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Left: Gov. Abbott and statewide partners celebrated the 13th Governor’s Cup. Right: The DRC's Kevin Shatley with Gov. Abbott at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. [Photos: DRC]
With DFW at Forefront, Texas Wins Its 13th Straight Governor’s Cup for Economic Development
by Lance Murray | Mar 11, 2025
Site Selection noted 1,368 corporate investment projects in Texas in 2024—more than doubling second-place Illinois and surpassing last year’s total by 114—as Texas continues its commanding economic leadership. DFW led the way with 36% of Texas' total projects.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 6, 2025
Creating 800 new jobs, the facility will manufacture electrical equipment such as low-voltage switchboards for the booming data center market.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 6, 2025
The grant to Big Thought is part of a $3 million investment to help youth, aged 16-24, who are out of school and unemployed by providing them with meaningful career pathways.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 5, 2025
Along with the addition of CEO Peter Miele and CMO Greg Pope—both former Thomson Reuters executives—the funding round will accelerate Qount’s growth and its investments in AI to continue automating practice management and service delivery workflows, the company said.
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Access Healthcare CEO Anurag Jain (left) and Matt Holt, managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital. [Photos: Access Healthcare/LinkedIn]
Dallas’ Access Healthcare Gets Growth Investment from NYC’s New Mountain Capital
by Lance Murray | Jan 14, 2025
"Through our partnership with New Mountain, we're positioned to scale more rapidly, invest in next-generation technologies, and continue providing the platform upon which our clients rely," said Access Healthcare Vice Chairman Vardhman Jain. "By combining our strengths, we'll drive innovative solutions and create even greater value for the healthcare industry."
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 7, 2025
Fisher Investments—which relocated its headquarters from Washington State to Plano in 2023—said the investment by Advent International and ADIA was part of founder Ken Fisher's long-term estate planning and "ensures the firm's long-term private independence, culture, growth evolution, and devotion to exceptional client service."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 20, 2024
Founded in 2021, institutional real estate investment and operating platform Evergreen also announced a strategic investment from Kuvare Holdings—in the wake of a previous investment from an affiliate of NYC's Prosperity Asset Management.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2024
The capital raise includes a $630 million equity commitment from funds and co-investors managed by CBRE Investment Management. Since Accelerate launched in late 2022, it has acquired interests in more than 200 properties in 38 states under digital, renewable, and transportation infrastructure assets.
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DataBank CEO Raul Martynek
Dallas-Based DataBank Announces $2B Equity Raise Led by $1.5B from AustralianSuper
by Lance Murray | Oct 15, 2024
DataBank—which recently announced a planned 480MW data center campus south of Dallas—said the capital raise was oversubscribed and, in addition to the $1.5 billion from AustralianSuper, included another $483 million in commitments from "existing investors."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 30, 2024
Doma's underwriting division, Doma Title Insurance Inc., is now a wholly owned subsidiary of TRG. Doma's technology division, renamed Doma Technology LLC, will operate on a separately capitalized basis, the company said. TRG and Doma TechCo will operate as sister companies.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 30, 2024
The acquisition by Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based private equity giant TPG is just part of a gamechanging multi-step deal—one that will see DirecTV merge with Dish Network into America's biggest pay-TV provider.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 9, 2024
Founder and CEO Richard Dix said the new capital investment "allows us to refocus our efforts on the single-family for-sale business and expand our homebuilding operations into more markets across North and Central Texas."
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Plane powered by ZeroAvia's hydrogen-electric engines [Photo: ZeroAvia/American Airlines]
Flying Green: American Airlines Boosts Investment in ZeroAvia, Orders 100 Hydrogen-Electric Engines
by Lance Murray | Jul 11, 2024
Fort Worth-based airline industry giant American Airlines has agreed to buy 100 hydrogen-electric engines intended to power regional jet aircraft from clean aviation innovator ZeroAvia. The engines produce zero inflight emissions except for water vapor, the airline said.
“Advancing the transition of commercial aviation to a low-carbon future requires investments in promising technologies, including alternate forms of propulsion,” American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 13, 2024
Nada bridges homeowners and investors through home equity via its Cityfunds and Homeshares products. The company's new president and CEO, Tore Steen, replaces Nada Co-Founder and current CEO John Green, who will transition to COO.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 10, 2024
Plano-based Zips Car Wash has secured a $70 million investment from Atlantic Street Capital, a private equity firm known for its hands-on approach with lower middle-market companies....
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2024
Council Capital said its investment will be used to scale OccMD’s workers’ compensation and injury benefit services and introduce the company into more states and lines of insurance business.
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