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Right to Left: Darlene Goins, Wells Fargo Foundation; Elizabeth Wattley, Forest Forward; Dallas Mayor Eric L. Johnson, Alexis Snow, Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO Charlie Scharf; Dr. Terry Flowers, St. Philips School and Community Center; Pastor Chris Simmons, Cornerstone CDC; and Scott Fontenot, Wells Fargo. [Photo: Wells Fargo]
Wells Fargo Invests in South Dallas’ Growth With $6.8M in Philanthropic Grants
by Lance Murray | Oct 29, 2025
Days after opening its new $570 million campus in Las Colinas, Wells Fargo unveiled new grants focused on South Dallas' revitalization and economic growth. The funding will be used for small business development, affordable housing, job creation, and commercial property rehabilitation, including restoration of the historic Forest Theater.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2025
Uptiq.ai said the funding will be used to drive large-scale adoption of Uptiq Qore, the company’s next-generation AI infrastructure platform, and make it accessible to financial institutions of all sizes.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2025
ENTOUCH says it has seen rapid growth, driven by its ability to drive energy savings, operational efficiencies, and sustainability initiatives for multisite operators across retail, hospitality, banking, entertainment, fitness, healthcare, and senior living.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 16, 2025
Founded this year, Stablecore said its platform enables community and regional banks and credit unions to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and digital asset products. News of its funding round follows Congress' July passage of the GENIUS Act, which creates licensing and regulatory requirements for domestic payment stablecoin issuers and standards for participation in the U.S.
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Plano-Based Brother’s Bond Bourbon Announces $7.5M Funding Round
by Lance Murray | Feb 19, 2025
Brother's Bond Bourbon was founded by on-screen brothers, whiskey makers, and real-life friends Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries, Lost) and Paul Wesley (The Vampire Diaries, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds).
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 17, 2025
Southern Methodist University biology researchers are uncovering how brain, heart, and lung connections may hold the key to preventing sudden death in epilepsy—while making a breakthrough discovery linking a missing brain protein to fatal seizures.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 22, 2025
Plano-based Percipio's platform uses AI and a smartphone—without medical devices—to collect "whole-person health signals" for real-time assessments that identify current and predictive health risks.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 15, 2025
The company said the raise encompassed new primary equity from funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, alongside multiple large global investors with significant experience in digital infrastructure.
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BioLabs exterior view at Pegasus Park. [Photo: BioLabs at Pegasus Park]
Secretome Therapeutics Closes $20.4M Financing Round to Advance Heart Therapies
by Lance Murray | Dec 9, 2024
Baltimore-based Secretome—which has a presence at BioLabs at Pegasus Park in Dallas and offices in Plano—said the financing will enable it to initiate clinical trials for its lead asset, STM-01, and further advance its drug development pipeline.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 21, 2024
Headquartered at Dallas' Pegasus Park, Forte Biosciences is developing a proprietary molecule with potentially broad autoimmune and autoimmune-related applications.
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Dallas’ Invitation Homes Announces $200M Joint Venture to Acquire Newly Constructed Homes as Rentals
by Lance Murray |
Nov 20, 2024
Invitation Homes said the joint venture is ultimately expected to deploy roughly $500 million, including debt, to acquire newly constructed homes. The single-family home leasing and management company plans to invest in newly constructed homes and communities in "several high-growth markets."
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2024
With the NCI funding—which follows Piece's $25 million growth financing round announced in September—Pieces will partner with Cleveland-based MetroHealth to deploy a new conversational AI agent for cancer patients called "PiecesChat."
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Getting to ‘Yes’: 10 Questions Startups Should Answer—Before Investors Ask Them
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Aug 22, 2024
At Dallas Startup Week, ENO8 Founder Jeff Francis shared strategies to make it easier for investors to say "yes" to founders with proactive preparation.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 8, 2024
"Over the past three years, our partnership with Manulife let us build a resilient network of dispatchable, distributed storage all across Texas," said Hunt Energy Network CEO Pat Wood. A Manulife leader said the partnership "will support the grid and allows us to drive innovation with a market leader in ERCOT."
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2024
The grants came out of a workshop for researchers with a focus on Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Frontotemporal Dementias (FTDs), part of a class of debilitating neurodegenerative diseases that may shorten a person's lifespan, and for which no current treatments exist.
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by Lance Murray |
May 8, 2024
The funding will enable OptMyCare to accelerate its customer acquisition plans, continuously refine its technology, onboard key management personnel, and add experienced healthcare and technology leaders, the startup said.
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