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Dallas’ P10 Inc. Appoints Veteran Executive as General Counsel

by | May 3, 2024
Melodie Craft will lead P10's legal function, providing strategic guidance on all corporate governance and regulatory matters.
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Dallas’ Welker Properties Launches Prophet Homes, Aims To Raise $100M With New Fund
by | Apr 9, 2024
Led by Welker Properties CEO Andrew Welker, Prophet Homes aims to "revolutionize" the real estate industry by connecting investors and sellers via an "innovative marketplace." The new company is gearing up to hire between 300 to 400 agents and employees.
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Irving’s Kelly-Moore Paints Ceases Operations, Begins Business ‘Wind-Down’
by | Jan 15, 2024

Irving-based Kelly-Moore Paints has ceased operations immediately and will begin what it called an orderly, out-of-court wind-down of all of its business. Kelly-Moore moved to Irving in April 2023 from California.

“I’m extremely disappointed and saddened by this outcome, as the entire Kelly-Moore team made incredible efforts to continue innovating and serving the unique needs of professional painting contractors,” CEO Charles Gassenheimer said in a statement....

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Wisdom of the Crowd: Schwab Commemorates its 50th Anniversary with Investor Survey
by | Nov 21, 2023

To commemorate its 50th anniversary, Westlake-based Charles Schwab has released results of a comprehensive survey of investors that the company said provides insights into the habits and experiences of its clients as well as what the clients see as critical to their satisfaction and successful outcomes....

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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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The Shadow CEO:
Early-Stage Insights for Entrepreneurs
by | Oct 6, 2021
Entrepreneur, investor, and corporate governance authority Dennis Cagan kicks off a new series on seldom-taught things an entrepreneur needs to know about equity and governance, before making needless mistakes.

Part I: Getting the right advice
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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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StackPath Has a New CTO and ‘The Timing Could Not Be Any Better,’ CEO Kip Turco says
by | Sep 2, 2020
With a recent round of Series B funding and a new CTO, the fast-growing firm is ready for the global expansion of its edge-computing platform.
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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: Crescent Raises $24.6M for Fund; Geoforce Sells Majority Stake; NTT Data Services Makes Acquisition
by | Dec 19, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you'll also find news about Mark Cuban, Crestline Investors, Maverick Fitness Holdings, Texas Ventures, MoneyGram, Caregiver Inc., Vertical Communications, and Strait Lane Capital.
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