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![Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venture-Dallas-2025-Startup-of-the-Year-Award-940x436.jpeg)
Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and Stablecore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]
Three North Texas Companies Top the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup Awards
by Quincy Preston | Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 5, 2025
Everyone’s talking about AI. But what do companies actually need to hear? Here’s what one veteran exec thinks startups and leaders really need to focus on—straight from the front lines at DSW25.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 6, 2024
Rosy Wellness and Kindly Human took top honors in Early Stage and Growth Stage categories, respectively, edging out expanded finalist fields showing Dallas' "great ecosystem of companies that are going to do great things."
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by David Seeley |
Oct 21, 2024
Winners will be revealed in a live announcement at the George W. Bush Presidential Center during the Venture Dallas Summit on October 30.
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Venture Dallas "Startup of the Year" winners pose on stage with White Unicorn Agency executives. Winners, starting second from left: CollateralEdge founders Joe Beard and Joel Radtke; Testfit founders Clifton Harness and Ryan Griege; and Firehawk Aerospace CEO and Co-Founder Will Edwards. [Photo: Dallas Innovates]
Venture Dallas Names Three Winners in Inaugural ‘Startup of the Year’ Awards
by Quincy Preston | Nov 6, 2023
The winning companies were selected from 100+ nominees and eight semifinalists. They reflect "strong themes" in the Dallas-Fort Worth ecosystem: FinTech, DefenseTech, and PropTech, says steering committee member David Evans.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 1, 2023
"Everyone by now has seen the video of Jeff Bezos just repeatedly saying 'customer' and his customer obsession is a well known part of Amazon lore," Evans wrote today in a LinkedIn post. "But what amazes me is how few companies think about customer success as a core function and just something 'we have to do once we get bigger,'" he adds.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 3, 2023
If you've founded a North Texas startup, chances are you'd love to meet a venture capitalist. Here are a four to know in North Texas.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Nov 7, 2022
At last week's Venture Dallas conference, more than 400 VCs, angel investors, startups, and business leaders gathered for a showcase of North Texas' entrepreneurial and venture ecosystem. Here's a look at the highlights—from Troy Aikman saying "There are no shortcuts" to Alto Founder Will Coleman on the power of doing "the opposite" to Mark Cuban's "ready, fire, aim" approach.
“Regions like Texas and Dallas-Fort Worth, we’re the model for the rest of the nation on how to get things done," Ross Perot Jr. said at the conference kickoff.
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David Evans, managing partner, Sentiero Ventures [Photo: LinkedIn]
The Last Word: Sentiero Ventures’ David Evans On the Pure Entrepreneurship Narrative: ‘Find a Need and Fill It’
by David Seeley | Sep 22, 2022
Writing on LinkedIn, Evans links to an intriguing AIGA Eye on Design story: "We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business."
According to the article, the long-ago-and-faraway floppy disk is "more in demand than you'd think," as the founder of FloppyDisk.com could tell you.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 25, 2021
Sentiero Ventures is seeking out companies that sit at the "intersection of utility and capability." The VC invests in SaaS companies that use AI—process automation, cognitive insights, cognitive engagement, and data collection—to power their key solutions
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