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North Texas Video Game Developer Worldspark Studios Lands $3M for Metaverse Platform

by | Feb 28, 2022
The blockchain gaming studio's first title is Edenbrawl, a tech fantasy-style online multiplayer battle game. Within the game, players will be able to purchase and trade NFTs tied to things like character skins and weapons skins.
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Follow the Money: Black in Tech Challenge Winners, Mark Cuban Invests in Tattoo Care Startup, the WNBA Gets New Backers, and More
by | Feb 18, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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Follow the Money: PawTree Reports $3M Raise, Fort Worth SPAC’s IPO Pulls in $230M, Cuban Invests in Supply Chain Startup, and More
by | Feb 9, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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Backed by Big-Name Athletes, PlayersTV Lands ‘Seven-Figure’ Deal to Fuel Expansion
by | Feb 2, 2022
PlayersTV, the TV streaming division of Dallas-based sports media and entertainment firm Players Media Group, landed the investment from ReachTV, which has been distributing it since 2020. Now its presence on ReachTV's network could put PlayersTV on 2,500+ airport screens and in 1 million hotel rooms.
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Mark Cuban Launches His Online Cost-Plus Pharmacy, Takes on Big Pharma with Low-Cost Generics

by | Jan 19, 2022
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company aims to "disrupt and disable big pharma" by offering more than 100 generic drugs "at striking savings" direct to consumers on a cash-pay basis. As a pharmaceutical wholesaler, MCCPDC says it can "bypass middlemen and outrageous markups" by simply charging a flat 15% margin and pharmacist fee. With an $11M plant going up now in Deep Ellum, Cuban clearly means business.
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Mark Cuban, Drug Czar: Mavs Owner Is Launching an Online Pharmacy to Help Solve Skyrocketing Prescription Costs
by | Oct 26, 2021
The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company is building an $11M, 22,000SF drug manufacturing plant in Dallas' Deep Ellum, aiming to "disrupt and disable big pharma." The startup plans to launch an online pharmacy selling 100 of the most commonly prescribed generic prescription drugs at a 15 percent markup plus a $3 dispensing fee.

"Our only goal is to push down the pricing of drugs for every American," the company pledges.
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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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Zielke winner of Tech Titans' 5G Grand Challenge Virtual Teacher artificial intelligence
Tech Titans’ 5G Challenge Winner: ‘We See a Future Society of Synthetic and Real Humans Working Together’
by | Oct 14, 2020
UT Dallas' Marjorie Zielke, winner of the 5G award, says her AI/VR platform could "eventually create stand-alone, life-like holograms of virtual teachers." Judge Mark Cuban commented on the tech's potential to provide access to virtual teachers for students attending disadvantaged schools.
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Cuban-omics: Mark Cuban Roughs Out Plan for Restarting a COVID-Battered Economy

by | May 20, 2020
In a wide-ranging interview, the Dallas billionaire also talks about when the Mavs will again be playing in arenas and whether he will pitch his hat into the ring for the presidential race.
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Follow the Money: DoctorLogic Raises $7M; Geoforce, TPG Growth Make Acquisitions
by | Jan 23, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Match Group, On the Road Lending, Oakview Capital, Sales Benchmark Index, TPG Capital, Mark Cuban, P10 Holdings, Cloudvisory, Metro Energy Savers, and Trudela Partners.
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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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Follow the Money: Renibus Therapeutics Nets $16.3M, Shiftsmart Raises $12.75M, Traxo Receives Equity Funding
by | Nov 21, 2019
In this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity by North Texas companies, you’ll also find news from EX-IQ, BaiCells, Mark Cuban, MODE Transportation, Artifex Partners, AT&T, and Blue Star Heating and Air.
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MeshTek Labs Deploys Smart Lighting Network in California Greenhouse

by | Nov 4, 2019
Dallas-based MeshTek Labs (a B2B spin out of Ilumi) has built a robust internal horticultural control network that allows the ability to control schedules, light scenes and settings, and more.
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Follow the Money: Actuate Raises $3.9M, TPG Closes $14B in Funds; Sabre Acquires Radixx
by | Oct 17, 2019
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies and investors with ties to North Texas, you’ll also find news from Solovis, Traveller Capital, SSE Holdco, Sanara MedTech, Bios Partners, Mark Cuban, Nebula Healthcare, HMS Holdings, The Living Company, Sun Holdings, BBG, and Eyevance Pharmaceuticals.
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Follow the Money: TPG Commits $500M to Collabnet, Razberi Gets $5.8M, Kibo Acquires Monetate
by | Oct 10, 2019
You’ll also find news from Satori Capital, AT&T, Goodnight Midstream, Tailwater Capital, Topgolf, and more in this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity.
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Four Pieces of Advice For Women in Tech From Dallas’ Female Founders
by | Aug 1, 2019
The women behind Alto, Book a Birdie, Productable, and Rent My Wardrobe were a part of a panel discussion this week called "Women in Tech Tell All." Here's what they had to say.
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