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Dallas Zoo CEO Lisa New [Photo via Dallas Zoo]
Dallas Zoo Welcomes First Female CEO in Its 135-Year History, Names Nine New Board Members
by Quincy Preston | Jan 26, 2024
New Chief Executive Officer Lisa New took the helm of the Dallas Zoo earlier this month as the zoo looks to make its "next big leap."
by Lance Murray |
Aug 30, 2023
"Since data is crucial for maintaining ongoing DEIB initiatives and dedication, Kanarys leads the way in establishing quantifiable DEIB strategies, thanks to its data-centric methodology aimed at creating a fairer future for all work settings," says Google CDO and Kanary's Board Member Melonie Parker.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Two Dallas entrepreneurs have been recognized by Afrotech’s Future List as founders of the year.
Dennis Cail is co-founder and CEO of the fintech startup Zirtue and Mandy Price is co-founder and CEO of the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging startup Kanarys....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 26, 2023
Kendra Mack recently relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth area to lead Kanarys' DEIB consulting practice. The firm said she is a dynamic speaker and expert facilitator committed to ensuring every employee feels valued.
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The Kanarys team [Photo: Kanarys]
DEIB Tech Company Kanarys Lands $5M Series A, Announces Six Senior Hires
by David Seeley | Feb 15, 2023
The Dallas-based diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging tech startup raised the $5 million in a round led by Seyen Capital, adding to $5.5 million previously raised by the startup. A new EVP and five VPs have been added to Kanarys' senior leadership team, which plans to use the funding to further expand Kanarys' tech platform.
"This funding, along with the hiring of leading industry experts, will catapult us towards fulfilling our mission," says co-founder and CEO Mandy Price—one of fewer than 20 Black female founders who've raised more than $10 million.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 1, 2023
The DEC Network wants to help women take their tech game to the next level in a male-dominated industry. The 2023 WomenXTech Summit, a one-day, in-person summit for women, will be held Feb....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 29, 2022
In the episode, which debuted last week, Price talks about her own journey while sharing the mission and vision of Kanarys, detailing how the company is transforming DEI in the workplace using data.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 10, 2022
South by Southwest has opened its 2023 "PanelPicker" for crowd-sourced community voting through August 21. You could be among the people who vote to decide which panelists will take the stage next March at SXSW.
Out of the thousands of session proposals up for voting, many have Dallas-area ties. We share just 10 of them—including ideas from Mark Cuban, the Dallas Cowboys, Venture Dallas, Dallas Innovation Alliance, CollateralEdge, Kanarys, Zirtue, Masterplan, and more.
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Benjamin Vann, founder and CEO of Impact Ventures [Photo: Impact Ventures]
Impact Ventures Raising $20M Dallas Inclusive Capital Fund to Make the Region a Hub for Diverse Entrepreneurs
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 14, 2022
“Entrepreneurs of color are over-mentored and undercapitalized. While others are saying, ‘Here’s a program or mentorship,’ we’ve been one of the first groups to say, ‘Here’s that, plus capital, to get you there,’” says Benjamin Vann, founder and CEO at Impact Ventures.
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State of Entrepreneurship 2022: More Than $2 Billion Invested in North Texas Entrepreneurs Last Year
by Kevin Cummings |
Mar 14, 2022
It's the second year in a row to surpass $1 billion, said Trey Bowles at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center's annual State of Entrepreneurship event.
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by Alex Edwards |
Dec 15, 2021
At the close of a landmark year—one that made her one of 25 Black female founders to have raised at least $4.6 million in venture capital—Mandy Price is looking ahead to what 2022 will bring for the DEI space.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 8, 2021
The city’s inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence position was recommended by the Mayor’s Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to better foster the start-up environment in Dallas. "While Dallas is known as a great place for big business, now we need to show that we are a great place for scalable, sustainable, and high-growth startups as well," Vaca says.
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Her Goal? ‘Changing the Face of DEI, So That We Can All Work Where We Belong’
by Quincy Preston and Sandra Engelland | Feb 5, 2021
Price and her team at Kanarys, a platform that fosters collaboration between companies and employees on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), had a landmark year in 2020.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jan 7, 2021
The "historic" funding round means that Co-Founders Mandy Price (CEO) and Star Carter (COO) are among 25 Black female founders to have raised at least $4.6 million in venture capital.
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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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by Chantal Canales |
Sep 3, 2020
During this year's event, DSW20's State of Entrepreneurship award winners were announced.
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