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Fort Worth’s Rainwater Charitable Foundation Partners on $2M in Grants To Fund Research on Neurodegenerative Disorders
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.
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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by Lance Murray |
May 7, 2024
The Taiwanese cybersecurity company, whose U.S. HQ is in Irving, said that in addition to TGVest Capital—the lead investor of its B round—Pegatron Group, CDIB Capital Group, and CDIB-Innolux II LP are continuing to invest. New investors include the Taiwania Capital and Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund LP, a joint fund of Applied Ventures, LLC and ITIC-Taiwan
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 29, 2024
Backflip's "all-in-one" platform aims to give fix-and-flip investors the technology, data, and financing strategies to successfully flip houses at scale. Led by New York-based FirstMark Capital, the Series A round comes after Backflip said it crossed $10 million in net revenue run rate—"reaching near profitability."
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Beth Shapiro, Ph.D., chief science officer at Colossal Biosciences [Photo: Business Wire]
Colossal Announces $7.5M in New Investments in Ancient DNA Academic Research
by Lance Murray | Apr 17, 2024
Colossal Biosciences’ academic investments include partnerships with Stockholm University, the University of Potsdam, the University of California Santa Cruz, the University of Alaska, McMaster University, University of Copenhagen, and Rowan University, among others.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 25, 2024
Skyven said the funding will address critical climate challenges by accelerating the installation of cutting-edge Skyven Arcturus industrial steam-generating heat pumps at manufacturing facilities across the U.S.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 15, 2024
MB2 Dental—a "first-of-its-kind" dental partnership organization—said the financing will be used to fund upcoming acquisitions and future growth for the company. The move follows a record year of growth in 2023 with 150 new partnerships added.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 10, 2024
RAMP—the Richardson Research Award Match Program—aims to complement the federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Offering businesses matching grants of up to $150,000 per year, it's designed to attract and support research and development in Richardson, especially in The IQ—the city's Innovation Quarter.
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Six Ellis County Organizations Receive $180K in Funding from Google
by Lance Murray | Nov 18, 2023
Google announced that six Ellis County organizations collectively will receive more than $180,000 from the company to support the physical and mental well-being of the county’s residents.
The company has a data center in Midlothian and recently announced a new data center in Red Oak.
“Providing resources and other support to six essential organizations in Ellis County is a necessary step towards enhancing the wellbeing and lives of residents throughout the community,” Kate Franko, regional head of Data Center Public Affairs for Google, said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2023
A1 Health Ventures is a newly launched VC firm developed jointly between Abundant Venture Partners and First Trust Capital Partners. Its director, Joe Greskoviak, joins Dallas-based Prolucent's board following a $4 million investment, which will fuel Prolucent's "continued product innovation."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 21, 2023
Osteal Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, says it's developing "a new category" of combination therapies for orthopedic infections. The new funding round, led by Asteroid Partners, will help Osteal accelerate preparation for commercial launch of VT-X7, its lead therapy for the treatment of periprosthetic joint infection, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2023
Smile Doctors, which calls itself the largest and fastest-growing orthodontic support organization in the U.S., said the raise was funded by doctors along with several large domestic and international healthcare investors.
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Fifty community colleges across Texas, including Dallas College's Mountain View campus in Oak Cliff, will see increased funding under the newly passed bill. [Photo: Dewberry]
Texas Adopts ‘Outcome-Centered’ Community College Funding Plan with $2.2B Over Next Two Years
by Lance Murray | Jun 12, 2023
Texas is reforming its community college finance system to align policy and funding incentives with "the rapidly changing needs of the workforce," the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board said. The newly passed bill positions Texas as "a national leader in linking funding for community colleges to measurable student-centric outcomes," state officials added.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2023
Sera—a SaaS service for small-to-large size HVAC, plumbing, and other field service businesses—said it closed the oversubscribed funding round with a market cap three times the value the company had at the close of its Series A round in November 2021.
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2023
The company says the new capital will be invested in programs that focus on innovation and continued delivery of high-quality kidney care—both in clinic and at home—as well as the continued professional development of care teams.
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by Lance Murray |
May 8, 2023
From its scrappy beginnings in Texas in 2007, MB2 Dental has grown into a nationwide network of over 550 practices across 38 states. The organization's doctor partners are also shareholders, giving them financial freedom and a say in decision-making for patient care. With a record-breaking $20M fundraising round and a new $150M debt facility, the DPO is poised for more growth.
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