"We have caught lightning in a bottle," Founder and CEO Dustin Marx said of the new raise.
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Dustin Marx [Images: Stellar; IFM; DI composite]
Dallas PropTech Startup Stellar Reports $20M Series B Funding Round
by Lance Murray | Dec 1, 2022
Stellar's platform leverages AI and machine learning to reimagine home maintenance. The startup partners with property managers and contractors to take care of homes and people—with a "mission of delivering hassle-free maintenance done right."
"We have caught lightning in a bottle," Founder and CEO Dustin Marx said of the new raise.
"We have caught lightning in a bottle," Founder and CEO Dustin Marx said of the new raise.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 28, 2022
Six members of the North Texas Angel Network invested in Gardenuity via AngelList, an investment platform that allows individual NTAN members to invest as a single entity in startups.
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USPTO, Commerce Department Launch Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative to Empower More Women Founders
by Lance Murray |
Nov 17, 2022
The WE initiative launches ahead of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day this Saturday, November 19, and comes on the heels of President Biden’s recent proclamation naming this month as National Entrepreneurship Month.
“Unleashing the potential of women entrepreneurs is good for business, good for families, and good for our economy,” the U.S. Secretary of Commerce says.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2022
Island, a Dallas-based unicorn that emerged from stealth last February, was valued at $1.3 billion in March. It continues to attract big investments for its Enterprise Browser, which protects companies' SaaS tools and internal web apps from data leaks with a long list of security features.
"Being able to further validate our valuation, even with the headwinds facing the broader market, is an honor,” Island CEO and co-founder Mike Fey said.
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"This investment allows MAX to continue fulfilling its mission to automate and digitize artist sponsorships and create a new marketplace for the creator economy,” said CEO and founder Nathan Hanks. [File art; Illustration, Dallas Innovates]
Tuning Up: Frisco-Based Music Audience Exchange–aka MAX–Raises Series B Funding To Expand
by Lance Murray | Oct 26, 2022
Frisco-based MAX, a tech marketing company that powers brand and music partnerships, raised $6 million in 2017. A new round led by Interlock Partners will help fund the development of SET.Live. The new platform lets artists engage with fans at live shows while creating unique sponsorable assets for brands like Ford, McDonald's, and more.
“This investment allows MAX to continue fulfilling its mission to automate and digitize artist sponsorships and create a new marketplace for the creator economy,” says CEO and founder Nathan Hanks.
“This investment allows MAX to continue fulfilling its mission to automate and digitize artist sponsorships and create a new marketplace for the creator economy,” says CEO and founder Nathan Hanks.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 11, 2022
Want to map your innovation-to-market commercialization path or apply for federal money through the $4 billion America's Seed Fund program? Or maybe you're an entrepreneur seeking to validate your customer's needs. The Texas SBDC Technology Commercialization Center wants to help.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 22, 2022
AlgoPear, a subscription-based algorithmic stock trading platform, has onboarded more than 4,000 users and grown its monthly recurring revenue with a team of 15, according to co-founder and CEO Ronnie Green.
Green says the startup is seeing the "hypergrowth that any founder or any investor would love to see right now."
Green says the startup is seeing the "hypergrowth that any founder or any investor would love to see right now."
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by Dennis Cagan |
May 10, 2022
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan shares insights on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance—before making needless mistakes—in The Shadow CEO series.
Part 8: Determining Valuation
Part 8: Determining Valuation
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Jacobs Executive Chair and former CEO Steve Demetriou joins Arcosa board. [Image: Jacobs]
Follow the Money: Jacobs Buys Mobility Analytics Startup, Qentelli Scoops Up NCS Technologies, Brink’s ATM Company Acquires Garland-based TouchPoint 21
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 7, 2022
Plus, Richardson-based Generational Group takes a majority stake in Dallas' Precocity and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Dec 13, 2021
Prolucent Health solves labor challenges in healthcare at a time when the industry is seeing unprecedented shortages magnified by the pandemic. Its smart labor marketplace—the largest for accessing available healthcare jobs—connects healthcare workers and employers.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 17, 2021
Fund III is the largest institutional Texas-focused, early-stage venture fund in the past decade.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2021
LifeScience Logistics founder Richard Beeny calls the demand for FDA-compliant healthcare supply chain solutions “unrelenting.” The third-party healthcare logistics provider, which has more than 4-million-square feet of space in locations across nine states, has seen exponential growth since launch in 2006. LSL is in the sweet spot of Blackstone's "highest-conviction, firmwide investment themes": life sciences innovation and next-gen logistics.
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Backbox CEO Andrew Kahl [Photo: Blackbox]
Israeli Network Automation Company Moves HQ to Dallas, Closes $32M Series A Round
by Alex Edwards | Oct 26, 2021
BackBox will grow its operations and network management and security solutions from its new HQ in Dallas. Leading that is Andrew Kahl, an operating advisor at Elsewhere Partners—the investment firm that led BackBox's Series A—who will build out an executive team locally.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 21, 2021
The funding, which was co-led by Pfizer Ventures and EcoR1 Capital, will help drive ReCode's therapy programs for primary ciliary dyskinesia and cystic fibrosis into human clinical studies.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 19, 2021
Five local winners received up to $200,000 in funding to activate their solutions throughout North Texas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 8, 2021
The new investment and accelerator platform wants to help seed-stage companies "cut through red tape"— and get to market up to 18 months sooner than they would on their own.
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