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James G. Silk (left) and Thomas O. Hicks [Photos: Texas Business Hall of Fame/Beneficient]
Beneficient Appoints PE Pioneer as Chairman and Former Chief Legal Officer as Interim CEO
by Lance Murray | Jul 22, 2025
Beneficient—a tech-enabled platform that provides exit opportunities and primary capital solutions and related trust and custody services to holders of alternative assets—has appointed Texas Business Hall of Famer Thomas O. Hicks as chairman and James G. Silk as interim CEO.
by Lance Murray |
Apr 24, 2024
Austin-based Responsum—which developed a generative AI and natural language processing platform to help organizations unlock productivity—has been acquired by Elixirr, a global consulting firm.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 16, 2021
Getaroom, a B2B distributor of hotel rooms founded by the entrepreneurial duo behind Hotels.com, will roll into Booking Holdings' Priceline brand with the deal.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 9, 2021
Alpha Testing, geotechnical engineering firm, will retain and expand its local presence with the deal. Its leadership team will also stay on to launch a new "Texas division" for Universal Engineering Sciences’ national offerings.
Alpha Testing's major North Texas projects include Fort Worth’s West 7th Bridge, DFW Airport, the Cypress Waters mixed-use development, and more.
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[Photo: FlixMobility]
Dallas-Based Greyhound Acquired by Germany’s FlixMobility in $78M Deal
by Alex Edwards | Oct 21, 2021
Germany-based FlixMobility operates Europe's FlixBus and FlixTrain brands—noted for their cool-factor mix of tech startup, e-commerce, and classic transportation traits.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 22, 2021
With the deal, San Francisco-based Uber Freight aims to create "one of the leading logistics technology platforms." The combined services—Uber Freight’s network of carriers and Transplace’s shipper technology and operational solutions—make for a fully scaled logistics platform.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 31, 2021
Haxiot, which offers low power wide area (LPWA) wireless technology solutions to commercial and industrial customers, has exited to global leader Digi International, a provider of IoT connectivity products, services, and solutions.
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by Alexa Vickaryous |
Mar 2, 2021
Founded by Thomas White in 2013, Phynd added several big health systems to its roster last year, giving providers a single platform for all things digital—something like an Amazon for healthcare, White says.
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Marketing image for one of Eyevance Pharmaceuticals' products, Flarex. [eyevance.com]
Fort Worth Ophthalmic Biotech Eyevance Exits to Japanese Firm for $225M
by Alex Edwards | Sep 17, 2020
Eyevance Pharmaceuticals, which develops and commercializes ophthalmic products, has been purchased for $225 million by Santen, a Japanese leader in ophthalmology. Eyevance will join Santen's U.S. organization.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2019
The biotech company uses CRISPR technology licensed from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and was co-founded by UTSW researcher and faculty member Eric Olson.
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by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2019
The clinical-stage oncology company develops small molecule drugs to treat kidney cancer and other diseases. Its renal cell carcinoma drug is in a Phase II clinical trial.
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