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Follow the Money: Adwoa Beauty Raises $4M to ‘Keep Up With Demand,’ Dallas Venture Capital leads $5M in Revenue Growth Solutions Startup, and More
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 9, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about Dallas startup VRGL raising $15M six months after launching, S2 Capital’s $400M multifamily investment fund, CBRE leading $125M Series E for proptech firm VTS, CVS Health acquiring Signify Health for $8B, BenefitMall’s latest acquisition, and more.
by Kevin Cummings |
Sep 8, 2022
Two Dallas companies have been awarded $100,000 each by the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, which aims to help close racial disparities in VC funding given to diverse founders. The startups will also receive Google Cloud credits and hands-on support from Google. They join several other North Texas companies that received earlier grants from the fund.
“Across the U.S., there are amazing Black startup founders who are building great companies yet are locked out of access to the funding that's critical to their success,” Google wrote in a blog post.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 6, 2022
Waymo's new hub—built from the ground up—is a $10 million investment in Lancaster that will bring "hundreds of jobs" to the community, a Waymo exec announced at its opening last week.
"This operation and Waymo's investment in the region further cements Dallas-Fort Worth as the home to autonomous vehicles in the U.S.," added Duane Dankesreiter, SVP for research and innovation at the Dallas Regional Chamber.
"This operation and Waymo's investment in the region further cements Dallas-Fort Worth as the home to autonomous vehicles in the U.S.," added Duane Dankesreiter, SVP for research and innovation at the Dallas Regional Chamber.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 13, 2022
The new Google Cloud region in Dallas is part of Google's $9.5 billion investment in data centers and Google offices across the U.S. in 2022, which it says will create 12,000 jobs. $600 million data centers in Midlothian and Red Oak are also part of the project.
A Google exec says the new Dallas region will offer Google Cloud customers "the speed and availability you need to innovate faster and build high-performing applications that cater to the needs of nearby end user."
A Google exec says the new Dallas region will offer Google Cloud customers "the speed and availability you need to innovate faster and build high-performing applications that cater to the needs of nearby end user."
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Digital Seat Media's recent installation for the Utah Jazz [Photo: Digital Seat Media]
Digital Seat Media Aims to Expand Beyond the Stadium as it Eyes New Funding
by Kevin Cummings | May 3, 2022
The Fort Worth-based startup already engages with fans at college and NBA games and PGA Tour events. Now, as it raises a $5 million funding round to accelerate its growth, it's seeking to move beyond sports contests and into big concert events, a Digital Student service, and even suicide prevention.
Dallas Innovates talked to Co-Founder and CEO Cameron Fowler about his vision for his technology as an "all-in-one solution."
Dallas Innovates talked to Co-Founder and CEO Cameron Fowler about his vision for his technology as an "all-in-one solution."
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 20, 2022
The Hedera Governing Council will buy the IP from Swirlds, a startup co-founded in 2015 by the inventor of the Hashgraph algorithm. Dallas mathematician and computer scientist Leemon Baird created the distributed ledger technology to outperform other protocols in power, security, and speed.
This could be a breakout moment.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 14, 2022
The expanded collaboration will lead to multiple pilot tests of robotically driven freight on I-45 between Fort Worth and Houston "in the same lane" as those conducted in 2021. The two companies plan "to complete fully autonomous transport in Texas in the next few years."
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 25, 2021
CustomerX.i launched 2019, but saw its explosion during COVID. With new partnerships with Google and Microsoft and fresh funding on the way, the startup wants to be the leading platform for giving restaurants the best data-driven marketing decisions.
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Alphabet Biotech Unit Verily to Open Dallas Operations Hub in Cypress Waters
by Alex Edwards | Oct 14, 2021
It's the San Franciso company's first office in Texas. Verily expects to hire as many as 115 employees by the end of 2022.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 22, 2021
Fêtefully, Safer Management, Inc. and XR Sports Group received a total of $300,000 in funds as three of 50 founders chosen for the program focused on boosting Black entrepreneurs leading high potential startups.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 6, 2021
The two tech giants are releasing new solutions across their edge computing portfolios to help businesses "deliver unique experiences to their customers"—today and into the future.
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by Alex Edwards |
Mar 11, 2021
Google is adding three new online courses in user experience design, project management, and data analytics—and 100,000 need-based scholarships to go with them—to its Career Certificates program. The intent is to equip Texas' workforce with new skills and resources needed to land a job in today's everchanging economy.
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in November
by Alex Edwards | Dec 2, 2020
Rising to the top of the list is 7-Eleven's fifth Evolution Store in Lake Highlands. The location will serve as an experiential testing ground for patrons to try new shopping technology and products.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Nov 4, 2020
It’s not just next-generation technology for the travel market—it’s 'third-generation,' Southlake-based Sabre says. Launching in early 2021, the AI product is being called the industry’s first smart, scalable retail engine designed to customize offerings for travelers.
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by Alex Edwards |
Nov 2, 2020
Rising to the top of the list: With all office space spoken for within The Star, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is moving forward with a speculative building at his 91-acre, $1.5 billion, mixed-use development in Frisco. Here's our roundup of the Top 10.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 6, 2020
CourMed, Kanarys, ShearShare, and Zirtue are among the 76 nationwide recipients of the $5 million Google for Startups Black Founders Fund. Each startup will receive non-dilutive cash awards—meaning that the founders aren't giving up any company ownership in exchange for the funding.
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