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No Sugar-Coating: Vertex Pharma Founder Shares 8 ‘Rules’ for Startup Success

by | Jul 26, 2023
From an old car parts garage, Vertex Founder Joshua Boger launched the Boston-based biotech giant in 1989, running it for two decades as CEO. Boger "unretired" in June to join fast-moving Alkeus Pharmaceuticals as executive chairman.

In Dallas, he shared the "mistakes" that led to his success with innovators at Pegasus Park. Here's his no-holds-barred dose of truth for all entrepreneurs.
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Meet the Texas Super Kings: Major League Cricket Takes the Field in July at Grand Prairie Stadium
by | Mar 21, 2023
Major League Cricket is coming to Grand Prairie Stadium starting in July after the league held its first draft of domestic players for teams including the newly named Texas Super Kings. The team also has a newly named coach: Stephen Fleming, a former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team and head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings.
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Barnston Agtech showed off its swarm farming robotic driverless tractors at the Barnstorm R&D Center in a recent YouTube video. [Video screenshot]
Robotic Agtech Startup Closes $217K Equity Raise for ‘Barnstorming’ Autonomous Tractor Swarms via Fort Worth’s Harvest Returns
by | Dec 28, 2022
Barnstorm Agtech, a Canadian startup developing driverless robotic tractors known as 'Barnstormers,' has closed on a $217,500 equity capital raise through Fort Worth-based Harvest Returns' investment platform.

The company, co-founded by a fourth-generation farmer and a robotics expert, plans to deploy 'swarms' of the tractors as a service to farmers in the U.S. Midwest and Canadian Prairies to address chronic labor scarcity and other "pain points" of traditional tractor systems.
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Plano Multifamily Investment Firm BKE Capital Rebrands as APTVEST
by | Nov 15, 2022
The newly rebranded APTVEST says it evaluates, buys, renovates, and manages North Texas multifamily properties in-house. Its online platform enables investors to place funds in multifamily properties with "the click of a button," with historical investment minimums of $25K to $100K per investor. “As we surveyed the multifamily investment industry trajectory, we felt it necessary to brand up and think about the future," said Kevin Parrish, APTVEST founder and co-managing partner.
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Republic Cities Is Launching Its Investment Platform For Community Capital in Dallas

by | Nov 16, 2020
Republic is a funding platform that allows startups to raise up to $1 million from anyone—friends, family, fans, and the general public. The Republic Cities Dallas launch means that local startups can now be highlighted on the platform and participate in a campaign raise. Interested entrepreneurs can apply now (and check out the launch event on Nov. 19).
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Capital Factory’s Texas Startups Roadshow Goes Virtual for Global Entrepreneurship Week
by | Nov 4, 2020
The Texas Startups Roadshow will take local entrepreneurs and out-of-state investors on a virtual ride that spotlights the startup community in Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Anchoring the Dallas leg of the trip on Nov. 19 is UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition and a keynote from Mark Cuban.
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Caris Life Sciences Raises $310M to Continue Rapidly Growing in the Precision Medicine Market
by | Oct 27, 2020
The growth capital will allow Caris to advance its position as a leading tumor profiling company that aims to reinvent cancer care.
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SMU Venture Capital Event Aims to Connect Innovators With VC Leaders
by | Oct 1, 2020
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, and others can register now for VC University LIVE where they can unlock their venture finance skills and build their networks in Dallas and beyond.
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Venture Dallas Announces Month-Long Virtual Experience to Connect Texas Startups and Investors Across the Country

by | Aug 5, 2020
Venture Dallas 2020 is "not your typical virtual conference." The 34-day event is an experience—one that will connect companies and investors with a curated networking platform. Applications are now open to participate.
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DFW CPG to Support the ‘Nation’s First Consumer Products Accelerator’ Coming Soon to Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Jul 13, 2020
SKU DFW is an eight-week program being kicked off this fall by former Whole Foods co-CEO Walter Robb. Later-stage startups focused on consumer packaged goods can apply now for the chance to receive best-in-class curriculum taught by top CPG leaders.
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ReCode Therapeutics
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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Green Bond Toyota
Toyota’s $750M Green Bond Backs Buying, Leasing Environmentally Friendly Vehicles
by | Feb 14, 2020
Toyota sees green bonds—this one being their fifth—as an important tool to fund the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles, while providing an attractive option for sustainability investors.
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Follow the Money: MacFarlan Raises $8.65M, MoneyGram Gets $20M, NTT Data Buys Austin IT Firm

by | Dec 5, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from RevTech, BARBRI Inc., McMillan Insurance Group, Liberty Trust Company, Emergent Cold, and Frito-Lay.
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Follow the Money: Eyevance Raises $30M, Sanara MedTech Gets $10M, Tyler Technologies Makes Acquisition
by | Oct 31, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity, you'll also find news from teleCalm, Crestline Investors, Powerhouse, Trend Micro, and more.
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Deep Ellum Cool Streets
Deep Ellum Among Top 20 ‘Cool Streets’ in North America, New Report Says
by | Oct 8, 2019
Deep Ellum’s ‘gritty, authentic feel’ lures everyone from small retailers to giant tech firms like Uber.
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Private Investors Find Polte’s Location Platform for $12.5M Investment
by | Oct 1, 2019
With its patented alternative to GPS, Polte leverages widely available 4G and 5G networks to help manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of goods effectively track and manage millions of assets.
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