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The Live Oak Venture Partners team, left to right: Mike Marcantonio, Juliana Giraldo, Venu Shamapant, Krishna Srinivasan, Wafae Owen, David Stewart, and Creighton Hicks [Photo: Live Oak Venture Partners]
LiveOak Venture Partners Raises $210M Fund to ‘Double Down’ on Texas
by Alex Edwards | Nov 17, 2021
Fund III is the largest institutional Texas-focused, early-stage venture fund in the past decade.
by Alex Edwards |
Oct 12, 2020
The incentive-based innovation fund, launched just this year, continues to fuel the growth of tech startups in McKinney. The latest is MyTelemedicine, a SaaS platform that powers modern remote healthcare technologies.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Sep 16, 2020
“We’re building an ecosystem and creating a space for startups to access funding, and helping them scale at the timeliest need for their company during the startup lifecycle,” Senior Vice President at McKinney EDC Danny Chavez said.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Sep 10, 2020
“Our students don’t really want to enroll in college, they want to enroll in a job," Dr. Joe May of Dallas College said. Here are takeaways from a discussion on the college's restructure and its renovation plans spurred by a billion-dollar bond fund.
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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 Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 16, 2020
The Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund—which in March came together in under a week—aims to tackle both urgent and long-term needs in North Texas, including those affecting education, income, and health.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 23, 2020
The effort starts with a $1 million donation to the Khan Foundation, which will give teachers, parents, and students online educational materials.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 23, 2020
A new United Way Metropolitan Dallas Coronavirus Response and Recover Fund—seeded at $1.2M—came together in less than a week. We talk with UWMD's Susan Hoff about what it took, how the fund works, and what's next.
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McKinney EDC Launches Innovation Fund for Tech Startups
by David Kirkpatrick | Jan 29, 2020
Startups in a variety of sectors, from cybersecurity and fintech to SaaS and life sciences, are invited to apply online for the McKinney Economic Development Corporation's new Innovation Fund.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Trinity Private Equity Group, Crestline Investors, Lone Star Analysis, and Baymark Partners.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2019
The fund will invest in agricultural businesses in economically disadvantaged regions of the nation, and will give investors tax-favorable risk-adjusted returns.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 25, 2019
You’ll also find news about Transwestern Investment Group, WNG Capital, Blue Star Innovation Partners, Calise Partners, Imaginuity, THMED, and Arcis Golf in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Golden Seeds: Dallas Branch of Angel Group Bolsters Women Entrepreneurs
by David Kirkpatrick | Nov 20, 2018
The 20-member chapter of Golden Seeds Dallas helps fund startups with at least one woman in an operating role at the C-suite level.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 1, 2017
Cypress Growth Capital said it is actively looking for growing companies that are led by committed entrepreneurs who value their equity.
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