallas aims to make cancer treatment less invasive for patients, and Muck Rack has five tips to consider before starting a Kickstarter campaign. ...
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The campaigns will be on the DFW-based SPURstartup platform, and they will help the students launch their businesses and test assumptions about prospective customers.
UT Dallas Student Startups Launch Crowdfunding Campaigns
by Lance Murray | Apr 8, 2016
The campaigns will be on the DFW-based SPURstartup platform, and they will help the students launch their businesses and test assumptions about prospective customers.
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