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‘This is the Paradigm Shift’: Walkabout Workplace CEO Makes Working from Anywhere a Social Experience

by | Aug 31, 2020
Toni Portmaan's SaaS virtual real estate and digital office platform was built for the age of WFH—well ahead of the pandemic. It's in its second round of seed funding.
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Denton is Getting a New Startup Incubator Exclusively for Female Entrepreneurs
by | Aug 18, 2020
Launched by TWU and Stoke, the AccelerateHER incubator program reflects Denton's culture with a focus on creative, education, and lifestyle early-stage startups.
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Robinhood Closes $200M Series G to Improve Core Product and Customer Experience
by | Aug 17, 2020
Following Robinhood's recently announced plans to hire hundreds in Southlake, the fast-growing trading app has increased its valuation to $11.2 billion.
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Impact Ventures: Meet TopIt, a Social Platform for Communal Direct-Challenge Competitions

by | Jul 30, 2020
Dallas-based TopIt allows users to create customized challenges based on their interests and hobbies. A user can choose to post their own niche challenge from a variety of categories or join in on an active one.
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Impact Ventures: Meet One Stop Wellness, a Comprehensive Health Solution That Empowers Employees
by | Jul 27, 2020
The Dallas-based startup offers customizable programs that empower employees to improve their wellness behaviors while helping to reduce their company’s health insurance costs. In response to COVID-19, the team launched a risk mitigation tool for employers to remain compliant with OSHA guidelines.
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Dallas’ Mercado Gets $2.5M Investment for its ‘First Mile’ International Supply Chain Platform
by | Jul 21, 2020
Mercado brings the world of international trade into the digital age by transforming the global supply chain. That's been especially important in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dallas-Based Virtual Football Training App Receives $100K Investment From Arlan Hamilton
by | Jul 20, 2020
The funding will go to Equalizer Games' Quarterback Equalizer, a virtual training game app that uses gamification to help quarterbacks better understand their position.
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Work Shield Closes $4M Series A to Enhance its Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Tech

by | Jun 29, 2020
The new funding, led by Hoak & Co, will help Work Shield grow its sales team and boost its infrastructure to gain new clients.
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Here’s a Roundup of COVID-19 Funding Options for DFW Small Biz. But Key Deadlines Are Approaching
by | Jun 23, 2020
More than two dozen funding options are available for small businesses in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Purpose to Play: Dallas-based BALANCED Closes a $3.5M Seed Round for Crowdsourced AI Gaming Tech
by | Jun 22, 2020
The new funding comes on the heels of BALANCED garnering spare computer processing power to help find treatments for COVID-19.
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How Cariloop Plans to Ramp Up Hiring After its $6M Series A
by | May 28, 2020
CEO Michael Walsh outlined Cariloop's approach to growth, which includes doubling its internal team and quadrupling the number of caregivers and families with access to its platform.
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Bestow Closes $50M Series B and Launches its Own Nonprofit to Assist Those in Financial Distress

by | Apr 23, 2020
Through the Bestow Foundation, the Dallas-based digital life insurance startup will give financial support to those in need during a crisis or disaster. First up is a donation to the CDC Foundation to help combat COVID-19.
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Rideshare Startup Via Raises $200M in Series E Funding
by | Mar 31, 2020
The City of Arlington recently received nearly $1.7 million from the Federal Transit Administration to integrate autonomous vehicles into its on-demand system operated with the New York-based mobility startup.
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Dallas Biopharma ReCode Therapeutics Gets $80M Series A Investment for Lung Disease Drugs
by | Mar 27, 2020
The investment from multiple sources, including local early-stage investor Hunt Technology Ventures, is the largest funding round by a startup this year in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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