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COO Jake Rome (left) and CEO Josh Ernst are co-founders of Backflip. [Photo: Backflip]
Dallas Real Estate Fintech Backflip Raises $15M in Series A Round
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."
by Lance Murray |
Apr 1, 2024
Crow Holdings, a Dallas-based national real estate investment and development firm, recently announced acquired the acquisition of a privately owned 46-property, 9,838-pad, all-age manufactured housing portfolio across Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, and Florida....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 21, 2024
Jones, who's already the majority shareholder in Comstock Resources, has agreed to make an additional $100.45 million equity investment in the company via two entities he controls.
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by David Seeley and Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2024
After dipping its toes into brick-and-mortar with a Dallas store on Knox Street, the premium sandal brand is now focused squarely on e-commerce and wholesale. Thanks to the new equity round, led by Riveron Founder and former CEO Landon Smith, Hari Mari aims to take a big step forward.
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Old Parkland, where Crow Holdings is based in Dallas, is a signature development of the real estate powerhouse. [Photo: Crow Holdings]
Crow Holdings Closes Its Largest Fund Yet, Raising $3.1B for Real Estate Bets
by Lance Murray | Feb 21, 2024
The $3.1 billion mega-fund from Dallas real estate investment firm Crow Holdings arms the company with financial firepower to target assets in high-growth markets across the country.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 12, 2024
DFSI is an international third-party administrator of drug prevention/education and drug-testing programs for professional, collegiate, and amateur sports organizations. It's also a third-party service provider for clinical and mobile health services.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 8, 2024
Tenpin offers customers a unique experience via a mix of bowling lanes, video arcades, escape rooms, karaoke, laser tag, pool, table tennis, and soft play across 53 centers. The partnership with Trive will allow Tenpin to accelerate its expansion strategy in the U.K. and continue to invest in its site portfolio to enhance customer experience, the Dallas PE firm said.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jan 11, 2024
In 2023, founders searching for venture capital found fewer investors and less money. Pitchbook reports that the number of U.S. deals in the first three quarters of 2023 was just slightly higher than the number made during the same period in 2018. ...
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Maxime Blandin and Dillon Baxter, co-founders of PlantSwitch [Images: PlantSwitch]
Dallas’ NexPoint Capital Invests $2M in Dallas-Founded Bioplastic Manufacturer PlantSwitch
by Lance Murray | Nov 28, 2023
PlantSwitch, founded by two SMU students in 2020, has a carbon-negative production process that upcycles agricultural waste to produce biodegradable and compostable resins for single-use products. The NexPoint investment is part of a new $7.7 million early fundraising round.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 9, 2023
Co-founded by a former employment and HR lawyer, Work Shield is growing its business—and pursuing its mission to help employers report, investigate, and resolve workplace misconduct.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 5, 2023
Dallas-based private equity firm Grey Rock Investment Partners is making a controlling investment in Colorado-based CarbonCycle LLC via a capital commitment of up to $100 million.
Grey Rock said that it’s making the investment through its affiliated investment vehicles and that the money will fund additional growth of the company. Founded in 2013, Grey Rock seeks to make positive environmental impact investments....
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 27, 2023
Seven months after joining the ownership group of the PVF's Omaha Supernovas, Derulo has spiked in another investment in the league itself. Based in Frisco and Columbus, Ohio, the Pro Volleyball Federation is slated to begin play next February—with a Dallas team joining on in 2025.
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Take Command founder and CEO Jack Hooper [Photo: Take Command]
Dallas Healthcare Benefits Platform Take Command Gets $25M Growth Investment
by Lance Murray | Sep 20, 2023
An individual healthcare benefits platform for small and mid-market employers, Take Command snagged the equity investment from New Jersey-based Edison Partners. Founded in 2014, Take Command aims to "disrupt group health insurance" with "individual market plans that can be personalized to each employee."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 20, 2023
The Chicago-based global alternative asset management solutions provider has committed to invest up to $100 million in Vesper Energy over the next 12 months. Vesper has a growing portfolio of utility-scale solar, solar and energy storage, and standalone energy storage projects across the U.S.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 19, 2023
Vietnam's largest private technology company, Rikkeisoft, established U.S. subsidiary RKTech in Dallas earlier this year. The U.S. investment is designed to develop a tech workforce, expand infrastructure, and execute well-planned mergers and acquisitions.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 8, 2023
Partner and board member Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri has been named chief operating officer of global alternative asset management firm TPG, which is based in Fort Worth and San Francisco....
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