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Capital Factory’s Texas Startups Roadshow Goes Virtual for Global Entrepreneurship Week
by | Nov 4, 2020
The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.
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Frisco-Based TUBBR Raises Angel Funding to Support the Launch of its Beta
by | Oct 21, 2020
TUBBR is a new social network that aims to give the control back to the users. The platform allows people to see and share what they want—and potentially get paid for it. With the new funding, founders are preparing for a January beta launch.
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Google for Startups Awards $300K to Four Dallas-Area Black Founders
by | Oct 6, 2020
CourMed, Kanarys, ShearShare, and Zirtue are among the 76 nationwide recipients of the $5 million Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Each startup will receive non-dilutive cash awards—meaning that the founders aren't giving up any company ownership in exchange for the funding.
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Dallas Founders Share How They Quit Their Jobs and Found Purpose

by | Sep 10, 2020
The founders of Project Mockingbird, Grit by Brit, and Break Bread, Break Borders were virtually brought together to share their stories of how their companies came to be.
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Venture Dallas’ Event Sponsors Prepare for 34-Day Virtual Pitch Conference
by | Sep 9, 2020
Meet the supporters of Venture Dallas' upcoming month-long virtual experience that connects Texas founders with active investors. They say now is an ideal time to build the startup ecosystem, investment opportunities, and new relationships.
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Capital One’s Corporate Innovation Summit Fosters Collaboration Between Entrepreneurs and Corporate Allies
by | Sep 3, 2020
Hear from Hesam Hosseini, CEO of Match; Stephen Bohanon, founder of Alkami; Jim Adler, managing director of Toyota AI Ventures; Rex Kurzius, founder of Asset Panda; and more at Dallas Startup Week's Corporate Innovation Summit.
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Impact Ventures: Meet Latinx Spaces, a Digital Publication Redefining Latinx Media
by | Jul 22, 2020
Latinx Spaces is at the intersection of art, culture, and politics. The digital media platform is dedicated to amplifying the voices of the Latinx movement—though anyone can consume the content.
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Support the Story: Three Female Founders Curate Luxe Brand Boxes to Help Local Businesses

by | May 19, 2020
HerStory wants to help other women-founded, women-powered small businesses stay afloat with their curated collections of luxury items.
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Venture Capitalist Arlan Hamilton founded Backstage Capital and and invests in startup founders who identify as a Woman, Person of Color, and/or LGBTQ. [DI composite: Images courtesy of Backstage Capital]
Arlan Hamilton’s Backstage Capital Tour is Coming to Dallas
by | Feb 19, 2020
On May 12, Arlan Hamilton is coming to town with her multi-city, one-day event series, featuring a pitch competition, book release, and panel on the Dallas ecosystem. The Backstage Tour was created to celebrate underrepresented startup founders, just like Hamilton does with her VC firm.
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Texas Instruments Gives UT Dallas a $5M Gift for Early Career Faculty Endowment
by | Oct 29, 2019
The Texas Instruments Early Career Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering is aimed at helping to attract and retain promising scholars with the potential to become leaders in new and emerging research fields. 
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TI Foundation Funds $2.1 Million for Nonprofit Fellows Program

by | Jan 12, 2018
The fellowships were created in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and the Dallas Museum of Art.
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